After three and a half years in operation, Amazon Web Services' RDS is finally generally available. Users can also get a service-level agreement if they choose to run the database in multiple places. The combination of customer adoption, ...
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International alternative assets advisory firm, MVision, has deployed Tintri VMstore, developed by Time Inc., to support its virtual desktop infrastructure. MVision is said to be benefiting from faster remote access to the company network ...
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Dell has introduced a converged computing, storage and networking system for small and remote offices, the PowerEdge VRTX, saying it will let customers deploy a system with virtualization in hours. Converged systems are playing a growing ...
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By now, it’s become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy. But while that sentiment remains true, technology trends, generational shifts in the workforce and changing demands from end users are forcing ...
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By now, it's become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy. But while that sentiment remains true, technology trends, generational shifts in the workforce and changing demands from end users are forcing CIOs to ...
Tags: CIOs, Computer Products, role changes
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in ...
John Lewis is to launch a new technology apprenticeship scheme this year, which will see the firm further expand its IT department. The aim for the apprenticeship scheme is to train the next generation of IT leaders at John Lewis' head ...
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Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. As the BYOD (bring-your-own-device) trend accelerates, IT departments are seeking ...
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The role of IT in setting strategic priorities and achieving business success is growing for companies throughout the world, according to new research published by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. The International ...
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A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overachievers like Google and Microsoft. In the Institute's latest survey of data center ...
A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices. As with its other cloud-based offerings, SAP hopes to attract enterprises to the cloud-based ...
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Business executives are increasingly bypassing the IT department and spending their own budgets on technology as "it's too important for their business to leave to IT", says analyst house Forrester. A Forrester report, "Tracking The ...
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Economic woes in recent years have spurred companies of all sizes to shake up data center hiring, training, development and other processes to better align IT and business operations -- and boost the bottom line. Many companies now look ...
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Google has beefed up the administration and management controls that IT staff have over their users' Chrome browsers. Google has added the ability for IT departments to apply the workplace configuration of Chrome browsers to Chrome ...
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Virtualization and cloud services are making it easier for companies to shift IT infrastructure operations to service providers, and that is exactly what many organizations are doing. The trend is most prevalent among small and midsize ...
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