The Canadian Federal Government recently announced plans to create a single
IT department ‘Shared Services’ that will save $100-200m a year through
consolidation-driven efficiencies. As highlighted in this fact sheet there is
lots of ‘low hanging fruit’ for cost savings due to a spread of many
different email systems, networks and data-centres.
This expensive complexity doesn’t stop there, it also continues into their
enterprise application estate.
Like most large organizations Governments are organized hierarchically, with
different departments for each of their main functions, like Education,
Welfare, Tourism and so on, and the head of each department, the Deputy
Minister, is directly responsible for the privacy and security controls of
the information they process.
This means that typically each operates as a ringfenced ‘fiefdom’,
because the simplest and most a... (more)
Fusion-io, a provider of a shared data decentralisation platform, has
announced its ioCache [http://www.fusionio.com/products/iocache ] solution
customised to deliver Fusion Powered performance for the virtualisation of
even data-intensive enterprise applications in VMware environments, including
environments that use vMotion. The ioCache bundle features a new
purpose-built ioMemory product dedicated to accelerating Fusion's ioTurbine
[http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioturbine ] virtualisation caching
software.
"As enterprises continue to try to meet growing demand to process m... (more)
As the latest research, surveys and reports about content marketing begin
surfacing, I'm wondering if B2B marketers are really embracing change or if
they're stuck in the past? Time and again, I see lead generation as a top
priority goal while lead nurturing comes in at the bottom of the heap -
behind web traffic and brand awareness for crying out loud.
Lead Generation is a hello and a handshake.
Lead Nurturing is the art of building a relationship with purpose.
Big difference. HUGE.
To be successful, marketers need to integrate them both into a lead
management process.
In the ... (more)
Do you want your customers and/or employees to have a speedy, no-hassle
end-user experience when they use your website or server, respectively? Of
course you do – because an unsatisfied end-user means lost business – as
in the case of a customer – or a really annoyed employee – as in the case
of a server.
That’s why Monitis — the 100% Cloud-based, complete, and flexible IT
monitoring solution that consolidates back-end monitoring, application
monitoring, website monitoring, and cloud monitoring in an all-lin-one,
central monitoring service (that was a mouthful) — has put togethe... (more)
GOUDA, THE NETHERLANDS -- (Marketwire) -- 09/16/11 -- Imtech N.V. (IM-AE,
technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market)
announces the acquisition of the Canadian marine company Groupe Techsol
Marine. This strategic acquisition means that Imtech has now a high-tech
marine production site available in Canada. The acquisition also strengthens
Imtech's service and maintenance foothold in North-America. With over 100
employees, Groupe Techsol Marine realises annual revenues of around 20
million euro. The acquisition will be paid in cash and will directly
con... (more)
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