Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect

CRM data integration provider Scribe boosts cloud offering with GUI synchronization services, developer program for connectors

2012-01-20T11:20:00.001-05:00

Scribe Software, a customer relationship management (CRM) data integration provider, will launch next week Scribe Online Synchronization Services (SYS), the second major service delivered on the Scribe Online cloud integration platform.According to the Manchester, NH-based company, Scribe Online provides a cloud-based alternative to integration middleware, and simplifies the integration

Expert Chat on how HP ecosystem provides holistic support for VMware virtualized IT environments

2012-01-19T16:15:00.004-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: HP.Redefine the potential of your virtualization investments.View the full Expert Chat presentation on VMware support best practices.Advanced and pervasive virtualization and cloud computing trends are driving the need for a better, holistic approach to IT support and remediation.And while the

The Open Group releases SOA and cloud computing standards, updates OSIMM

2012-01-18T11:44:00.004-05:00

The Open Group has announced this week the availability of two new industry standards to integrate fundamental elements of service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing into a solution for enterprise architecture (EA). The new standards are: SOA Reference Architecture (SOA RA) and the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure Framework (SOCCI).The Open Group has released updates

Capgemini's CTO on how cloud computing exposes the duality between IT and business transformation

2012-01-17T15:31:00.002-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: The Open Group.Register for The Open Group ConferenceJan. 30 - Feb. 3 in San Francisco. This BriefingsDirect thought leadership interview comes in conjunction with The Open Group Conference this month in San Francisco.The conference will focus on how IT and enterprise architecture support enterprise

Case study: How professional services and portfolio management helped Nottingham Trent University transform IT

2012-01-12T12:22:00.002-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: HP.The latest BriefingsDirect case study podcast discussion centers on how Nottingham Trent University gained strategic operational efficiency and improved IT management.A combination of professional services and portfolio management technologies allowed the 25,000-student university -- one of the

Oracle fills another gap in its big data offering

2012-01-12T12:18:00.005-05:00

This guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is a senior analyst at Ovum.By Tony BaerWhen we last left Oracle’s big data plans, there was definitely a missing piece. Oracle’s Big Data Appliance as initially disclosed at last fall’s OpenWorld was a vague plan that appeared to be positioned primarily as an appliance that would accompany and feed data to Exadata. Oracle

MIT's Ross on how enterprise architecture and IT more than ever lead to business transformation

2012-01-11T15:04:00.011-05:00

Genuitec's MobiOne eases way for Windows development of iOS apps

2012-01-10T12:02:00.002-05:00

Genuitec, LLC has revamped its MobiOne development tool to allow Windows operating system users to design and build App Store-ready iOS apps -- native apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch -- without using a Mac. This means there is no longer an additional expense to buy a Mac machine or learn Objective-C to design apps that operate natively on iOS devices.Previously, the Flower Mound, Tex.

Travel giant TUI Group leverages virtualization management tools to drastically improve IT performance troubleshooting

2012-01-05T12:06:00.001-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.Better managing virtualized IT workloads and private clouds is a top concern for IT leaders going into 2012. They may want to follow the lead of global travel and tourism giant TUI Group. The IT organization there, TUI InfoTec, has found ways to manage highly virtualized IT operations better,

Overlapping criminal and state threats pose growing cyber security threat to global Internet commerce, says Open Group speaker

2012-01-04T15:46:00.023-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: The Open Group.Register for The Open Group ConferenceJan. 30 - Feb. 3 in San Francisco.This special BriefingsDirect thought leadership interview comes in conjunction with The Open Group Conference this January in San Francisco.The conference will focus on how IT and enterprise architecture support

SAP runs VMware to provision private clouds that support complex and critical training applications

2011-12-20T12:02:00.002-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.This BriefingsDirect podcast discussion centers on how worldwide enterprise applications leader SAP has designed and implemented a private cloud infrastructure model that supports an internal consulting and training program.By standardizing on a VMware cloud platform, SAP has been able to

Metadata virtualization and orchestration seen as critical new technology to improve enterprise data integration

2011-12-16T13:22:00.021-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: Stone Bond Technologies.The latest BriefingsDirect discussion targets the need to make sense of the deluge and complexity of the data and information that is swirling in and around modern enterprises. Most large organizations today are able to identify, classify, and exploit only a small

Case study: How SEGA Europe uses VMware to standardize cloud environment for globally distributed game development

2011-12-14T16:32:00.005-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.Our next VMworld case study interview focuses on how a major game developer in Europe has successfully leveraged the hybrid cloud model.We’ll learn how SEGA Europe is standardizing its cloud infrastructure across its on-premises operations, as well as with a public cloud provider. The

Efficient data center transformation requires tracking and proving improvements incrementally across critical IT tasks

2011-12-12T08:53:00.003-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: HP.For more information on The HUB, HP's video series on data center transformation, go to www.hp.com/go/thehub. You don’t need to go very far in IT nowadays to find people who are diligently working to do more with less, even as they're working to transform and modernize their

Embarcadero brings self-service app store model to enterprises to target PCs and their universe of software

2011-12-07T09:36:00.004-05:00

Embarcadero Technologies, a provider of database and application development software, recently announced AppWave, a free platform that provides self-service, one-click access to PC software within organizations for business PCs and even personal employee laptops.Available via a free download, the AppWave platform gives users access to more than 250 free PC productivity apps for general

HP hybrid cloud news shows emphasis on enabling the telcos and service providers first

2011-12-05T15:42:00.002-05:00

HP at the Discover 2011 Conference in Vienna last week announced a wide range of new Cloud Solutions designed to advance deployment of private, public and hybrid clouds for enterprises, service providers, and governments. Based on HP Converged Infrastructure, the new and updated HP Cloud Solutions provide the hardware, software, services and programs rapidly and securely deliver IT as a service.I

Big Data meets Complex Event Processing: AccelOps delivers a better architecture to attack the data center monitoring and analytics problem

2011-11-30T15:43:00.032-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: AccelOps. Connect with AccelOps: Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, RSS.The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion centers on how new data and analysis approaches are significantly improving IT operations monitoring, as well as providing stronger security.The conversation examines how AccelOps has

HP Discover case study: Vodafone Ireland IT group sees huge ROI by emphasizing business service delivery

2011-11-29T15:50:00.016-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: HP.Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series coming to you from the HP Discover 2011 Conference in Vienna. We’re exploring some major case studies from some of Europe’s leading enterprises.Out next customer case study interview highlights how a shift from a technology emphasis to a

Register now to hear HP experts on latest support strategies for unique challenges of virtualized and cloud environments

2011-11-28T12:38:00.007-05:00

Advanced and pervasive virtualization and cloud computing trends are driving the need for a better, holistic approach to IT support and remediation. Keeping virtualized servers that support mission-critical applications and databases at top levels of performance 24 x 7 is a much different problem than for maintaining physical servers in traditional configurations.That's why

HP experts to explore advances in service and support for highly virtualized VMware data center environments

2011-11-17T11:10:00.006-05:00

Most enterprises, service providers and governments have ramped-up their use of virtualization over the past several years, with many impressive results. Those paybacks can only continue, however, if the overall service and support of these complex and dynamic environments keeps pace.The problem of effectively troubleshooting issues across virtualized data centers consisting of many

Germany's largest travel agency starts a virtual desktop journey to get branch office IT under control

2011-11-15T13:13:00.001-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.Our next VMworld case study interview focuses on how Germany’s largest travel agency has remade their PC landscape across 580 branch offices using virtual desktops. We’ll learn how Germany’s DER Deutsches Reisebüro redefined the desktop delivery vision and successfully implemented 2,300

Case study: Southwest Airlines' productivity takes off using virtualization to enable 'IT as a service'

2011-11-08T15:16:00.016-05:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.The next BriefingsDirect case study interview focuses on Southwest Airlines, one of the best-run companies anywhere, with some 35 straight years of profitability, and how "IT as a service" has been transformative for them in terms of productivity.This story comes as part of a special

The Open Group, SABSA release white paper on aligning enterprise, security architecture to achieve business goals

2011-11-07T10:33:00.002-05:00

In an effort to provide clearer guidance for enterprise and security architects in aligning security and risk management with business goals and objectives, The Open Group and the SABSA Institute have released a new TOGAF SABSA Integration Whitepaper.Intended as a practical guide, the whitepaper views security architecture as an integral part of how enterprise architecture should be approached.

Cloud procurement services give OSU Medical Center wins on buyer savings and process productivity

2011-11-01T14:38:00.013-04:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: Ariba.The latest BriefingsDirect case study interview explores how large businesses are using cloud commerce and automated sourcing and procurement to dramatically improve how they modernize and manage their buying processes.In doing so, we'll see how they improve cash management and gain an

Virtualized desktops spur use of 'bring your own device' in schools, allowing always-on access to educational resources

2011-10-31T16:36:00.018-04:00

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: VMware.Educators are using of desktop virtualization in innovative new ways to enable "bring your own device" (BYOD) benefits for faculty and students. This latest BriefingsDirect interview explores how one IT organization has made the leap to allowing young users to choose their own client devices