Ironically, ‘shelfware’ is rampant with 96 percent of organisations wasting money on un-used softwareMaidenhead, U.K. – September 30, 2014. Enterprise software spending is being squeezed, and as a result organisations are looking for better ways to align software costs to value. This is the conclusion of a new Flexera Software 2013-14 Key Trends in Software…
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Smartphones, PC Refresh Drive Worldwide IT Market
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The U.S. IT market will increase by 4 percent this year, and Western Europe will maintain a 2 percent growth rate overall, according to IDC. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
Failure to Automate Licensing & Entitlement Management is Missed Opportunity for Software Vendors, According to New Flexera Software/IDC Report
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Report reveals ISV’s failure to implement licensing & entitlement management technology reduces virtualisation revenues, go-to-market effectiveness, and quote to cash efficiencyMaidenhead, UK – March 4, 2014 – Despite the massive growth and evolution of the enterprise software industry, independent software vendors (ISVs) have largely failed to implement automated software licensing and entitlement management systems across…
IGEL fastest growing thin and zero client leader in UK & Ireland in 2013, reports analyst IDC
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IGEL reports 58% and 150% year-on-year growth in UK & Ireland respectivelyReading, UK February 25th, 2014 – IGEL Technology has been recognized as the fastest growing of the top 5 thin client manufacturers in the UK & Ireland in 2013, according to the latest report from analyst group International Data Corporation (IDC). With year-on-year growth…
Predictions for Virtualization in 2014
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According to a prediction made by IDC back in 2010, 70 percent of servers would be virtual by 2014. Gartner now estimates Windows being at between 60 and 70 percent virtualized and Linux being at between 35 and 45 percent virtualized, making IDC’s largely accurate. In addition, very few systems shipped today are not virtual,…
Linux in the Mainstream: Growing Deployment of Business-Critical Workloads
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This IDC whitepaper takes a look at the growth of Linux as a server operating system and how deployment form factors have changed over time. Today, commercial Linux has become a key platform across many workloads. This paper considers both workload data and the ecosystem that has grown up to support the opportunity for Linux…
2014 Seen as Rebound Year for IT Spending, Says IDC
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IDC is expecting that a bounceback in emerging market economies will fuel IT spending growth in 2014. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux