Centralization
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Survey: Utilization of virtual desktops to grow
Insight perspective Desktop virtualization technology is ready for enterprise-class implementations, says Citrix Systems executive.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Desktops, Virtual Desktop, Survey, provisioning, Brian Higgins, CIO, sensitive information, data center
Asian firms opt for shared services
News Businesses in the region can become more competitive by moving toward shared services and outsourcing, and at the same time Asia is an attractive location for the industry.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Cost control, Single Sign-on, India, Singapore, Business Process, Frost & Sullivan, KPMG Consulting Inc., bank
Understand and control the centralization cycle
Insight Companies move from highly centralized to highly decentralized IT organizational models, sometimes consciously, but often as a result of political forces.
Yahoo tries to heal itself--again
News The beleaguered Internet portal is reorganizing management ranks in what may be a last chance to prove it should remain independent.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., venture capital, software, co-founder, job, Jerry Yang
Expoloring SOA design patterns
Techguide In podcast series, Thomas Erl and coauthors of SOA Design Patterns discuss the SOA patterns identified in the book.
Tags: Web services, SOA, co-author, ebizQ, Joe McKendrick, design pattern, podcast, industry, Web, Web services
US President on cybersecurity: We're not that prepared
News U.S. President Barack Obama announces new White House cybersecurity coordinator job, and says the government will not monitor private sector Internet communications.
Tags: Security, Government, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, computer, Washington, White House, network, Internet, agency
US President hints at cybersecurity shakeup
News Announcement that cybersecurity official from former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration will conduct a review of cybersecurity efforts, may indicate authority will shift from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House.
Tags: Security, Defense/military, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Defense/military, Hathaway, White House, Homeland Security, CNET Networks Inc.
Businesses urged to tackle mobile-working issues
News Organizations need to develop corporate and IT strategies to cater for an increasingly mobile workforce, says a recent analyst report.
Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008
News The downward pressure on operational IT costs will continue in 2008 but those savings could free up budget for increased levels of capital expenditure.
Tags: IT budgeting, ROI/TCO, Business plans
Brocade to tidy up data centers
Techguide Brocade Communications Systems, a maker of storage-area networking gear, has announced a new family of software products designed to help companies better manage information stored in their data centers.
Delivering IT as a service
Insight City University's CIO Jerry Yu is gearing his team to deliver IT like a utility service, where the service is available to users at the flip of a switch.
Tags: IT Management
S'pore supply chain firm delivers on innovation
Insight Business intelligence tools need reinvention and a slower economy could be the best time to try new things, says YCH Group's CIO James Loo.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications, Leadership, RFID, Database, Innovation, SCM, CIO, business intelligence
Banking on the IT-sales connection
Insight Shee Tse Koon, Standard Chartered Bank's CIO for Singapore, shares the bank's inner workings of the close relationship between sales, technology and operations.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Banking, IT Management, IT budgeting
Brocade to tidy up data centers
News Brocade touts new family of software products designed to help companies manage and access information in their data centers.
Tags: Business applications
Scaling wireless to the next level
Techguide At the enterprise level, wireless scalability takes on a whole new meaning. Centralized management for multiple access points and new topologies allow you to extend the WLAN across even the largest organization.
Tags: Wireless LANs, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Remote management, Policy and management
