Enterprise Computing
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Sunny skies ahead for cloud computing
News CIOs need to prepare for the advent of cloud computing, because the technology is here to stay, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Outsourcing, Security, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, CIO, enterprise computing, Web 2.0, data center
Mainframes fall short on technical skills
News Availability of IT professionals with mainframe capabilities is shrinking in Asia, despite ongoing need for such expertise, say market observers.
Tags: Mainframes, Recruiting, Trends, Mainframe, Computer Associates International Inc., IBM Corp., GUI, Asia, India, IT Professional
Cloud fever: What will it take for a breakout?
News Some of the tech industry's best and brightest gather at a roundtable discussion offering a snapshot of cloud computing's progress--and lack thereof.
Tags: Web services, Marc Benioff, Davos, Cloud Computing, dot-com, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, CTO, TechCrunch, Mountain View
Top 10 strategic technologies for 2009
News Analyst house Gartner has tipped its top 10 strategic technologies and trends for next year, with virtualization, cloud computing and social networking all making the grade.
Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Gartner Inc., Server, CIO, enterprise computing, business intelligence, social networking, Server System
Google's enterprise vision is in the cloud
News The search giant says the lessons it has learned in the "Darwinian" consumer market give it an edge as business computing moves online.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Security, Google Inc., Consumer World, Cloud Computing, enterprise computing, software, vision, barrier
AMD revises server road map
News Troubled company looks ahead to a new six-core processor and the arrival of a next-generation core well into the next decade.
Tags: Servers, Multiprocessor servers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Notebook, layoff, Server, enterprise computing, Istanbul, processor, PC processor
Mobile Linux group plans enterprise push
News Announcing new members, including Mozilla and Verizon, the LiMo Foundation claims to be in talks with two major enterprise Linux-distribution companies.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Linux, Browser, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile Linux, Mozilla Corp., intellectual property, enterprise computing, software
HP tailors data center tools for Oracle apps
News New templates allow companies to automatically provision and deploy Oracle applications using HP's BladeSystem Matrix all-in-one data center package.
Tags: Components, Data centers, Data Management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Hewlett-Packard Co., BladeSystem Matrix, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Storage, storage system
Tech giants form open cloud standards group
News Companies including AMD, Cisco, Citrix, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Novell, Red Hat, Sun and VMware are to develop open standards for private and public cloud interoperability.
Tags: Cloud computing, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Specification, Standards, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., PaaS
Social games score in the recession
News Zynga, the company behind Texas Hold 'Em on Facebook, and other game makers are attracting millions of users. Will the shine wear off?
Tags: Games, social networking, Facebook, recession, network, Web 2.0, revenue, Silicon Valley, Apple iPhone, industry
Sun: We're not late in cloud game
News Dismissing industry comments that it's late in announcing strategy for the platform, Sun Microsystems says cloud movement is only just starting.
Tags: Cloud computing, Database management, Data centers, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Asia-Pacific, Service, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Wipro sets up Compuware facility in Bangalore
News in brief Indian software company Wipro has opened a new training center in Bangalore.
Calling all blogs!
Insight Personal Web publishing has hit its stride recently, allowing Web logs (or blogs) to be anyone's domain. Here are some technology blogs worth checking out.
Compaq AP sees 41% revenue growth for Q3
News Compaq Asia Pacific Tuesday said that its Asia Pacific revenue for the third quarter (ending September 30) grew by 41 percent compared with same period last year.
HP sinks utility project, lays off some workers
News Firm to sell Utility Data Center package as separate software modules. UDC staff handed walking papers.
Tags: Utility computing
