Articles about cost containment

The fallacy of a complete and instantaneous switch to the cloud is quickly pointed out, leaving us with the final myth, that the biggest driver of cloud adoption is cost. Continue Reading »

Many but not all small businesses are uninterested in virtualization. Continue Reading »

Ann All spoke with Gartner analyst James Browning about midmarket CIOs' plans for virtualization, based on a survey of 80 midsize organizations he conducted at the IT Business Edge Midmarket CIO Forum in March. The survey corroborated findings from other research he's conducted as well as anecdotal discussions with other midmarket CIOs. Continue Reading »

CIOs best begin considering data center transformation, because it's a strategy that won't take place overnight. Continue Reading »

Ann All spoke with Gartner analyst James Browning about midmarket CIOs' plans for virtualization, based on a survey of 80 midsize organizations he conducted at the IT Business Edge Midmarket CIO Forum in March. Continue Reading »

HP says its Flexible Data Center design can cut construction costs in half while also reducing energy consumption. Continue Reading »

Cost is a major driver for most enterprises using cloud computing or considering doing so. However, it's not as simple as it might seem to demonstrate savings. Continue Reading »

Cloud computing is garnering its fair share of industry buzz as well. Its promise of revolutionary cost savings and agile, just-in-time capacity has driven IT organizations at enterprises of all sizes to build cloud deployment strategies into their plans. Continue Reading »

HP has its eyes on the networking market and isn't pulling any punches when it comes to Cisco. Continue Reading »

It's becoming more widely known of late that there are a number of ways to achieve increased energy efficiency that are inexpensive, easy to implement and that don't require a lot of hands-on maintenance or management. Continue Reading »