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You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.
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Many IT executives are on the fence about Web services. Find out what one expert has to say about making the decision to implement and the associated risk factors that you must factor in to any ROI projection for Web services projects.
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Australian SMBs are hungry for storage, yet have been left underserved by major storage vendors. However, increasing demand for digital marketing and fast access to information is causing vendors to take notice of this once-neglected sector.
With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
A leading analyst has lashed companies over their inability to properly implement customer relationship management systems, claiming failure rates in some areas are up around the 75-80 percent mark.
Public sector IT projects are moving forward but stakeholders have been stumped by the election. John Kost, managing VP for Gartner's government team, says people don't know who will make decisions once their project is implemented.
They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.
A Japanese start-up has come up with a mutant piece of hardware that it says may deliver "perfect security" for Web servers: a two-headed hard drive.
Microsoft's software licensing program is not proving popular - about two-thirds of its biggest customers are yet to sign up, and some are exploring alternatives.
Microsoft will next week take on its key competitors with a new initiative for building self-managing computing systems.
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