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IT Technologies Converge, Enabling Cost Containment and Innovation

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 07:10 CDT

New Report Points Out How CIOs and IT Administrators Can Proactively Tackle Current Challenges

HOUSTON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The availability of a report discussing the convergence of critical IT trends, including cost containment, energy efficiency, virtualization, SaaS, cloud computing, and Open Source software was announced today by click2try (http://www.click2try.com), a Community site that features a catalog of virtualized Open Source software. The report is available through a free download on the click2try Web site at http://www.click2try.com/information-technology-trends/ .

Given the current economic, environmental, and regulatory atmosphere, the report provides CIOs and IT administrators with a comprehensive view of the state of IT technology trends. CIOs and IT administrators can use this knowledge in their decision-making process. Company leaders need to understand the unprecedented pace of change in the IT arena, and how they can address external pressures with internal solutions. Decision-makers can continue to make reactive and costly choices, or they can use the information in this report to make proactive technology choices that can help them stimulate innovation and address cost containment and environmental issues at the same time.

"We felt it was important to help our IT customers cut through the chatter and come to a more unified approach to the trends," says Mario Grech, click2try president. "It seems like there are a dozen new challenges and fifteen technologies to address them every day. How's the CIO or IT manager supposed to make sense of it all?"

Based on their own experiences managing Fortune 100 IT departments and working as IT consultants, click2try technologists and management tackled the published material on a variety of trends they found most important to IT staff. Some of the trends are obvious choices from a group of people whose efforts support access to Open Source applications through virtualization technology. Other trends identified as important issues that can be addressed by leveraging technology and imagination include energy efficiency and cost containment. "Too often, IT guys get stuck with the dirty work of cost cutting and decreasing service levels. We see ways to cut costs and increase service levels. And that should help stimulate innovation in IT and out into other areas of the enterprise," says Tom Callaghan, VP, Technical Operations.

The 12-page report consolidates a body of opinion and fact on a number of trends, citing IT industry analysts, thought leaders, and journalists who have been increasing coverage of many of these topics over the last 18 to 24 months. With the continued global economic downturn, companies worldwide are searching for ways to cut costs, boost innovation, and respond to increased regulation regarding power use and environmental impact.

A free PDF copy of the report, "The Future Is Here: Critical Convergence in IT Technology Solutions," can be downloaded from the click2try Web site at http://www.click2try.com/information-technology-trends/ .

About click2try

click2try is a content-rich, Community-driven Web site for sourcing, testing, evaluating, and hosting existing Open Source software products on pre-configured virtual appliances. With the most comprehensive collection of information on selected Open Source software applications online, click2try is committed to extending the access and the usability of Open Source software to as many people as possible by making it simple, reliable and economical to use. For more information, visit http://www.click2try.com/.

Contact: Press Relations press@click2try.com (713) 401-9654 ext. 700 http://www.click2try.com

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SOURCE click2try

Source: PR Newswire

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