Hitachi releases two products to transform data centres

05 Oct 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Hitachi Data System’s new Virtual Storage Platform and Command Suite management software offer a non-disruptive way of virtualizing the data centre, says CTO Hu Yoshida at the Hitachi Innovation Forum.

SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group

17 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Business analytics vendor SAS Institute and consulting firm Accenture are joining forces to help customers manage business intelligence. Analysts think the move puts SAS/Accenture in competition with IBM.

— reprinted by ComputerworldUK.com, SAS, Accenture partner on predictive analytics

— reprinted by IT World, SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group

Enterprises are embracing private, not public, clouds

11 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Enterprises gearing up for cloud computing are starting with private clouds, according to a survey conducted at SC09. Analysts from IDC Canada and Info-Tech confirm where Canadian organizations stand in private versus public cloud space.

 

Acumatica enters Canadian Web-based ERP market

08 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Acumatica’s Web-based ERP solution that can be deployed on internal or external clouds through traditional software licensing or software-as-a-service models. Analysts say the solution is a good fit for the mid-sized enterprise market.

 

Canadian outsourcing will grow in 2010, says IDC

22 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

IDC Canada, CORE and Prima Management Consulting re-assess how the recession impacted outsourcing practices in Canada and forecast upcoming outsourcing trends for 2010.