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  • VoIP Biggest Victim of IT Managers' Hesitance to Deploy Next-Generation Apps


    VoIP is the most likely application type to have deployments delayed due to third-party network concerns, according to a survey of IT managers.

    The report by Apparent Networks found that 73 per cent of respondents also said VoIP was the most common application to stress their networks.

    Of the IT managers surveyed who said they delayed an application deployment (36 per cent), 61 per cent said they had delayed a VoIP application.

    Unified communications and video delivery applications were the next two most commonly cited for delays in deployment.

    Jim Melvin, Apparent Network’s president and Chief Marketing Officer, said the report, The State of the Path, provides an interesting insight into the issues causing network managers to delay their deployment of next-generation applications.

    Writing on the Apparent Networks blog he said the survey, which targeted hundreds of network managers, found that network concerns outside of managers’ control are slowing application deployments, especially for VoIP and Unified Communications.

    "Apparent understands that network managers are completely on board with these next-generation technologies, but they are not confident enough in the third-party network performance necessary to make these technologies meet their performance requirements," he said.

  • IT Managers Pushed To Cut Carbon Emissions


    Almost two-thirds of IT managers are being pressured to reduce their carbon footprints, according to a survey.

    The results show that 61 per cent are being directed to cut down on their energy usage and 60 per cent plan to reduce their carbon footprint within the next 18 months.

    The poll, commissioned by VAR Zycko among IT managers in the UK, also found that 70 per cent already have some green measures in place.

    These range from measures such as remote working and video conferencing facilities to reducing the need for employees to travel.

    The survey into green IT issues currently faced by medium to large UK businesses also identified major hurdles on the way to reducing carbon emissions.

    Almost two thirds (67%) of IT managers are unaware of how much power their data centre draws and less than half (45%) currently enforce shutting down of computers at night and on weekends.

    Six per cent have no policies in place at all.

    Lack of IT resources and cost were cited as the biggest barriers to becoming green (52%), with 23 per cent claiming they simply do not know what their options are. When asked where they get their information on environmental issues, 39 per cent claimed they rely on their suppliers.