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- OS-Virtualisation Review - Butler Group Report
- This Technology Audit from the widely respected Butler Group gives an overview of the OS-level server virtualisation solution "Virtuozzo", analysing how and why it differs from hardware virtualisation and detailing the benefits arising from this approach.
- Tags: Virtualization, Butler Group, Server Virtualization, Parallels Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- White papers 2007-07-23
- Analysts: more SOA vendor carnage ahead
- A new report from Butler Group confirms what we already suspected: the big vendors are pouring out lots of cash in efforts to roll up smaller, more specialized SOA vendors into suites -- and will continue to do so.The Big SOA vendors are being chased upstream to maintain their high-margin...
- Tags: General, Vendor Watch
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Butler Group Technical Audit: Sterling Commerce Managed Services
- Read Butler Group's report about Business-to-Business (B2B) infrastructure solutions that allow trading organizations to interact with each other across a secure network. Long considered as only appropriate for large organizations, such solutions are providing organizations of all sizes the ability to trade and collaborate electronically via...
- Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, B2B, It Services, Sterling Commerce, Audit, Managed Services, Butler Group
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Why Business Intelligence Projects Fail to Deliver ROI.
- Too many Business Intelligence (BI) projects fail to deliver on their promises. The Butler Group identifies the key drivers of success, showing how structured approaches can deliver sustainable ROI.
- Tags: Butler Group, SAS Institute, ROI, Roi/Tco, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2006-10-05
- Sun: Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite
- Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (CAPS) is a fully-featured suite that addresses the development and deployment of integration processes and composite applications. Many organisations are facing the challenge of needing to integrate existing applications whilst wanting to consider how these may fit into a future architecture that is more...
- Tags: Butler Group, Suite, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite, Java Composite Application Platform Suite, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Butler Group: Red herring and bull?
- Butler Group's weblog takes a look at MIcrosoft's"redbull" efforts on Notes migrations:Fear,Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) is, all too frequently in the IT world, partof a marketer's armoury, and well ahead pre-announcements of software arenot uncommon from Microsoft. However, to announce and then 'lose' a productsupposedly...
- Tags: bull, Butler Group
- Blog posts 2006-02-10
- Butler Group, Tumbleweed SecureTransport Technology Audit
- SecureTransport from Tumbleweed is a safe, automated file transfer family of products, available as software or an appliance, which allow users to select their transport protocol of choice to transmit or receive data, without having to resort to the purchase of expensive solutions. Compliance, and the need to transfer...
- Tags: Weakness, Butler Group, SecureTransport, Audit, Tumbleweed Communications Corp., Smb/Sme, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2005-05-31
- Butler Group, Tumbleweed SecureTransport Technology Audit (FR)
- SecureTransport de Tumbleweed constitue le produit de transfert de fichiers sûr et automatisé, disponible comme un logiciel ou bien une appliance. Ce produit permet aux clients de choisir leur protocole de transport pour transmettre ou recevoir des informations sans avoir a acheter de solutions chères. La conformité et le besoin...
- Tags: Butler Group, Audit, DES, Tumbleweed Communications Corp., Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-31
- Real-time business analytics market to be worth $10 bln in 2005
- Butler Group estimates the global market for real-time business analytics tools will reach $10 bln by year-end 2005. IDC puts the current UK real-time business analytics market worth at about $340 mln.
- Tags: business analytics
- Blog posts 2005-04-16
- Real-time business analytics market to be worth $10 bln in 2005
- Butler Group estimates the global market for real-time business analytics tools will reach $10 bln by year-end 2005. IDC puts the current UK real-time business analytics market worth at about $340 mln.
- Tags: Butler Group, real-time Business Analytic, business analytics
- Blog posts 2005-04-16
- Cadbury Schweppes' Remedy for ITIL Success
- Cadbury Schweppes is a major confectionery and beverages supplier, and one of the UK's older, and most well established companies, but is also one that still wants to remain highly competitive. What the company needed was an approach somewhat like the army has - things should be done in the...
- Tags: Butler Group, ITIL, Remedy Corp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Help Desk System, Help Desk, Call Centers, Change Management, It Operations, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies
- Technology Audit: Butler Group Evaluates Industry's First Network Attached Processing Solution
- This Butler Group report describes the Azul Compute Appliance, the industry's first Network Attached Processing (NAP) solution that's purpose-built to meet the power and processing demands of computationally intensive and multi-threaded Java applications. The paper explains how Azul's Compute Appliances, which can be pooled to provide virtually unlimited processing capacity,...
- Tags: Butler Group, Audit, Azul Systems, Network, Industry, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers
Additional Resources
- Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple
- Non-profit environmental group Climate Counts publishes a report that puts Apple at the bottom of its environmental list. Apple scores 11 out of 100, while IBM, which enjoys the top spot on the list, scores 77. Climate Counts goes as...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Count, Climate Counts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?
- In my story earlier today I pointed out how African researchers see mobile data networks as the key to improving health outcomes on the world's poorest continent. The French group formerly known as Fone+, now combined under Craig Mundie into Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, is pushing precisely...
- Tags: Mobile, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Smart Phones, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Africans tie mobile data to health care improvements
- Bridging the digital divide is the key to improving Africa's health, according to organizers of a conference in Namibia this week. And the fastest way to do it is through mobile links. Speakers at the IST-Africa conference in Windhoek said e-health services are key...
- Tags: Mobile, Health Care, E-health, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Unixfication II
- Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...
- Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthlessSomething is worth exactllywhat someone else is willing to pay for it.Couldn't be because they stink?Their revenue shortfall and lack of growth could just as likely be traced to their notorious right wing bias. As the neocons fall...
- Tags: MySpace, social media, advertiser, social networking, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Virtualization discussion with Oracle
- I recently had a chance to chat with Oracle's vice president of Linux engineering, Wim Coekaerts, and senior director of product marketing, Monica Kumar, about Oracles virtualization efforts and a bit about the philosophy behind the company's efforts. In summary, Oracle sees virtualization technology as just another tool organizations can...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community
- An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE communityIt's not about shellsIt's about where things are and what they're called.Remember we can have the scripts configure gnome to look like windows and pop up wintel like menus too.Put the cart before the horse.You'll need to get them all into the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Unix, server, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
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