When an InformationWeek Research trending survey shows a 10 percent or 20 percent year-over-year shift (or more), I take notice. I do the same when a much-hyped tech barely manages to squeak up five points in 12 or 18 months. So if you’re tired of end-of-year punditry backed up by nothing but speculation, take a look at these enterprise IT trends–and the hard data behind them from our research.
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10 IT Shifts In 2012: Exclusive Research
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Cloud Computing Buyers Demand More, Survey Finds
Plain vanilla cloud infrastructure isn’t the main goal. Companies want to use online apps, develop cloud apps, or run a more automated internal cloud.
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Cisco Delivers Long Awaited Wireless Management Upgrade
While others in the wireless market seem to float one press release after another about new products and features, Cisco tends to be more deliberate in releasing their latest wireless offerings . In my opinion, Cisco has been a bit too slow in updating the company’s aging wireless management framework for their market-leading customer base. But it’s here now, and worth talking about.
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New RIM Chairman Will Face Tough Challenges
Rumors are circulating that RIM will soon shake up its leadership by appointing a new chairman. The maker of the BlackBerry smartphones has had a rough year, and is quickly losing relevance. A change at the top may bring some fresh perspective and new vision, but expecting a new chairman to be a white knight that saves the company may be asking too much.
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As IT Demands More Of Networks, Expect HP-Cisco Rivalry To Intensify
Across IT, many observers have identified three broad trends going forward — mobility, cloud computing and the consumerization of IT. When it comes to networking, these trends are expected to drive demand for more bandwidth capacity and, increasingly, wireless network architecture. In addition, 2012 is expected to see a continuation of the intense rivalry between industry leaders Cisco Systems and HP, as the latter tries to chip away market share from the former.
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5 Reasons to Look Forward to Windows 8 in 2012
2012 is finally here. Although Microsoft has not shared any details regarding an official launch date for Windows 8, all signs point to sometime this year. Windows 8 is still Windows at its core, but it is also a major departure from previous versions of the flagship operating system.
So, what can we expect with Windows 8 on the horizon? Is there any reason to get excited about what Windows 8 has to offer? Here is a look at five features and capabilities of Windows 8 that may change the way you do computing in 2012.
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Why GoDaddy Hasn’t Earned My Forgiveness
GoDaddy has publicly flip-flopped to opposing the SOPA legislation in the wake of a boycott effort that saw thousands of domains transferred away from the registrar in retaliation for its support. Now that GoDaddy switched sides, it seems reasonable to put things in the past and return to business as usual, but there is still something bugging me about the GoDaddy situation.
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2012: Veni, Vidi, VDI
Will 2012 be the year desktop virtualization – AKA VDI, thin-client computing or ‘anything but Wintel’ – finally moves from primarily a vendor push to customer pull? The vendors – and pundits – have been shouting the praises of VDI for the last several years, but the reality has not come close to the hype.
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2012: Flash To Supplant Disk?
It looks like 2012 could be a very big – if less profitable – year for the flash/solid-state storage industry, which should translate into good news for enterprise customers, and not-so-good news for disk vendors, at least until the summer. Expectations are for a glut in flash, and continued shortages in disk. For the second half of 2011, hard disk drives were predicted to account for 71% of the enterprise market, up 0.9% from the first half of the year., while SSDs were forecast to shoot up 61% to $ 1.35 billion from $ 843 million, according to IHS-iSuppli.
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