SAS joins crowded vendor landscape moving to bring affordable BI to the masses
September 9, 2010

We’re only in the first years of the data-driven decade. More companies will be making more of their business decisions — and also added revenue — on their own data services. Read more

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HP product barrage uses integration, low-cost, simplicity to bring latest IT advances to price-sensitive SMBs
September 8, 2010

Figuring that small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) want the best in IT advances too, HP on Wednesday unleashed a barrage of products and services that use integration, low-cost, and simplicity to bring cutting edge enterprise IT capabilities to the global mid-market. Read more

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ZapThink defines IT transformation crisis points in 2020 vision framework
September 3, 2010

This BriefingsDirect guest post comes courtesy of Jason Bloomberg, managing partner at ZapThink. Read more

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Process automation elevates virtualization use while transforming IT’s function to app and cloud service broker
August 31, 2010

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HP eyes automated apps deployment, ’standardized’ private cloud creation with integrated CloudStart package
August 30, 2010

Clearly seeing a sweet spot amid complex and costly applications support for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SAP R/3 implementations, HP on Monday delivered a CloudStart package of turnkey private cloud infrastructure capabilities with a self-service, SasS portal included. Read more

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Platform Computing steps up with easy-entry solution for building private clouds
August 27, 2010

Platform Computing has paved the way to faster private cloud adoption with a low-risk, low-cost way for companies to evaluate their use of cloud computing. The Platform ISF Starter Pack, announced this week, will enable architects and IT managers to get a cloud sandbox environment up and running in less than 30 minutes, the company says. Read more

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Trio of cloud companies collaborate on new private cloud platform offerings
August 26, 2010

A trio of cloud ecosystem companies have collaborated to offer an integrated technology platform that aims to deliver a swift on-ramp to private and hybrid cloud computing models in the enterprise. Read more

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Modern data centers require efficiency-oriented changes in networking with eye on simplicity, automation
August 17, 2010

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As data center planners seek to improve performance and future-proof their investments, the networking leg on the infrastructure stool can no longer stand apart. Advances such as widespread virtualization, increased modularity, converged infrastructure, and cloud computing are all forcing a rethinking of data center design. Read more

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HP buys Fortify, and it’s about time!
August 17, 2010

This guest blog post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is a senior analyst at Ovum.

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The world needs to know: What does Oracle really want with Android?
August 13, 2010

The bombshell that Oracle is suing Google over Java intellectual property in mobile platform powerhouse Android came as a surprise, but in hindsight it shouldn’t have. Read more

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