Category: Analysis

Developing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is a vital part of corporate IT operations these days as such operations strive to become more responsive to their internal business customers by shedding the traditional model for IT-as-a-Service. Through the EMC Federation, we have multiple options that we have embraced to support both new and legacy capabilities, including Cloud Foundry from Pivotal which is well-positioned for the Third Platform supporting multiple Big Data and mobility needs and VMware tools supporting the automation of public, hybrid and private cloud management. While we embrace all of these…

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Intel Corporation today reported first-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion, operating income of $2.5 billion, net income of $1.9 billion and EPS of 38 cents. The company generated approximately $3.5 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.1 billion, and used $545 million to repurchase 22 million shares of stock. “In the first quarter we saw solid growth in the data center, signs of improvement in the PC business, and we shipped 5 million tablet processors, making strong progress on our goal of 40 million tablets for 2014,” said Intel…

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All airlines and 90 percent of airports are investing in business intelligence systems to better serve the needs of their passengers, although more progess is needed to make these investments count, according to air industry IT supplier Sita. According to Sita research, more than half of passengers would use their mobiles for flight status, baggage status and airport directions, and by 2016 the majority of airlines and airports will offer these services using business intelligence analytics, said Sita. Sita’s research shows flight status updates are already a mainstream mobile service…

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For a modern financial company, the Internet is both a vital client communication tool, and a constant source of cyber threats. Companies implement various methods to protect online transactions from cybercriminal activity. Cybercriminals in turn invent new methods to steal money from users’ electronic accounts. What companies really need therefore is a specialized solution capable of protecting against online fraud. But how do they choose the right one? A global study conducted by B2B International in 2013 indicated that 98% of Internet users manage their bank accounts via the Internet or…

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Cloud storage is one of the best ways to keep your business’s important data safe and accessible. More and more small and midsize businesses are turning to cloud storage services to keep files and documents backed up and available from any Internet-connected device — even when those files contain sensitive company and client data. Adopting a cloud storage platform will keep your files at your fingertips, but choosing one can be tricky. A dizzying array of cloud computing services have emerged, each with a unique feature set. When choosing a cloud service,…

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Advertising executives admit the tide of ads is changing and online video ads taking the lead, new research has found. Seventy-five percent of ad agency executives say that online video ads are equally or more effective than traditional TV ads compared with just 17 percent who say they are less effective. That sentiment is shared when comparing online video ads with social media and search advertising ads as well. Ad executives also feel that online video ads are also equally or more effective than direct response and display ads, a…

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How trends in application security are challenging the traditional notion of a network’s organisational boundary. A recent survey of more than 400 small, mid and large-sized enterprises carried out by Freeform Dynamics on behalf of Barracuda Networks highlighted escalating pressure on enterprise IT systems. Security emerged as a clear concern with changing access patterns, a range of external threats, escalating costs and the unintended consequences of virtualisation, which are all hampering the management of its management. More than half (52 percent) of those surveyed admitted that managing security is a…

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Avere Systems finds less organisational resistance to cloud solutions across Europe. Avere Systems, a provider of enterprise storage for cloud-enabled datacentres, has released the European findings of its ongoing original study into cloud adoption conducted at the recent Cloud Expo Europe 2014. While respondents across both sides of the pond agreed that cost savings and disaster recovery were the main drivers of cloud storage adoption, more than half (53 percent) of US respondents cited organisational resistance as a major barrier to adoption, compared with just 11 percent in EMEA. On the other…

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Power in technology purchases shifting from CIO to CMO, CFO, VP of Sales and line executives International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced a new report, “United States Technology Buyer Forecast by Vertical: 2012 to 2017”, which  examines technology spending by 12 buying segments and how this new technology purchasing behavior differs by 15 vertical industries. According to the new report, the business technology spending market will grow at 6.9% 5 year CAGR from $236.6 billion in 2012 to $330.7 billion by 2017, while enterprise IT grows slowly at a 1.9% 5 year…

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There’s no denying smartphones are getting bigger, but will so-called phablets ever catch on for business? The phablet is not quite a smartphone, not a tablet, yet it is gaining momentum as people begin replacing two devices for one. The Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices and BlackBerry’s new Z30 serve as a prime examples of what you can expect to see in a phablet device. That’s not to say that devices such as Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface products are no longer in demand. More so that some users…

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