Stories about: Burton Group

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SOA Grows Up -- and Out 09 March, 2010 06:04

Not too long ago, IT organizations turned to service-oriented architecture primarily as a way to integrate enterprise applications. But now large companies are using SOA to create components that can be combined and reused as services across multiple applications.
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Cisco outlines new plan for securing mobile, cloud apps 03 March, 2010 02:46

Cisco on Monday outlined its security product-development strategy aimed at providing a new type of "always on" security protection for mobile devices as well as a way to establish controls over cloud-computing applications used by the enterprise. Cisco is calling the initiative its Secure Borderless Network architecture.
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5 things VMware must do to fend off Microsoft 02 March, 2010 06:14

With 170,000 customers, including every member of the Fortune 100, you might think VMware's toughest task is stocking enough paper to print up new customer contracts.
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Cloud servers help hospital with digital records 24 February, 2010 06:26

Most CIOs have had to deal with rogue business units - parts of the organization that, for one reason or another, can stave off any attempt to modernize, standardize or stabilize its idiosyncratic IT systems, but still need solid data connections to the parent company.
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How many virtual machines fit on your server? 30 January, 2010 06:33

Choosing just enough virtual machines, but not too many, for a given server has always been a challenge. Running a set of virtual servers and the applications that they support on one physical server running just one operating system seems easy enough - at first.
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Smartphones need smart security practices 20 January, 2010 06:44

As vice president of IT at Windsor Foods in Houston, Stephan Henze has to stay one step ahead of the latest IT trends. That's why he's spending a lot of time thinking about securing and deploying smartphones enterprisewide.
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Lotus sets off on 'Vulcanizing' next-gen collaboration 20 January, 2010 03:51

IBM/Lotus Monday hinted at its collaboration future by unveiling an ambitious plan called Project Vulcan that exists in concept only but is aimed at a wholesale integration of collaboration tools regardless of whether they run in the cloud or on corporate networks.
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Zimbra customers applaud VMware acquisition 18 January, 2010 07:06

Zimbra customers, on an emotional roller-coaster ride since it was acquired by Yahoo, welcome VMware's plans to buy the open-source e-mail, calendar and collaboration software vendor.
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Virtualisation speed traps: ways to drag apps down 14 January, 2010 03:29

What has driven the market for virtual servers more than the potential to squeeze several servers worth of performance out of just one physical server? It's the relative ease with which most applications can move from a physical infrastructure to a virtual one.
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VMware to buy Zimbra to bolster cloud computing push 13 January, 2010 05:30

VMware is poised Tuesday to further redefine its cloud strategy by buying Yahoo's Zimbra open source messaging business in order to expand its stake in the platform-as-a-service market.
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SOA grows up -- and out 12 January, 2010 05:57

Not too long ago, IT organizations turned to service-oriented architecture (SOA) primarily as a way to integrate enterprise applications. But now large companies are using SOA to create components that can be combined and reused as services across multiple applications.