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SaaS Spending to Increase Exponentially: Report
Small to medium-size business (SMB) spending in the U.S. on software as a service (SaaS) will increase exponentially over the next five years, eclipsing growth in investments in on-premise software by a "significant margin", according to a report from IT research firm AMI-Partners. The company forecast a 25 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in…
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Business Exposed to Virtual Data Storage Risks, Survey Finds
While nearly 90 percent of IT professionals surveyed at VMworld 2010 reported their organizations are storing data in a virtual environment, a third of respondents admitted their organization has not updated or they do not know if it has updated its data loss and/or business continuity plan to account for new storage mediums such as…
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CA Automation Suite Offers Integration, Configuration Features
IT management software specialist CA Technologies announced the release of its Automation Suite, designed to help businesses migrate to a virtualized, dynamic cloud computing infrastructure. The suite is designed to offer a business service-centric approach to the deployment and elastic scaling of IT infrastructure and services by automating, orchestrating, integrating and standardizing the provisioning and…
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Spiceworks Updates Free IT Management Application
IT management specialist Spiceworks, Inc. announced the availability of the fifth generation of its free social IT management software application, with new features including the ability to monitor and manage applications, devices and cloud services based on the people who use them within the organization; advanced network configuration management capabilities; and a centralized help desk…
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Tablet Sales to Near 20 Million in 2010, Gartner Predicts
Driven by sales of the Apple iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to users are forecast to reach 19.5 million units in 2010, according to IT research firm Gartner. The firm said media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide user sales projected to total 54.8 million units in 2011, up 181 percent from 2010,…
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Hacker Attacks Rise Among Business, McAfee Reports
Security specialist McAfee released research finding mid-sized organizations have seen increased attacks on their networks and systems since last year. According to the McAfee report The Security Paradox, more than half of midsize companies surveyed globally have seen more security incidents in the past year, 40 percent have had data breaches and 75 percent believe…