23 March 2005
With each successive LinuxWorld, Linux seems to feel more mainstream, and this year the trend continued. The show was more about solutions than Linux. The pavilions of major vendors like IBM and HP were almost indistinguishable from the exhibits they show at any other general computer show. They featured high- and low-end hardware, development tools, and selected enterprise applications, with some high-performance computing flavor thrown in. And, by the way, it all runs on Linux.
Unraveling The 64-Bit Battle
When Microsoft announced that it would build native 64-bit versions of Windows to support AMD's x86, 64-bit Opteron, and Athlon 64 processors, it put AMD back in the game. Intel responded with plans to extend its own 32-bit x86 Xeon and Pentium processors to 64-bit with Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T). Despite an early technology lead, AMD must now try to stay ahead of volume leader Intel and drive its 64-bit processors deeper into the heart of the 64-bit x86 mainstream market.
Personal Firewall Adoption In 2005
In January 2005, Forrester surveyed 200 technology decision-makers at North American companies about their approach to IT security. We learned that 63% of firms currently have personal firewalls deployed somewhere in their organization. However, many PCs remain unprotected from network worms, Trojans, and other security threats; only 23% of companies have personal firewalls deployed on all client machines.
Top Five Challenges For Enterprise IT Infrastructure Managers -- And How To Resolve Them
Here are the top five issues that enterprise IT infrastructure managers at $1 billion-plus companies struggle with today: 1) consistent end-to-end application and service performance guarantees; 2) unplanned infrastructure changes resulting in incidents and downtime; 3) unanticipated infrastructure consequences of consolidation and new application projects; 4) misconfiguration of network objects; and 5) wide-area network performance.
Performance Management And The Application Life Cycle
Application performance is one of the major sources of downtime and brownouts. Today's applications are an increasingly complex aggregate of many moving parts, and problems lurk not only in the code, but also in architecture, platform configuration, links with dependent internal or external systems, and infrastructure capacity. Because hardware is cheap, it is often the remedy of choice. More often than not, it will have the effect of aspirin on a broken leg: temporary relief, at best.
Mobile PC Adoption 2005
In the fall of 2004, Forrester surveyed 1,383 technology decision-makers at North American and European enterprises about their current mobile PC adoption, as well as future mobile PC adoption plans. Business services and manufacturing firms are leading the way in the adoption of laptops and tablets, while the public sector and finance and insurance sector lag behind. In addition, those firms with more than 51% of their users currently using a mobile PC have the lowest planned adoption of mobile PCs for current desktop users in 2005.
Mobile PC Adoption
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