While technology changes on a regular basis, IT teams have had a standard approach to administration. In recent years, however, there has been a drastic shift in data center administration. One of the biggest shifts is the adoption of private and public clouds. In part two of this series, we will examine public cloud architectures.…
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Application Performance Doesn’t Have to Be a Cloud Detractor
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For years, the benefits of moving to the cloud – including lowered costs, flexibility and faster time-to-market – have been espoused. But among IT professionals, there remains widespread reticence about migrating mission-critical applications over, due in large part to performance concerns. “Can the cloud really deliver the same level of speed and reliability as physical…
Failure to Automate Licensing & Entitlement Management is Missed Opportunity for Software Vendors, According to New Flexera Software/IDC Report
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Report reveals ISV’s failure to implement licensing & entitlement management technology reduces virtualisation revenues, go-to-market effectiveness, and quote to cash efficiencyMaidenhead, UK – March 4, 2014 – Despite the massive growth and evolution of the enterprise software industry, independent software vendors (ISVs) have largely failed to implement automated software licensing and entitlement management systems across…
IGEL fastest growing thin and zero client leader in UK & Ireland in 2013, reports analyst IDC
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IGEL reports 58% and 150% year-on-year growth in UK & Ireland respectivelyReading, UK February 25th, 2014 – IGEL Technology has been recognized as the fastest growing of the top 5 thin client manufacturers in the UK & Ireland in 2013, according to the latest report from analyst group International Data Corporation (IDC). With year-on-year growth…
Linux in the Mainstream: Growing Deployment of Business-Critical Workloads
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This IDC whitepaper takes a look at the growth of Linux as a server operating system and how deployment form factors have changed over time. Today, commercial Linux has become a key platform across many workloads. This paper considers both workload data and the ecosystem that has grown up to support the opportunity for Linux…
2014 Seen as Rebound Year for IT Spending, Says IDC
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IDC is expecting that a bounceback in emerging market economies will fuel IT spending growth in 2014. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux