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Interarbor Solutions: Apple and Oracle on way to do what IBM and Microsoft could not

Author : Dana Gardner
Date : 2/9/2010 4:14:00 PM

January 29th, 2010

"I was a bit distracted from the Apple iPad news due to the marathon Oracle conference Wednesday on its shiny new Sun Microsystems acquisition.

But the more I thought about it, the more these two companies are extremely well positioned to actually fulfill what other powerful companies tried to do and failed. Apple and Oracle may be unstoppable in their burgeoning power to dominate the collection of profits across vast and essential markets for decades.

Apple is well on the way to dominating the way that multimedia content is priced and distributed, perhaps unlike any company since Hearst in its 1920s heyday. Apple is not killing the old to usher in the new, as Google is. Apple is rescuing the old media models with a viable online direct payment model. Then it will take all the real dough."

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EMA: The Benefits of Private Cloud Computing for ISPs to SMBs

Author : EMA
Date : 11/17/2009 9:26:00 AM

Cloud computing is a growing wave in IT. It is in danger of being over-hyped, but nevertheless can deliver real value to businesses of all shapes, locations, and sizes – perhaps even more for SMBs, which are not locked into proprietary, enterprise IT systems, and which cannot deliver complex IT solutions for themselves. This in turn means the cloud computing opportunity for service providers that support SMBs is real, it is here today, and it is substantial. Of course, many challenges cannot be ignored. Security, compliance, reliability, service are all potential concerns, for SMB just as for large enterprises. However, these challenges also present an opportunity for service providers to leverage their existing trust relationship with their SMB clients, to deliver a private cloud computing solution which overcomes these problems.

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EMA: Real World Experiences of Endpoint Virtualization

Author : EMA
Date : 11/16/2009 4:23:00 PM

Endpoint virtualization is a (mostly) new set of technologies aimed at abstracting the end user experience – typically their logical desktop, application, and/or workspace environments – from the physical systems they rely on to provide that experience – typically a physical desktop or laptop PC. It is variously known not only as endpoint virtualization, but also as desktop virtualization, application virtualization, workspace virtualization, end user virtualization, client virtualization, and more. Indeed, there really is no globally accepted term for these technologies. While ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts use the term “endpoint virtualization” throughout this advisory note, and the accompanying research, this is really just for consistency. While small variations exist between these different terms, for the most part they are used interchangeably.

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Building a Dynamic Data Center through an Optimized Approach to Virtualization

Author : Cognizant
Date : 6/16/2009 4:40:00 PM

Businesses need to keep IT expenditures down while continuing to provide high quality service. Virtualization offers a low cost way to improve systems management, enable availability of resources, and uphold business continuity without increasing IT overhead. Machine virtualization is established as a mainstream technology in most data centers today. Many organizations are now considering how best to advance to a more mature use of integrated, virtual technologies. To move forward, companies must optimize the capabilities and limitations of each virtualized technology (machine, storage, network and application) as well as the associated policies, procedures, personnel resources, and organizational structure, to maximize business benefits and return on investments (ROI).

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Virtual Appliances – Building, Supporting Applications Faster, Better & Cheaper

Author : Cognizant
Date : 6/16/2009 4:39:00 PM

If you have ever been challenged by the installation, configuration or proper setup of a software application, it’s time for you to get acquainted with virtual appliances. If you are an ISV and have experienced problems supporting your application on multiple operating systems and encountered user configuration errors, you need to know how to leverage virtual appliances. Virtual Appliances will make your job easier, offering new business opportunities and ways of distributing your software.

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Infrastructure Services for Predictable and Effective Global Operations

Author : Cognizant
Date : 6/16/2009 4:37:00 PM

In today’s uncertain markets, IT organizations need creative new ways to reduce costs and self-fund new initiatives for business growth. Remote outsourcing of infrastructure services is now a competitive necessity. Cognizant’s Remote Infrastructure Management 2.0 (RIM 2.0) is the new generation model of reliability and speed that can assure outsourcing success.

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Interarbor Solutions: Apple and Oracle on way to do what IBM and Microsoft could not

EMA: The Benefits of Private Cloud Computing for ISPs to SMBs

EMA: Real World Experiences of Endpoint Virtualization

Building a Dynamic Data Center through an Optimized Approach to Virtualization

Virtual Appliances – Building, Supporting Applications Faster, Better & Cheaper

Infrastructure Services for Predictable and Effective Global Operations