Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
Securing the Un-securable?
Audience – IT security practitioners and academics Occasion – BCS Information Security Special Interest Group[...]
Making life easier for the road warrior
In the past decade we have witnessed the use of laptops in organisations reaching similar[...]
Do ERP projects ever end?
In some organisations, the ERP system represents the biggest single entity within the IT environment.[...]
Dealing with the virtual hype
There are few if any technologies that have garnered as much industry coverage as virtualisation[...]
Telcos to deliver VaaS
This is hilarious or sad, whichever way you look at it. Eyeing the Twitter feed[...]
Desktop refresh cycles: How long is yours?
Depending on the organisation you work in, the notion of ‘desktop refresh’ will have taken[...]
Business productivity: Talking a more holistic view
The word ‘productivity’ comes up a lot when IT vendors and service providers talk about[...]
Potholes on the road to server virtualisation – And how to avoid them
While the broader question of what’s going to prevent server virtualisation going mainstream might be[...]
ERP checkpoint. Legacy, liability or future proof business platform?
A lot of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in place today were installed in the[...]
High performance for the masses – Commoditisation at the high-end
High-Performance Computing (HPC) has traditionally been seen as the domain of the über-specialist. It’s as[...]
Virtualisation and vendor support
You may be playing around with virtualisation on the edges of your IT environment or[...]
Dedication to regulation
By Martin Atherton Regulation is a fact of life and business. The signs are that[...]
Virtualisation and the private cloud
IT, like every industry, is from time to time compelled by those with PR budgets[...]
On enterprise networking and administration
There are some things in life that everyone just expects to function, almost without thought.[...]
Will we stop talking about virtualisation?
Virtualisation has come to the fore largely through the seemingly insatiable demand for x86 server[...]
Getting there – the road to virtualisation
Despite the annual technology prediction-fest that pollutes the airways each year, it’s fair to say[...]
Virtualisation and Security
As x86 / x64 server virtualisation moves into everyday operations, what impact does it have[...]
Virtualisation and management frameworks
Our research in the field of operational IT management has yielded much in the way[...]
IT infrastructure for midsized companies
Zeynep Koch of Oracle joins Jon Collins to discuss IT infrastructure for midsized companies, the[...]
Assessing your server virtualisation needs
One of the appealing things about server virtualisation is that the “table stakes” are quite[...]
Desktop evolution offers alternative admin options
Love them or loathe them, desktops are integral to IT service delivery. They are the[...]
Freshening the desktop fleet
Spring is almost here and many feel 2010 will be better than 2009. While UK[...]
How much does desktop PC support actually cost?
By Jon Collins Do you, or does anyone in your organisation, know precisely how much[...]
Desktops: Why you should care about them. Now.
IT is full of ’big ideas’ like business process management, business intelligence and cloud computing[...]