Posts Tagged ‘cloud’

11 Outsourcing Resolutions You Should Make in 2011

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The end of the year is a time for assessment, and that goes for outsourcing, too. While it’s easy to point fingers at IT service providers for problems that have arisen over the past twelve months, customers play a significant role in the success or failure of any outsourcing deal.

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As the dawn of 2011 approaches, we offer eleven resolutions for the striving outsourcing customer, sure to set things on a better course in the new year, whether your deal is in the ditch or just a little disappointing.

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10 Things We Want to See in Chrome OS

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Thanks to a mysterious invitation sent out to the media last week, there’s widespread speculation that Google will announce, or maybe even release, the desktop OS it’s been talking about for over a year. The company has said that Chrome OS will launch before the end of 2010. But one has to wonder about the need for the operating system with the same name as the browser, since touch tablets have successfully been introduced running mobile OSes like Google’s own Android and Apple’s iOS.

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If the target is netbooks, as Google execs have implied, then good luck to Google: The market unanimously rejected a non-market-leading OS when Linux netbooks were offered a couple years ago and quickly updated to run Windows XP. And Chrome OS is basically the Chrome browser running atop a Google-customized version of Linux. For those who simply want to browse the Web, watch online videos, and perhaps do a bit of work on documents, there’s no reason why a lightweight Web-centric OS shouldn’t be welcomed.

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Gartner: 22 Percent Growth in Global SaaS Earnings in 2009

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The latest forecasts of Gartner, the world’s leading information technology market research and advisory company, show that the market for software-as-a-service (SaaS) is expected to reach $8 billion in 2009, which is a 22% increase from 2008 revenue of $6.6 billion. Besides, the market will be consistently growing through 2013 with the worldwide SaaS revenue reaching the figure of $16 billion for the enterprise application market.

“The adoption of SaaS continues to grow and evolve within the enterprise application markets as tighter capital budgets in the current economic environment demand leaner alternatives, popularity increases, and interest for platform as a service and cloud computing grows,” said Gartner representatives.

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