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Report:How Many Servers Can Dance On The Head Of An Administrator?

Demystifying Support Ratios For Core Infrastructure

How many servers can a single administrator manage? How many terabytes of storage can one admin handle? Answers to these support ratio questions are frequently sought by Forrester's infrastructure...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:A Quick Guide To Help You Prepare For An IBM Software Negotiation

Three Areas You Must Understand If You Want To Save Money For Your Organization

IBM has been a major player in the software industry for decades. However, instead of simplifying its pricing and licensing over the years, IBM has become more complex as its product portfolio has...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:European Information And Communications Technology Market 2012 To 2013

Spending Growth Comes To A Halt As Europe Slides Into Recession

Overview of the European ICT Market

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Report:Tech Vendor Outlook For The US In 2012 To 2013

Software And IT Consulting Services Have The Best Prospects

The US tech market outlook for vendors is looking brighter for 2012 and 2013, with the US tech market projected to grow by 7.5% in 2012 (7.1% including telecommunications services) and even faster in...

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Report:How To Reduce IBM System z Mainframe Software Costs

Two Strategies And Six Tips To Save Money In 2012

If your organization is running an IBM System z mainframe, there are several ways you may be able to do more with less. As a sophisticated sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professional, you've...

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Report:Oracle Versus HP: Customers Lose; Oracle And x86 Linux Vendors Win

Oracle's Actions Punish Customers And Drive Migration To Linux

Vendor acquisitions and strategy shifts continue to disrupt the world of enterprise IT. Few, however, have been as disruptive and one-sided in their impact as the recent decision by Oracle to...

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Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2012

Slower Than Expected 2011 Spending Portends 6.6% Growth In 2012

The US tech market posted weaker growth in 2011 than we expected; the outlook for 2012 is for more of the same, with business and government purchases of IT goods and services growing by 6.8% to 6.6%...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Mainframe Migration — Panacea Or Pandora's Box?

A Framework For Mainframe COBOL Migration And Rehosting Decisions

Business executives want to reduce the recurring costs of their application portfolios any way they can and use the savings to fund new business opportunities and counteract competitive threats....

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:A Market Insights Professional's Introduction To European Information And Communications Technology Market 2011 To 2012

Is there a uniform European market for information and communications technology (ICT) solutions? Many organizations approach Europe as one region, often combined with the Middle East and Africa (the...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Server Sprawl And Cost Reduction Bring New Customers To Mainframe/Linux Platform

Trade press articles and industry pundits have been talking about the death of the mainframe for decades. Vendors use the phrase "mainframe modernization" as a euphemism for migrating applications...

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Report:What CEOs Of Small Software Companies Need To Do In 2011

How To Find The Best Opportunities In A High-Growth Market

The software market is poised to enjoy its best growth in a decade, and small software companies face great growth opportunities as their larger competitors struggle to adapt to a new world of cloud...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Update 2011: Q&A: SharePoint Licensing Complexities

Licensing SharePoint, And How Federation And Virtualization Play A Role

Microsoft's SharePoint has been a runaway success with many companies: so much so, that it tests the mettle of infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals who are charged with building and...

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Report:The Canadian Tech Market 2011 To 2012

Canada Is Like The US In Growth, But Different In Mix Of Purchases

Canada is like the US, only different. This bit of doggerel applies as much to the Canadian information and communications technology (ICT) market as it does to Canada's economy or culture. Because...

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Report:European Information And Communications Technology Market 2011 To 2012

The North-South Divide Persists, With Wide Variations In Country Information And Communications Technology Growth

Is there a uniform European market for information and communications technology (ICT) solutions? A few years ago, it looked like there might be one, with similar patterns of growth across all the...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Forrsights: The Software Market In Transformation, 2011 And Beyond

Shifting Buying Preferences Lead To New Software Priorities

As the global information and communications technology market recovers from recession, the software market — the largest IT subsegment — is fueling the growth. More importantly, for the...

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Report:Linux Adoption Among SMBs In Growth Markets, Part 1: Technical Reasons

Springboard Research notes a variety of factors that drive SMBs in growth markets either toward, or away from, Linux. Though a significant proportion of adoption today remains server-based, Linux...

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Report:Saudi Arabia: IT Opportunity 2011

This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the IT market in Saudi Arabia in 2011. It also highlights the economic conditions prevailing in the country and provides systematic...

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Report:Saudi Arabia: IT Opportunity 2011 Data Tables

These are the data tables for the report entitled Saudi Arabia: IT Opportunity 2011. The report provides vendor strategists with an overview of the IT market in Saudi Arabia in 2011. It also...

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Report:UAE: IT Opportunity 2011

This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the dynamics of the IT market in the UAE, the economic conditions prevailing in the country, and provides systematic analysis of the key...

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Report:UAE: IT Opportunity 2011 Data Tables

These are the data tables for the report entitled UAE: IT Opportunity 2011. The report provides vendor strategists with an overview of the dynamics of the IT market in the UAE, the economic...

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Report:US Tech Market Outlook: Q1 2011

Building A Springboard In 2011 For Even Stronger Growth In 2012

While overall US tech market growth of 8.0% in 2011 will be a bit slower than the 8.9% growth in 2010, this year will still be a bright year for tech vendors. Yet, based on their own revenue...

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Report:Uganda IT Opportunity 2010 Data Tables

These are the data tables for the report "Uganda IT Opportunity 2010." The report highlights the dynamics of the IT market in the African country of Uganda, discusses the economic conditions...

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Report:Kenya IT Opportunity 2010 Data Tables

These are the data tables for the report "Kenya IT Opportunity 2010." This report highlights the dynamics of the IT market in the African country of Kenya, discusses the economic conditions...

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Report:Ethiopia IT Opportunity 2010

This document highlights the dynamics of the IT market in the African country of Ethiopia, discusses the economic conditions prevailing in the country, and provides a systematic analysis of key IT...

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Report:Uganda IT Opportunity 2010

This document highlights the dynamics of the IT market in the African country of Uganda, discusses the economic conditions prevailing in the country, and provides a systematic analysis of key IT...

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