The Best Time-Saving Technologies of 2008

Along with saving money whenever possible, saving time is a major goal for every organization. After all, the time you save could be spent strategizing and increasing profits. Here are some of the technologies expected to be major time-savers in 2008:

• Virtualization/Consolidation:
  

  Both server and data center consolidation, usually via virtualization solutions like those provided by VMware, is a major time-saving trend. Virtual lab automation software like VMware Lab Manager also is a major time-saving technology. Lab Manager provides self-service provisioning of virtual resources, so users in need of a test system can deploy it themselves in a matter of minutes. Lab Manager also allows users to share their virtual environments with other users. Storage consolidation, enabled by data deduplication technologies, also cuts time significantly, while improving power consumption and cooling management.

Among other top technologies:

• Mobile/Wireless solutions
• eLearning
• Collaborations
• Unified Communications

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