Tag: Budget

Data Points to Larger IT Investments as Technology Projects Take Center Stage

Looking beyond the complex economic climate of 2011, the latest CDW IT Monitor indicates that more than one-third of IT decision-makers are considering large IT investments in the next six months, led by 10 and four percentage point increases respectively from medium and large-size businesses since August. Headed into 2012, nearly half of IT decision-makers… Continue reading Data Points to Larger IT Investments as Technology Projects Take Center Stage

Enterprise Network Spending to be Driven by Green IT

A survey of European business enterprises by CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, has revealed that the majority of businesses (55%) expect investment in network infrastructure to grow by 10-25% in 2012, despite the continued struggles of the global economy. This increased investment will be fuelled primarily by the implementation… Continue reading Enterprise Network Spending to be Driven by Green IT

Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012

Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a 3.9 percent increase from 2011 spending of $2.6 trillion, according to Gartner, Inc. While enterprise IT spending growth is slowing (from the expected 5.9 percent increase in 2011), analysts said it’s important to note that despite the global economic challenges, enterprises will… Continue reading Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012

Veeam v5 vs. Symantec: Best VMware Backup Solution?

In a 2010 Symantec datacenter survey, IT sites without a virtual infrastructure project planned or in progress represented just 18% of the 1,780 sites surveyed. On the other hand, roughly half of the sites with a virtual operating environment were planning to expand the use of virtual machines (VMs) by running missioncritical database-driven applications. Nonetheless, Symantec’s… Continue reading Veeam v5 vs. Symantec: Best VMware Backup Solution?

Virtualization & Vulnerability: Changing Server Market in Economic Downturn

Modest industry spending rebound leaves Oracle at its weakest point in recent history; Dell makes a rating jump. TheInfoPro, an independent research and advisory company for the IT industry, today released its latest server study, which yields some surprising results.

Building Home Virtualization Lab on a Budget

Dell-PowerEdge-SC440After starting couple of projects at work which involved saving money in the long run as well as server consolidation, I went on a quest to transform my home lab into a virtualization lab. Since I already had a Dell Poweredge SC440 server as a domain controller along with mixture of windows 7 and windows XP Professional workstations, I decided to purchase similar dell server and a Network Attached Storage (NAS) central storage to simulate iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN).