Advancing understanding of cloud-use benefits for enterprises Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 8th February We examine the evolution of cloud, how businesses are grappling with that, and how they can learn to best exploit cloud-computing benefits, while fully understanding and controlling the risks.
	Making sense of it all 1 Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 8th February When we published our most recent Market Update on MDM, just last August, there were half-a-dozen pure play vendors in the transactional MDM market. Now there are half that number. I need...
	Security, simplicity and control ease make desktop virtualization ready for enterprise uptake Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 5th February Enterprises are looking for ways to save on costs, and are constantly looking for different ways to more efficiently manage their distributed PC environments. All of these things are driving the high level of interest in virtualizing PCs.
	Technology, process and people must combine smoothly to achieve strategic virtualization benefits Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 4th February Many people have probably heard the term virtual machine sprawl or VM sprawl, and that's one of the risks. Part of the reason VM sprawl occurs is because there are no clear defined processes in place.
	Security skills provide top draw across IT jobs landscape Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 3rd February We interview David Foote, CEO at Foote Partners, on the IT job landscape for 2010 and to see where the recession has taken IT hiring and where the recovery will shape up.
	Columns aren't enough anymore Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 3rd February I have been preaching the columnar message for data warehousing for the best part of ten years. That argument has been won. However it is now clear that columns on their own aren't enough. Yes,...
	Apple and Oracle on way to do what IBM and Microsoft could not: Dominate entire markets Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 2nd February Apple and Oracle may be unstoppable in their burgeoning power to dominate the collection of profits across vast and essential markets for decades.
	Appliances Are Getting Cheaper Andy Hayler, The Information Difference | 1st February Calpont has emerged from a troubled past with new investors, staff, and a data warehouse appliance that appears to be very cheap indeed. This is still a version 1 product, with several missing features, but the price point is attractive.

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