Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Bringing IT Back Home: 10 Prime Locations for Onshore Outsourcing

Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet | Microsoft details cloud ops

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Bringing IT Back Home: 10 Prime Locations for Onshore Outsourcing
As offshore outsourcing grows more complex and costly, American IT departments are increasingly turning to onshore providers to procure IT services. Here are 10 popular destinations for IT outsourcing in the U.S. Read More


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Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet
Comcast is expanding its services to medium-sized businesses by introducing metro Ethernet connections at up to 10-Gigabit speed, launching Monday in more than 20 U.S. cities. Read More

Microsoft details cloud ops
Microsoft kicked off its annual TechEd conference Monday much the way it did last year's, heavily touting cloud computing as a more efficient way for businesses to run IT operations. This year, however, company executives provided more details about how organizations can actually use cloud computing day-to-day. Read More


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Microsoft deepens Bing's use of Facebook data
Microsoft has incorporated more Facebook data into its Bing search results, increasing the competition around social search with Google, whose level of access to Facebook data is not as deep. Read More

HP picks USB 3.0 over Intel's Thunderbolt for desktops
Hewlett-Packard considered using Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect in new desktop PCs announced Monday, but is sticking with USB 3.0 because of wider support, a company official said. Read More


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Innovation smackdown: Tim Berners-Lee vs. Leo Apotheker
Tim Berners-Lee watches as the Web will officially hit adulthood this coming Christmas, which will mark 21 years since the computer scientist first initiated communications between an HTTP client and a Web server. Leo Apotheker came into an unstable situation at HP when he took over as CEO. With Mark Hurd's departure for questionable activity, Apotheker has been a calming influence. Which should win? Vote now. Read More

The Verdict: Either OpenFlow Matters a Lot, or Not at All
Unsurprisingly, the opinions on OpenFlow from the vendors at Interop were all over the map. However, since I did ask a bunch of people at the show about OpenFlow, I figure it's worth a post to summarize some of the more interesting responses. Read More

Open source not just mainstream, it's mainstreamier
I had to chuckle when I saw the news release headline "Open Source Now Mainstream," because that's been the theme of every open source conference I've covered for the last five years. Read More

Cool Stuff about Cisco MediaNet
Out of the stuff I got to mess around with, I just fell tail over tea kettle with Cisco MediaNet. When TechWiseTV would be taking time to set up shots, waiting for guest or even after the floor closed, I just couldn't keep my hands off of MediaNet. Read More



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