Riverbed and Akamai Accelerate Hybrid Clouds

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 29 2012) Cloud Computing

...e is a particular issue for the SaaS market, which is growing within enterprises of all sizes, with Forrester Research estimating the SaaS market to reach more than $100 billion by 2017. Steelhead Cloud Accelerator As ......tual and cloud infrastructures, the companies said. Optimization for applications like Google Apps, Microsoft Office365 or Salesforce can be achieved through the jointly developed solution by deploying an inst... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Salesforce.com   Interactive Data Corporation

A New Net

Explore Technology Review (Feb 6 2012) Cloud Computing , Networking

...s "the big money." An estimated $26 billion a year is spent on the public cloud today, according to Forrester Research. Mullaney thinks the market would expand significantly if businesses, which spend $2 trillion a yea......f the early 1980s. IBM's PC standard separated hardware and software, making operating systems like Microsoft Windows the focus of innovation while hardware became a race-to-the-bottom commodity. Cisco and oth... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Forrester Research   Google

Six ways to cool your data centre efficiently and cheaply

Explore features.techworld.com (Sep 5 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...ere you can get very efficient evaporative cooling," says Rich Fichera, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, along with hosting companies, have been sussing out sites that meet affordable power and cooling c... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Iceland   Forrester Research

Six energy-efficient data center practices How vendors and industry groups are confronting the challenge of data center power and cooling in new and unusual ways.

Explore ITworld (Aug 23 2011)

...orative cooling," says Rich Fichera, VP and Principal Analyst, Infrastructure and Operations Group, Forrester Research. [ See also: Facebook shares its data-center secrets ] Companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, along with data center hosting companies, have been sussing out sites that meet affordable power a... (Read Full Article)

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Data Grows, and So Do Storage Sites

Explore The New York Times (Jun 5 2011) Storage

...in 2005. And online backup or storage services like MobileMe from Apple, Windows Live SkyDrive from Microsoft, Mozy from EMC and SugarSync are now familiar. What’s changed is that more people have discovered a......y 60 percent of adults with online access own at least two Internet connected devices, according to Forrester Research. Just under 3 percent, or 4.5 million people, have at least nine different gadgets. If ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   The New York Times   Amazon.com

Green IT: expo encourages industry to become sustainability leader

Explore Green Wise (Nov 9 2010) Carbon Tax , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...itioned to be a role model as well as an enabler," said Christopher Mines, senior vice president of Forrester Research. "IT can either play a hero or a villain role. IT can be captive by its past and find itself unwill......nsors failed to offer many options for that audience. Advantages of cloud commuting Mary-Anne King, Microsoft UK’s head of sustainability, however, did offer research to show the carbon ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Cisco   Accenture

25 new IT companies to watch

Explore IDG News Service (Oct 25 2010) Cloud Computing

...anies is hitting the market. One startup you've never heard of might end up being the next Intel or Microsoft. Others may force changes upon established vendors that have gone stale, which will have to innovat...... on cloud-based services. Security -- no surprise -- is still top of mind, with IT pros surveyed by Forrester calling it the biggest concern preventing them from adopting software-as-a-service (SaaS). Most sta... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Larry Ellison

HP-SAP merger talk considered far-fetched

Explore ITWorld Canada (Oct 5 2010)

...ual maintenance revenue. But it would in turn harm HP's application services organization, said Forrester Research analyst Paul Hamerman. "It would taint the advice they give customers. They have to be vendor-agnos......plug on its Android 2.2 tablet plans to hold out for Androi ... By: John Cox (10/5/2010 10:06:00 AM)Microsoft Corp. plans to phase in a limited number of Windows Phone 7 applications ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Oracle   Hewlett Packard

The evolution of Green IT: Key takeaways from Interop

Explore ZDNet Technology News (Apr 28 2010)

...ight initiate organization-wide green thinking, IT plays a critical role in planning and execution. Forrester finds that in 43% of organizations globally, “IT has a central role in both planning... The evoluti......rature to 74°F degrees (from 69°F), KPMG noticed a 12.7% reduction in energy consumption. * People: Microsoft data center facility managers’ bonuses are tied to year-over-year efficiency improvements. Doug Was... (Read Full Article)

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OnStar Cio's Career Success Is No Accident

Explore Computerworld (Feb 16 2010)

... the Cloud Register for this webcast now! Inquiry Insights: Enterprise Mobility, Q1 2009 Learn what Forrester has uncovered in their latest report on Enteprise Mobility trends. Simplifying Risk Management: Is ......ifying Risk Management: Is Your Company Measuring Up? Register Now Comparing Research In Motion and Microsoft Mobile Solutions This paper compares the Research In Motion BlackBerry solution with the Microsoft® mobile solution by analyzing features of the user experience and ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Interactive Data Corporation   Microsoft Corp

Is Your Company Ready for a Green IT Maturity Test?

Explore Reuters.com (Oct 28 2009) Construction , Monitoring , Power and Cooling

...green IT hitting the mainstream ("Green IT Hits the Mainstream in Data Centers"), a new report from Forrester Research just crossed my desk that aims to address all those companies who haven't gotten up to speed on gre...... of what companies are doing -- even in the last few weeks we've seen IBM apply green IT to fleets, Microsoft's new "plug and play" smart grid architecture, and much ... (Read Full Article)

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