Study Shows Strong Spending Trends in Data Protection

Asia Pacific, April 2, 2007 -- HP today announced the results of a worldwide independent survey commissioned by HP, which found that more than 80 percent of IT decision makers worldwide, including CIOs, IT directors and IT managers, view business continuity and availability (BC&A) as an increased priority for 2007 and key to sharpening their competitive business edge worldwide. Approximately four out of five managers and executives responsible for business continuity and availability indicate that the area will see an increase in spending this year as compared to 2006. The survey further revealed that security, disaster tolerant solutions, backup and recovery efforts, and IT service management offerings emerged as areas where investment will increase in 2007. The same sentiments were echoed in Asia Pacific as India accounted for the highest planned increase in spending for security and disaster tolerant solutions, while China and Australia accounted for the highest planned investment in backup and recovery efforts, and IT service management offerings respectively. In evaluating solutions and vendors, nine in 10 decision makers (89%) revealed that they wanted comprehensive solutions that span BC&A and security, considering this type of holistic solution important, while three in four (74%) respondents indicated their preference for a single BC&A vendor. A Shift in Strategy and Priorities As companies have historically taken a reactive approach to recovering from unplanned downtime or disasters, the proactive focus on business continuity and availability presents a shift in strategy. It also reflects the trend towards building next generation data centers, “lights-out” computing environments that HP helps create through its Adaptive Infrastructure offerings. In today’s ultra-competitive global marketplace, however, any amount of downtime can be devastating, if not terminal, to a business. While data protection emerged as the top driver for BC&A spending across all markets for 2006 and 2007, shifts in priorities were noted. “Data protection” and “lower IT costs” declined in importance, with “competitive pressure”, “maintaining operational uptime” and “improving regulatory compliance” showing increases in importance in 2007 over 2006. Diversity was noted across markets in Asia Pacific as respondents indicated different key drivers for BC&A spending. The top three drivers for the Asia Pacific markets were: Australia: maintaining operational uptime, data protection and revenue protection, China: competitive pressure, data protection and business change, India: data protection, lower operational/IT costs and downtime from human error or intervention, South Korea: Security breach/denial of service attack, data protection and preparation for pandemic. “The survey shows that decision makers no longer view BC&A as desirable, but as essential to their business,” said Jane Rushton, Regional Business Development Manager, Business Continuity & Availability, HP Asia Pacific & Japan. “The survey results also showed that while markets in Asia Pacific are becoming increasingly concerned with BC&A, there are geographical differences and this is consistent with what we have been hearing from our customers.” Overcoming Challenges with Sound IT Plans While the survey shows an increased awareness of and need for business continuity, availability and disaster recovery solutions, the fact remains that IT organizations worldwide still face significant challenges to implementing a sound plan. Despite a high level of preparedness in the region, with 78 to 93 percent of the respondents in the Asia Pacific countries indicating they had a business continuity plan in place, the most significant challenges to BC&A implementation were the “lack of experienced internal resources” (59%), “lack of an agreed technology solution” (55%) and “not enough time to implement” (49%). With these barriers in mind, HP recommends following a simple, six-step process for evaluating, designing and implementing a long-term business continuity plan: Take stock of your current IT assets, including hardware, people and applications, and determine your IT department’s current challenges – make sure to invest in best practices Utilize a holistic approach to building a plan, integrating people, processes and technology, that allows you to meet the changing needs of a dynamic market Find a single (or no more than two) vendor that provides a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to cover the areas of business continuity, availability, disaster recovery and security Set-up a timeline for achieving these metrics with specific action items, dates and go-to project leads Utilize technologies such as virtualization and remote data storage that will help cut costs and manage system failovers Frequently test your systems to ensure that performance levels and access to data are maintained. “In business, IT downtime of any kind can be costly to an organization’s bottom line,” concluded Rushton. “The research shows that IT decision makers see dramatic return on investment benefits as a result of building a sound, long-term, holistic business continuity plan that will ultimately reduce the impact of internal or external threats.” In the poll conducted by GCR Custom Research, more than 564 IT decision makers worldwide, of which 210 were from Asia Pacific, responded to questions assessing their business continuity, availability and disaster recovery plans and the technologies being used to implement those plans. Sixty-two percent of the respondents represented companies with more than US$100 million in annual revenue from industries that include manufacturing, healthcare, education and financial services. Forty-eight percent of respondents represented mid-size companies with 100 – 999 employees. HP’s Unique Approach to Business Continuity and Availability HP offers an integrated approach to business continuity and availability that helps organizations balance cost with risk across the enterprise. HP’s holistic approach begins with comprehensive planning and governance, providing a thorough understanding of a customer’s business requirements and current readiness, and then planning next steps to achieve a resilient, compliant and high-performance IT operation. HP translates the customer’s business service-level requirements into an operational plan of improvement that combines people, process and technology. Specific offerings include business continuity solutions; high-availability management solutions; data protection and recovery solutions; and security and disaster tolerance solutions. More information about HP's business continuity and availability solutions is available at http://www.hp.com/go/continuityandavailability.

Microsoft Licenses Vista for 'Diskless' PCs

ZDNet, April 3, 2007 -- For the most part, the Windows licensing terms have assumed that the whole PC is going to be in one place; however, increasingly, that's not necessarily the case. Virtualisation technology means that one physical computer can act as many separate computers, while higher-speed networks mean that different parts of a computer can actually be housed in various locales. For example, it is now possible to have a diskless PC, in which the main hard drive of the computer is actually stored in a datacentre, while all the other parts -- processor, graphics chip and memory -- remain at a worker's desk. But until Sunday, there was no proper way to license Windows for such a computer. Under new licensing terms for Windows Vista Enterprise, businesses will be able to use the corporate edition of the operating system to handle this as well as other niche cases in which a PC's storage, computational power or both are handled somewhere other than the desktop. Click here for the rest of the article. Source From HardWareZone.Com

Microsoft's New 'Deepfish' Mobile Browser Undergoes Trial

NewsFactor - Mobility is 'in' and Microsoft is all over it, with the new Deepfish mobile browser that enables users to access existing Web pages in an optimized way for mobile devices. After entering a page's URL in Deepfish, users see a thumbnail image of the full page. By moving a "zoom box" around the Deepfish screen, users can select content and zoom in. In some future history of the Internet, 2007 will be seen as the year that the mobile Web went "Zoom." Hot on the heels of Microsoft Relevant Products/Services's launch of ZenZui, an innovative interface for mobile surfing, the R&D gurus at Microsoft Live Labs have announced the release of "Deepfish." More about the browser trial and key points here. Source From HardWareZone.Com

BlogSpot Of The Day - http://www.tammy-a.blogspot.com

I guess there will be tons and tons of blogspot to visit.. i today decided to visit http://www.tammy-a.blogspot.com. No NO please it is NOT Tammy sex video scandal.. Bio Data Age: 29 Gender: Female Astrological Sign: Aquarius Zodiac Year: Snake Industry: Real Estate Occupation: What Does It Matter? Location: Singapore About Her The writer goes by the name Big Rice. It is in no reference to her preference of carbs. Big Rice can sing & sing & sing non-stop, disrupting the peace of her neighbourhood & household. A normally restrained person, she would go crazy when put her anywhere with KTV system & would fight to be first to sing & be able to sing for hrs. An eccentric person, she has a weird thing going with phones. Apart from using it as a means to communicate for appts, calls are kept to not more than 10min for normal ppl around her. Special privileges have been given only to 1 person. She wants her friends to know that it's not because she does not love them, it's just because she doesn't know what to say over the phone & hates it when both parties have to find something patronizing to talk about to fill in the awkward gaps of silences. She loathes it when ppl rather believe in urban legends & hearsays than the veracity of it. She loathes it even more when ppl forward those emails. She also loves God & is herself, a piece of work under construction. So as it may get painful to be around her for long periods of time, pls bear with her. ^_^ She has been blogging since September 2004... so might consider a Old BIRD :P beside that she has 2 blogspots to visit.. so please do visit her My Blog . My Space . I Will Say Whatever I Want . -> http://www.tammy-a.blogspot.com. for more information.. i now issue her our 1st id card...

BlogSpot

as you all know blogs has been part of most Singaporean & other country people's life.... you can see alot of blogspot blog is up each day.. if just a simple calculation there will be MORE than a million blogspot blog up on the web..... but some of the blogspot is just a hoax or a spam blogspot or inactive blogspot... it is a sad case.. if we are able to remove those inactive and spam blogspot blog and i believe that it will look neatly and also with alot of update.. beside blogspot there are also other free blog server avaliable.... will intro to you more and more next time... let me tell you the history of blogspot.. but the source of it is from wikipedia HISTORY OF BLOGGER Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs in August 1999. As one of the earliest dedicated blog-publishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format. In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed terms. The acquisition allowed premium features that Pyra charged for to be free. About a year later, Pyra Labs' co-founder, Evan Williams, left Google. Google purchased Picasa in 2004; it integrated Picasa and its photo sharing utility Hello, into Blogger, allowing users to post photos to their blogs. On May 9, 2004, Blogger introduced a major redesign, adding features including CSS-compliant templates, individual archive pages for posts, comments, and posting by e-mail. On 14 August 2006, Blogger launched its latest version in beta, codenamed Invader, alongside the gold release. This migrated users to Google servers, as well including some new features. In December 2006, this new version of Blogger was taken out of beta. Currently, it requires a Google account, and offers more advanced features; however, one can still use the previous version if desired. Features Blogs can either be hosted internally by Blogger (using blogspot.com addresses), externally on a user's own domain, or on the user's own server (through FTP or SFTP). URL the url for the blogspot is http://www.blogger.com and blogger will provide you a subdomain of blogspot.com example for our blog is host by Blogger under the subdomain of singaporeinfotech

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Nokia N95 (HSDPA, Wi-Fi & GPS)

Your Search Has N'ed It has only been three months into 2007 but Nokia hasn't been taking things slow, especially not with its flagship N-series. Even before the commotion surrounding the recently launched Nokia N93i settles, the Finnish giant is already preparing to unleash its meanest addition to the N-series yet, the Nokia N95. If you thought the Nokia N93i was as good as it got, the Nokia N95 would have you scrambling for your credit card in no time at all. A hybrid of 'N's Just about the best way to describe the Nokia N95 is that it's a fusion of the imaging oriented Nokia N73 and web centric Nokia N80. Like the former, the back of the Nokia N95 was designed to mimic a digital compact camera. You'll find the integrated 5.0-megapixel sensor with autofocus capability fully protected by a lens cover and accompanied by a flash unit, all of which are convincingly packaged together to produce a familiar camera fascia. Everything else about the Nokia N95 however, has more in common with the Nokia N80, with its slider form factor and built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi being the two most striking similarities. Different off the bat though, is a vastly bigger screen than both the Nokia N73 and Nokia N80. At 2.6-inch across, there's little to debate that the Nokia N95 has more to offer in terms of viewing pleasure. Though it does make the phone look bigger than it is, the extra bit of screen space is very handy when the phone is used in its multimedia form. By sliding down the LCD screen, the Nokia N95 will instantly become a portable media player (PMP), complete with its own set of multimedia controls. Predictably, mainstream file formats are all supported out of the box. Exotic formats however, require 3rd party codecs and applications.Adding to the experience is a specially designed carousel that presents all multimedia applications in an eye-catching and foolproof icon-based graphic user interface. It also helps that there is a regular 3.5mm earphone jack to output sound directly to your earphones/headphones. Take on the world with HSDPA & GPS A new technology to trickle into the N-series with the introduction of the Nokia N95 is High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), a high-speed 3.5G digital service that allows users to experience near broadband download and web browsing speed on compatible mobile phones. What you can expect is a notable boost in transfer speed through underlying 3G standards such as UMTS and W-CDMA. In an impressive feat of engineering, Nokia has managed to pack in a GPS module into the N95 in addition to all the radio units mentioned so far. Including GPS however, is not just for navigation purposes. Nokia's grand scheme of things is to bring Location Based Services to the table. If the plan pays off, we'll soon be seeing hordes of Nokia users downloading maps of cities and use those maps to search out amenities such as restaurants, pubs, hotels, hospitals and etc in relation to their location. All these could well be an ubiquitous sight and it's all done through GPS-enabled Nokia handsets. Where we are right now, the Nokia N95, along with the Nokia E90 business phone, is the first batch of marquees materialized to highlight Nokia’s push for Location Based Services over cellular networks. The company’s acquisition of www.smart2go.com in addition to embracing GPS technology is all but a clear indication of where Nokia is heading with its handset roadmap. Like the Nokia N73, Nokia N93 and Nokia N93i, imaging is also the selling point of the Nokia N95. Autofocus and a built-in flash are standard but unlike the 3.0-megapixel count of the former three models, the Nokia N95 is equipped with a whopping 5.0-megapixel sensor mated to high quality Carl Zeiss optics and Tessar lens instead. This together with near DVD-quality video recording allows the Nokia N95 to take pictures and videos with more details for higher quality photo printouts and video archives. It's all the more sweet considering it has image stabiliser for video recording. Closing thoughts Even with its plethora of functions, battery life of the Nokia N95 was not a major tradeoff as we thought. Instead, it managed to last two full days with short sessions of Wi-Fi web browsing and the usual bout of messaging and chit chat. Together with the software expandability, wireless data freedom provided by HSDPA (3.5G) and its ability to execute both bundled and 3rd party applications, the Nokia N95 is indeed a dream device come true. At USD771 (SGD$1,288 without contract), it's miles away from being affordable, but look at it from a practical standpoint and you might think differently. You see, anyone with an Nokia N95 can simply get up and go, knowing they have a dependable mobile phone that's not only capable of voice and data communication but also photo imaging and video capturing of memories and candid moments. A job well done to Nokia is in order no less. ...to be continued. Product Specifications HSDPA (3.5G) and GSM Quad-band 2.6-inch TFT LCD (240 x 320 pixels) GPRS, EDGE, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and USB v2.0 Built-in GPS navigation Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 rel. 3.1 WAP 2.0/xHTML & HTML support 5.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, flash and image stabiliser 160MB onboard memory with microSD expansion of up to 2GB (128MB included) 3.5mm audio output jack Stereo FM radio Office Document Viewer Built-in Handsfree Battery Life: Up to 220h (standby), Up to 6h 30 min (talk time) Dimensions: 99 x 53 x 21 mm Weight: 120g

No XXX for You

DailyTech, April 2, 2007 -- An international agency today once again rejected the creation of an .XXX domain for web sites that contain adult content. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted down the proposal by ICM Registry LLC in a 9-5 vote -- ICANN is responsible for managing the domain-name address system for the Internet. The latest vote marks the third time that ICANN denied a proposal for a universal .XXX domain. "[The] decision was the result of very careful scrutiny and consideration of all the arguments," said Dr. Vinton Cerf, ICANN chairman. More .XXX news here. Source Are From HardwareZone.Com

2007 April Fool's News Roundup

Engadget, April 2, 2007 -- The tech world loves to go a little nuts on April Fool's day; we usually stand by and watch the madness ensue, but we figured we'd lend a hand keep you in the know. Trust us, you don't want nerds punking you, that kind of upsets the natural pecking order. (Oh yeah, and if you've got any good ones, drop 'em in comments.) Engadget & ThinkGeek - Art Lebedev's Vilcus dactyloadapter Google - Google unveils "dark porcelain"-based TiSP home broadband service [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Google - Gmail paper, it's finally here! Phonescoop - Apple caves to Cingular's demands, Sanyo switchblade phone, Moto RAVR and BLZR, Googlephone interface revealed, and E-TEN buys Palm Many more here. Source Are From HardwareZone.Com

Digital Music Without Copy Protection for Sale

Reuters, April 2, 2007 -- Apple and EMI will reveal a ground-breaking deal on Monday for Apple to sell the music label's songs free from copy protection limits, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The report said music giant EMI plans to sell "significant amounts" of its catalogue without anti-piracy software, citing people familiar with the matter, and that the music label is considering not only Apple's iTunes stores but other outlets. Find out more here. Source Are From HardwareZone.Com

Datacraft Launches Intelligent Email Archival Solution

Ensures Cost-Effective Storage Optimisation and Message Retention BANGKOK, Thailand, March 19 -- Datacraft, the region's leading independent IT solutions and services company, has unveiled a new policy-driven solution for archiving critical email. It addresses the top concerns regarding email archiving, including massive volume of email to be backed up, the time wasted in trying to manage email, inefficient use of storage resources and companies' risk exposure. The Datacraft email archival solution works seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino enterprise email systems and enables companies to create an efficient, searchable archive for the retention, management and storage of corporate email. "Email has become the primary means of corporate communication, which is both a blessing and a curse," said Andy Cocks, Director of Solutions and Strategy Execution, Datacraft. "From an IT management standpoint, dealing with email presents an increasing challenge, both because of the regulatory requirement to archive critical business correspondence and the fact that email storage needs are growing exponentially. "Our new solution takes an intelligent approach to dealing with this problem, providing a rules-based engine that applies corporate policies to the archiving of email. The typical enterprise email user already spends more than an hour a day dealing with his or her in-box and doesn't do a great job of deciding what needs keeping. Our solution archives the messages that matter in real-time and removes a considerable burden from end-users and IT administrators." According to the Radicati Group, the average incremental email storage requirement for a 1,000-user company will grow from 200 GB per month in 2004 to 320 GB per month in 2008, creating an on-going storage and backup challenge. Faced with storage quotas, end-users often create an email database on their PC, leading to problems with security and reliability. Datacraft's solution enables these decentralised mail stores to be "ingested" into the email archive to protect existing and historical email according to corporate policy. Incoming email is automatically processed by the archive appliance which checks it for duplication and the need to comply with policy. Email is captured in the Compliance Archival Storage and kept in a compressed format. Together these measures reduce email storage requirements by at least 50 per cent which, in turn, relieves the load on tape backup systems. As well as handling policy-based archiving the archive appliance also maintains a complete index of email in storage, making it easy for emails to be searched and retrieved rapidly, based on their content. As well as automating and simplifying the protection of critical corporate email, the Datacraft email archival solution can be used to simplify messaging platform migration and upgrade projects. Datacraft provides a full set of professional services as part of the overall solution, ranging from detailed assessment of archiving requirements, through to deployment and annual checkups to ensure the system remains in synch with changing needs and regulations. More about the new solution can be found at www.datacraft-asia.com. Source Are From HardwareZone.Com