Data Centres
Enter the Jurong Data Centre
SGX mainboard-listed Japan Land Ltd unveils Singapore’s largest and very green data centre.By Teng Fang Yih | 25 Feb 2010
Editor's Pick
By Teng Fang Yih | 25 Feb 2010
Telecom
Cisco's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing?
Cisco CEO John Chambers talks about what Cisco’s competitors are saying about the company.By John Gallant, Scot Finnie and Eric Knorr | 15 Mar 2010
Software
The age of Chrome
Google Chrome OS is targeting the fast-growing netbooks markets, says Google officialBy Zafar Anjum | 13 Jan 2010
Network
The low latency exchange system
Speed is everything (almost) when you're running the world's largest and busiest stock exchanges.By F.Y. TENG | 08 Mar 2010
Enterprise Applications
Supply Chain Management
Supply chain data: Real-time speed is seductive, dangerous
Let's call it the Wall Street Effect: Many companies now face tremendous pressure to ensure that all corporate data is "up to the second," just like those traders on The Street who bask in sub-second financial data and those consumer "day traders" who now demand equal speed.By Thomas Wailgum
Executive Q&A
The Word
“When the outside world looks at us and they see the embodiment of our values and our people, the word ‘trust’ comes up a lot.”—Stephen WattsBy F.Y. TENG
Software
The beauty of technology
At the time when beauty and skin boutique Forever Flawless was still beginning its small operations, they handled their stream of information through a stand-alone program called Magnus POS, which effectively managed their minimal amount of data at that time.By John Mark V. Tuazon
Hardware
Processors
Arm CEO: Intel far behind in smartphone market
Warren East says Intel has no advantage in smartphone chip development and manufacturingBy Agam Shah
Data Centre
How to keep your data centre happy for the holidays
In the brick-and-mortar world, this holiday season is shaping up to be a wash: More people are shopping, but they are spending less.By Robert Lemos
Consumer Electronics
Inside the world's most advanced LCD factory
Sharp's Sakai plant is helping make big-screen TVs cheaperBy Martyn Williams
IT Services
Outsourcing
IT outsourcing consultants: Same great advice, new low price
The economic downturn has taken its toll on the IT services industry, and consequently, on the consultancies that swelled to support corporate outsourcing efforts in better days.By Stephanie Overby
IT Services
Services dominate Singapore IT sector
Operating receipts up 6.7 per cent in 2008By Ross O. Storey
ICT Services
UN: Global use of ICT services on the rise
The global penetration of information communications technologies has continued to grow, according to a new report by the United Nations body responsible for ICT policy.By Rachael Bolton (MIS Asia)
Open Source
Open Source
Organisations adopt open source to reduce operational expenses: IDC
Studies show popularity of CRM applications, database management and virtualisation softwareBy Anuradha Shukla
Open Source
Key legal win for open source
The ruling in Jacobsen v. Katzer concerns an open source software program made available in source code form for download and use by the public, free of charge.By Maureen Garde and Jeffrey Neuburger
Open Source
Open source infiltrates government IT worldwide
Linux and Open Source solutions are growing. The growth is not just within commercial enterprises.By Jim Romeo
Security
Security
Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop
Tests find that most AV is still not blocking Aurora exploitBy Robert McMillan
Security
Biometrics: What, where and why
Biometrics are slowly gaining acceptance. Here are the most common forms and uses of biometrics and forces shaping the marketBy Mary Brandel
Security
Enterprise security tips on a small-business budget
Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the sameBy Steven Andrés
Software
Enterprise Content Management
Bringing and managing information for public sector agencies
Open Text’s CSO talks about the need to manage information within the government and what lies beyond Web 2.0 for the citizenBy Jack Loo
Cloud Computing
Google's big new cloud play: Should Microsoft be afraid?
Late last week, Google made another aggressive move to stay ahead of Microsoft in the online productivity tools space by acquiring DocVerseBy Shane O'Neill
Virtualisation
5 things VMware must do to fend off Microsoft
The industry's biggest x86 virtualization vendor is facing a strong challenge from Microsoft, which is enticing IT executives with Hyper-V, an alternative that may not be quite as sophisticated as VMware but is less expensive.By Jon Brodkin
Storage
Data Centres
Enter the Jurong Data Centre
SGX mainboard-listed Japan Land Ltd unveils Singapore’s largest and very green data centre.By Teng Fang Yih
Virtualization
Storage virtualization makes Asian Paints agile
As the largest paint company in India and Asia's third-largest, the Rs 4,400-crore organization grappled with low server utilization rates at its data centre.By Gunjan Trivedi
Virtualisation
Data Integration: Steps to tomorrow's technologies
James Markarian, SVP GM, Data Integration Business Unit of Informatica points out that data integration is often the first step to virtualization or even getting on to the cloud.By Kanika Goswami
Telecoms & Networking
Telecom
Cisco's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing?
Cisco CEO John Chambers talks about what Cisco’s competitors are saying about the company.By John Gallant, Scot Finnie and Eric Knorr
4G
The state of 4G in 2010
You can expect lots of exciting trailers and teasers that will tide you over, but don't expect to see any real action until the latter half of the year.By Brad Reed
Network
The low latency exchange system
Speed is everything (almost) when you're running the world's largest and busiest stock exchanges.By F.Y. TENG
Feature
IT Management
Predictions for the next decade
Consumer and enterprise IT will change dramatically and the traditional IT function will disappear.By Axel Winter | 09 Mar 2010
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Featured Whitepapers
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Sustainable Identity and Access Governance
Novell - Sustainable Identity and Access Governance Business White Paper Aug09
Increasing regulatory compliance demands forcing you to review your policies and procedures? Looking for a solution that streamlines & automates access certification, role lifecycle management & risk management?
Source: Novell
01 Mar 2010 -
Successful Data Center Consolidation
Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation
Downsizing and consolidating data centers can yield some impressive long-term savings, but it requires careful planning and a commitment to continued maintenance. The following five steps will help you in your data center consolidation efforts: Building a business case, Understanding what you have, Identifying the best candidates for consolidation, Repurposing and reconfiguring IT resources, Maintaining what you have achieved.
Source: BMC
30 Nov 2009 -
Innovating in a Time of Change
Innovation in a Time of Change – Investment and Technical Trends in the Data Center
This 2009 Data Center Survey reveals how data centers respond to new challenges and opportunities. Over 730 IT professionals from 54 countries in charge of their organizations' data centers were surveyed to identify their priorities and action plans to adopt new technologies.
Source: Commscope
11 Feb 2010 -
NEC-Mission Critical Servers
NEC-Mission Critical Servers
See IDC's views on deploying mission-critical workloads on X86 server infrastructure and how IDC views NEC in the x86 server space and how NEC can support to realize to virtualize your environment and deal with challenges.
Source: NEC
08 Jan 2010
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