Today’s economies and commodity markets are swinging rapidly, barriers to global competition are disappearing, andempowered customers are changing preferences and expecta-tions faster than businesses can respond. In such an environ-ment businesses must be able to work smarter, increasingbusiness agility while optimizing their costs. Only too oftenwe find ourselves restrained from meeting these imperativesby siloed processes
In today’s rapidly changing environment, much is being said about the need for business agility, integration and optimiza-tion. Yet agile change at the cost of business integrity andoperational excellence is a fragile value proposition at best.While business agility is critical for excellence in managingchange, business performance and business integrity are critical for excellence in business
As companies throughout the world examine the business value of Cloud computing, it is important to understand how Cloud can lower IT expenses. Understanding how long it takes until your business can recoup the investment it made in Cloud Computing is the “payback” period. In today’s economic environment, this is a critical component of any
In recent years, cloud computing environments have beengaining popularity. In the IBMGlobal CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important. The many inherent benefits of a cloud environment make it attractive to organizations looking to speed
Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers. It allows decision makers to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services most cost-effectively while maintaining required levels of cost, performance, security, and business resilience. This focus
Cloud computing offers to change the way we use computing with the promise of significant economic and efficiency benefits. The speed of adoption depends on how trust in new cloud models can be established. Trust needs to be achieved, especially when data is stored in new ways and in new locations, including for example different
Proven cloud or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) computing solutions such as IBM’s Computing on Demand (CoD) are very attractive for many commercial enterprises especially in today’s environment of flat or shrinking IT budgets. With a spectrum of flexible offerings and pricing models, IBM’s CoD solution provides secure, affordable, elastic, and risk-free access to IT
Organisations need a solution to broadcast video and data, over the internet, to large audiences – both live and on demand – and the ability to record video calls in high definition. Current solutions are difficult to implement and use, lack flexibility and scalability, and require additional equipment and special software. LifeSize® Video Center, the
ESG Lab Reports The goal of ESG Lab reports is to educate IT professionals about emerging technologies and products in the storage, data management and information security industries. ESG Lab reports are not meant to replace the evaluation process that should be conducted before making purchasing decisions, but rather to provide insight into these emerging
Maintaining system availability and business continuity can be an expensive exercise, particularly when IT teams spend hours each month on manual backup. But, as staff at UKbased National Car Parks (NCP) found, centralisation and automation can be achieved quickly and simply, without investing in expensive training and complex deployments.