The mobile cloud computing market to generate $45b in revenues by 2016

The mobile cloud computing market is just beginning to evolve in 2011; by 2016, the market will enter into a rapid growth stage. Interested market players need to formulate emergent strategies now to enjoy the early movers’ advantage. Our research projects the total cloud market to be worth $240 billion by 2016, up from $77… Continue reading The mobile cloud computing market to generate $45b in revenues by 2016

Mobile Cloud Computing Industry Outlook Report: 2011-2016

Until recently, cloud computing has been thought of within the context of the evolution of the Web and PC. In 2011, we are seeing a paradigm shift in business models, with mobile becoming a key feature in cloud computing conundrum. Mobile cloud has the potential to change the life of consumers and enterprises beyond what… Continue reading Mobile Cloud Computing Industry Outlook Report: 2011-2016

ShoreTel Acquires Hosted Unified Communications Pioneer M5 Networks

ShoreTel Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks (“M5”), a recognized leader in hosted Unified Communications. As a result of the acquisition, ShoreTel will be uniquely positioned to provide customers a choice… Continue reading ShoreTel Acquires Hosted Unified Communications Pioneer M5 Networks

IceWEB and nDataStor to Provide Unified Data Storage to Mid-Market Enterprises

IceWEB, Inc., a leading provider of Unified Data Storage for cloud and virtual environments, announced today that it has signed a strategic alliance with nDataStor, a leading provider of data storage networking and computing solutions, based in Fairfield, California. Due to pent-up demand for enterprise-class unified data storage solutions for cloud and virtual environments among… Continue reading IceWEB and nDataStor to Provide Unified Data Storage to Mid-Market Enterprises

Green IT and Cloud Summit 2012

Third annual conference to feature 25 top Green IT and Cloud technology companies. Join the 2012 Green IT and Cloud Summit in Tysons Corner, Virginia on April 18, 2012. The third annual Green IT and Cloud Summit will feature top technology firms, dozens of high profile speakers and exclusive panels geared toward a national audience… Continue reading Green IT and Cloud Summit 2012

Voice Over IP (VoIP) Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5

The majority of business-critical applications such as Web applications, database servers, and enterprise messaging systems have been successfully virtualized, proving the benefits of virtualization for reducing cost and streamlining IT management. However, the adoption of virtualization in the area of latency-sensitive applications has been slow partly due to unsubstantiated performance concerns. By taking VoIP service… Continue reading Voice Over IP (VoIP) Performance Evaluation on VMware vSphere 5

New eBook Details Federated and Virtualized Architectures for BI Professionals

Wayne Eckerson, veteran consultant and industry analyst in analytics, business intelligence, performance management and data warehousing, has written an eBook entitled “Federating Architectures for BI Professionals,” published by BeyeNETWORK and underwritten by data virtualization leader Composite Software. In the eBook, Eckerson writes that BI professionals, despite their best efforts, currently operate in a federated world… Continue reading New eBook Details Federated and Virtualized Architectures for BI Professionals

Maximizing Virtual Machine Scalability with iSCSI Storage

Server virtualization is being deployed on an almost universal scale to reduce costs and optimize data center resources. To underscore this point, a recent survey* reported several key findings: Server virtualization is widely used—74% of respondents are currently using server virtualization and another 19% are planning deployments. The number of virtualized servers is relatively small… Continue reading Maximizing Virtual Machine Scalability with iSCSI Storage