Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
No matter what industry you’re in, your company can’t survive without technology. And these days, even non-technical employees know that technology goes way beyond desktop computers and networks. From smart phones and tablet computers to mobile apps and cloud-based technology, there’s a plethora of technological advancements to not only keep track of, but also to…
CEOs and CFOs are concerned with moving business-critical applications into virtual or cloud environments due to challenges including reliability, security, availability and performance. This according to Symantec Corp.’s cloud survey, 2011 Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Survey, which examined how organizations plan to move business-critical initiatives to virtual and hybrid cloud computing environments. The…
The 20th annual RSA Conference, which took place Feb. 14-18 in San Francisco, was a huge success this year. Over 20,000 practitioners, corporate buyers, and security vendors gathered to smooze, sell their wares and talk security. This was definitely the most crowded and most upbeat RSA conference I’ve seen in the past several years. Dare…
When Peter Wallace became CIO of the City of Chesapeake, Va., in 2007, he discovered the city’s datacenter produced so much heat that it reduced the lifespan of the equipment it housed. Wallace had two options to dissipate heat and accommodate future growth: expand the data center or virtualize. After careful consideration, Wallace turned to…
Virtualization is one of the biggest trends in IT today. Gartner accurately points out it is the single most important technology for IT departments in 2010. As more and more organizations hop on the virtualization bandwagon, the question that should be asked: Does virtualization really lead to significant cost savings? Most IT and finance managers…
Virtualization isn’t just a buzzword, it’s a technology that can potentially help to save thousands of dollars for CIOs and enterprise IT managers. To properly harness the economic benefits of virtualization, furniture retailer Slumberland teamed up with Cisco Systems and its Unified Computing System (UCS) platform. The move to UCS-based virtualization has saved Slumberland’s CIO…
Interop, one of the few remaining vendor neutral events left standing, is a massive affair and it’s easy to get lost in the fanfare. If you want to get the most out of this year’s New York City show running Oct. 18-22, plan ahead and map out your agenda. To help you choose from the…
Cloud computing is the buzz word du jour. Fortunately, it is backed up by substance and potential value to the enterprise. But going blindly into the cloud is not a good idea. That could lead to the adoption of insecure public cloud resources, bit-and-piece implementation and headaches up the road (and other things!). What is…
CIOs at leading technology companies are planning to increase their headcount in the fourth quarter, but not at a rate that suggests the industry is anywhere near ready for bounds of prodigious proportions. According to a survey of executives by employment staffing and consulting services firm Robert Half International, tech companies will hire new employees…
The word “convergence” is now taking on new meaning for data center networks as networking vendors aim to create unified fabrics. The latest entrant into the space is Brocade, which this week announced its Brocade One unified network strategy for convergence and data center networking. With the new effort, Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) is aiming to…