IT infrastructure

A suite of jointly created unique products, including managed data services, hosted unified communications, connected branch services and Cisco TelePresenceTM, will be launched in a phased manner

BENGALURU, India - October 6, 2009 - Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom service provider, and Cisco today announced the formation of a strategic business alliance to help drive growth for Indian enterprises.

SANTA CLARA, CA, August 17, 2009 -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today announced that McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise, McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® and McAfee Vulnerability Manager have been verified as Citrix Ready™. The Citrix Ready program identifies trusted, third-party solutions that add the greatest value in the Citrix Delivery Center™ infrastructure. The above mentioned McAfee products have completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix® XenApp™.

Despite pressure to cut costs, companies proceed with IT plans that range from information management to social media and cloud computing

ARMONK, NY, July 6, 2009 -- A new study by IBM of midsize organizations in 17 countries shows that companies have not been deterred from their plans for strategic IT initiatives, which range from information management and security management to social media and cloud computing -- despite a clear recognition of the need to cut costs in a difficult economy.

IDC Expects the Asia/Pacific Infrastructure Management Software Market to Improve in 2010 as the Economic Crisis Bottoms Out

Singapore and Hong Kong, July 3, 2009 -- The IDC Asia/Pacific Semiannual Software Tracker results for 2H2008 have revealed that the global economic crisis has blunted the double-digit growth rates the infrastructure management (IM) software market had been experiencing in the periods leading up to 2008. Defined here as consisting of the system and network management software and storage software, the IM software market has however, managed to continue to grow.

June 30, 2009 -- IT modernisation, defined as major changes in a company’s technology infrastructure, applications and overall operations to replace legacy systems, can be a complex process. To be effective it requires close alignment with strategic business goals, clearly defined objectives, the continual involvement of the C-suite, as well as those who will use the IT infrastructure and applications in their everyday work. Unfortunately, these elements are often lacking when companies undertake such projects, putting their initiatives at risk of failure.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Pressures Rise Due to Cost of Downtime and More Stringent RTOs

CUPERTINO, CA, June 30, 2009 -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the global results of its fifth annual IT Disaster Recovery survey, which demonstrates rising DR pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service level requirements to mitigate risk to the business. The study also shows that while DR budgets are higher in 2009, they are expected to remain flat over the next few years – requiring IT professionals to do more with the same or less.

Strong Growth in Confidence Seen In Federal Government Sector

VERNON HILLS, IL, June 30, 2009 -- Large and medium-size businesses are increasingly planning to invest in IT products and staff as confidence among IT decision makers begins returning to the corporate sector. However, earlier signs of IT investment among small businesses have slipped.

In the government sector, federal government IT decision makers are showing an even higher leap in confidence.

New HP StorageWorks and client virtualization offerings allow customers reduce costs, drive greater efficiencies

PALO ALTO, CA, June 29, 2009 -- HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced new virtualization offerings that enable customers to reduce costs and drive greater efficiencies across their entire technology infrastructures. The offerings include enhancements to the HP StorageWorks and HP client virtualization portfolios that deliver a seamless transition from a physical to a fully virtualized environment.

Auckland, New Zealand, June 25, 2009 -- As the economic downturn continues, managing a tightening IT budget has replaced shortage of skilled labour as the main reason to outsource. Demand for outsourcing remains high nonetheless. The sector grew 6.9% year-on-year in 2008, outpacing overall IT services growth and is expected to do so for the next five years, according to a new report from IDC.

Siloed Business Workflow Functions Cause Firms to Suffer

DUBLIN, CA, June 23, 2009 -- Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced the results of a global survey of 220 investment bankers and risk managers in April 2009, which shows that many organizations’ technology is restricting their trading capabilities.