Author: David

March 21, 2011 Off

Cloud computing ‘to help free up data centre space’

By David
Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: James Glass.

Space in data centres can be freed up through the use of cloud computing solutions.

According to a new report from IT analyst Gartner, many data centre managers are beginning to consider moving non-essential workloads to the cloud.

This can help to reduce the amount of floor space, power and cooling being used, allowing companies to focus on production workloads that are of a higher priority to their operations.

March 20, 2011 Off

RIM and Microsoft deliver Office 365 service

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author:  Georgina Swan.

Blackberry maker, Research In Motion (RIM), has joined forces with Microsoft to create a RIM-hosted BlackBerry enterprise service for Office 365.

RIM announced the news on its Inside BlackBerry for Business blog.

The service, which is expected to be available in closed beta mid-2011, will have similar features to that of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, according to RIM, and will initially be available for Exchange Online for Office 365 on a subscription basis.

March 18, 2011 Off

The way we were: Cloud’s roots in the ’60s

By David
Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: Ray Kane.

Let’s peer into the past for a minute. Time sharing as we knew it began in the early 1960s. In Phoenix, Ariz., General Electric had a Central Processing Unit (CPU) named the GE 225, and a control or switching unit named the Datanet 30. Each unit had 16K core memory (yes, 16). When strapped together, up to 40 simultaneous users could use the system.

March 18, 2011 Off

Don’t count on recycling to maintain IPv4 address pool

By David
Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: William Jackson.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers, the regional registry that oversees address allocation for North America, has established an online listing service to help bring together organizations that have IPv4 addresses to spare and those that are looking for a few more addresses. But don’t expect this marketplace to delay the transition to the next generation of Internet protocols, according to the registry.

March 17, 2011 Off

The Real Big IT Problem

By David
Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Michael Vizard.

It’s usually a lot easier to deal with discrete sets of problems than it is to address the totality of a situation in order to remediate the core issue. Such is the case these days with enterprise IT, where everyone seems to want to talk about cloud computing, virtualization, data storage, mobile computing and application development rather than the core issues that plague IT today.

March 17, 2011 Off

Chief information officers ‘should gain software-as-a-service knowledge’

By David
Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: Neil Hill.

Chief information officers should make sure they are well-versed in the field of software-as-a-service solutions.

According to Shvetank Shah, a contributor to the CIO Insight website, the software-as-a-service market is maturing and chief information officers have a key role to play in ensuring their organisation makes the right decisions about this technology.