Why HP and Dell are Going Nuts Over 3PAR
08.31.2010

Rajan Chandras

Of the many reasons why HP and Dell are wooing 3PAR, only one actually has to do with 3PAR... Beyond all the qualitative and quantitative factors, HP and Dell are betting that virtualization and cloud computing are the storage of the future.

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Seth Grimes

Mobile BI, Situational Intelligence, and a Call-Out to SAP-Sybase
08.25.2010
Mobile computing is a disruptor, a game-changer. Forward looking organizations, notably recently merged SAP and Sybase, have seen mobile's enterprise potential, including as a BI revolutionizer. Our vision should extend to situational intelligence, situational awareness coupled with interpretation of the users status, plans, and goals and enhanced with analysis of the user's social network...

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Intel's McAfee Deal Stirs Mixed Feelings
08.19.2010

Rajan Chandras

There's a lot that Intel can accomplish by acquiring McAfee, but it's hardly what we might categorize as a "Well, duh!" move... This merger falls into the "strange bedfellows" category.

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Doug Henschen

What's At Stake in the Big Data Revolution?
08.18.2010
For practitioners, big-data success could be the key to survival or opening up vast new markets. Among vendors, the incumbents have the most to lose -- an unstated subtext of my recent Big Data feature -- but fresh survey data suggests that MySQL may be a spoiler.

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2010 EVENTS
September 1-3
Gartner 12th Annual Future of IT Conference
Mexico City

Sept 9, 2010
Gartner The Future of IT
Lima, Peru

Sept 13-16, 2010
Brainstorm DC (BPM, SOA, Architecture, Rules Management & Cloud Computing)
Washington DC

Sept 14-16, 2010
Gartner Future of IT Conference
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sept 14-16, 2010
Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit
Scottsdale, AZ

Sept 14-16, 2010
Gartner Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit
Orlando, FL

Sept 20-21, 2010
Garter Outsourcing & IT Services Summit
London

Sept 22-23, 2010
Gartner Future of IT Conference
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sept 28-30, 2010
Interop
Mumbai, India

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Top 10 Misconceptions About SMB Technology Needs
August 30, 2010
by Brian Burch
Growing companies face constant pressure to do more with less and to improve IT capabilities to keep pace with competitors. With every dollar crucial, IT and business decision makers can't afford any of these missteps.

Computer Museum Tour: From ENIAC To Wozniak
August 15, 2010
by Doug Henschen
The collection at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. spans the dawn of the computer to the advent of the PC. Here's a visual tour.

The Big Data Era: How Data Strategy Will Change
August 7, 2010
by Doug Henschen
From Barnes & Noble to Cabela's to Catalina Marketing, big companies are shifting their approaches.

New Approaches To Government IT
July 3, 2010
by Doug Henschen Tim Wilson J. Nicholas Hoover John Foley
The job of CIO in government has become more challenging and more visible. InformationWeek Government recently hosted the Government IT Leadership Forum, where more than a dozen CIOs and CTOs shared their strategies. Here are highlights from the event.

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VMware's Maritz Predicts Hybrid Cloud Future
Private clouds inside the enterprise will trade workloads with similar, VMware-based public clouds rendering physical data centers "quite fluid," according to CEO Paul Maritz.

A Case For Virtualization: Rooms To Go
The following case study is the third of our five-part series on the gains and pains of server virtualization.

E-mail Causes Most Enterprise Data Loss
Breaches associated with social media, video sharing, blogs are also on the rise, finds Proofpoint study.

HP Acquires Database Automation Firm
Stratavia's Data Palette extends Hewlett-Packard's data center automation into application configuration, operations, and management.

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