Forrester Research
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The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse For Client Management Vendors
The workforce computing landscape has become radically more complex, and the resources that employees need are shifting rapidly from inside the firewall to outside. Consumerization of both devices and services is disrupting the client management vendor landscape as we’ve known it.
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NVIDIA's VGX: Traction Control for Hosted Virtual Desktops
Hosted Virtual Desktops are a bit like driving in the snow. Every link in the chain between the data on a hard drive in the datacenter and the pixels on the user’s screen introduces a delay that the user perceives as lag, and the laws of physics apply.
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To be private cloud, or be public cloud: Is that really the question?
The I&O team needs to decide whether they embrace the fact that the business is going to the cloud and simply go along — knowing full well that such a path could lead to their own obsolescence. Or do they “take arms” against this betrayal, build a private cloud and force the business back in line?
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What "Design For Mobile First!" Really Means
The thing that leaves people scratching their heads is the mantra, Design for mobile first! “What does that mean, exactly?,” they ask. “Is it about user interface design?” The industry answer is that it’s about user experience design, but that’s not quite right. Design for mobile first! is really about business design.
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ARM Arrives – Calxeda Shows Real Hardware Running Linux
I said last year that this would happen sometime in the first half of this year, but for some reason my colleagues and clients have kept asking me exactly when we would see a real ARM server running a real OS. How about now?
To copy from Calxeda’s most recent blog post:
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IBM Rounds Out Its Linux Offerings With Power Linux
In the latest evolution of its Linux push, IBM has added to its non-x86 Linux server line with the introduction of new dedicated Power 7 rack and blade servers that only run Linux. “Hah”, you say! “Power already runs Linux, and quite well according to IBM”. This is indeed true, but when you look at [...]
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Oracle and OpenStack: A Tale of Two Completely Opposite Strategies
If you wanted to see the full spectrum of cloud choices that are coming to market today you only have to look at these two efforts as they are starting to evolve.
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Cloud Computing At NAB: The Media And Cloud Businesses Are Evolving To The Same Economic Model
While the bulk of the enterprise IT market grumbles about the maturity and security of cloud computing services, it looks like the media & entertainment segment is just doing it.
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Employees are Shelling Out Big Bucks to Ditch IT
42% of employees admit to using their own computer or smartphone to do their jobs, and 27% say they have better tech at home than at work. Why not unleash employees’ productive potential by giving them freedom, and implementing a bring-your-own-computer policy?
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Delivering the Social Business Imperative
Make no mistake, successful implementation of social business and collaboration solutions requires standard IT diligence and the usual roles to apply it.
