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HGTV Meets Travel Channel: An IT Merger’s Ticket to Success

When Scripps Networks acquired the Travel Channel, merging the IT operations went smoothly thanks to an unglamorous genre of software known as business service management, or BSM. As datacenter management gets more complex, BSM offers one way to figh

18 May 2010
Data Center
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Why Green IT Isn’t Enough If You Want to Cut Energy Costs

There's more to energy efficiency than green IT. If you want to cut corporate energy costs, you have to look beyond the datacenter and the desktop.

18 May 2010
CIO Green IT
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Cloud Computing Security: IT’s Take on State of Play

New Ponemon research shows that IT thinks security still needs much tightening not only in the cloud but also on premise. Will cloud force the matter -- or is IT's budget still too low?

17 May 2010
Virtualization
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Storage Vendor NetApp Hopes to Catch Virtualization, Cloud Computing Wave

As customersu2019 storage needs scale up, storage virtualization advances and customers explore cloud computing, NetApp seeks a new competitive edge.

14 May 2010
Green IT
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IT Strategy: Use Scenario Planning to Get Beyond Legacy Systems

Take a Step Back and Assess

7 Aug 2015
Virtualization
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IT Strategy: Use Scenario Planning to Get Beyond Legacy Systems

Leading IT shops use scenario planning to drive IT strategy and investment decisions.

14 May 2010
CIO Green IT
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Cloud Computing Poses Control Issues for IT

As data moves into the cloud, one of the most precious things that IT leaders will need to give up is some level of control. Will vendors be able to strike a palatable balance between IT's need for agility and control?

12 May 2010
Cloud Computing Data Center Virtualization
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Storage Virtualization: When to Invest

Storage virtualization adds to your costs, but if your goal is to manage your storage networks more efficiently, it pays off

11 May 2010
Server Virtualization Virtualization
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Microsoft Office vs. Google Apps: The Business Brawl

Google Apps may not be a true threat to Microsoft's enterprise business now, but Google's cloud-based productivity apps have forced Microsoft to tinker with Office, a key part of its business model. Both rivals face mighty challenges in the

10 May 2010
Microsoft Office Office Suites SaaS
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Cloud Mergers Heat Up: IBM Buys Cast Iron

What's behind IBM's purchase of Cast Iron and how does its technology fit into IBM's planned cloud offerings?

8 May 2010
Data Center
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Cloud Computing: How Big is Big Data? IDC’s Answer

The future torrent of data poses challenges around search, privacy and compliance, IT staffing, and more. CIO.com's Bernard Golden looks at IDC's 2010 Digital Universe Study and concludes that IDC underestimates how much of that data will l

7 May 2010
Virtualization