CIO Insight Staff

Software-as-a-Service worldwide revenues for enterprise applications will reach $10.7 billion in 2011, said Gartner on Dec. 14. The market generated worldwide revenues of $7.9 billion in 2009, and is forecast to reach $9.2 billion for 2010, according to the analyst firm. While growth was strong for 2010, with a 15.7 percent jump over 2009 revenues, […]

As Intel pushes to expand its technology into the rapidly growing mobile device space, officials with ARM Holdings, whose chip designs dominate the smartphone market, say they plan to take on Intel in the server arena. In an interview with Bloomberg News Dec. 13, ARM CEO Warren East said that his company’s chip designs will […]

The FBI is looking into the recent hack of Gawker Media that exposed password information and e-mail addresses belonging to users, according to reports. A group known as “Gnosis” has taken credit for the attack, and put the data it swiped into a file that was initially available via The Pirate Bay. Rumors of the […]

Cloud automation services provider Quest Software announced the release of its Cloud Automation Platform 7.5, the company’s cloud automation and management technology. The platform helps small to medium-size businesses manage and deliver IT services across the enterprise. When combined with the overall Quest virtualization management portfolio, the Quest Cloud Automation Platform offers a comprehensive solution […]

Apple’s iPad and smartphones and gadgets based on Google’s Android operating system joined tragic disasters on Twitter top 10 Twitter Trends for 2010, derived from scrutinizing tweet content of more than 25 billion tweets users published this year. Twitter used its analytics software to calculate the top trends, as well as the leading trends in […]

As a year dominated by social media comes to a close, Searchmetrics, provider of search analytics software, reveals its insights and predictions for the search engine optimization (SEO) landscape in 2011. Looking back at the evolution of Web usage and trends in 2010, Searchmetrics noted the game-changers to look out for, while providing an opinion […]

Foiled in an earlier attempted to expand its virtualized storage product line, Dell announced Dec. 13 that it had acquired Compellent to broaden its enterprise-class storage portfolio and expand its data center capabilities. Compellent specializes in virtualized storage products with automated data management features, including tiering and thin provisioning. Its main product, Compellent Storage Center […]

Recruiters are not afraid to smile and shake their jazz hands about full time technology job openings they need to fill next year. Is it rainbows with gold pots in 2011? Well, let’s not overstate the facts. Hiring will occur in technology in 2011, but the movement to rent and lease technology skills has never […]

North American businesses suffer an average of 10 hours of IT downtime annually, collectively costing them $26.5 billion in revenue, according to a study released by CA Technologies Dec. 9. In a series of interviews with CIOs, IT directors, and IT managers from 200 companies spanning the financial services, manufacturing, retail, and public sectors, researchers […]

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out what officials say are the first energy-efficient network switch modules from a major vendor that adopt the new EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) standard and takes advantage of new HP software to further drive efficiency and performance. The 10 new E-Series zl modules also are another key differentiator for HP as it […]

The No. 1 challenge facing database professionals: There just aren’t enough hours in the day, according to a recent survey. In a poll of 1,230 IT pros (PDF) by Embarcadero Technologies, roughly 43 percent cited time as their key challenge when it comes to projects. Another 40 percent cited poor planning. Roughly half (53.5 percent) […]

The efficiencies provided by cloud computing could reduce global data center energy costs by up to 38 percent by 2020, analysts say. According to a new report from Pike Research, the energy efficiency benefits of cloud computing are substantial, and growth in the market will have important implications for both energy consumption and greenhouse gas […]