Express mail and logistics provider Crossflight sees cloud storage as positive for well-defined services like CRM and email,but less so for more complex,bespoke applications. The firm expressed the view following a deal with EMC to drive ...
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Oracle is pushing its combined hardware and software product range as a way for CIOs to avoid costly consultant fees. Speaking in the UK, Oracle president Mark Hurd, said open systems were more costly because they were not ...
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Network World - ERP systems are used throughout most large enterprises, with SAP and Oracle accounting for 80% or more of the installed based in regulated sectors such as pharma and energy. But these same systems, with their million ...
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IBM and Hewlett-Packard tied for the top position in server factory revenue in the second quarter, with a 29.2% and 29.6% share respectively, IDC said on Tuesday. But Dell was the only vendor among the top five whose server revenue ...
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Job site RecruitmentGenius.com has cut hosting costs by 90%by moving to cloud infrastructure. RecruitmentGenius.com is saving GBP112,000 a year by moving onto hosting provided by ElasticHosts. RecruitmentGenius.com uses the cloud ...
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While"shrink-wrapped"big data analysis solutions offered by the likes of SAP and Oracle will"stimulate imaginations",they will soon give way to superior third-party products that display"greater levels of innovation",cloud infrastructure ...
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Network World-Linux operating system distributor Suse says it is gaining ground among cloud service providers as their choice platform for delivering the open source OS to customers,but at least one analyst says the market is still split ...
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Indian outsourcer Infosys Tuesday unveiled a package of services and technologies that aim to help companies deploying hybrid clouds. Fragmentation of enterprise workloads across technologies and services running on both private clouds ...
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Computerworld-Every Monday morning,executives at Procter&Gamble's Cincinnati headquarters file into an elliptically shaped conference room known as the Business Sphere,where giant video screens wrap around curved walls displaying ...
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The Uefa Euro 2012 tournament The football administration management environment Uefa's private cloud infrastructure What next for Uefa's systems? Uefa has outsourced its IT infrastructure to a supplier-built private cloud to meet ...
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Budget-strapped IT shops often delay infrastructure and systems upgrades,but investments in more efficient data center hardware and software can result in significant cost savings and increased productivity. Barlow Robbins LLP ...
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Consumer goods conglomerate Procter&Gamble(P&G)has signed an agreement with HP to move to a cloud infrastructure. HP will be accountable for of P&G's manufacturing,procure-to-pay,order-to-cash,physical distribution and financial systems. ...
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