Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
Delivering a secure information infrastructure
I recently had the task of writing an explanatory paper about Good Practice Guide (GPG)[...]
What’s in the box? Supporting chipsets and virtualisation demands
Selecting the right choice of components for an industry standard x64 server is much more[...]
Service management best practice. Is your future really in a book?
Whenever IT best practice for service management gets a mention, we tend to think of[...]
It’s the data that drives us. An alternative view of software rationalisation and retirement.
In business, the phrase ‘change is constant’ may be a tad overused but it is[...]
Protective Monitoring
by Jon Collins and Martin Atherton MAIN POINTS CESG (Communications and Electronic Security Group) Good[...]
The impact of virtualisation on securing systems
Virtualisation has become an established trend in the x86 server market and is moving into[...]
Working remotely: What are the solutions?
It’s funny how far mobile computing has come in the last ten years. It enables[...]
The evolving role of the IT security manager
Security has long been the poor cousin of IT. As any security professional knows, the[...]
Servers: Refurbish, repurpose or recycle?
With the worst of the recession looking to have passed (touch wood), things are looking[...]
IT governance: Making the case without cutting your throat
‘IT governance’ sounds like a grandiose idea, but what is it? In simplest terms, it’s[...]
Why server virtualisation can store up trouble
The cost savings and performance offered by server virtualisation can raise unforeseen issues for storage[...]
What’s in store for availability management?
Roughly speaking, availability management is what your organisation does to ensure IT services stay up[...]
Search: What are you looking for?
By Martin Atherton In the very real world of business IT, the concepts, topics and[...]
Building high availability into IT
What does ‘high availability’ actually mean in the context of IT today? We’ve written elsewhere[...]
The desktop provisioning palaver
Setting and maintaining desktop policy and provisioning equipment and software sounds like something that should[...]
Mobile users and personal devices
Business today is a very different beast to that of just five years ago, and[...]
Securing Your Network
In this three part podcast Jason Stamper, editor at CBR, talks to Jon Collins and[...]
Managing the distributed workforce
While the principles of managing a distributed workforce may not have changed much, user expectations[...]
Organisational change and IT
It is great to theorise about all the good things IT can bring. Indeed, a[...]
The IT management dashboard
Our research in the IT management domain has helped us establish a few basic truths.[...]
Security: Get the board on board
While the principles of IT security are relatively timeless and straightforward to understand, technology itself[...]
When should firms adopt UC and how should they roll it out?
Since its beginnings, unified communications (UC) has faced an uncertain response in the enterprise, with[...]
Server patching principles. The nirvana process
In the imperfect world we live in, patching stuff, be it desktops, software or servers[...]
Will UC stop you being exposed?
Delving around the Web recently, I happened upon a very neat analogy in a couple[...]