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• Buyers’ guide: Data deduplication

  <i>Exponential data growth is emerging as arguably the biggest issue IT managers face. But, handily, data deduplication is one available tool to help tackle the problem. Tim Lohman reports.</i>
  

• Apple's iOS devices meet many enterprise security needs

  Apple's iOS, in the newer iPhones and the iPad, is now secure enough for many enterprise to deploy, according to a report from Forrester Research. But even the most recent version of iOS, in the iPhone 4, falls well short of the high security offered by Research in Motion's BlackBerry platform.

• Is IT dead?

  The latest news from HP should be chilling to IT employees: The company is eliminating 9,000 IT positions.

• Forrester: 2010 IT spending still looks strong

  Despite fears caused by the European debt crisis, spending on technology products and services is set to continue growing around the world, although the pace of growth in Europe overall will be lower, Forrester Research said in a report released Tuesday.

• Customers want more than low cost from outsourcer: Forrester

  Customers are looking for a variety of new capabilities from IT outsourcers, ranging from their involvement in business outcomes to greater knowledge of the customer's area of business, according to a report by Forrester Research.

• Is Software AG a good fit for SAP?

  Some tech industry rumors have an extra-long life, and the one about SAP buying middleware vendor Software AG got an extension this week following public comments by top leaders of both companies.

• Forrester Forum: Most businesses still don't understand IT

  Only 16 percent of CEOs of the world's largest companies mention IT in their company annual reports, according to George Colony, chief executive of analyst group Forrester.

• Users advised to be careful with Oracle ULAs

  Oracle's unlimited license agreements (ULAs) can make great sense for companies that want to use a lot of the vendor's software, but a number of potential pitfalls can get buried in the fine print, according to a new report from Forrester Research.

• Microsoft gets its Exchange cloud in order

  Microsoft has been ramping up its cloud-based Exchange Online offering for its largest customers -- even though that may mean cannibalizing its own on-premises Exchange Server installed base.

• Forrester: Uncertain future for SAP's NetWeaver

  SAP customers shouldn't rely on the vendor's NetWeaver technology stack for all of their middleware needs in the future, according to Forrester Research.

• Europeans prefer staff suppliers to outsourcers: Forrester

  A preference by companies in Western Europe for contract IT staff is cutting into the business of outsourcing companies in these countries, according to a report by Forrester Research.

• SaaS BI will be big in 2010

  Mounting evidence suggests that in 2010, the hottest segment in BI (business intelligence) software will revolve around offerings delivered from the cloud, thanks to increased product sophistication, strained IT budgets and other factors.

• SharePoint 2010 overkill for some, Forrester says

  Despite platform improvements coming in Microsoft's SharePoint 2010 server, the software is likely to be overkill for users seeking to meet isolated and specific requirements, according to a study by Forrester Research.

• IDC predicts a cloudy year for Asia-Pacific

  Analysts are predicting 2010 will be the year that organisations take on cloud computing, following a dormant year of IT spending.

• IDC IT services predictions 2010

  Research firm, IDC, has released its predictions for the Australian IT services market, predicting a growth in outsourcing projects in line with the rise of cloud computing.