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IBM's New Hook 14 July, 2003 11:18:52
If CEOs buy on-demand the same way they bought ERP and CRM — over 19th hole cocktails with consultants — the consequences could make the bloated expectations and cost overruns of the ERP and CRM era look like best practices by comparison.IBM's pitch that on-demand e-business will reduce IT costs and make everything work better sounds good, especially to CEOs who don't understand that the technologies to make it happen just don't exist. - +
SOA: Here Be Dragons 06 November, 2006 11:04:24
With the SOA potentially creating reusable software code that must be accessed dynamically by composite applications, both inside and outside the firewall, the traditional roles and responsibilities of IT have been forever changed.It's the hot technology for most large companies, but business, technical and cultural issues must be addressed for a successful SOA implementation. - +
When Wireless Works 05 February, 2003 13:18:28
The ROI for wireless was once assumed to be a given. Today, many consider it anything but. But if you follow these emerging best practices, your project can achieve many happy returns. - +
Replicating the Hollywood Model 09 May, 2005 10:25:18
One of Australia's most successful film producers claims CIOs have a lot to learn from the successes and failures of Hollywood studios since the 1940s - +
The Executive's Guide to Utility Computing 05 October, 2004 23:02:29
While some businesses are already taking their first steps toward utility (using existing tools and practices), this relatively new form of computing shouldn't be on every company's agenda.Pay-as-you-go computing means a lot of things to a lot of people. Use our pass-along guide to explain to your CEO what it is - and is not.
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Four-way server shows Sun's commitment to x86 27 July, 2004 12:43:41
Sun Microsystems on Monday expanded its Opteron-based server line with a four-processor box to complement the Sun Fire V20z two-way server it began shipping in April as it seeks to convince business customers it's serious about x86 this time around. - +
Utility computing: an immature delivery model 30 November, 2004 08:02:01
Despite all the hype around utility computing, Gartner analyst Phil Sargeant said IT managers have still not come to grips with vendor strategies such as N1 and on-demand. - +
JP Morgan CIO Austin Adams to retire 06 September, 2006 08:37:11
Austin Adams, who gained attention in 2004 for canceling a mammoth outsourcing contract with IBM, is retiring as CIO of New York City-based JP Morgan Chase Adams will step down at the beginning of October. - +
The Storage Fingerprint: Complicated and Unique 30 August, 1999 12:01:01
From business-critical, decision-support information to endless amounts of possibly useful customer data, companies today are storing more information than many of them can handle. But data storage without a solid network architecture around it is increasingly like a filing cabinet that doesn't have any labels inside and is often stuck shut. - +
LINUXWORLD: Linux gaining enterprise steam 30 January, 2002 08:48:00
From tech-geek to boardroom chic, one Canadian expert says Linux is rising through the ranks.
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IBM says it's investing $US10 Billion in it, some $US800 million of that in this slow-tech year alone. And that's largely for "education" (okay, hype) to convince managers in every corner of the IT universe (one would assume) that this is the Real McCoy. And they're just one of the proponents.
Could it really be the long-awaited be-all and end-all to every computing problem you've ever even imagined? Actually, yes, it could. And that would make it much bigger than even IBM and all their 800-pound gorilla cronies combined. It's Utility computing - buying only the amount of computing you need, like plugging into the electrical grid. It's been long talked about and, if you now believe the promises, almost, just almost, upon us. Doesn't ring a bell yet? Well, it will, as the "education" process builds steam. Then again, some may already be hearing a scattering of terms with a similar ring, as other industry players jockey for position to attach their own monikers to this next big thing.
IBM's version, which is getting more attention because of all that money behind it, is called "On-Demand Computing", along with an oft-heard variant, "E-Business on Demand".
But that's just the beginning of the buzzword parade. Many other terms are beginning to be put forth with considerable vigour by various IT vendors and the usual analysts, all to describe what really amounts to much the same thing, or key parts of the same puzzle. So, if you're confused, that wouldn't be surprising. Which is why we thought we'd take a look at this utility computing concept - really quite a simple one - and see if we can help you cut through the confusion and understand why you may really need it.
The utility computing concept carries this threefold promise:
- It will simplify IT, as in reducing or masking complexity
- It will turn IT from a fixed to a variable cost
- And it will cut the biggest cost culprit of all: operating expenses
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites 15 May, 2008 08:10:59
Plants SQL injection attack tool on bots, hacks business, education sitesA botnet is now using a SQL-injection attack tool designed to hack legitimate Web sites, a move meant to add more hijacked PCs to its collection, according to a security researcher. - +
Which IT security skills are most important? 14 May, 2008 09:21:43
There are two types of security skills that might be needed in a company: tactical security operations and strategic risk management.I often hear from IT executives that it is hard to recruit and retain "good security people." Many lament the shortage of skills in this area and cannot reconcile the skills offered with the positions that need to be filled. Is there really a shortage of good security people? Or just a mismatch in the skills and the jobs? - +
Icy encryption tool protects laptops from "cold boot" attack, vendor says 14 May, 2008 08:36:43
Vulnerable encryption keys erased by HyBlue's IceLockThe vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced Tuesday. - +
Great Wall of Australia: Industry cops sanitised Internet 14 May, 2008 16:45:04
Content filtering gets budget go-aheadCommunications Minister Stephen Conroy has pushed ahead with the controversial [[artid:420013177|national content filtering scheme|ISP filtering]] with a $125.8 million budget allocation announced today. - +
Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers 15 May, 2008 07:07:51
A hacker has written rootkit software that works on Cisco's routers.A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
F-Secure Represented On The International Advisory Board IMPACT 16 May, 2008 13:42:00
Quantum announces General Availability of Industry's First Solution Designed to Match De-Duplication Functionality to Specific B 16 May, 2008 10:44:00
Hansen Technologies Extends Contract With Tokyo Electric Power Company 16 May, 2008 09:44:00
More Than 140 Higher Education Institutions Worldwide Use RightNow on Demand CRM 15 May, 2008 18:06:00
DST International Names Rob Gould as Director of Business Development and Strategy for Australia 15 May, 2008 15:40:00
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