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The ability to set up a system without additional infrastructure investment or up-front software costs is a key factor driving Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) adoption. Additionally, most SaaS applications employ cutting-edge Internet application such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and mashups. So the functionality of a SaaS application often surpasses that of an on-premise solution. These factors contribute to making SaaS acceptable to both SMEs and larger companies.

Agile Testing and Model Based Testing are two new concepts in testings and have changed the way people look at testing or do testing. These two new testing—that rose within fi ve years of each other—have made product launch faster and better.

Enterprises are rapidly deploying server virtualisation technologies to deal with server sprawl and low utilisation rates. Today virtualisation is not just a technology trend but also a market that is expected to commoditise, with centralised automation tools becoming all the more critical. Learn about how to select server virtualisation technologies, the best practices in deploying and managing server virtualisation technologies, and gain foresight into the evolution of server virtualisation technology in the years to come.

VoIP has broken new grounds in improving communications across the world. However, as with any new technology, it has brought along its share of problems. The article looks at what makes VoIP vulnerable and how companies can ensure the success of their VoIP networks.

Today Asian IT companies are at threshold competing in a globalised world with European and US companies. In reaction, they are learning a lesson or two from an unlikely source—Information Technology Infrastructure Library or ITIL, developed in the late 1980s in the UK — to use the IT management techniques to stay on top.

With rapid globalisation, many companies including Asian-based companies now have branch offices in cities around the Asia Pacifi c region and overseas vendors with whom they must communicate and coordinate business activities. Many are unaware of the serious internet security threats and waste of bandwidth that occurs. Even if companies have the fastest broadband speeds by subscribing to service provider there could still be ineffi cient information across offices due to latency, etc. The challenge now is to provide fast and secure assess to this growing mobile workforce. This article takes a detailed look at the challenges that the enterprises face today, and what it takes to be business ready in a distributed world.

Retailers have come to appreciate and embrace the potential power of mobile computing to help them survive and thrive in today’s marketplace. They have begun to use multifunction Point-Of-Sale (POS) system that handles sales, returns, and layaways as well as shipping and receiving, human-resources management, inventory management, and reporting. The article talks about the nuances of POS and how the Wi-Fi solution helps the mobile systems synchronise quickly, and the small-capacity handheld device then operates at any location within the store, even with limited space.

Since the introduction of cellular data networks, data applications have enjoyed a constant hype. Attending mobile trade shows, one could easily identify the annual killer-application. Mobile Internet, MMS (multimedia messaging), streaming and Mobile TV have all enjoyed much more than their 15 minutes of fame, but none have delivered anything but a trickle of early-adopters. While there can be no single explanation for this failure, the unspoken truth is that these services have failed mainly because they been generated to serve the interests of industry, and primarily network and handset vendors. Unfortunately, the user is low on the totem pole of interests. Although we all hold devices and constantly fiddle with their buttons, we refuse to adopt the data services offered. If services continue to primarily serve the vendors, rather than the user, expensive new networks will be launched, but used by few.

Today’s data infrastructure situation can be encapsulated in one word— burgeoning. The advent of new technology, coupled with the growing concern for data protection, adhering to regulatory compliance and the pressure to recover from a disaster promptly has compelled organisations to take a quantum leap towards securing a suitable storage solution. IT spending in the Small and Medium Business (SMB) storage market today is a $26.1 billion dollar industry and is set to swell to $38.6 billion by 2010. Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) have the highest number of SMBs at 41 per cent. However, although the SMBs in APJ have increased their IT spending twice as much as enterprises, they are still stunted when attempting to architect the ideal storage solution whilst combating financial and complex corporate ills. Jim Wagstaff, Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard’s StorageWorks Division, knows all too well about SMBs and their storage woes. SDA caught up with Wagstaff to learn more about the storage situation in the APJ SMB market, how HP is addressing these concerns with its latest range of tiered storage solutions. Wagstaff also spoke about the uncertain future of Tape which was once upon a time a central fixture in the corporate data center and what being environmentally responsible means to HP.

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