virtualization

Data Center Markets Heat Up

Yes Virginia, there are federal penny pinchers!

Department of Defense fights data center sprawl

The consumerization of IT in the enterprise. It’s the hot topic that could burn you, if you don’t prepare.

Can you protect virtual systems with yesterday's security?

Cisco finds the cool in the warm Texas clime.

With virtualization, cloud and portability, Microsoft may be building its first actual operating environment focused on the end user, despite years of claiming that's what Windows was.

47% of PC users are willing to use illegal software, costing vendors billions, according to a study that weeps for the plight of highly profitable software makers but doesn't mention the billions customers waste on unnecessary maintenance, upgrades and rigidly obsolete licensing terms.

Let users avoid internal IT; they'll still have to deal with IT at a SAAS or cloud provider, and halve less leverage to get what they want, one reader commented. Yep,and whose fault is that?

Four-fifths of business unit managers said their businesses are so dependent on technology they can't serve customers without it; increasingly they're doing that via the cloud, not through IT.

SMBs are driving a lot of the cloud market, which drives IT vendors to cater to them. SMBs aren't just motivated by cost, though; they use cloud to get more mobile, grow faster, increase sales.