Holland-based LeaseWeb has opted for storage software from Nexenta on commodity hardware as a platform for its cloud computing platform. The company chose Nexenta over HP, IBM, NetApp and open source storage products for the project, which ...
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Contents HR lags behind in consumerisation of IT Useability a driving force behind HR technology Big data can be a powerful HR tool Read more on SaaS HR Read about cloud-based HR implementations Read more on big data in HR Businesses must ...
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Today's security systems are not ready for an always on, always connected world, says McAfee CTO Michael Fey. "McAfee understands that security technology has to evolve very rapidly, but also that organisations can't rip out what they ...
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First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them. Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and ...
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Downturn drives renegotiation Position of strength Haggling Change is good Organisations in many sectors seek to renew the terms in their contractual agreements as they adjust to the economic climate. IT outsourcing is going through a ...
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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-SAN DEIGO--If the OpenStack Summit held this week is any indication,virtual networking is a hot IT topic. A panel discussion about virtual networking in the cloud featuring representatives from HP,Big Switch and Midokura was ...
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Chinese firm ZTE is planning to grow its UK presence by selling its technology to local government and schools, despite the recent controversy around the security of its products. ZTE is predominantly known as a manufacturer of consumer ...
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Computerworld - Scientists studying Earth system processes, including climate change, are now working with one of the largest supercomputers on the planet. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has begun using a 1.5 petaflop ...
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Taiwan LiteOn Technology Corporation has hit a two-year monthly high in September revenues, benefiting from its cloud computing server power- management and LED products. The company's PC peripherals has enjoyed new highs in sales as the ...
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Hosting companies purporting to offer cloud services are offering the same services that they were 10 years ago,but simply marketing them as cloud instead in a bid to make money,claims Flexiant founder Tony Lucas. "If you were to believe ...
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In an exclusive interaction,Ravishankar,CEO&Co-Founder,Nevales Networks speaks about the company's value proposition as the defacto managed service provider for SMBs in India.The Indian company is sure about the success of ...
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Network World-Midokura,a Japanese startup focused on network virtualization,this week said it is entering the U.S.market with a distributed software defined network product designed for Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS). The companys ...
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Indian outsourcer Infosys blamed continuing global economic uncertainties for a slide in year-on-year revenue growth in U.S.dollar terms,which declined to 2.9%for the third quarter,from 16.7%a year earlier. "It's still very choppy out ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com's cloud services division, has claimed that more than 300 government agencies and 1,500 education institutions in the US are now using AWS for a wide variety of uses including "big data" analytics, ...