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Managing the ever-growing amount of data your organization produces can be a daunting problem. New cloud technologies seem to present some solutions, but they also bring their own data challenges, according to a recent survey from consulting firm KPMG. What do CIOs and IT organizations need to do to make sense of their Big Data? To gain an edge over the competition, they need to reduce the complexity of data and use it to make better decisions, the survey finds. And many decision-makers are turning to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution upgrades to make that happen. & In the past, the focus was usually on connecting processes or transactions from disparate systems, often creating a hodge-podge of unfocused information,& says Stephen G. Hasty, national advisory innovation leader for KPMG. & Today, executives have solicited business-unit input in advance, and planning for new IT frameworks at leading organizations already includes data analytics, predictive modeling and cloud strategies to improve corporate knowledge.& More than 335 executives took part in the research. Here are selected highlights:
Getting Ready for the Mobile Enterprise
Mobility is the hot topic, but how can a company go mobile and still assure security, privacy and compliance. Paul Anderson, marketing manager for Array Networks, discusses the latest trends and developments in mobile application development, deployment and security.
Google Apps Marketplace: 10 Enterprise Must-Haves
The Google Apps Marketplace is an absolutely necessary resource for any enterprise customers that use products or services in Google’s Apps suite. The marketplace boasts programs that are designed to enhance the usability of Google Apps, and features the kind of enterprise functionality that the vast majority of firms will be happy to see. Admittedly, Google Apps Marketplace is mostly useful to those business users that are Google customers. But, in many cases, the apps available in the marketplace have been adapted from services that are available to any other users on the Web. The result is a place where Google customers can go to dramatically expand the overall usability of their Google Business Apps installation. And it generally makes for a more viable experience for customers. So, if your company is using Google Business Apps, or if you’re thinking about deploying them, be sure to click through this slideshow. In the HTML field above each slide you'll find direct links to all of the apps profiled. We highlight apps available in the Google marketplace that will appeal to companies looking for more productivity, control, or simple ease-of-use. Take a look.
vSMP Foundation 3.0 Solution Unveiled by ScaleMP
vSMP Foundation 3.0 supports up to 128 physical nodes and VMs with up to 64 TB of shared memory. ScaleMP is increasing the scalability and performance of its vSMP Foundation virtual server aggregation solution and enabling users to take mainstream Intel-based servers to create massive virtual SMP systems.
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Underutilized
Accenture recently surveyed 300 senior IT professionals in North America and the UK about their ERP systems. The following slides highlight the survey results.
Feds Head Into the Cloud
The Feds make a strong statement about the future of cloud computing.
Open Source Saves the Day
Parts-supplier Ogihara America, savaged by the automotive downturn, presses on with a key PLM initiative thanks to flexible pricing from its software vendor.