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Report: Enterprises Lack Incentives for Data Center Efficiency

February 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Green Grid research reports that most companies are not offering incentives to their employees to help increase energy efficiency, even though doing so could mean substantial bottom-line and environmental results.
– SAN JOSE,
Calif. Two-thirds of enterprises that
deploy data centers currently have no corporate incentives in place for
increasing energy efficiency in those IT systems, industry research made public
Feb. 4 by The Green Grid reported.

This equates with the fact that most companies are not cu…

Enterprises Eyeing New Communications Solutions, Analysts Say

February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Businesses will continue expanding their use of such technologies as VOIP and UC over the next few years, according to In-Stat and DellOro. By 2013, 79 percent of U.S. businesses will have deployed a VOIP solution, In-Stat said. By 2014, revenues generated in the UC space will outpace those in the larger enterprise voice market, DellOro group said.
– Analysts are predicting that enterprises will continue to expand their communications capabilities over the next few years.
In a report Feb. 2, research firm In-Stat said it expects that by
2013, 79 percent of U.S. businesses will be using VOIP (voice over IP)
technology, up from about 42 percent…

IT Security Spending Expected to Increase for Enterprises, SMBs

January 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Roughly 40 percent of enterprises and small and midsize businesses plan to increase security spending, with both groups paying particular attention to data security, network security and managed services, according to Forrester Research.
– Two new reports from Forrester Research project that roughly 40 percent of
enterprises and small and midsize businesses plan to increase
their IT security budgets in 2010.
The reports, released Jan. 25, found other commonalities: A large percentage
of both groups expect spending on network s…

Data Breaches Cost More if Enterprises Move Too Fast

January 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Acting too quickly after a data breach can cost companies even more money, the Ponemon Institute reports.
– Data breaches are not getting any cheaper to deal with, and companies that
jump the gun on notifications can end up paying the most.
In its fifth
annual study on data breaches, the Ponemon Institute discovered that about
36 percent of participants notified
their breach victims within one month,…

Does Google Nexus One Have Enough Security for Enterprises?

January 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Google made its Nexus One phone available to consumers in the U.S., U.K., Hong Kong and Singapore Jan. 5. But some wonder how Nexus One security will stack up against the Apple iPhone and other devices, and whether that will be enough to win over enterprises.
– Google
pulled the covers off its Nexus One smartphone Jan. 5 at a press event at
its corporate headquarters, touching off talk about whether or not it will be
able to compete with other smartphones in the enterprise.
This, of course, leads to
a larger question of how Googles latest play in the …

Asia Enterprises Holding – Corporate moves

January 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Yvonne Lee Yih Chyi has been appointed MD wef Jan 1
Work experience: ED, Asia Enterprises Holding Ltd; GM, Metal Commerz Pte Ltd; senior manager, VSST Far East Pte Ltd

Enterprises Will Invest in Private Clouds First: Gartner

December 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Through at least 2012, enterprises will invest more money in private cloud environments, as the public clouds, such as those offered by Amazon and Google, mature, according to Gartner. Eventually those private clouds will leave to greater use of public clouds, and then the creation of hybrid environments. Gartner outlines a number of steps businesses can take now and over the next year to better take advantage of cloud computing.
– Enterprises are going to invest more in private cloud
infrastructures over the next couple of years while public cloud
offerings mature, according to Gartner analysts.
During that time from now until about 2012 businesses need to lay
out a plan for their migration to cloud computing so they are …

State-owned enterprises: Stakes and mistakes

November 12th, 2009 | No Comments

India’s government is privatising companies for the wrong reasons

WHICH flavour of condom do you prefer? Strawberry, chocolate or banana, perhaps? Prostitutes in India opted for paan, or betel nut wrapped in a leaf, which many Indians chew as a digestive. Their answer persuaded HLL Lifecare, a company based in the state of Kerala, to market a paan-flavoured condom. The sheath takes its place alongside the company’s other offerings, including a textured condom and one that glows in the dark.

HLL Lifecare, which until this year was called Hindustan Latex, is one of 246 enterprises owned by India’s central government. Spanning everything from nuclear energy to artificial limbs, these companies employed almost 1.6m people in 2008 and accounted for 8.3% of the country’s GDP. On November 5th the government expressed a new willingness to reduce its stake in these enterprises. It wants the profitable ones to offer at least 10% of their shares to the public. …

Windows 7 Security Story May Appeal to Enterprises

October 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft Windows 7 has a number of new security features designed to appeal to enterprises. But will they do the trick?
– Microsoft Windows 7 is on its way tomorrow, Oct. 22, and it
is bringing with it a set of security features Microsoft clearly hopes
will appeal
to enterprises.
The Windows
7 security story has three main chapters that have received a fair amount
of attention: DirectAccess, BitLocker To Go a…

10 Ways Microsoft Can Convince Enterprises to Buy Windows 7

October 20th, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Microsoft is gearing up for the release of Windows 7, but it needs to find a way to get corporate customers on board. With the world struggling to overcome a prolonged recession and with many potential customers having fresh memories of Vista, it won’t be easy. However with many companies limping along with aging PCs and Windows XP, Microsoft can present a number of convincing arguments that the time is right to invest in new machines with Windows 7
– As Microsoft prepares for the release of Windows 7 in just two short days, the company needs to find a way to entice customers to buy it. Consumers might be the easiest prey, since a move to Windows would guarantee a switch to Windows 7. At this point, Windows Vista isn’t viable and Windows XP is to…

10 Reasons Why It’s Time for Enterprises to Embrace Netbooks

October 14th, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Netbooks have caught on in a big way with consumers and many business users. But companies are still struggling with the question of whether or not netbooks have the features and horsepower to work effectively in their operations. With the amazingly rapid development of netbook designs, it’s time for enterprises to give these ultralight and inexpensive notebook PCs a chance to prove their worth.
– Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone maker, is getting
into the world of netbook computing in a big way. The company’s netbooks
will be offered in several stores across the United
States.
Nokia’s Booklet 3G will set owners back just $299. This news follows rather interesting
figures from marke…

Study: 94% of Enterprises Will Invest in Social Media Despite Recession

October 7th, 2009 | No Comments

A survey of 400 companies found that 94 percent of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise social media tools such as blogs, wikis and microblogging tools from providers such as IBM, MindTouch, Socialcast, Mzinga and Jive Software. The results seem counterintuitive in light of the recession, but it shows the importance of these tools for social networking and collaboration, and proves that they are not just a fad in the enterprise. Social analytics tools are also part of the trend.
–

Despite the nagging recession, a new study found that 94
percent of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise
social media tools such as blogs, wikis and microblogging tools.
Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for
New Communications Research survey…

Enterprises Understanding Need for Virtualization Management: CA

October 5th, 2009 | No Comments

A recent study sponsored by CA and VMware backs up what officials there are hearing from customers–that management and automation tools are becoming more important as enterprises are moving their virtualization implementations from test and development to production environments. A CA official said a key finding in the study was that businesses are being more proactive in pursuing greater management capabilities for their virtualized environments.
– When Stephen Elliot talks to IT executives about virtualization in the data center, he often finds himself in discussions about management, risk reduction, procedure and controls.
In short, executives who might be looking to virtualization for all the classic reasons including reducing operating an…

Small Botnets Cause Big Security Problems for Enterprises

September 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Research from Damballa shows the biggest botnets are not always the most threatening when it comes to swiping corporate data. In a study of more than 600 active botnets, security researchers discovered that the smaller networks were often used in highly targeted, more dangerous attacks, Damballa says.
– While massive
botnets such as Rustock and Conficker often make headlines, research from
Damballa released in September shows many enterprises are under attack
by smaller threats they’ve likely never heard of.
After
tracking more than 600 botnets over a three-month period, researchers Gunter
O…

Midrange Enterprises, SMBs Are Key Topics at VMworld 2009

August 28th, 2009 | No Comments

CES in Las Vegas and CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, certainly have the inside track on all the new gadgets; nobody is going to argue that point. Dozens of smaller events staged by Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others are also not to be sneezed at for their news and innovations. But for overall IT news value this year, VMworld appears to stand on its own.
– SAN FRANCISCO People
are saying that the VMworld 2009
conference, which opens Aug. 31 at Moscone
Center here and has attracted some
200 vendors and more than 11,000 attendees, might be the newsiest IT show of
the year. And they could be right.

CES in Las Vegas and CeBIT in Hannover,
Germany…

Enterprises Need to Secure Data During Application Development

August 21st, 2009 | No Comments

A survey by the Ponemon Institute underscores that many application testers and developers are using real production data without proper safeguards. Experts say it’s time for a change.
– Sometimes it doesnt take an external hacker to reveal customer data.
Often, it happens during the application development process
itself.
That is because, according to a recent survey from the Ponemon
Institute, many organizations use production data during their development and testing proce…

Kontiki Goes After Cisco with Live Video for Enterprises

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Kontiki offers live video for enterprises in a move to take down enterprise networking giant Cisco Systems in messaging and collaboration. While Cisco sells hardware to propel its video distribution, Kontiki is offering software plug-ins to let IT administrators in branch offices of large enterprises deploy live video.
– It’s no secret that video is a major collaboration tool in large companies
these days. For companies where employees are often geographically dispersed,
video makes it easier and cheaper for workers to meet face to face without
spending money on airfare.
Kontiki July 28 introduced Kontiki Live, …