Naveen Mishra, Senior Analyst-Servers of Gartner finds that the market size is very small at this point in time, but the growth in the coming months and years will be rapid. While there is no sequential pattern observed in the adoption of virtualization-no pattern exists for server, storage, desktop, application or other infrastructure virtualization-a close observation shows that it is primarily servers that have caught up and storage virtualization is witnessed in the datacentre environment in the Unix space. However, the emerging trend is x86 server virtualization, which most companies including Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP, VMWare, Microsoft, Citrix etc., are driving consciously with their products and solutions. The virtualization scenario is currently purely need-based and is a priority area for CIOs for areas where it proves itself with benefits. For instance, ... (more)

Agile SOA Across the Lifecycle - Part Five: IT and SOA Governance

This is the fifth of a six part series of posts on the Agile SOA life cycle. Here we will at look at IT and SOA Governance. With the introduction of agile, spiral, and scrum development methodologies, the traditional waterfall development approach of testing a near-finished app at the end of many Agile development cycles won't be agile at all, as the elements of the application are constantly changing.  Traditional models of IT governance will also not work. To aggravate testing, the service-oriented architecture (SOA) design pattern is used to make IT  more responsive to changes requested by business. New process tooling has been introduced to specifically assist in the cataloging of service assets, and organization of policies governing SOA. This new set of tooling created to support SOA revolves around governance platforms like HP Systinet / S2, SAG Centrasite, S... (more)

Hewlett Packard Approves Asempra Technologies As Gold Level Partner in HP's Information Lifecycle Management Program

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Asempra Technologies, a leading provider of data protection and instantaneous application and data availability solutions for Windows environments, continues to build major partnerships, the latest with Hewlett Packard. Asempra is now an approved gold level developer in HP's Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Partner program. Part of HP's Developer and Solution Partner Program, the HP ILM program provides a broad array of benefits for independent software vendors, developers, system integrators, and consultants worldwide who focus on ILM. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050928/SFW002LOGO ) "We are very pleased to align ourselves with HP and to be recognized as a gold level member of its ILM Partner Program," said Mike Morando, vice president of business development for Asempra. "Asempra's Business Continuity ... (more)

Snapfish Brings the Magic of The Walt Disney Company to Your Photos

LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- If your little one loves honey, speeds around the house in top gear, dreams of being a princess or swoons at the sight of Zac Effron, Snapfish (http://www.snapfish.co.uk/) by HP has the perfect treat. From today, they can star alongside their favourite Disney characters on a selection of great photo-gifts. Place their sticky honeyed face on a mug with Winnie the Poohs, have them racing alongside Lightning McQueen on the cover of a personalised Cars notebook or pull together a collage of frolics with their friends in a High School Musical pin-up poster. Photo-cards make perfect party invitations with your little princesses, alongside Princess Cinderella, Ariel or Jasmine, inviting her friends to the ball. Teens with pop star dreams can duet with Hannah Montana and scribble lyrics in a personalised notebook and shortly, young and old wa... (more)

Rochester Institute of Technology Approves Document Security Systems, Inc. Security Paper for Use on Hewlett Packard Indigo Digital Printers

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DMC; "DSS"), a world leader in the development and manufacturing of optical deterrent and authentication technologies that help prevent counterfeiting and brand fraud reported today that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) informed DSS in writing that it completed its testing commissioned by Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ; "HP") of DSS AuthentiGuard DeterX(TM) Security Paper. RIT approved AuthentiGuard DeterX(TM) Security Paper as it scored the highest marks possible in several categories and is now an approved "HP Indigo Certified Substrate". Patrick White, Chief Executive Officer and President of Document Security Systems, Inc., stated, "We are very pleased with the test results. The timing couldn't be better as the print market is moving fast towards secure papers ... (more)

Publicis Groupe Services: Revenu au 30 Septembre 2009

PARIS, October 27 /PRNewswire/ -- 9 premiers mois de l'année 2009 : - Revenu : 3 256 MEUR - Croissance publiée : -2,3% - Croissance organique : -6,9% - New Business : 4,8 Mds USD 3ème trimestre 2009 : - Revenu : 1 047 MEUR - Croissance publiée : -5,3% - Croissance organique de -7,4% <> de moins 7,4%, alors qu'elle se situait à moins 8,6% au deuxièm... (more)

VisiStat CEO Jim Bennette To Chair Web Analytics And Social Media Optimization Track At eTail Palm Springs 2012

VisiStat, a provider of cloud-based customer intelligence solutions that deliver key business insights for small/medium businesses and enterprises (SMB/SME), today announced that the company’s CEO Jim Bennette will serve as Chairman for the Web Analytics and Social Media Optimization track at eTail Palm Springs 2012 on Wednesday, February 29 beginning at 12:40 p.m. The session will feature speakers from companies such as Sony Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, GameStop, and Cinsay, among others. VisiStat will also be demonstrating the latest version of its customer intelligence solution on the show floor at Booth 133. “This session will highlight the critical role that measurement and analytics play in the ecommerce world, where so many key customer touch-points exist,” said Jim Bennette, CEO of VisiStat. “I’m looking forward to working with such an outstanding roster of... (more)

Datacenters 2012 Launched with Schneider Electric as Patron of Event

Datacentres 2012, (http://www.datacentres2012.com/) Europe’s premier content driven event for end users, telcos, datacenter operators, cloud players, energy specialists, solutions providers and companies engaged in the sector, has launched with the global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric, as Patron of the event. Taking place at the Acropolis convention center in Nice, France 23-24 May, the event brings together more than 700 enterprise users, specifiers and providers to discuss key themes including energy efficiency, cloud evolution, DCIM, convergence, finance and investment, market outlook and opportunities among other topics in the datacenter and cloud sector. Uniquely the 2012 two-day event will contain a series of five masterclasses in the largest content programme so far, and will include 100 speakers across 3 theaters in addition to a Datace... (more)

ABBYY Updates Lingvo Dictionaries for Android Application with New Hypertext Feature

MILPITAS, Calif., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and services, today announced that it has updated ABBYY® Lingvo® Dictionaries for Android with a new hypertext function. An intuitive, easy-to-use word translation application, ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries for Android version 1.5 enables users to not only translate words and phrases using ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries for Android's powerful word search capabilities, but get instant translation of any word found in the dictionary entry with just a single tap. This simplifies the word lookup process, and helps users better understand the dictionary entry and meaning of unfamiliar words. In addition to the release of the updated version of ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries for Android, the company is offering a 50 percent discount on th... (more)

HP Helps 20 State Medicaid Programs Achieve On-Time Compliance With Key Federal Mandate

PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/24/12 -- HP Enterprise Services today announced that HP (NYSE: HPQ) has helped 20 state Medicaid programs to successfully achieve on-time compliance with the 5010 standards for federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transactions. As a result, claims and payments for more than 1 million doctors, dentists, pharmacists, hospitals and other healthcare providers in those states have been processed without interruption. The HIPAA mandate is a nationwide upgrade for processing Medicaid, Medicare and commercial claims, as well as other administrative transactions designed to ensure greater consistency in healthcare. The states that have achieved on-time compliance with HP support are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohi... (more)

Research and Markets: Bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Consumerimization of IT (Co-IT) and Enterprise Mobility Market - Global Advancements, Business Models, Market Forecasts & Analysis (2012 - 2017)

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3p7ptg/bringyourowndev) has announced the addition of the "Bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Consumerimization of IT (Co-IT) and Enterprise Mobility Market - Global Advancements, Business Models, Market Forecasts & Analysis (2012 - 2017)." report to their offering. Bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Consumerimization of IT (Co-IT) and Enterprise Mobility Market by Software - Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), Telecom Expense Management (TEM), Enterprise Mobile Content Management (EMCM), Enterprise Mobile Email Management (EMEM) and Enterprise Mobility Management(EMM); by Security - Mobile Data Security, Mobile Device Security, Mobile ID Management, Network Security, Network Access Control (NAC), WLAN Security, Limited Access Network Security, Context-Aware Network Security; ... (more)