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Articles • Networking Predictions for the New Year John Olstik; Source: CNET As 2008 draws to a monotonous close, there is still a sliver of time left to make 2009 networking predictions. Yes, money will be as tight as a Minnesota Senate race next year, but there certainly will be a number of bright spots. Here is the list of 10 technology areas to watch in 2009 • IT Industry: Waiting to Exhale in 2009 Source: The Hindu As the last sheet of 2008s calendar lapses into history, the Indian IT industry will continue to hold its breath. Though relief is on the horizon in 2009, the first half may not be time yet for that collective sigh • IMS is the Next Boom for Indian IT Source: Economic Times Despite the economic slowdown, infrastructure management services (IMS) is becoming the lucrative vertical for Indian IT. According to Nasscom, the remote IMS business out of India currently stands at $200 to 300 million but has a market potential of $55 billion globally • Career Opportunities During Slowdown Rahul Sah & Isha Gakhar Everyone has this one question on lips: What will be the impact of the U.S. economic crisis on Indian IT companies and more importantly on jobs? BFSI is already seeing so many layoffs, will IT also follow suit?We take a look at the present Indian IT scenario and the hiring plans of Indian software companies for the immediate future. But more importantly we dwell on what job seekers should do to make the most of this scenario • Virtualization Platforms Compared Global Services Now, as the number of virtualization deployments have increased, so has the complexity involved in managing them. It's imperative that you know how different virtualization platforms perform and what you should look for while choosing them. Here, we test the top three different virtualization platforms: VMware Infrastructure 3.5, MS Hyper-V and Citrix Xen Server 5 to help you make an informed decision • Managed Services Outsourcing on the Rise Global Services Managed services outsourcing is much less impacted by the economic slowdown • Virtualization Technology Creates Hosts of Problems for Midmarket IT Shops Search CIO Virtualization technology has brought a slew of improvements to midmarket data centers. Server consolidation, increased ROI and improved disaster recovery and business continuity strategies are the main advantages that virtualization has enabled. However, it has also introduced new management challenges • Upcoming Changes in IT Infrastructure Outsourcing The North American economic environment is a significant driver of the acceleration of the RIMO model, and the cost benefit of labor arbitrage with offshore providers is attractive • Infrastructure Management Services as Next Big Growth Area for India Offshoring Global Services Offshoring of Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) to India to grow from $1.4 billion to $4.2 billion before year-end 2010, with hardware support services accounting for the majority of those revenues. The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance industries (BFSI) are the biggest users of IMS services (at roughly 43 percent of the market) • Taking SaaS to the Next Level Sigi Achappa SaaS to evolve by integrating Managed Services, Web 2.0 and SoA << previous 1 2 3 4 next >>