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HP bets on software as a strategy

Robin Purohit runs Hewlett-Packard's $3 billion software business, the most profitable group within the company, and its most strategic. As 2009 IT budgets continue to be slashed, HP's software group is becoming the point of the spear for the entire company, potentially driving hardware and services sales as...

Tags: Business Technology Optimization, Software, Business Technology, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Software Business, Data Centers, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-04-12

HP Software Business Technology Optimization Go to Market With SPI Dynamics

In this webcast the presenter will cover HP's acquisition of SPI Dynamics, a leading provider of web application security assessment software and services. With the addition of SPI Dynamics, HP Software now offers the most comprehensive portfolio of application quality, performance, and security assessment solutions.

Tags: Business Technology Optimization, SPI Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cloud Computing, Security

Webcasts 2007-08-16

Software Universe: Traub/Rende - Business Technology Optimization

The presenters of this webcast tell how Business Technology Optimization BTO helps to ensure that every resource invested in IT meets business goals.

Tags: Business Technology Optimization, Software, Business Technology, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Webcasts 2007-01-01

Accelerate IT Service Management and ITIL Guidance

Learn how Forsythe Solutions Group together with Mercury can provide the essential tools, technology and advice to accelerate the successful adoption of ITIL initiatives. This paper combines Forsythe's real-world ITSM experience with Mercury's powerful business technology optimization BTO tools and processes.

Tags: Business Technology Optimization, Information Technology, Mercury Interactive Corp., ITIL, Service Level Management, It Services, Process Improvement, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations

White papers 2006-08-01

Diving into BTO with Mercury's Lochhead

With the priorities of CIOs now focused on methods for intimately linking business and IT, vendors sensing opportunity are gunning for the burgeoning market for next-generation management tools that do just that. One of the leading vendors is Mercury Interactive, also one of the fastest growing software companies today and...

Tags: CMO Christopher Lochhead, information technology

Blog posts 2005-06-03

Business Technology Optimization

Christopher Lochhead of Mercury argues that running IT like a business, or optimizing the business value of IT, is the number one issue in IT today. How can IT deliver value back to the business?

Tags: Strategy, information technology, business technology optimization

Whiteboards 2005-04-04

Business Technology Optimization

Christopher Lochhead of Mercury argues that running IT like a business, or optimizing the business value of IT, is the number one issue in IT today. How can IT deliver value back to the business?

Tags: Business Technology, Strategy, Management, Best Practices, information technology, business technology optimization

Sponsored whiteboards 2005-04-04

Additional Resources

Gartner: Cloud computing, analytics top 2010 strategic tech list

Gartner unveiled its top 10 strategic technology list for 2010. Unified communications, servers and specialized systems are out. Client computing, data center do-overs, flash memory and mobile applications are in. The list, presented Tuesday at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, by analysts David Cearley and Carl Claunch...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Analytics, Gartner Inc., Data Centers, Financial Planning, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...

Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-17

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Cloud may complicate SOA load balancing act

Shine your own light in the cloudLori is correct to suggest that the cloud can obscure what you see. Cloud offerings tend to be basic, covering CPU, bandwidth and storage, and are very much of a 'one-shape-fits-all' nature. This is a consequence of building the offering on multi-tenanted...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Lori, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Force.com Cloud Platform Drives Huge Time to Market and Cost Savings

IDC believes that the rise of Cloud computing has the potential to be among the most transformative developments in the world of information technology in the last 20 years. To date, Cloud computing is already having a significant impact on the way technology vendors are service-enabling and delivering applications, how...

Tags: PaaS, Cost Savings, International Data Group, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations

White papers 2009-09-01

OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld Experiences

I've been running from meeting to meeting at IDG World Expo's OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/CloudWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in the heart of beautiful San Francisco (see OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld.) Here are my initial impressions of the event: The event is significantly smaller than any I...

Tags: IDG World Expo, Event, Vendor Area, Data Centers, Channel Management, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-12

IBM goes deeply predictive, announces acquisition of SPSS

IBM dropped a big bombshell at the start of any already action-packed day for the analyst community. At this moment, I’m sitting, along with several dozen of my peers from Forrester and other firms, at the IBM Smart Analytics System launch event in Hawthorne NY. I’ll blog on IBM’s other...

Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., PA/DM, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Corporate Law, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-20

How Windows Server 2008 R2 Helps Optimize IT and Save You Money

A key goal for customers over the next several years will be to reduce technology costs. At the same time, maintaining a competitive edge in IT technology within a fast-changing business landscape is also a necessity. This requires a new approach to IT and data-center management emphasizing automation and optimization....

Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2009-07-01

Looking for a few good SOA case studies

Are you part of a successful SOA deployment, and would like to share some details with the rest of the world? The world wants to hear from you. The SOA Consortium, in conjunction with CIO Magazine, is once again holding it's annual SOA case study competition, and...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-17

HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations

LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...

Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-16

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time

Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high hurdle to jump to reach a point of public credibility. But on the other hand technology companies, more than most sectors, are obliged to lead...

Tags: Sustainability, IBM Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-01

HP Helps Alphawest Enhance the Availability and Performance of Its Clients' IT Infrastructure

Alphawest is one of Australia's leading national Information Communication and Technology ICT Services companies, providing innovative solutions to the government, legal, educational and business sectors. As part of its managed services offering, Alphawest wanted to ensure satisfactory performance and availability of its customers' networks, servers, operating systems, services and core...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Information Technology, Alphawest, Performance Management, Government, Managed Hosting, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

Case studies 2009-06-01