Stories about: Summit Strategies

Server virtualization is hotter than hot, ignited by the technology's use in creating a more compact, highly flexible and cost-efficient server infrastructure. Survey results from Forrester Research, for example, show that 75 percent of 1,200 respondents at global enterprises are aware of server virtualization technology, with 26 percent having implemented it and another 8 percent set to pilot it within the next year. Also telling is that 60 percent of the respondents who have implemented the technology plan to expand their use.

The application software industry is changing at a faster rate than any time in its history. Overall industry growth is slowing, there are far more opportunities for missteps, and the risks of error are higher than ever.

Ovum Ltd., a provider of research, advisory and consulting services in the global ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) sector has announced the acquisition of Summit Strategies Inc., a U.S.-based IT research business.

UK consultancy Ovum has acquired US-based IT research firm Summit Strategies for $US1.2 million.

With last Thursday's announcement that Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates plans to move away from his day-to-day duties by July 2008, analysts said change is in the air for the company.

Leveraging its intimate knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard will announce on Wednesday, IT Shared Services Portfolio, a two-part offering that industry analysts say will raise the level of its consulting services.

To successfully compete with Web 2.0 rivals, Microsoft must develop an ecosystem of partners that uses its Web-based Windows Live services to develop and market new applications, according to a new report by Summit Strategies.

Moving grid computing out of the technical and scientific realm and into mainstream business use is going to require development work by vendors as well as the adoption of standards, IT managers and analysts said at the GridWorld conference in Boston.

Salesforce.com plans to accelerate its push to become a hosted applications platform by launching AppExchange, a Web site intended as a bazaar of on-demand software. The unveiling is expected at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco.

Dell is to start global shipments of its first dual-core server Monday. The PowerEdge SC430, an Intel-based machine, is aimed at small businesses. However, selling customers on the benefits of dual-core computing may initially prove something of an educational challenge, a company executive admitted.

Unisys is adding capacity on demand to its Intel-based servers as a way of offering users processing power before they need it. While the capacity-on-demand concept has been around for a while, Unisys said today it is now providing that extra capacity at no additional cost.