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Five common unified communications pitfalls
News With the hype about unified communications, industry experts discuss some mistakes firms may make when deploying such projects for the first time.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Bandwidth, Communications, Security, Aspect Software Inc., software, unified communications, China, information technology, strategy
Asia's green IT services to hit US$2B in 2011
News update Growing demand for green IT services in markets such as China and India lifts region to a five-year compound annual growth rate of 69 percent, says new report.
Tags: Green IT, Services, Green IT, Asia, cost savings, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Service, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Consulting
HP looks for a few good partners
News Company will have to be careful not to compete with those same partners. Details not expected until next week.
Tags: Channel management
Dell boosts enterprise virtualization portfolio
News It unveils pre-configured packages for deploying and managing virtualized infrastructures, new storage products and a consulting service called ProConsult.
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, NAS, Dell Computer Corp., small and medium business, consulting service, consulting, monitoring, Virtualization
IBM launches 'Green Sigma' business consulting
News Using sensors and software, IBM's consulting crew will help businesses reduce their energy and water use as part of efficiency and "green business" programs.
Tags: Green IT, Consulting, IBM Corp., software, energy efficiency, Business Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, supply chain, strategy, accounting
Xerox picks HCL in US$100M deal
News The contract will see HCL providing data center hosting and migration, virtualization, consolidation and storage architecture services across Europe and North America.
Tags: Data centers, Data backup, disaster recovery, Xerox Corp., Architecture Services, storage architecture service, Outsourcing Company, document management company, Document Management, information management, data center
Is your project MAD?
Techguide Forget deliverable-inspired tasks that produce little useful output. If you want your project management discipline to really shine, apply them to true business objectives.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Project, project manager, Fortune 500, financial benefit, Patrick Gray, Prevoyance Group, CIO, financial
Cisco Systems puts more security in the cloud
News Company rounds out hosted security offerings with Security Cloud Services, updated intrusion prevention and botnet filtering software, and WebEx services for secure online meetings.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Cloud computing, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Ukraine, remote access, RSA Security Inc., Cloud computing, Russia
IBM makes business dashboards mobile
News The company is adding new software and consulting services to its lineup, in an effort to charm mobile enterprises.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Smart phones, BlackBerry, Mac OS, IBM Corp., Mobile, Cloud Computing, Dashboard, software, software product
Dell unlikely to get trademark for 'cloud computing'
News The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reverses course on its preliminary decision to allow Dell to trademark the term "cloud computing".
Tags: Patents, Utility computing, Cloud Computing, intellectual property, software, software-as-a-service, data center, Dell Computer Corp., consulting company, enterprise software
Cisco, VMware collaborate on desktop virtualization
News A partnership between Cisco and virtualization company VMware has led to the development of a virtual network switch for VMware clusters.
Tags: Routing/switching, Virtualization, Data centers, Cisco Systems Inc., Quocirca, VMware Inc., software, network, blade server, brand
HP in talks to buy EDS
News The world's largest computer maker is looking to buy the IT services provider, reportedly for US$12 billion to US$13 billion. Announcement could come late Tuesday.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Business development/management, Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., software, revenue, Wall Street Journal
Unisys puts stealth into the cloud
News The IT services company's new Secure Cloud managed service aims to shield sensitive information from other users of a cloud by scattering the data across different storage sites.
Tags: Network security, Federal Government, Cloud computing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Analyst reports, Security, Datamonitor, Workday, Storage, Cloud computing
Bank Thai, IBM in US$4.25m IT tie-up
News Bank Thai has picked IBM Thailand Co Ltd as its IT consultant partner in its IT infrastructure project.
TruSecure readies defense-analysis tools
News The security specialist's new package is designed to measure how effectively a company's IT defense systems are working.
Tags: Security applications/tools
