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China SaaS growth to exceed 'traditional IT'
News Country's software-as-a-service market will grow 56 percent next year, exceeding IT sector that includes on-premise software, says report.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Security, software, Information Technology, CRM, Asia-Pacific, On-demand, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), security application, China
India SMB manufacturers to spend $3.7B on IT
News Country's small and midsize manufacturing businesses will spend mostly on computing products in 2009, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: SMB, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, IT infrastructure, on-demand, SMB, Cloud computing, small and medium business, India, information technology
Assess business needs first before cloud move
News Cloud computing cuts costs and frees up manpower, but companies must evaluate business needs before deciding to adopt platform, analyst advises.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data security, Network security, Business planning, Disaster Recovery, IBM Corp., Security, Information Technology, Conference, International Data Corp.
Firefox-syncing Weave updates to beta
News Mozilla's homegrown tool for synchronizing Firefox across computers and devices graduates to beta and introduces incremental syncing and a more streamlined, less obtrusive experience.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Computer, Web sites, Web Browser, Tool, On-demand, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Beta
Indian SMBs to spend US$48M on UC
News Country's small and midsize businesses will spend 80 percent of unified communications budget on Web conference and instant messaging tools, notes new study.
Tags: Business, Networking technology, Communications, Open Source, India, Supplier, IP, Tool, Small And Medium Business, On-demand
CounterSpy CD W/1 Yr Maint.
Product Reviews CounterSpy CD W/1 Yr Maint.
Tags: Security, Web Browser, Anti-spyware, On-demand, antivirus, phone, Sunbelt Software, spyware, Microsoft Windows, CNET Networks Inc.
Fujitsu's IaaS keeps data in the UK
News A new U.K.-based infrastructure-as-a-service platform promises to alleviate worries about online services sending data overseas.
Tags: Cloud computing, Security, Storage, On-demand, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., high-performance, data protection, data center
Data centers: The temples of IT
Insight perspective Quocirca's Bob Tarzey surveys the data center market--and points out why they're better for the environment than you may think.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data centers, Co-location Provider, Equinix, Information Technology, bank, Hosting Company, managed hosting, Quocirca, On-demand
McAfee acquiring MX Logic, delivers solid outlook
News McAfee is buying the cloud-based e-mail and Web security services vendor for US$140 million in cash. Separately, it delivers a better-than-expected quarterly outlook.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Acquisitions, non-GAAP, Web Service, On-demand, e-mail, Wall Street, Symantec Corp.
Amazon offers more cloud control
News Company's cloud-computing arm unveils the public beta for three features to help users monitor cloud resources, adjust capacity and balance traffic loads.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web Service, On-demand, Europe, Amazon Web Services, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., public beta, blog, S3 Inc.
SugarCRM adds mobile, collaboration tools
News A new beta-test version of the popular open-source CRM software promises to work better with other Web services, and it adds mobile and collaboration features.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Open source, Web services, Business applications, Mobile, CRM, Tool, Web Service, On-demand, collaboration tool
SAS preps cloud computing facility
News SAS is planning a US$70 million cloud computing facility in the United States as it expands its on-demand products.
Tags: Cloud computing, SAS Institute, SAP AG, Business Objects, Cloud Computing Facility, business intelligence system, On-demand, software-as-a-service business-intelligence, Cloud computing, business intelligence
How Microsoft plans to make its mark in CRM
Insight newsmaker The software giant is well placed to take the lead in the CRM arena with its on-demand and packaged software, not to mention a US$1 billion annual infrastructure budget, says exec Brad Wilson.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Strategy, Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Corp., CRM, e-Service, On-demand, Sales, TCO
Rackspace challenges Amazon with cloud services
News Cloud Server, which went live on Monday, provides users with server instances, or on-demand virtual servers, that can be scaled up or down according to demand.
Tags: Virtualization, Server platforms, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Storage, On-demand, Debian, computer, Server, Amazon.com Inc.
The dawn of unified communications
Insight The recession is forcing businesses to search for ways to cut costs--and unified comms is one place many will start, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Mobile, Web Conferencing, PBX, IP, ThinkGrid, On-demand, IP network
