Publication date: Articles ran through the
month of September 2009.
Market overview of enterprise software
This article will look at the strategies of the main suppliers
of enterprise software including SAP, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft,
the role of system integrators, the build or buy debate and whether
buying best of breed is still a viable strategy given the level of
consolidation in the industry.
Enterprise software - strategies to lower costs 1. licensing -
how to renegotiate software and maintenance contracts to cope with
the downturn 2. Strategies to reduce z-series mainframe costs - ie
offloading workloads onto the Ziip processor.
Green software
Although much of the debate around green IT is focussed on
server hardware and the ability to consolidate servers to reduce
carbon, badly written software can have a detrimental affect. This
article looks at the greening of the software industry. What are
the main suppliers doing to make their software run more
efficiently?
Green metrics
A number of suppliers are developing tools to enable companies
to measure and mange their CO2 emissions. This article will examine
what 's available.
Enterprise showcase
A series of case study articles looking at how enterprise
software is evolving. We will be covering virtual desktop
infrastructure, server virtualisation, software as a service and
unified communications.
