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Mobile Worker Trends Show Strong Growth, Wider Choices, Studies Say
2012 will mark the first year that 3G and 4G mobile devices make up the majority of all worldwide smartphone sales, topping 50% for the first time ever, according to ABI Research. Meanwhile, IDC predicts the worldwide mobile worker population is exploding, and will impact more than 1-in-3 users (1.3 billion) by 2015.
Full Story >Cloud, Mobile Development To Propel Double-Digit Surge in Testing Services, IDC
International Data Corp. (IDC) estimates that cloud and mobility applications will help propel worldwide testing services to an eye-popping 15.4 percent annual growth rate through 2015. IDC estimated spending on testing services hit $9.4 billion for 2010.
Full Story >IBM Sees Cloud Adoption Soar for Midsized Firms; Expands LotusLive
A recent IBM survey on cloud adoption found two-thirds of mid-sized companies are using or plan to use cloud-based technologies to improve IT systems management and save money. The survey of 2,000 firms comes as IBM announces further offerings for mid-sized companies, with new LotusLive partnerships.
Full Story >BPM 2011: Appian Marries Cloud, Mobile, Social for Real-Time BPM
Integration Developer News continues its series on “BPM in 2011” with a look at the latest updates to the Appian BPM Suite. The offering meets growing customer requests, Appian execs told IDN, by blending cloud, mobile and business-savvy social technologies to deliver real-time BPM collaboration across enterprise users, partners and even customers.
Full Story >Quest Software Buys Surgient; Preps for Private Clouds, IaaS
Quest Software aims to bring its smart systems management portfolio to the private cloud, with its purchase of Surgient Inc., a privately held secure private cloud automation software firm. The deal sets the stage for a new vision for secure private cloud architectures. Move comes as IDC predicts private cloud market will top $1 billion by 2014.
Full Story >IDC: "People Costs" Make Linux Costlier Than Windows
In a study released this month, the International Data Corp found that the nominally "free" Linux can be more expensive to own, run and maintain than Windows 2000 servers for many popular applications. The reason? Total hardware/software costs for both Linux and Windows 2000 were less than 10% of the total 5-year cost of ownership. The big-ticket items are people costs for maintaining, integrating and securing those servers.
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