Cutting Applications Costs? Focus on the Right Tactics

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Info-Tech

Cost control is a hot topic. Info-Tech data from Q3 of 2011 indicates that over 40% of senior executives have made cost-management a strategic priority due to concerns about the economic environment. One of the key targets of their scrutiny … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, What's New in Research | Tagged Agile, Applications, applications manager, cloud, economy, outsourcing, saas, standardization, zero-based budget | Comments Off

 

 

Rome wasn’t built in a day; evaluate the European co-location/managed services market

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Info-Tech

The co-location market began in the 1990s with the emergence of Internet business and e-commerce.  Vendors initially focused on providing power, space, redundancy, and connections, but in the wake of the Dot Com Bust, they also began to provide managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged at&t, build-or-buy, Bull, CenturyLink, cloud, co-location, Co-location Decisions, Co-location Vendors, collocation, colocation, Colt, Colt.net, Data Center Decision, data-center-co-location, Europe, European, fully managed services, Global, hosting, IaaS, ibm, IBM Global, Interxion, Managed Services, outsourcing, Qwest, savvis, Savvis/CenturyLink, shared services, TeleCity, TelecityGroup, verizon, Verizon Business, • Data center | Comments Off

 

 

Cloud = 1; Co-location = 0? Don’t call it a win just yet!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Info-Tech

It goes without saying that Cloud computing is going to change the IT world, but the Cloud isn’t necessarily the harbinger of death for data center infrastructure that many make it out to be. The scenario Despite the marketing hype … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged cloud, hosting, IaaS, Infrastructure, outsource | Comments Off

 

 

Hot Developments in Infrastructure: Hype or Reality?

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Info-Tech

An infrastructure development might become a hot topic if a lot of people are talking about it or doing it. But as your mother always told you, “Just because everyone else is doing it, it doesn’t mean you should do … Continue reading →

Posted in Hot Topics, Infrastructure, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged backup, capacity, cloud, consolidation, consumer technology, data deduplication, data-center, Infrastructure, Infrastructure manager, mobile-device, mobility, policy, roles, smartphones, storage, tablets, trends, virtualization | Comments Off

 

 

Does the IT department have real value when most services are delivered by outsiders?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Andy Woyzbun

The range of alternatives to internal IT keeps broadening. Managed services, outsourcing, consulting and the “cloud” consume an increasing proportion of IT expenditures. Does IT really have a significant role in those organizations with diminishing dependence on internal IT staff? … Continue reading →

Posted in Analyst's Angle | Tagged cloud, outsourcing, shadow IT, technology control | Comments Off

 

 

 

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