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CIO Leadership, Big Data

The human dimension of ROI

Return on Individuals - Yet another definition for ROI

Blog-post by E.G. Nadhan,
HP Blogger
, Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:46

By now, I have shared various new definitions for ROI — including the Returns on Information, Infrastructure, and Innovation. When it comes to enterprises looking to strategically innovate the planet by 2020, it’s all about having the right people with the right skills and work experience.

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Technology, Converged Infrastructure

What do VSAs and OpenStack have in common?

All in the software-defined datacenter before it was cool

Blog-post by Brad Parks,
HP Blogger
, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 22:37

Software-Defined is certainly all the rage in marketing circles lately. It’s tough to pin down a specific definition if you look across vendors, industry influencers, and customers. Wikipedia (source of all knowledge) may have it best when they call software-defined storage “a marketing theme that lacks consensus.” 

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Business Issues, Applications

The secret to prioritizing strategic demand for new initiatives, programs and projects

Blog-post by Myles Suer,
HP Blogger
, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 20:33

When one looks at “strategic demand,” there are a number of ways to evaluate demand. Clearly, value versus risk is a valuable methodology to consider. However, I want to suggest that there is something that you need to do before you evaluate value and risk. You need to evaluate the alignment with business strategy and requirements.

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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

Blog-post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 19:06
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http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/corporate_it_and_the_conversat.html

 

The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

Seeking top companies which invest in their work forces and IT skills

Harvard Business School grads gloomy about U.S. ability to compete.

Blog-post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:56

Where will the skills to drive the U.S. economy forward come from? Business leaders say they need to recruit offshore to get the skills they need to keep their companies competitive (our poll favors raising the limits in H1-Bs.)

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Technology, Cloud

Companies optimized for the cloud win in today’s market

Blog-post by Rick Blaisdell, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:30
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Although enterprises are still in the early stages of adopting Big Data solutions, these technologies are among the fastest-growing cloud-based tools.  The move to cloud computing is challenging the computer industry, and at the heart of this are the Big Data and the built for cloud scalable database platforms that enable it. As demand grows, applications are able to add new computing nodes, and each additional node adds capacity to serve more clients.

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Technology, Cloud

Hybrid Cloud Architecture: How to Streamline Hybrid Cloud Migration

Blog-post by Julia Smith, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:56

Cloud computing is a widespread phenomenon that promises economic advantages, speed, agility, flexibility, scalability and innovation. By 2014, IT organizations in 30% of Global 1000 companies will integrate and customize two or more cloud services for internal and external users. This white paper examines the hybrid cloud environment and identifies solutions that make migrating into and between cloud environments an automated process.

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Technology, Cloud

How to choose a cloud–based VOIP solution

Blog-post by Rick Blaisdell, Tue, 05/14/2013 - 10:26
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Communication is a heavy weight on budgets and companies all over the world are looking for ways to cut down their communication costs. As we discussed in another article, cloud-based VOIP solutions offer businesses a reliable communication option at a lower cost.

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Technology, Security

School System Deploys FlowTraq to Manage Internet Bandwidth Usage and Avoid Copyright Infringement

Blog-post by Joe Simmons, Tue, 05/14/2013 - 08:45

THE CHALLENGE: LIMIT INTERNET BANDWIDTH USAGE AND PREVENT COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS

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Technology, Security

Why Profile? - FlowTraq's Powerful Behavioral Network Intelligence Toolkit

Blog-post by Joe Simmons, Tue, 05/14/2013 - 07:53

FlowTraq’s NBI toolkit is your network security guard, defending against data theft and data leakage.

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