Andy Dornan
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Does Desktop Virtualization Need Desktop SOA?
Mar 19, 2008Part of the rationale for Web services has always been that they can tunnel through firewalls, linking networks that are otherwise securely separated. Virtualization puts up similar barriers between applications within a single machine, so will crossing them require similar technology?
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The Five Open Source Business Models
Jan 02, 2008Open source has become standard in Silicon Valley, with nearly every software startup planning to release at least some code. So far, they've found five main business models:
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Shovels As A Service In The Social Networking Gold Rush
Oct 30, 2007For this week's feature on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, we counted 17 startups that offer social networking platforms. I don't mean social networking sites (there are thousands of those), but companies touting technology for the FaceBook and MySpace wannabes.
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The Business Case For An Internet Refrigerator
Oct 01, 2007Internet refrigerators were a joke a few years ago, but RFID startup Blue Vector Systems says that it's finding real customers for them. The concept is similar to the vision of household appliances that automatically reorder groceries, only aimed at enterprise supply chains instead of home kitchens.
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Will A Hundred Users Share One PC?
Sep 17, 2007A new desktop PC today is about ten times more powerful than one from about three years ago, but most of us don't use our PCs any differently. According to startup NComputing, that means we should only need to buy a tenth as many.
Research & Reports
SMEs and the Cloud: How Much Is Too Much?
This exclusive downloadable research report examines how outsourcing certain IT functions to a service provider can pay off for small and midsize businesses, even more than for large enterprises. But go too far into the cloud, and you may suffer in terms of maintaining agility and responsiveness to market forces.
Secure Design on a Dime: Our Top 5 Best Practices for SMEs
This exclusive downloadable research report details the security tools that small shops need, at a minimum, to prepare for the increasingly complex security and compliance environment that exists today and the top 5 ways growing businesses can stretch their IT budgets.
Current SMB Issue
- Cloud Beyond SaaS: SMBs have saved big buying software on a subscription model. Here's how to determine if infrastructure services can pay off, too.
- 1,000 Servers, Zero Hardware: One startup's experience with infrastructure-as-a-service shows how the numbers stack up for IaaS vs. internal IT.
- And much more!
SMB Whitepapers
- Building a Business-Ready Mobile Infrastructure
- Shared Storage for SMB Server Bundles
- No Compromise, Cost Effective, VMware Storage for the SMB
- Three unique technologies provide users with a truly modern storage experience
- Rethinking Backup and Recovery: Disk vs. Tape
- Server Room Solutions: How small to midsize IT businesses can make their IT budgets appear larger than they are
- Top Three Microsoft Exchange Concerns and EMC Solutions
