Wipro Technologies introduced a new tool for upgrading Oracle E-Business Suite business software applications. Wipro Easy-Upgrade helps customer organizations undertake an assessment of their current Oracle landscape, manage their Oracle environment and implement upgrades.
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Wipro Introduces New Tool For Upgrading Oracle Applications
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Emerging Multitenant Data Center Markets Underserved But Heating Up
A new report from Tier 1 Research finds that the emerging North American multitenant data center (MTDC) markets–including Atlanta, Boston, Miami, Montreal, Phoenix, San Diego and Toronto–are underserved but are starting to attract interest. The 100-page-plus report looks at current supply, demand and utilization metrics, sizing up each of the next 14 of the top 20 North American markets–after New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Houston and Dallas–by existing supply levels, and identifying the top three data center providers in each market.
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Building The Case For Private Clouds
When assessing an IT road map for the next three to five years, you’d be remiss to leave cloud options out of the process. The business agility and potential cost savings of an IT-as-a-service-focused cloud architecture can catapult a business ahead of its competition.
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Apple iPad, Day 27: How Will iOS 5 and iCloud Change Things?
They’re coming. We don’t know exactly when, yet–but Apple already did the big Steve Jobs magic show to reveal what’s in store for us with the upcoming iOS 5 and iCloud. As I wind down the 30 Days With the iPad series, I thought it would be a good idea to look at what iOS 5 and iCloud bring to the table and the impact they might have on the capabilities of the iPad as a PC replacement.
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Companies Encrypting Data, But Not Everywhere, Venafi Survey Finds
An overwhelming majority of organizations, 90%, use encryption for data security and systems authentication, according to a survey of security practices conducted on behalf of enterprise key and certificate
management firm Venafi. Moreover, the survey showed strong overall security programs in the majority of organizations.
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OCI Offers ‘Happy Medium’ For Cloud Customers, Vendors
A new non-profit organization has been created to drive open standards in cloud computing. Launched at the OSCON 2011 Open Source Convention, the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) published the Open Cloud Principles (OCP) document to ensure user freedoms without impeding the ability of providers to do business.
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Apple iPad, Day 26: Adding It All Up
30 Days With the iPad: Day 26
Throughout the course of the 30 Days With the iPad project, I have purchased or recommended a variety of peripherals and apps to help the Apple tablet fulfill its duties as a PC replacement. Let’s take a look back, and figure out what the overall price tag might look.
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Quantum Targets The Non-Deduping Mainstream
At least two-thirds of organizations are not deduping their data, says Quantum, a market opportunity the backup, recovery and archive specialist wants to address with two new dedupe appliances. The DXi6701 (1 Gbit Ethernet) and DXi6702 (10 Gbit Ethernet) provide investment protection and a future-proof feature set, a new standard of value, and unique distributed deduplication with DXi Accent.
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F5 ADC Release Features Template-Driven App Deployment, Appliance Clustering
The newest version of F5 Networks’ BIG-IP application delivery controller (ADC) platform features a simplified, template-driven interface for faster deployment and easier management of applications, as well as clustering technology to improve scalability and availability. Version 11 of the BIG-IP TMOS software also provides several enhanced security features.
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DataCore Unveils Heterogeneous Auto-Tiering Storage
Known for its storage virtualization software, DataCore Software is extending its reach with a device-independent auto-tiering option that is free for existing enterprise customers of its SANsymphony-V product (supporting more than 100 Tbytes), priced at $ 2,000 per node for its mid-range offering. SANsymphony-V customers have reported as much as 60% cost savings, and auto-tiering can add savings of 20% or more.
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