Archive for October, 2011
The acquistion of SandForce by LSI last week can be viewed in a couple of–traditional–ways. Firstly, it can be seen as just another example of the ongoing consolidation that has been rampant in the storage business of late. And what’s another $300 or $400M poured out of a buying-pot ...
In order to assess current data management trends, as well as plans for the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 270 North American IT professionals representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current database and legacy application ...
The east coast of United States took another beating over the weekend, with record-breaking October snowfall which caused widespread power outages. Sometimes it takes “disasters” like this to instigate action for companies without an IT continuity plan. In what would seem like a perfectly timed announcement, Axcient, a backup/recovery (and ...
"DBAs and the application developers just don't have time or don't want to deal with security. It increases the cost of their product development," says Julie Lockner, an analyst at research firm Enterprise Strategy Group. They're being asked to add more applications and features, and deal with rising data volume, ...
Mark Peters, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said there is no defining characteristic of the typical user or use case with SSD technology.
“Some SMBs may literally put everything on solid-state in the server, while others are specing a limited amount of ‘turbo boost’ in their storage subsystems,” he said.
via ...
"The easier users can access and share data while IT effectively manages and secures it in the background, the more productive businesses can be," said Enterprise Strategy Group Senior Analyst Mark Bowker.
via Cloud Networking Demand Fuels Citrix Revenue Growth - NewsFactor Network.
The fact that the Journal has again published an article on the potential sale is "no accident," according to Brian Babineau, an analyst with market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Is Brocade once again for sale? - Computerworld.
Change is tough, especially if it impacts your fundamental business model. Solution providers making the move to cloud are making decisions along quite a spectrum. Some are making compensation changes, building new partnerships, and even building MSP and cloud businesses themselves.
In a recent research study conducted by ESG, The Impact ...
How important is e-discovery in selecting a law firm?
In theory, it’s crucial. Of corporate counsel responding to a recent ESG survey, 86% said managing e-discovery was an important selection criteria for outside counsel to some degree--only 12% said it wasn’t. But, in practice, this may be based more on ...
If you pick up a copy of your local newspaper, you are likely to become depressed. There are protests like “Occupy Wall Street” going on throughout the U.S. as unemployment hovers around 9% nationally and is over 13% in some states like Nevada. Meanwhile, European powers are ...
