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The ABCs of Storage Area Networks
Making the decision to invest in storage area networks (SANs) requires an understanding of the differences between various approaches to managing storage. Unfortunately, the differences are not always clearly understood outside the realm of the enterprise data center. SANs, network-attached storage (NAS), and direct-attached storage (DAS) are sometimes positioned as competing technologies, but in actuality all three are found in today's enterprise IT environments and have distinct applications. This Research Byte provides a primer on these three types of storage management systems and their application.
November, 2007
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Application Developers Getting Largest Pay Hikes
IT salaries will increase by over 5% in 2008, with applications developers leading the list of jobs with the greatest percentage gain. This Research Byte analyzes the factors driving these salary increases in light of current trends in application development staffing and outsourcing levels.
October, 2007
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Regulations: Mixed Blessing for the Security Program
What is the proper relationship between the security program and regulatory compliance? How can an organization be compliant with all of the applicable regulations and at the same time be truly secure? To answer these questions, Computer Economics conducted a survey in the first half of 2007 to gather information from security, IT, and regulatory professionals on these questions.
October, 2007
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Application Development Staffing Ratios: Executive Summary
Application development personnel play a key role within IT organizations. Application software sits between the users of IT and the IT infrastructure, providing functionality to support business processes and serve customers. But how can these staff members be best utilized? This Research Byte is a brief summary of our full report on current staffing ratios for application development.
October, 2007
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Data Center Costs Are Changing
Over the past five years, Unix and Windows data center costs per processor have been steadily declining. But because the cost reduction is largely due to the falling cost of hardware, other costs are becoming more important in terms of data center financial management. This Research Byte is a brief summary of our full report on the shifting mix of data center costs, which analyzes the implication of these trends.
October, 2007
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Network Staffing and Spending Ratios: Executive Summary
Building an in-house staff to support voice and data networks is a challenging responsibility. How large a staff is required to efficiently provide reliable network operations? How large a budget is required? Knowing the norms for these benchmarks in other organizations with IT systems of equivalent complexity can help to determine the appropriate number of network support staff and reasonable budgets for network spending. This Research Byte is an executive summary of our full report, which provides network spending and staffing benchmarks based on the number of desktops, network sites, and network devices, and by size of organization.
September, 2007
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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Handheld Email Devices
Handheld email devices, such as the Blackberry from Research in Motion (RIM) and Palm's Treo, have become must-have devices for many business professionals. Once limited to top executives and select sales personnel, these products are now in high demand by users at all levels of the organization. How deeply have these devices penetrated the enterprise? How fast is usage growing? Do the benefits of these products outweigh the costs? This Research Byte is an executive summary of our full report, which answers these questions.
September, 2007
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Data Center Consolidation: Benefits and Costs
Many organizations have multiple data centers, even though a smaller number would be sufficient. Such a situation is costly: a Computer Economics survey finds that organizations operating multiple data centers spend more on IT per user than those with a single data center. This Research Byte is an executive summary of our full report on the cost savings and other benefits of data center consolidation.
September, 2007
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Unix Beats Windows and Linux Data Centers in Economies of Scale
Data center cost is subject to economy of scale--for example, larger data centers can enjoy greater discounts on equipment and software. They can also use automated tools to make support personnel more productive. So why are Unix data centers so much better at utilizing these economies of scale than Window and Linux data centers? This Research Byte is a summary of our full report, Windows and Linux Data Centers Lag Behind Unix in Realizing Economies of Scale.
September, 2007
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The Prevalence of IT Outsourcing
The popularity of IT outsourcing is growing. According to Chapter 5 of our latest IT Spending, Staffing, and Technology Trends study, organizations in the U.S. and Canada are increasing the amount of IT work given to outside service providers. In today's economy and tightening job market, few IT organizations can afford to adopt a "no outsourcing" strategy. On the other hand, outsourcing the entire IT organization to an outside provider is rarely justified. This Research Byte is a brief overview of our report on this subject, The State of IT Outsourcing and Guidelines for Success.
August, 2007
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Happy Together: Security Professionals and Project Managers
In response to today's increasing threat levels, many companies are increasing their investments in security. Yet many of these same organizations find that their security programs are not effective, as witnessed by the many high-profile security incidents reported by commercial and governmental organizations over the past year. The reason: management has fully embraced security as an essential element of project management.
August, 2007
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Desktop Support Staffing Ratios: Executive Summary
Desktop computers, including laptops and workstations, have become essential items for most employees, who rely on these machines as their primary means of access to corporate systems. Although there is no question concerning the importance of desktop service and support, determining the number of desktop support technicians can be a difficult exercise. This Research Byte is an executive summary of our full report, which provides guidelines for staffing the desktop support function, based on our survey of over 200 IT organizations.
July, 2007
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Google: Your Next Enterprise Application Provider?
Google's recent acquisition of Postini sends a signal that the company intends to be a major player in the on-demand enterprise application market. Today, Google's enterprise division accounts for less than one percent of the company's annual revenues. But Google expects enterprise applications to grow into a much larger part of its business over the next few years.
July, 2007
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IT Budgets Are Lagging Behind Corporate Revenues
Although IT spending is growing at a healthy pace in 2007, IT budgets are not increasing as fast as corporate revenues, indicating that IT managers are doing an excellent job of controlling costs while meeting the needs of their organizations. This press release provides highlights of some of the major findings for the 18th edition of our annual IT Spending, Staffing, and Technology Trends study.
July, 2007
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IBM’s Newest Supercomputer Targets Commercial Users
IBM's Blue Gene/P is 100,000 times more powerful than a home PC and can process more operations in one second than the combined power of a stack of laptop computers nearly 1.5 miles high. It is designed to fit in small spaces, use less power than competing systems, and--according to IBM--is at least seven times more energy efficient than any other supercomputer. This article describes features of the Blue Gene/P and its likely commercial adopters.
July, 2007
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