Only a few applications have been written specifically for grids, and only a small number of today's commercial applications that appear suitable for grids have actually been deployed on or migrated to grids, according to The 451 Group. But as enterprise momentum for grid computing and associated infrastructure models increases...

The growth in the information technology sector has paved the way for other sectors to follow suit. One such sector is business consulting, which is an area of increasing focus and innovation for services providers, as well as greater user spending. According to a study conducted by IT research firm, business consulting is an area...

Consider going to a concert without the hassles of booking the ticket or standing in a long queue. Yes! it is time for us to move ahead of the hassles of having to bargain with touts or hassles of physical pick-up or queuing for a ticket. Now, mobile tickets enables customers to have a paperless ticket delivered directly to their mobile devices...

"If you thought it would be some time before Ajax moved from the realm of Google and Yahoo into the enterprise IT fabric, you’d be mistaken", writes Jason Stamper over at Computer Business Review Online. It's becoming clear that the new rich thin client technology Ajax will make it into enterprise IT sooner rather than later. Ajax seems to be gaining ground by the minute...

Microsoft Corp. has added another server to its Office 2007 line-up, expanding its line of business intelligence (BI) products with a new focus on performance management solutions. The new Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 includes business scorecarding, analytics and planning...

The Information Technology Services marketplace in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, which has seen tremendous growth in recent years is poised for further growth. According to a research by IT research firm IDC, the market will grow from USD 29.57 billion in 2005, to USD 48.37 billion in 2010. This represents a compound annual growth rate...

VMware Infrastructure 3, the new version of VMware's infrastructure virtualization software suite is expected to enable systems infrastructure capabilities for entire farms of servers and storage, independent of the application/operating system workloads and of the underlying hardware...

Collaboration is a key driver of overall performance of companies around the world. Its impact is twice as significant as a company's aggressiveness in pursuing new market opportunities and five times as significant as the external market environment...

Juniper Networks has announced the creation of the internet protocol TV and Multiplay Initiative, an ongoing program designed to enable providers to more rapidly and cost-effectively deploy IPTV and multiplay service offerings...

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled an entry-level NonStop server system that delivers business continuity and availability to a new segment of enterprise customers. The HP Integrity NonStop NS1000 Server is designed for smaller companies in the healthcare, financial services and telecommunications industries...

Continuing with its growth trend worldwide, external disk storage systems factory posted a growth of 10.3 percent in the first quarter, from the year-ago quarter. According to IDC’s Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, revenue for external disk storage...

Intel had posted record year in 2005 for revenues at USD 38.8 billion, and its second highest year for net income at USD 8.6 billion. However, as demand slows and as it faces increasing competition from its peers...

AMD has released details around its next-generation microprocessor architecture; system-level technology initiatives that are designed to enable greater interoperability and value-added design opportunities for partners using AMD platforms...

IDC’s June FutureScan saw the first inkling of future market difficulties, as the macroeconomic portion of the Market Indicator figure dragged it down to 1065 in June from 1075 in May. Of the four major components in the two metrics – macroeconomics...

HP has unveiled new content initiatives in its strategy to help two converging industries, telecom and entertainment, benefit from the historic shift to digital media. HP, which has been serving the telecommunications and entertainment sectors...

Open Text Corp. ranks as the global market share leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), according to a study conducted by the information and technology research and advisory firm Gartner Inc...

After experiencing two and half years of growth, the server market in the first quarter reported a decline worldwide, marking the second consecutive quarter of revenue decline. The server market  in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) were the worst hit...

Microsoft Corp. has announced that it would enhance its Office 2007 lineup. Microsoft said it would improve menus and tools, enhance graphics and formatting capabilities, new time and communication management tools, and provide more reliability and security...

Internet retailing is no doubt booming and has tremendous growth opportunity. Along with the boom, retailers continue to face new emerging problems too. Market research company GfK highlighted three surprising trends in its research conducted on internet retailing...

There is a direct correlation between the investment organizations make in Outsourcing Management and Governance (OM/G), and outsourcing engagement satisfaction, according to the results of a study, "Outsourcing Management and Governance...