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

Virtualization and Cloud Drive IT Jobs, IT Leaders Expect IT Hiring to Increase

TEKsystems, a leading provider of IT staffing solutions, human capital management expertise and IT services, today announced findings from its quarterly IT Executive Outlook survey, conducted in partnership with the Inavero Institute. While nearly half of IT leaders anticipate their temporary (55%) and permanent (57%) IT headcount to stay the same in the first quarter… Continue reading Virtualization and Cloud Drive IT Jobs, IT Leaders Expect IT Hiring to Increase

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

VMTurbo Enhances Platform for Performance Across Cloud and Virtualized Environments

VMTurbo, the leading provider of intelligent workload management software for cloud and virtualized environments, today announced version 3.0 of its award-winning platform. VMTurbo Operations Manager 3.0 delivers cloud-scale management for the largest service provider and enterprise virtual infrastructures, expands heterogeneous hypervisor support to include Citrix XenServer and adds new application performance assurance capabilities. The product… Continue reading VMTurbo Enhances Platform for Performance Across Cloud and Virtualized Environments

Government Virtualization Could Save More Than $30 Billion By 2015

Virtualization savings are real – and are expected to grow – but government agencies need to overcome funding uncertainties and other significant barriers to achieve their virtualization goals, according to a study by MeriTalk underwritten by Microsoft and NetApp. The new report, “Virtualization Vacuum: The 2012 Government Virtualization Study,” explores the current and future state… Continue reading Government Virtualization Could Save More Than $30 Billion By 2015

Mobile Virtual Environments: The Opportunity for Guest Applications and Operating Systems

The explosive growth of mobile applications and waning battle between application ecosystems are creating a new reality in the mobile industry. Apple and Google have effectively prevailed in the platform war, leaving OEMs without access to these ecosystems at a significant disadvantage. Users are also demanding a wide choice of innovative applications on all their… Continue reading Mobile Virtual Environments: The Opportunity for Guest Applications and Operating Systems

Cloud Infrastructure Testing and Cloud-based Application Monitoring – Forecasts to 2017

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Cloud Infrastructure Testing and Cloud-based Application Monitoring” to their offering. This study covers the state of the cloud infrastructure testing and cloud based application monitoring market examining drivers and restraints for growth, end user trends and geographical trends. Following from these, market… Continue reading Cloud Infrastructure Testing and Cloud-based Application Monitoring – Forecasts to 2017

GigaSpaces Introduces Multi-Site Data Replication Done Simply and Reliably

GigaSpaces Technologies, a pioneer of next-generation application platforms for mission-critical applications, is introducing a new solution for replicating data over a WAN using the GigaSpaces market-leading in-memory data grid and scaling technology. “All enterprise IT organizations are concerned with replicating mission-critical data across sites, applications, or data centers for various purposes, such as disaster recovery… Continue reading GigaSpaces Introduces Multi-Site Data Replication Done Simply and Reliably