What Data Center Managers Want This Year

SANpulse Technologies, Inc. has released the results of its December 2010 IT survey of over 100 large enterprises about what data center managers want over the next year as well as the difficult tasks they’re likely to confront in 2011.

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Midsize Businesses Increasing IT Budgets, IBM Study Finds

IT budgets will rise over the next 12 to 18 months in over half of the midsize companies surveyed by IBM the company said. Its global study (Inside the Midmarket: A 2011 Perspective) of over 2,000 “business and information technology decision makers” at midsize companies (those with 100 to 1000 employees) in 20 countries found that enterprise priorities include “analytics, cloud computing, collaboration, mobility, and customer relationship solutions,” Big Blue said in a release.

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Client Virtualization Technologies Show Positive ROI

With more to do with fewer resources, IT is examining client virtualization to help it control its client infrastructure and keep users happy. Recently released results of a straw poll conducted by CDW show a snapshot of how the technology is being used in IT data centers, what IT managers expect (and what benefits they actually receive), and what roadblocks keep them from maximizing these benefits.

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Survey Reveals Enterprise Communication, Collaboration Practices

Dimension Data, a global IT solutions and services provider, has released the results of its survey of video communications deployments. Of the more than 800 IT leaders from organizations that have invested in video collaboration tools, a majority of the tools already in place were wasted -- they are not available to the audiences that need them most, such as remote workers.

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Despite Growing Interest, Encryption Remains Small Part of IT Budgets

In a new report, 2010 Annual Study: U.S. Enterprise Encryption Trends, 964 U.S. business and IT managers reveal their current and future needs, how they’re using encryption, and how encryption fits into their overall enterprise data protection strategies. Sponsored by Symantec and conducted by The Ponemon Institute, the report makes clear that compliance with data protection and privacy regulations is the top factor driving implementation of encryption technologies, displacing last year’s winner, data breach mitigation.

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How Your IT Department Can Provide Value in 2011

IT is often seen as a cost center, not a profit center. It’s a drag on profits, not an enabler of growth. As a result, IT managers should always be looking for ways IT to add value to the enterprise.

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Getting Your Money’s Worth with Data Quality Investments

Businesses are demanding more from IT, so it’s no surprise that they want to know if their investments in IT are actually improving the bottom line. Are employees more productive, can the enterprise grow and innovate, or can it plan and forecast more accurately?

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Annual Survey Examines IT Energy Plans, Attitudes, Results

Technology solutions provider CDW recently released its 2010 Energy Efficient IT Report, showing that IT is serious about controlling energy costs. The study found that three-quarters of U.S. organizations are working to reduce energy use in IT operations -- from deploying more power-efficient switches to using their network as an energy management platform.

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