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Is Flash Ready for Enterprise Tier 1 Storage?
When it comes to performance, flash-based memory has always been the undisputed king. However, flash memory has also been the leader in another area as well–expense. Until recently, flash memory has proved to be far too expensive for the typical enterprise to deploy for tier 1 storage. Simply put, the performance offered was not worth…
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The Customer Loyalty Crisis of 2012
Now that the New Year has started, let’s talk about your customers for a moment. Customer retention is always a challenge, and as such, it must be a priority in any company’s strategic business plans for the year. Fortunately for IT services providers, they have never had better customer-retention tools at their fingertips than now.…
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Tablet Growth Powered by New Brands, Emerging Markets: NPD
Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017, according to figures in the latest NPD DisplaySearch Tablet Quarterly report. Driving the demand is the continued solid growth in mature markets complemented by increasingly strong growth in emerging markets. The report said emerging markets…
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IT Salaries to Climb in 2012, But How Much?
Two reports out this month show that IT workers will get a slight pay raise in 2012, though conclusions diverge. While one report from Computer Economics notes the bump in pay, it warns that salary increases will not keep pace with inflation this year. But other findings out from Dice show that IT workers could…
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EnterpriseDB Launches Postgres Plus Cloud Database
EnterpriseDB, a provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle database compatibility products and services, announced the general availability of the Postgres Plus Cloud Database on Amazon Web Services. Postgres Plus Cloud Database is an enterprise-class PostgreSQL database as a service (DBaaS). EnterpriseDB also announced that CloudBees and Engine Yard have selected Postgres Plus Cloud Database as one…