Hong Kong Computer Society - enterpriseinnovation.net

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Ñ HONG KONG IT spending will reach HK$38 billion in 2009 in Hong Kong, IDC estimated Ñ GLOBAL Survey: Windows 7 migration plan incomplete A large number of companies plan to move to Windows 7, but many of them have no solid plans for when they will do it, according to a recent Forrester survey. The issue is one of preparation to accommodate the new operating system, which shipped recently to consumers but has been available to volume licensing customers since late August. “There is a lot of work to get your applications and hardware compatible with the new operating system … especially for organizations that support XP and did not do a lot of application compatibility testing when Vista was released,” said Benjamin Gray, the Forrester analyst who conducted the survey with 653 PC decision-makers at North American and European enterprises and small-to-midsize businesses. The survey shows that 66 percent of companies plan to move to Win 7, but of those companies, a whopping 49 percent say they have no specific migration plans yet. “I suspect most of those organizations are in the relatively early stages of application compatibility testing and remediation and they are determining if it will be 12, 16 or 18 months to get there. But as soon as they are ready they are going to move to Windows 7,” Gray said. Steve Kleynhans, an analyst with Gartner, said users in the evaluation stage should think about including 64-bit testing. Win 7 supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors. “The bottom line is that at some point in the next five years you very likely will be moving to a 64-bit operating environment and Windows 7 may be the right time to make the move,” Kleynhans wrote in his blog. “At the very least everyone should include one 64-bit environment in their testing matrix. While it may not be the right time to make the move, it is certainly the right time to start preparing for the inevitable 64-bit shift.” Gartner polled 400 attendees to one of its recent Webcasts and found 34 percent planned to mostly deploy 32-bit, while 13 percent were planning mostly on 64-bit. The other 52 percent were undecided. Forrester’s Gray said there are a number of wild cards that could influence the ebb and flow of upgrades. He thinks the vast majority of upgrades will tie into the natural PC refresh cycle, “so if users are not buying PCs they will not be buying Windows 7.” Gartner predicts that Win 7 will have minimal impact on worldwide PC sales from October through December. In addition, Gray said organizations that are embracing Windows Server 2008 R2 are likely to move faster to Win 7 in order to take advantage of features that work with the server such as Branch Cache and Direct Access. 3 newsbites IBM: Enhanced storage virtualization gear The latest version of IBM’s SAN Volume Controller will enable enterprise users to put solid-state devices inside the SVC, promising a huge performance boost with or without flash storage. The SVC 5.0 also has upgrades that will enhance the performance of hard disk drives in the virtualized storage environment. Avaya: UC for SMBs Avaya has launched the Aura System Platform, a mid-sized, single-server unified communications product that is designed for companies with as few as 100 employees. The product is scalable, however, and can support up to 2,400 users in 250 locations. It uses standards-based virtualization technology for real-time communications. Enterasys upgrades Ethernet switches Enterasys has upgraded its Ethernet switch line via the introduction of the S-Series switches, which are targeted for converged networks, including the heavily virtualized ones. The S-Series promises an almost fourfold boost in switching capacity and a tenfold increase in throughput as compared with its predecessor, the N-Series. The S- Series also features a 10G port density and comes with improved policy-based security features. 8 Computerworld Hong Kong Nov 2009 www.cw.com.hk
‘Maximize IT Efficiency in Virtualized Environments’ Workshop Series Sep-Dec 2009 Maximize IT Efficiency in Virtualized Environments In today’s digital world, ‘Virtualization’ has become the magic word for businesses which strive to ensure business continuity, while boosting greater value and performance at lower costs. Jointly organized by EMC and VMware, the ‘Maximize IT Efficiency in Virtualized Environments” Workshop Series will run from September to December, providing IT professionals with insights into the latest trends and technologies surrounding virtualization – from disaster recovery, backup and data deduplication, to security and IT management. Upcoming Workshops: Nov 13 • Save Costs and Boost Efficiency with (Friday) Improved Infrastructure Manageability, Security and Compliance in Virtualized Environments Dec 11 • Virtualized desktop environments (Friday) and IT management skills Time: 2:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: Cliftons, Level 33, 9 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong Organizers: EMC Hong Kong and VMware Hong Kong Medium: Cantonese Website: hk.emc.com. All participants will receive a stylish EMC Mini Speaker (Nov 13) or EMC Diary 2010 (Dec 11). Attendees will also have the opportunity of winning a CitySuper shopping voucher. For more information, please contact Ms Cheng at 2839-5125 or email to hkcontact@emc.com www.cw.com.hk Nov 2009 Computerworld Hong Kong 9
Page 1 and 2: viewpoint Should IP addresses const
Page 3 and 4: c o n t e n t s November 2009 Cover
Page 5 and 6: www.cw.com.hk Nov 2009 Computerworl
Page 7: Nov 2009 Computerworld Hong Kong 7
Page 11 and 12: Sponsored Feature Phoenix TV deploy
Page 13 and 14: www.cw.com.hk .com.h mhk Nov 2009 C
Page 15 and 16: Sponsored Feature Since 90% of the
Page 17 and 18: HKCS: 40 years COVERSTORY gramming
Page 19 and 20: With Compliments of Jardine OneSolu
Page 21 and 22: apidly escalated and the bank upgra
Page 23 and 24: With the Compliments of www.cw.com.
Page 29 and 30: ICL mainframes formed the core of g
Page 31 and 32: HKCS: 40 years Broad impact Interes
Page 33 and 34: HKCS: 40 years COVERSTORY to date:
Page 37 and 38: HKCS: 40 years COVERSTORY www.cw.co
Page 39 and 40: Sponsored Feature Kingdee’s ERP s
Page 41 and 42: Sponsored Feature Fuji Xerox‘s S
Page 43 and 44: year alone can justify its Windows
Page 45 and 46: Virtual Office: The Benefits of an
Page 47 and 48: A Computerworld HK event 9 November
Page 49 and 50: WHO SHOULD ATTEND Vice Presidents,
Page 51 and 52: threat—according to researcher CN
Page 53 and 54: TECHREVIEW Test results In performa
Page 55 and 56: For enquiries, please call Connie Y
Page 57 and 58: VIEWPOINT CHARLES MOK Should IP add
Page 59 and 60:
Hong Kong’s Source of IT Insight
show all

Hong Kong Computer Society - enterpriseinnovation.net

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?