Find out how a large enterprise data warehouse company used Red Hat CloudForms to create a private cloud that including automated provisioning and self service for developers and testers, enabling them to build, test, and release new product versions faster. This reduced the time to market for new versions of the company’s...
Published: Jan 09, 2014
Choosing a cloud application backup provider is like any technology decision: there is no one-size-fits-all solution. You must determine which provider offers the best cost/benefit for your organization’s unique needs. This guide will highlight the most important features and policies associated with cloud-to-cloud...
Published: Jul 15, 2013
There’s no question that network rationalization can lead to immediate cost savings, simplified management, and improved reliability and performance.
Getting rid of complexities, redundancies, and unnecessary networks and equipment that are brought on by years of accumulated technology is a commonsense way to...
Published: Mar 12, 2014
The primary driver for cloud adoption will shift from economics to innovation as leading-edge companies invest in cloud services as the foundation for new competitive offerings.
These four pillars — Big Data, Cloud, Mobility and Social — are creating new business value and unprecedented innovation.
...
Published: May 19, 2014
By the year 2020, the digital universe will grow to 44 zettabytes—that’s 10 times the amount of data that existed in 2013. By then the amount of data that is tagged and open to analysis will grow by 35 percent—to 16 million petabytes of potentially usable information.* Every organization wants to turn...
Published: Sep 22, 2014
The way you interact with your customers is hugely important in terms of building unbreakable relationships, and with effective use of CRM software you can benefit from vital intelligence on customer trends and behaviours.
This whitepaper will look at a number of examples of businesses adding real value...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
Oracle ERP systems are often the most critical IT applications an organization has. Any missteps in administration or hardware configuration can be very costly to a business. Given the complexity of the tasks they perform, the Oracle applications require the correct hardware configuration in addition to specialized expertise...
Published: Sep 04, 2014
One of the oft-stated promises of cloud-based applications is more up-time, more application availability than those deployed via on-premises servers. Some might take the statement at face value; others may question it. I’d like to make the argument that both sides are right.
Published: Apr 29, 2013
Just as organizations have finally gotten on board with the move to omnichannel customer service —offering a seamless consumer experience through available shopping channels—the game has changed once again.
Published: Aug 07, 2014
The wide area network (WAN) will be critical to the success of enterprise hybrid cloud strategies and initiatives. Although WAN optimization and traditional WAN services addressed a broad range of client/server requirements, other capabilities are needed in the context of the 3rd Platform.
This IDC Insight offers...
Published: Feb 10, 2015
With commerce evolving at light speed, now is a truly exciting time to be in a position of leadership. Becoming a customer-centric organization that fosters innovation and collaboration requires a new way of thinking and operating. Companies equipped with the tools and vision to embrace that change today will be positioned...
Published: Nov 12, 2013
Activity on the Race for Life website is cyclical as publicity builds ahead of each summer’s events. As a result, the charity’s websites are faced with a spike in activity, placing pressure on a hosting resource that was coming to the end of life. “It became clear with the success of fundraising activities...
Published: May 22, 2014
The virtualization market reached a tipping point in 2010, when more virtual servers were launched than physical servers. Today, VMware generates more than $4 billion in annual sales and has assets valued at more than $40 billion.
Published: May 01, 2013
As this document highlights, when firms move to reference architecture or integrated infrastructure system strategies, they gain material cost and time-to-market advantages over traditional IT. Reference architecture and integrated infrastructure system strategies offer advantages over a "build your own" approach. ...
Published: Feb 25, 2014