System z is making a comeback — The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframeThe Info-Tech Research Blog | The Info-Tech Research Blog

System z is making a comeback — The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframeThe Info-Tech Research Blog | The Info-Tech Research Blog:

"To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of the mainframe’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Not only is the mainframe not going away, there are early signs of a resurgence:

80 new mainframe clients between July 2010 and October 2011.
86% year-over-year MIPS growth reported in 2011 Q2.
The majority of organizations are adding capacity to their mainframes, not reducing capacity.
So what has sparked this comeback?"

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NXP NFC electric motorcycle puts in an appearance at CES Las Vegas

NXP NFC electric motorcycle puts in an appearance at CES Las Vegas:

"the NXP electric motorcycle uses NFC in innovative ways. It's also not a gas (petrol) powered device and runs on electricity - but the firm added a few more gadgets to the vehicle. Mounted on top of the NXP electric motorcycle is a panel that houses an LCD screen and some controls.


With navigation built straight in, NXP has configured the GPS to sense any impact the vehicle may be involved in and call out to emergency services as well as text loved ones to let them know an accident has happened. Bother the call and the text give the exact location within five feet of the incident to improve emergency response times.

We can sometimes be a little guilty of only focusing on NXP's NFC business because that is our area of expertise, but the firm is involved in many businesses including ID, RFID services and a few others. The innovative NXP Semiconductors electric motorcycle that uses NFC appears at most major events where NXP exhibits, so keep your eyes out for it."

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A Faceoff Between 4 Enterprise Software Companies - Seeking Alpha

A Faceoff Between 4 Enterprise Software Companies - Seeking Alpha:

"The one thing that stands out here is that the numbers support the attractiveness of the software business. Perhaps the most important line here is returns on invested capital, as all of these firms use large acquisitions as a key growth strategy. Microsoft has been, by far, the most efficient at allocating its capital, despite some very well-documented acquisition misfires. That said, it has also been the slowest grower of the bunch, profit-wise. Oracle has the most solid top-to-bottom record here, with good growth, very high margins, and solid returns on capital. All of these companies carry reasonable debt burdens."

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Application Performance Monitoring: Bluestripe Software's FactFinder Irons out Transaction Management Issues

Application Performance Monitoring: Bluestripe Software's FactFinder Irons out Transaction Management Issues:

"A new survey of 125 IT executives revealed that because almost 64 percent of organizations have to manage different and distinct technologies within their complex application systems, many of them have invested in three or more distinct application and transaction management tools.

However, the survey findings indicate that all the existing tools are either way too complex or extremely problematic."

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Enterprises Still Struggling with Transaction Availability Says BlueStripe Survey | APMdigest: Where Application Performance Management, BSM, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing Meet

Enterprises Still Struggling with Transaction Availability Says BlueStripe Survey | APMdigest: Where Application Performance Management, BSM, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing Meet:

"BlueStripe Software, a provider of application transaction management solutions, released the findings of a new survey of IT executives, revealing that despite increased investments in IT tools to manage business applications and transactions, enterprises are still struggling with transaction availability and the growing complexity of their IT infrastructure.

The survey of over 125 IT executives found that 68 percent have invested in more than three distinct application and transaction management tools.

Despite that investment, 71 percent still cannot pinpoint the source of business-impacting slowdowns"

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BlueStripe Software digs deep to manage application performance | Kusnetzky Group LLC

BlueStrip

e Software digs deep to manage application performance | Kusnetzky Group LLC:

"BlueStripe's products are designed to follow the data and learn applicaiton dependencies without requiring IT staff members to do much more than drop the products into the network and let them learn what is happening. The products focus monitoring, gathering operational data, analyzing that data and offering insight "

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IM revolution breaking email's time-wasting grip - Connect - NZ Herald News

IM revolution breaking email's time-wasting grip - Connect - NZ Herald News:

"Email could follow the telex into the dustbin of communication tools we have loved and discarded, if Thierry Breton, head of Paris-based information technology services company Atos, is a guide to the future.

Breton is to ban his staff from sending each other emails, complaining they waste time and are outmoded. Only 10 per cent of the 200 electronic messages his employees each get daily turn out to be useful, Breton claims.

"The deluge of information will be one of the most important problems a company will have to face [in the future]. It is time to think differently."

Internal email will be phased out inside 18 months at Atos. The 75,000 staff will instead use instant messaging and chat-style collaborative service"

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