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Salesforce.com hires former US govt CIO
16 January 2012Vivek Kundra has joined software-as-a-service provider as executive vice president of emerging markets
- Hillingdon council puts 3,500 staff on Google Apps 20 December 2011
- Salesforce.com buys cloud HCM supplier Rypple
16 December 2011 - Deutsche Bank's private cloud plan wins contest
1 December 2011
IT Case Studies
Changing the barrels
7 February 2012Pub and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers recently switched its data centre and network outsourcing supplier to achieve more scalable, outcome-based IT services
- Lessons from the virtual desktop
19 December 2011 - Exploiting the human weak point 14 November 2011
- Securing mobile access 14 November 2011
Perspectives & Trends
The cloud shift
7 February 2012Cloud computing is shifting the IT department’s role from handling technology to managing contracts and suppliers, Information Age’s latest roundtable debate heard
- Four in ten enterprises plan to switch hypervisor
11 November 2011 - Symantec and KPMG spin cloud stats in opposite directions 4 October 2011
- Email and collaboration will be mostly cloudy by 2020
20 September 2011
Features
Cloud computing – still gathering
24 January 2012Cloud computing did not see a landslide of adoption in 2011, but concrete examples of cloud in action are now abundant
- The virtual impact on storage 15 November 2010
- Flash Forward 17 June 2009
- Antidote to data cloning 16 June 2008
Company Analysis
VMWare has its sights set on UK government cloud
25 July 2011Andy Tait, once deputy director for the government's cloud initiative and now public sector pitchman for the virtualisation software giant, tells Information Age that G-Cloud is not dead
- Will BT’s telco roots help it win in the cloud?
18 July 2011 - Putting faith in Force.com
28 June 2011 - Real Status applies 3D video game technology to network visualisation 20 April 2011
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compellent Technologies Inc | 4Q08 | $27.0 | 60% |
| Double-Take Software Inc | 4Q08 | $25.0 | 6% |
| FalconStor Software Inc | 4Q08 | $23.4 | -6% |
| Overland Storage Inc | 2Q09 | $28.9 | -15% |
| Quantum Corp | 3Q09 | $204.0 | -19% |
| Tandberg Data ASA | 4Q08 | $36.6 | -23% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in The Cloud & Virtualization| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| BakBone | Asempra Technologies | $0.35m |
| Hitachi | Fabrik | n/a |
| Toshiba | Fujitsu's HDD business | n/a |
| Quest Software | ASE Technologies | n/a |
| Quest Software | Vizioncore | n/a |
| Barracuda Networks | Yosemite Technologies | n/a |
Research
Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
Data Centre Innovation Award
Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres
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