How Will the ‘New Normal” Change Your IT Spending?
23 February 2010 | CIO Update | Original Article
International Data Corp. (IDC) recently issued a provocative study proclaiming a period of austerity it’s calling the “new normal”. Based on a survey of 140 CIOs and IT managers from Fortune 1000 companies, it suggests that organizations steel themselves as follows: …
Security spending, DLP projects to increase
23 February 2010 | SC Magazine | Original Article
Information security budgets will get a boost at many organizations in 2010, according to a study released Tuesday by IT research company TheInfoPro. The study, based on interviews of 259 security decision makers at Fortune 1000 and mid-size organizations, found that 40 percent of enterprises are planning to increase their 2010 security budgets. Data leakage prevention topped the list of projects planned for 2010, followed by identity management and compliance initiatives. — AM
Dedupe Presents a Growing Channel Opportunity
08 February 2010 | [ci] channelinsider | Original Article
Data dedupe is still a relatively small market, but it’s one that is growing strongly and one that is dominated …
Planning for virtualization? Beware of server overload
08 February 2010 | ComputerWorld | Original Article
Vendors claim you can pack dozens of virtual machines inside one physical server. But that’s a bad idea for heavy-duty applications. …
Thin provisioning tops Heat Index
03 February 2010 | Storage Networking Solutions – Europe | Original Article
TheInfoPro Wave 13 Storage Study Identifies Thin Provisioning as One of the Hottest Technologies in Storage. …
Storage spending focused on data consolidation, ROI
26 January 2010 | IT World – Canada | Original Article
Survey suggests companies are spending significant dollars on thin provisioning and data de-duplication technology. …
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Users’ top storage technologies, vendors for 2010
25 January 2010 | INFOTOR – Bits & Bytes Blog | Original Article
January 25, 2010 – Results from a recent end-user survey conducted by TheInfoPro research firm included a few …
Data Center Managers Hope for More Money and Virtualization in 2010
30 December 2009 | MaximumPC | Original Article
It’s been a tough year for data center managers, who have battled against a global recession for the better part of 2009 …
How to Choose the Best Tools for Your Virtual Infrastructure
29 December 2009 | CIO Update | Original Article
Virtualization is a pretty hot topic in enterprise IT these days. It’s safe to say that everyone has some sort of …
Microsoft’s Private Cloud Formation
17 December 2009 | Virtualization Review | Original Article
As Microsoft rolls out its Windows Azure and SQL Azure public cloud services in January 2010, the first implementers …