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    1. New Compuware APM Release Covers Mobile, Cloud, Big Data

      Explore eweek.com (10 hours, 43 min ago) Cloud Computing

      By: Darryl K. Taft 2012-05-21 Article Rating: star star star star star / 0 There are user comments on this Application Development story. Compuware announced its APM Spring 2012 Platform Release, which provides application performance management (APM) for mobile, cloud and Big Data environments. Compuware (Nasdaq: CPWR) recently announced a major new release of its integrated application performance management (APM) solution, the Compu

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      Mentions:   Compuware   Application Performance Management   Darryl K. Taft

    2. CFOs Adding Jobs, Optimistic About Expansion: AMEX

      Explore eweek.com (May 16 2012)

      Chief financial officers (CFOs) are optimistic about the future, but pragmatic when it comes to travel plans. - Finance executives continue to be optimistic about economic growth over the next 12 months, with a majority of finance executives planning to hire more employees over the same time period, along with making greater investments in expanded operating capacity, research and development, and mergers and...

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      Mentions:   Australia   Asia   Germany

    3. Nyc It Sector Booming, but Tech Talent in Short Supply: Report

      Explore eweek.com (May 15 2012)

      New York has pulled itself into the top tier of tech cities, but finding qualified IT workers remains a challenge. - The Big Apples burgeoning IT sector, led by fields that leverage the Web and mobile technologies, have put New York City in a position to take advantage of the growing IT market for years to come, and has emerged as a national leader in the technology space, second only to Silicon Valley, according ...

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      Mentions:   New York   Boston   Nathan Eddy

    4. Managing File Transfers in the Cloud: 10 Points to Demystify the Process

      Explore eweek.com (May 9 2012) Cloud Computing

      Managing File Transfers in the Cloud: 10 Points to Demystify the Process

      Managed file transfer is a well-accepted way for organizations to share business files point-to-point, quickly, reliably and securely. This is a subject that requires attention, especially when it comes to thorny issues, such as enterprise security and compliance. MFT uses different types of applications to securely transfer data from one computer to another. This small but important area of IT management earned attention in recent years after IBM bought Sterling Commerce for more than a $1 billion, and MFT specialist Ipswitch merged with Message Way. Over the years, despite having lost a bit of its novel cachet, MFT is as ...

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      Mentions:   IBM   Cloud Computing   SLA

    5. VMware, Atlantis Computing Partner on VDI Platform

      Explore eweek.com (May 9 2012) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      The ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2 platform includes advanced compression and Fast Cloning technologies for View 5.1. - Virtual desktop infrastructure storage and performance optimization specialist Atlantis Computing released ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2, which enables VMware View customers to deploy virtual desktops with no storage. The platform complements VMwares View Storage Accelerator by extending it to provide con...

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      Mentions:   Citrix   EMC   Atlantis ILIO

    6. Facebook, Twitter Popular for Customer Service

      Explore eweek.com (May 4 2012) Trends in End User Experience

      The use of social media for customer service is rising among businesses, but hurdles to implementation remain. - The use of social media sites like Facebook, Twittter and others is an ever-expanding, and critical part of the business landscape, and that trend has also touched customer service departments, according to a research survey by ThinkJar and Sword Ciboodle of U.S. and U.K. companies with medium- to l...

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      Mentions:   Nathan Eddy

    7. VMware Adds New Storage Features into View 5.1

      Explore eweek.com (May 3 2012) Industry News , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      VMware View 5.1 now has new storage capabilities for virtual desktop deployment enabled by VMware's View Storage Accelerator, which optimizes shared virtualized capacities. - VMware was busy May 2, releasing the latest edition of VMware View,launching a new version of its Horizon Application Manager cloudplatform, and upgrading its end-user computing catalog.The most important aspect of all this for enterprises is that VMwareView 5.1 now has new storage capabil...

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      Mentions:   USB   Vittorio Viarengo   Chris Preimesberger

    8. Microsoft Invests $300M in Barnes and Noble, Settles Patent Flap

      Explore eweek.com (Apr 30 2012) IT Buzz

      Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced a partnership to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, with Microsoft investing $300 million and settling its patent lawsuit against the book seller. - Microsoft and Barnes amp; Noble have entered into an agreement by which Microsoft will invest $300 million in Barnes amp; Nobles new digital and college book business, thereby settling its patent battle with the book seller, contributing to the creation of a new subsidiary and taking a 17.6 percen...

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      Mentions:   Microsoft   Darryl K. Taft

    9. Businesses Prepare to Invest in IT, Despite Fears of Downturn: Gartner

      Explore eweek.com (Apr 16 2012) Thought Leadership

      Investing in newer technologies for strategic outcomes requires the right kinds of leadership and change management, Gartner said. - Although 2012 may be the year of living hesitantly, as 85 percent of CEOs surveyed said they believe their enterprises will be impacted by an economic downturn in 2012, according to IT research firm Gartner, the survey results showed by a ratio of more than two to one that CEOs said they will increa...

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      Mentions:   CRM   Amazon   CIO

    10. Business Intelligence, Performance Management Software Market Surpassed $12 Billion in 2011

      Explore eweek.com (Apr 3 2012) Thought Leadership

      Worldwide business intelligence (BI) platform, analytic applications and performance management (PM) software revenue reached $12.2 billion in 2011, a 16.4 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $10.5 billion, according to a report from IT analytics fimr Gartner.

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      Mentions:   Microsoft   IBM   Oracle

    11. Choosing a Cloud Storage Partner: 10 Important Factors to Consider

      Explore eweek.com (Mar 26 2012) Thought Leadership , Cloud Computing

      Moving any system, or even parts of a system, to the cloud is tough enough on its own. Selecting the right solution provider can also be daunting. It's true that experience can be the best teacher, but there also can be real-world costs to learning things on the job. If mistakes are made, those costs can be substantial for a company's bottom line. That has proved harmful to many IT management careers. So when IT pros want to introduce something new into their company systems, such as a cloud storage partner, its important to do the homework first ...

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      Mentions:   Cloud Computing   Forrester Research

    12. Zyrion Releases Predictive Analytics for Monitoring of IT Infrastructure

      Explore eweek.com (Mar 14 2012) Industry News , Cloud Computing

      The Predictive Analytics module allows automatic baselining and behavior learning of cloud and IT infrastructure. - Cloud and IT monitoring software solutions specialist Zyrion announced the release of the Traverse Predictive Analytics Module that learns the component behavior pattern of IT services and helps isolate the underlying problem for performance degradation within distributed, heterogeneous cloud infras...

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      Mentions:   SLA   Nathan Eddy

    13. Cloud, Bandwidth Demands Pose Challenges for IT Staff

      Explore eweek.com (Mar 14 2012) Cloud Computing , Green End User Experience

      Seventy-four percent of respondents indicated their chief concern about cloud migration was ensuring corporate data security. - IT teams will facesignificant monitoring challenges from multiple forms of cloud computing, aswell as substantially increased bandwidth demands, Network Instruments reported in its quot;Fifth Annual State of the Network Global Study. quot; The research showed that 60percent of those polled ...

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      Mentions:   Nathan Eddy

    14. Network Security Breaches: 10 Things to Do Immediately After

      Explore eweek.com (Mar 7 2012)

      No enterprise is immune to data security breaches. Governments and corporations alike need to have contingency plans in place to perform network forensics once a breach occurs. Network security is mostly designed to prevent attacks, said Jay Botelho, director of product marketing at WildPackets, which makes network performance management, application, and voice over IP (VOIP) analysis products. "But attacks continue to happen the press is full of documented breaches and most victims don't have the right equipment or policies in place to properly analyze a compromise once it occurs,” said Botelho. Networks are constantly under attack, whether it's ...

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    15. Ubuntu For Android Smartphones Coming For MWC

      Explore eweek.com (Feb 22 2012) Industry News

      Canonical is preparing to show off Ubuntu for Android at Mobile World Congress next week. The Linux OS package will dock to a desktop and sync with the Android phones contacts and services. - Linux software distributor Canonical Feb. 21 introduced a version of its Ubuntu Linux operating system for Android, a platform tailored for multi-core Android smartphones that can dock with a keyboard and monitor. The software, which Canonical will show off at Mobile World Congress next wee...

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      Mentions:   USB

    16. Linux Job Openings on the Rise: Dice Report

      Explore eweek.com (Feb 14 2012) IT Buzz

      Linux know-how is topping the list of most highly sought expertise in software programming positions, according to Dice. - A report from IT jobs specialist Dice that forecasts the Linux job market shows demand for Linux skills is on the rise but that finding talent is difficult. The report noted that this is triggering better salaries and bonuses for Linux professionals, as companies look to open-source IT specialists t...

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      Mentions:   Nathan Eddy

    17. Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, Focused on the Core

      Explore eweek.com (Feb 13 2012)

      Xerox CEO Ursula Burns sees her companys transition to more of a services provider as an extension of its longtime mission: streamlining businesses processes. - It was the sort of Herculean task that makes or breaks chief executives: transform a stumbling giant of a company into a powerhouse entity, capable of battling toe-to-toe with some of the most recognizable rivals on the planet. Such was the challenge facing Xerox CEO Ursula Burns when she took the l...

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      Mentions:   IBM   Gartner   Hewlett-Packard

    18. Health Care Lacks Software Innovation for Apple iPad: Report

      Explore eweek.com (Feb 2 2012) Trends in End User Experience , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      Doctors have embraced the Apple iPad, but more software innovation is needed for clinical computing on the tablet, Spyglass Consulting Group reveals in a new study. - Although doctors believe the Apple iPad will play a beneficial role in health care, many say the popular Apple tablet lacks the software innovation needed in the medical profession, according to a new study by Spyglass Consulting Group. In the report quot;Point of Care Computing for Physicians 201...

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      Mentions:   Citrix   New Orleans   Frost & Sullivan

    19. Cisco Addresses BYOD, Network Traffic With Aironet 3600 Series AP

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 31 2012) Industry News , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      Ciscos new wireless access point, introduced at the Cisco Live show, offers a fourth antenna, 30 percent faster performance and greater WiFi monitoring capabilities. - Cisco Networks is rolling out a new wireless access point designed to address the growing demand for fast network performance and consistent connectivity that is being fueled by the rapid growth of mobile devices and mobile network traffic. At the Cisco Live conference in London Jan. 31, company of...

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      Mentions:   Cisco   London   Cisco Live

    20. IT Growth Outlook Hits Record High Led by Surge in Expected Investments: CDW

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 31 2012) Industry News

      Overall anticipated demand for hardware and software investments reached a record high in both public and private sectors. - While overall anticipated IT spending grew two percentage points to reach 42 percent, most sectors saw significant increases in spending optimism, according to the latest CDW IT Monitor. Growing optimism and greater anticipation of increased IT investments among IT decision-makers propelled the comp...

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      Mentions:   CDW   Nathan Eddy

    21. Cloud, SaaS Offerings Bolster Business Intelligence Market: Gartner

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 25 2012) Thought Leadership , Cloud Computing

      Gartner identified three major drivers for the adoption of cloud/SaaS offerings for BI, analytics and performance management. - Nearly one third of organizations either already use or plan to use cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to augment their core business intelligence (BI) functions, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner, Inc. According to a survey of 1,364 IT managers and business users of B... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner , Inc.   Nathan Eddy

    22. IT Workers Unlikely to Face Layoffs: Report

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 24 2012) IT Buzz

      Technology job cuts did surge in the second half of 2011, raising concerns about whether the upward trend will continue into 2012. - Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms last year plunged to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to 1997, according to the latest report on technology sector job cuts released Monday by outplacement firm ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner   Houston   Nathan Eddy

    23. Master Data Management Critical to Effective Information Governance: Gartner

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 20 2012) Thought Leadership

      The MDM market continues to grow because it focuses on specific business drivers and business-led initiatives. - Master data management (MDM) is critical to achieving effective information governance, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner, which noted failure to manage information accurately has been the root cause of several incidents, including the leak of sensitive information to WikiLeaks, an... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Gartner   Nathan Eddy

    24. IT Budgets Flat as Business Priorities Multiply: Gartner

      Explore eweek.com (Jan 19 2012) Thought Leadership

      CIOs increasingly see technologies such as business intelligence, mobility, cloud and social in combination rather than isolation to address business priorities. - IT organizations will have to deliver on multiple priorities without an increase in their IT budget, as CIO IT budgets are expected to be flat, increasing just 0.5 percent, with declining IT budgets in North America and Europe, according to a global survey of CIOs by tech industry research firm Gart... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Gartner   Nathan Eddy