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Recession has taught valuable lessons in efficient IT, say CIOs
IBM | Published: 15:18 GMT, 17 December 09 | www.cio.co.uk
SaaS and utility-based strategies offer better value than outsourcing
SaaS and utility-based strategies over better value than outsourcing
Cloud computing shows promise but more education needed
IBM | Published: 15:11 GMT, 17 December 09 | www.cio.co.uk
UK CIOs debate merits and demerits of internet computing
UK CIOs debate merits and demerits of internet computing
Accelerating Virtualised Environments
Riverbed | Published: 16:00 GMT, 13 February 09 | www.cio.co.uk
Learn how wide-area data services deliver significant benefits
Discover how wide-area data services help deliver the benefits of virtualisation and IT consolidation while addressing the challenges of performance and availability.
Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
Neil Rasmussen | Published: 16:00 GMT, 11 February 09 | www.cio.co.uk
Make sure you use the right metrics
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the network-critical physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Saas counterprogramming
Safenet | Published: 03:00 GMT, 31 January 09 | www.cio.co.uk
Creative licensing strategies for traditional ISVs
This paper includes a brief history of software licensing, an analysis of the driving forces behind the growth of SaaS, and a discussion with examples of how creative licensing can protect traditional ISV’s revenue without requiring the launch of their own SaaS platform.
Question of the day!
Is encryption enough to prevent foreign agencies from intercepting data in the public cloud?
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What is your key concern(s) about implementing Infrastructure as a Service (e.g Security, Lack of control, cost management)?
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Seems to me vendor lock-in is a big concern when implementing infrastructure as a service. RT @seriru
Question of the day!
Is encryption enough to prevent foreign agencies from intercepting data in the public cloud?