Prepare For The Impact Of The Euro Crisis on Your IT Department
January 24, 2012Watch out; it’s not just a European problem Everyone knows that the Europeans are facing a major economic crisis triggered by poor government financial management in the Euro zone. But many managers outside Europe don’t see this as impacting them, … Continue reading
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Times, they are a changin’
December 21, 2011Earlier this week RIM reported disappointing revenue and earnings – on lowered fiscal Q3 guidance. We might expect this from RIM – in fact they did better than I expected. RIM is on the burning platform that Nokia’s freshly appointed … Continue reading
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Data Center Networking Market Poised for Change
November 15, 2011Mark Tauschek and I recently completed Info-Tech Research Group’s first Vendor Landscape: Data Center Networking. We found that the trends around east-west traffic flows, IPv6, and network virtualization are definitely taking shape. We also found that 40Gbps and 100Gbps are … Continue reading
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The Future of Networking is in Software
October 21, 2011I just got back from the first Open Networking Summit, put on by the newlyestablished Open Networking Foundation (ONF). The topics discussed included the OpenFlow standard – currently sitting at v1.1 with v1.2 set to be ratified in December 2011 – and … Continue reading
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Cutting Through the Adobe Flash Media Server 4.5 Upgrade Confusion
September 16, 2011Adobe Systems recently announced the availability of Flash Media Server v4.5. News headlines and blog posts have claimed Flash Player is coming to iPhones, Flash Video is coming to iPhones, Flash Apps are coming to iPhones, etc. Businesses are having a hard time finding out what the real impact is for them. Continue reading
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