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Keeping IT green in tough times
News Mark Blowers, principal analyst at research house Ovum, explained: "If you have to make a large investment, I don't think you could swing it just on sustainability benefits in the current climate, whereas perhaps 18... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News Jonathan Yarmis, research fellow at Ovum, predicts technology such as 3D and gesture recognition could make an appearance - but these may be little more than Windows dressing. Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7... [08 Oct 2009]
Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart but Timely
White Paper Ovum has been following Oracle's Accelerate program over the last couple of years because they thought it is a smart strategy for penetrating the upper mid-market. Although Oracle developed Accelerate largely in response... [08 Oct 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News Angela Eager, senior analyst at the Ovum Butler Group, added: "The complexity of the system in terms of scale (functionality, users, instances, physical and virtual locations), and integration to other systems are also... [25 Sep 2009]
System z - Delivering on the Full Promise of Business Intelligence
White Paper As Business Intelligence (BI) continues to evolve from a specialised back-office function and expand into front-line business operations, a 'Modern' class of mainframe has emerged as a viable and compelling platform on which to run BI... [01 Sep 2009]
Information on Demand Brochure: Unlocking the business value of information for competitive advantage
White Paper This executive level brochure provides the strategy behind Information on Demand (IOD), the 5 entry points to IOD and includes a summary of the 2008, information market analyst Ovum's independent evaluation of IBM's... [27 Aug 2009]
UIM Evaluation: IBM Information on Demand
White Paper Read more about Ovum's evaluation of IBM as a provider of an unmatched UIM portfolio. IBM can claim what is arguably the industry's broadest portfolio of unified information management (UIM) software, serves and... [27 Aug 2009]
Too late for CIOs to get lean and agile?
News Such development approaches can reduce waste in IT systems and software development but they won't offer the rapid efficiency gains that finance directors are demanding from their CIOs because the implementation takes too long and is too... [22 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News According to research by analyst Ovum, sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and travel are showing active interest in IT outsourcing, pointing to recent £20m-plus deals between... [14 Jul 2009]
Microsoft CRM boards the Twitter train
News In a Microsoft statement, Ovum analyst Warren Wilson said: "In this market, insight into what customers are saying is extremely valuable. Microsoft has integrated Twitter functionality into its customer relationship... [10 Jul 2009]
What does Google's Chrome OS mean for Android?
News However Laurent Lachal, senior analyst at Ovum, reckons Google's twin-pronged OS play could help revitalise Linux. It needn't be a problem, however, according to Ovum's Lachal. This week saw Google... [09 Jul 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment Ovum's Mitchell, on the other hand, sees Microsoft's greater acknowledgment of the web as proof of Ray Ozzie's influence. David Mitchell, analyst with Ovum, says Windows Azure represents a clear break... [08 Jul 2009]
Testing times for the cloud: IBM gets involved
News David Mitchell, senior vice president of IT research at consulting firm Ovum, compares the present state of play in cloud computing to the early days of client-server applications. IBM is ramping up its cloud computing... [17 Jun 2009]
Save Money on Mainframe Hardware and Software: Five Simple Steps to Start Managing MIPS
White Paper One industry analyst, Ovum, estimates that "Mainframe MIPS growth is averaging around 20 percent per year and large mainframe-centric enterprises have been consistently averaging 35 percent-plus MIPS growth. [11 Jun 2009]
Business is the loser if you shun "experimental" web 2.0
News Steve Hodgkinson, public sector research director at Ovum, said companies which already deploy web 2.0 do realise its potential as a cost-saver. According to Ovum's Hodgkinson, such companies risk being... [30 Apr 2009]
