Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]
- Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7Who are these companies and who cares what their CIO's sayNever heard of any of these companies, and I could care less what any of their CIO's say on this subject.Why not ask the CIO of a Fortune 500 company?This is no surprise.It would...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, new OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- WWDC 09: the announcements (Updated 10x)
- WWDC 09: the announcements (Updated 10x)No Fun AnymoreThis was a pretty big meh. The keynote was boring and there weren't any surprises due to the rumor mill. Keynotes just aren't fun any more. Apple didn't add anything that was revolutionary or even that interesting. The iPhone...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Snow Leopard, server, WWDC 09, Snow Leopard Server
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percent
- IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percentI'm willing to bet.......that while those sales figures dropped across the board the actual installation of new servers didn't drop nearly as much.How is it measured ?Estimated sales blah blah blah. How do they estimate ? My company buys servers...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, RHT, server, Linux, International Data Corp., Microsoft Windows, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Auto Outlook Express Backup 2.0.2 (Windows)
- Today a quality backup solution is a must not only for enterprise-level SANs but also for home systems. It insures higher reliability of an email service and makes personal data always available and protected. Auto Outlook Express Backup offers a unique combination of high functionality and full automation of backup...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook Express, EmailAdept, Auto Outlook Express Backup, Backups, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-04-01
- Where Worlds Collide - and then there's Sharepoint
- Where Worlds Collide - and then there's SharepointThe Open Web and the Walled GardenNicely stated:Going forward Sharepoint is everywhere, and as future iterations of a cloud oriented Microsoft Office hook into the next iterations of Sharepoint, it seems likely an extensive new walled garden will emerge. How and if this...
- Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Open web, open source, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great
- Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely greatThere's interest from SMEsWe've had a few of our customers (all SME's) asking about this. One customer uses a hosting providing to run their public facing web site, which is mainly static content, but they also upload order tracking data on a daily basis, for...
- Tags: SMB/SME, local storage, small and medium enterprise, storage
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access
- Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access Big brother email...NO thanks I stay away from google and friends at the gov...eMail server already = cloud..and Google isn't needed.By definition, an email server is accessible on the web. So anyone who already runs a mail server -- Exchange or something...
- Tags: E-mail servers, cloud computing, server, e-mail, e-mail server, offline e-mail access, Google Inc., E-Mail Access, Google Gmail
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Three Ways IT Can Become a Baby Bell
- With cutting costs looming as THE big issues for IT next year, Unified Communications vendors are turning to service providers as a model for reducing capital expenditures. I’m hearing three approaches from vendors along these lines. Here what...
- Tags: Information Technology, PBX, Baby Bell, Covergence Session Manager, Aastra, Telephony, VOIP, Strategy, Telecommunications, Networking, Management, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- No accounting software for Linux?
- No accounting software for Linux?Compiere in no way can compete...with the likes of even Quickbooks. There are no third party vendors writing specific addons for compiere. CPA's don't support it so don't take a copy of your Compiere data files to your CPA at tax time. And uptodate payroll support...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, SMB/SME, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, accounting, Linux, accounting software, Compiere
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- In tight times, Microsoft launches two new servers
- In tight times, Microsoft launches two new serversWell done MS...some of us had given up on them releasing anything.This product update comes with multiple SKUs to squeeze every last dollar out of customers. Keeping CALs is a unique feature.Appears they've added "Remote Web Workplace" and 120-day [b]trials[/b] of "Microsoft Forefront...
- Tags: Firewalls, Servers, Operating systems, Wess, server, firewall, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0
- Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- SAP: Transparent SME 'deep dive'
- SAP: Transparent SME 'deep dive'SAP = one sure way to kill your IT budgetAll the pretty graphs and words still don't hide the truth that SAP is a BLACK HOLE for money. Let's see, hmmm, i can hire a SAP programmer for $250 an hour or a .Net programmer...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Operational accounting, Financial services, small and medium enterprise, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Server Suite Helps Vendor Reduce Customer-Support Response Time by 83 Per Cent
- NCI Technologies provides IT services and financial solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMEs, as well as schools in the United Kingdom. Off late, NCI wanted to provide its SME customers with a cost-effective solution to deliver services used by larger companies, such as latest unified messaging features, including access...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Data-processing, Server, Microsoft Corp., NCI Technologies, Smb/Sme
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Despite all this I'm still hoping for Psystar FTW! Low cost OS X machines could do a lot of good. Apple doesn't see the potential here to raise more revenue...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, App£e
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel
- Measuring TCO: Wintel vs LintelWhoever chooses the scenario...... can determine the results. I read some Windows comparisons on Microsoft's site in which the assumptions and requirements were obviously slanted and a report on open source in English schools that could not have produced results favoring Windows if the consultant...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Wintel, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., TCO, Lintel
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSource
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSourceHmm, its that alternate reality again.I read through this, and your example is impecable, makes perfect, and I'm left wondered why none of my customers use Sun hardware.And of the course, the reason is that in my reality, the vast majority of enterprises are SME's, and they...
- Tags: Wintel, OpenSource
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
SmartPlanet
-
Thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large.
Visit SmartPlanet
- More from IBM
-
-
Innovate your business' process model, play against the market, compete against others on our scoreboards and WIN!
Try INNOV8 2.0: A BPM Simulator
-
Enabling Real-World Business Transformation through IBM Service Management
Read the EMA Analyst Report
White Papers and Webcasts
