According to a survey by the IBM Center for Applied Insights and Oxford Economics, business leaders are becoming increasingly focused on the business value of cloud. Although the participant’s cloud strategies differ in terms of scope, platform and delivery models, the chief takeaway from the survey is that cloud is not just about cutting costs
A mobile workforce presents significant challenges for businesses. All those devices floating around the world have to be connected securely to the business network to avoid security breaches that could cost your company large amounts of money and damage your company’s brand. Mobile phone usage and roaming charges can spiral out of control. Your employees
Hybrid cloud delivery brings a fundamental shift to the enterprise, and a new style of IT. The IT department that develops a hybrid delivery model, one that creates an optimal mix of traditional IT, private, and public cloud, is the department that realizes success. Read the white paper and learn how hybrid cloud management can
This report won’t teach you how to be an effective presenter, facilitator, moderator, chair or meeting participant; rather, it assumes you already have these skills and can apply them effectively in in-‐person meetings. Now we’ll look at how to transfer these skills to online meetings so you still come across as competent, professional and articulate.
Cloud computing models offer a new approach for IT organizations to deliver business services to end users. By implementing their own internal or “private” cloud infrastructures, IT organizations can deploy a technology model that provides both flexible IT architectures and dynamic business agility. The private cloud model, once fully implemented, offers capacity on a pay-as-you-go
Continuous data growth coupled with a new generation of multi-core CPUs has placed news demands on storage systems to handle an unprecedented number of workloads. Hard disk drives (HDDs) have become ever more dense and are able to handle greater capacity, but the rotational speed of mechanical HDDs has not improved beyond 15,000rpm since 2001
The spectacular and headline-grabbing cyber attacks in which thousands of data records are stolen are in no way just the result of a stroke of genius from highly talented hackers. In fact they are increasingly brought about by criminals who have managed to get through without expensive equipment and professional programming knowledge. They use exploits
This paper discusses the potential for radically improving cost efficiency with a well thought-out Software Asset Management (SAM) strategy. It aims to improve understanding of the SAM discipline, including the challenges it poses as well as the tactical and strategic advantages it offers. And, it lays out a high-level plan for you to architect your
Developers need to improve their mobile measurement savvy. Many application development professionals have little to no skills in collecting real-time and operational metrics; that’s usually been the province of infrastructure and operations pros. But such thinking is both antiquated and dangerous. As requirements elicitation shifts from long textual requirements documents and lengthy analysis phases into
This report presents Forrester’s best practices framework for project management offices (PMOs). Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals can use this framework to see how their organization stacks up and decide whether their PMO is ready to assume this role. HP is the sponsor of this material. By submitting your information you agree to be