Server Sprawl: The Challenge of the Virtualized Data Center
A big benefit of Moore’s Law is computing power affordability. The cost of hardware – namely servers –goes down. It’s that simple.
17
Jan
10
Jan
Banking Better with Collaboration and Security
In the short history of enterprise collaboration, the implementation of tools such as social networks, instant messaging and document sharing have often either come at the expense of security posture or increased risk exposure.
3
Jan
Big Data Driving SOA, Driving More Big Data
We’re barely into the new year and the IT industry is already chanting about the coming advancement in IT management and IT value brought about by previous advancements in service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing. Adding enterprise social collaboration to the mix is the latest trend.
27
Dec
Mobile Devices Rule Holiday Shopping
Retailers are still tallying up the take from this year’s holiday shopping season. While the malls were jammed between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, so too were the Web-ways as more people took to the Internet to gather their holiday gifts. The big jump: shopping using mobile apps.
20
Dec
‘The Matrix’ Will Become Reality in 5 Years
Remember how “The Matrix” marveled us with its amazing dystopian science-fiction story and futuristic technology? The world was run by machines powered by “coppertops” – humans held in cocoons that captured their bio-electric energy and body heat.
15
Dec
Changing Measure of Social Analytics
Human beings are social creatures. We have been since the dawn of time. Ample evidence exists for mankind’s social qualities, most notably the entirety of civilization. In the digital era, socialization is taking on new form as individuals and businesses are using connectivity and automation to extend socialization for communications and marketing.
13
Dec
IBM Donates a Treasure Trove of Chemical Data to Health Research Community
Here’s a funny contradiction: medicine is an inexact science because every person is different. However, chemistry – the science of the pharmacological regimens used to treat patients – is an exact science. And it’s through chemistry that researchers can determine which drugs will produce better treatments and which will cause more harm than good.
8
Dec
Social Networking Apps for Enterprise on the Rise
Businesses everywhere are tinkering with technologies and models aimed at harnessing that kind of power within the enterprise, particularly in terms of productivity results. And all signs point to a social business mission with potential to meaningfully change the way people do business. Solution providers with technologies deemed and models best equipped to help accomplish that goal are poised to realize plenty of business success themselves.
6
Dec
Tablets Finally Making Paperless Office Possible
Fortune published a profile of Microsoft founder Bill Gates about a decade ago that included a photo of his pristinely clean office. His desk had three monitors, a keyboard, a mouse and not a scrap of paper. He was the proverbial pioneer of the paperless office.
1
Dec
Legal Devil Lurking in Cloud Details
Cloud computing continues to grow and most enterprises are using some form of it today – whether they know it or not. While businesses appreciate the cost-saving benefits and the speed of implementation that cloud computing provides their organizations, they remain hesitant to commit business critical applications out of availability, security and legal concerns.
