Stories about: Hydrasight

Forty-eight per cent of CIOs and top IT executives in the Asia/Pacific region rated management of their virtual server environment as a critical or high IT priority, yet only 42 per cent thought their companies were doing an effective job in this important area, according to a recent study of virtualisation management conducted for CA.

As a follow-up to the joint Computerworld-Hydrasight survey in June 2007, Computerworld, in conjunction with HP, held a round table discussion forum with 15 IT leaders on virtualization to talk about how the technology can be successfully applied and what challenges it is yet to overcome.

Gauging the level of vendor-created fear and hype around IT security will be the premise of a new study from Sydney-based research firm Hydrasight, with the key findings to be published in Computerworld.

A broad range of external IT service management (ITSM) consultants are being used by IT organisations within mature Asia Pacific IT markets such as Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, according to research from Hydrasight. While this is not unexpected -- given current market demand and enthusiasm -- it has created a fragmented market being served by numerous players of various sizes and descriptions. This market reality can, however, represent a key project risk for IT organisations embarking on a major ITSM initiative in the Asia/Pacific region.

A joint Computerworld and Hydrasight research project on the adoption of Service Oriented Architectures within local enterprises has revealed a stark divide between those who have and those who have not gone down the SOA path.