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Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment MindTree's acquisition efforts have been driven by strategic options rather than as a means to gain scale, CEO Krishnakumar Natarajan said. Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their... [06 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo Even with all its power saving techniques, the first phase of the datacentre can scale to 30 megawatts of critical power. Microsoft recently opened its Chicago datacentre. In its first phase, the ground floor of the... [04 Nov 2009]
39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The contract will also help support public order policing activities involving several thousand officers within confined locations, and ensure Airwave can scale to cope with the risk of "a spontaneous major incident"... [03 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Scale - Everything is now huge and networked globally. Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection. For more than a year now I have been in a state of mild... [29 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment In the days before social networking, there were few dilemmas on the to-add-or-not-to-add scale: work was work, niche pastimes like Facebook were up there with cultish hobbies such as enacting Dungeons & Dragons on muddy... [28 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News And yes, you can scale it big - Facebook does. It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? While some CIOs are... [28 Oct 2009]
The 2009 Handbook of Application Delivery
White Paper As a result, IT organizations need to ensure that the approach that they take to resolving the current application delivery challenges can scale to support the emerging challenges. Ensuring acceptable application... [20 Oct 2009]
The ROI of Defragmenting the Windows Enterprise
White Paper This paper covers disk fragmentation, the problems it creates, and how that translates to lost time and productivity on a massive scale. Why is defragmentation so important? IDC conducted lab tests to find the actual... [16 Oct 2009]
Privileged Access Lifecycle Management: How PALM Refines Strategy for Enterprise IT
White Paper Strengthening security, maintaining compliance, and achieving efficiencies and economies of scale are top-of-mind issues for enterprise IT executives. In this paper, IDC analysts examine the role of identity and access... [15 Oct 2009]
Dell Update Deployment Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
White Paper Efficiently managing system updates requires using a management solution that can scale and automate update deployment in a reliable way. IT organizations often struggle to efficiently manage a large number of systems... [15 Oct 2009]
The Department of Defense and Open Source Software
White Paper Is open source software a viable strategy for large-scale SOA deployments, especially at the U.S. Department of Defense? This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations... [15 Oct 2009]
Achieving the Impossible: Unlimited App Scale
White Paper And although these approaches may be most valuable for extreme-scale applications, they can save time and money in almost any server-based application. For modern applications, particularly those built for the Java... [15 Oct 2009]
Extreme Performance, Predictable, & Econ Scale & Continuous Avail for J2EE Apps
White Paper This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategya 'must have' capability for applications to operate with extreme, predictable performance and scalability. You'll learn: [15 Oct 2009]
SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns: Key to Successful Service Oriented Architecture Implementation
White Paper By learning from the experiences of those organizations that have been through the process and looking at the standard best practices of large]scale technology implementations, success can come earlier and more... [15 Oct 2009]
State of Business Process Management Market 2008
White Paper The future promises even more explosive growth as BPM products continue to mature, early success stories are shared, and enterprise-class vendors bring stability and scale to the market. Over the last few years, BPM has... [15 Oct 2009]