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10 reasons open source smartphones will win
Insight commentary The advantages of open source for smartphones go well beyond simple cost savings, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Android, TCO, phone, Open-source Community
Survey: User optimism for SaaS high
News Ninety percent of organizations intend to maintain or grow their application deployments based on the software-as-a-service model, says Gartner.
Tags: Utility computing, ROI/TCO, Asia, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Gartner Inc., TCO, ROI/TCO, performance
Firms, vendors not keen on lower SLAs
News Despite economics of easing parameters in service level agreements, Asia's tech stakeholders warn against going down that path just to save money.
Tags: Service level management, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., MessageLabs Ltd., Service Level, Asia, Asia-Pacific, SLA, TCO, Environment, CIO
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
Cloud floats among India's large firms
News Large enterprises in India are opting for cloud computing, choosing hybrid and private clouds to resolve concerns over data security and regulatory compliance.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Cloud, Security, India, Regulatory Compliance, Small And Medium Business, TCO, Cloud computing
Demand for virtualization management heats up
News Driven by server virtualization management software, revenues for global virtualization software are set to increase by 43 percent this year, says Gartner.
Tags: Virtualization, Server consolidation, Software, Small And Medium Business, software company, Gartner Inc., Hypervisor, TCO, Server, server virtualization
Businesses stay keen on green IT spending
News Global companies are accelerating their green IT initiatives despite the recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
Tags: Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Green IT, Survey Respondent, Survey, cost savings, TCO, cost reduction, information technology, brand
Virtualizing desktops in your enterprise
Insight perspective Citrix Systems executive offers a step-by-step guide for enterprises to successfully prepare for, and implement, desktop virtualization.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage area networks (SAN), Desktops, Disaster Recovery, Security, TCO, business continuity, Storage area networks (SAN)
Is SaaS really cheaper?
News Software-as-a-service benefits may not be as clear cut as they seem, with focus on initial savings distracting issues that may reduce its advantage over packaged software in longer term.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Gartner Inc., Business Process, TCO, Silicon, VP, payment, software, Software-as-a-service
Indian SMBs more forward-looking in IT spend
News Alongside expectations of worse times ahead, more small and midsize businesses in India mull over factors such as scalability for IT purchases, finds new study.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business, IT Budget, India, IT-spending, Small And Medium Business, TCO, ROI, financial
IBM outlines Power7 chip plan
News Company reveals details of the chips which will appear in its Power Systems server line, announcing an application to manage a range of virtual servers.
Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., Unix, Chip, Environment, Server, systems management, processor, virtual server, director
Right time for China to use open source as alternative
Blogs Sun Microsystems' chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, told the BBC he had been asked by the new U.S. administration t...
Download this aid for calculating total cost of ownership
Insight This download lists all of the elements that make up the TCO, including direct costs (such as the purchasing price) and indirect costs (such as operations management and user support). Learn how to make sound IT decisions with this TCO download.
Asia to warm up to Cisco's data center plan?
News news analysis Cisco Systems' Unified Computing has impact on enterprise server market, but it will take time for networking giant to convince users, observers say.
Tags: Data centers, Servers, Virtualization, Infrastructure/architecture management, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Storage
Linux on the desktop: The whole story
Insight Before migrating your desktop computers to Linux, Gartner says you must take inventory of your business applications and compare Linux to the relevant version of Windows in terms of TCO.
