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Cloudy skies?

Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.

Oracle introduces Project Analytics for BI Applications

To measure and track project performance metrics

The Process Factory can mash cloud apps, today

$50 per user per year for your own cloud?

CU-CCMS selects Voltaire to provide high performance computing system

It also enables good connectivity between the server fabric and the storage systems

Cordys, Powel team for smart grid metering

Partnership promises better control for energy sector

Jaspersoft catches up in open source business intelligence

But can it compete with the BI big guns?

CBR Thought Leaders: IT in a Cold Climate

Is paring IT investment back to the bone the best strategy for surviving the downturn? Dr Richard Williams argues the case against.

Enterprises embrace IBM RFID tech

VW, Ringnes brewery to track items

Central Station: the rise of the CMDB

Interest in the configuration management database (CMDB) is helping to drive a wave of interest in business service management, or BSM. But is there real value behind the CMDB acronym?

Father of Java warns of ‘culture clash’ if IBM buys Sun

James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president, said in an exclusive interview with Computer Business Review (CBR) that there would, “Definitely be a culture clash,” between staff if IBM were to acquire Sun, as has been rumoured by The Wall Street Journal.

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Cloudy skies?

Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.

CBR Thought Leaders: IT in a Cold Climate

Is paring IT investment back to the bone the best strategy for surviving the downturn? Dr Richard Williams argues the case against.

Central Station: the rise of the CMDB

Interest in the configuration management database (CMDB) is helping to drive a wave of interest in business service management, or BSM. But is there real value behind the CMDB acronym?

Is the Enterprise Ready for Cloud Computing?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the IT waters, yet another beast emerges from nowhere to potentially baffle and confuse -- cloud computing. But is cloud computing a shark or a whale: is it a trend that should strike fear into the hearts of senior IT professionals or one that they should embrace?

Dealing with the 2.0 enterprise

The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum has been launched to promote the secure use of Web 2.0 in business environments. The start point for addressing 2.0 enterprise issues must involve gaining a proper understanding of what Web 2.0 tools and products are present in the enterprise, and what impact they may have on existing IT rules and usage policies.

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