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25 Top Information Managers: 2010

Cloud computing and virtualization pioneers among those recognized as standouts in making information work for the business.

McAfee Launches Cloud Security Offering

Says it has signed on Amazon Web Services and SuccessFactors as lead customers.

Cloud Computing: There Really is a Silver Lining

More than 23 percent of U.S. companies are beginning to plan and test the use of cloud computing, but what questions should be addressed before sticking your head in the cloud?

Virtualized Servers Posing Security Risk: Gartner

Research firm warns virtualized are servers less secure than the physical servers they replace.

NASA To Delay Massive Data Center Project

The space agency said new requirements regarding cloud computing, green IT, virtualization and a federal directive to consolidate data centers made it necessary to reevaluate its plans.

Crisis Shifts Focus To Middle, Back-Office

The economic crisis has opened up opportunities for innovation in the middle and back office, according to a survey of securities industry executives -- which also finds cloud computing and social networking as important initiatives.

CapGemini Forms Cloud Consulting Unit

Infostructure Transformation Services is targeted at helping organizations re-engineer their infrastructure so they can take advantage of cloud computing and related services.

CA To Buy Nimsoft

The move follows CA’s recent acquisitions of cloud-computing-management-related companies Cassatt, NetQoS and Oblicore and its planned acquisition of 3Tera.

Google Opens Door To App Marketplace

Google's new applications marketplace is designed to give Google Apps customers a place to easily find, deploy and manage cloud computing applications that integrate with Google Apps.

Alternatives Gaining In IT Systems Management, Says Saugatuck

Options range from traditional on-premise solutions to appliances to SaaS and cloud-based tools.

You Store More And More Data; Can You Find It?

In many operations, every action of every executive and staffer, from business transactions to phone calls to emails, is recorded and stored electronically. In the digital era, it's become common practice, a sign of good business management. But, these days, the issue is not keeping that data "somewhere." The real issue is retrieving the data, when needed. From the cloud. From servers. From cassettes.

Product Brief: New Cloud Storage Tool Unveiled

Iron Mountain unveils a cloud storage service for backing up and archiving digital medical information.

What Are The Top Cloud Computing Threats?

The Cloud Security Alliance releases its list of seven top cloud security threats in an attempt to help enterprises better understand and mitigate the risks associated with adopting cloud computing

Managing Managed Services Agreements

IT leaders need to pay close attention to service-level agreements, definitions around concepts such as availability and uptime, and exit clauses in case a deal goes south

7 Predictions For The Future Of E-Discovery

The future is now when it comes to e-discovery, and the legal industry is more than ready for it. The top prediction for 2010? That e-discovery in the cloud will be the most transformative development in how legal process management technologies are created, delivered and accessed.

Microsoft GM: Virtualization Now About Portability

Virtualization of computing resources is no longer just about saving costs, said Collean Healy, general manager of financial services for Microsoft. Now, it gives portability of operating systems and applications 'regardless of where you are,' and is a source of productivity and innovation.

AHA Endorses Virtualization Tool

The American Hospital Association's AHA Solutions subsidiary has exclusively endorsed the vWorkspace desktop virtualization technology of Quest Software.

CA Agrees To Buy 3Tera

Move would give CA a system that’s designed to help organization build cloud services and deploy enterprise application in private and public clouds

Cloud Vendors Will Grow Mindshare, Will Marketshare Follow?

Cloud vendors butting up against security, performance, and interoperability stumbling blocks

SAP Introduces BI SaaS Integrated Toolset

Analyst describes release as first of a kind entry into business intelligence software as a service from a large vendor

Blog: Q&A With Interactive Data's Jeff Banker

Jeff Banker, executive vice president of Interactive Data's Real-Time Market Data and Trading Solutions division, highlights opportunities for the firm, such as offering software as a service.

HHS Buys Web-Based CRM, Project Management Apps

The Department of Health and Human Services has licensed Web-based customer relationship management and project management software for use in regional extension centers

Embarcadero Unveil Cloud Computing Management Tools

Embarcadero’s tools offers a more efficient way for customers to manage and deploy their software tools

HP Launches Cloud Design Service

Hewlett-Packard offering is designed to help organizations develop a blueprint for cloud computing

EMC Enhances Cloud Platform

Addition of GeoProtect gives users the scale and flexibility to protect information in a globally dispersed cloud infrastructure

Hosted Enterprise Email Market Set To Double By 2015

Technology maturity and cost advantages are spurring the growth of hosted email services among enterprise users, according to a new report

Cloud Confusion Reigns

Poll shows security, privacy are major issues of concern for IT decision-makers

Regulations Haven’t Caught Up with the Cloud

Regulatory and licensing issues are delaying adoption of cloud computing and online, on-demand computing

Architectural Requirements Of The Hybrid Cloud

Both public and private clouds have been found to have advantages for the enterprise, but most analysts now agree that the real power of the cloud concept lies in a marriage between the two -- the hybrid cloud

Top Researchers Given Free Cloud Computing Access

National Science Foundation will offer researchers free access to Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform

What Is Cloud Computing Anyway?

In many ways, we've been doing “cloud” for years, but just haven't been calling it that

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IT: The Lifeblood Of UPMC

Dan Drawbaugh, CIO at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, talks about how electronic medical records, predictive analytics, virtualization and other information technologies are driving the health care organization.

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Research

Virtualization, Cloud Computing Top List Of 2010 CIO Priorities

Gartner survey finds chief information officers looking to technologies that will help them achieve greater IT productivity

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IT Executives Worry about Security in the Cloud

Concerns about the security of cloud computing environments tops the list in Forrester’s most recent survey for firms reluctant to adopt the pay-per-use hosting model of virtual servers

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Snapshot on Cloud Computing

Gartner predicts that through 2012, IT will invest more in private than public cloud providers

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Business Analytics SaaS to Grow Three Times Market Pace

IDC says SaaS for analytics expected to reach a compound annual growth rate of more than 22 percent by 2013

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Back to Basics: 12 Technology Predictions For 2010

Pervasive cloud computing alternatives will be among the major trends, according to market research firm CMS Watch

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Hottest Tech Trends Of The Year

The top three technology buzzwords of CIOs and CTOs are Web 2.0, cloud computing and virtual desktop

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Case Studies

Casinos Can Get Competitive with SaaS from SAS

Case Study Brief: Silver State Capital Advisors is enabling improved customer loyalty, more effective marketing campaigns with SAS on-demand analytics

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Why Cowen and Co. Moved Into The Cloud

Cowen and Company has replaced an aging program for managing relationships with customers it developed in-house, with one that it uses 'on demand'

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