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Developments in Storage Management: Thin provisioning, CDP et al

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Social computing – start small, think big

By David Tebbutt Don’t be afraid of social networking collaboration tools in the office. Your[...]

Tagging tools: the key to content searchability

Sometimes, searching the web for information can be a masochistic exercise. You know it’s there[...]

Mobile broadband or WiFi? You betcha

By Josie Sephton Our increasing appetite for sending and receiving data on the move fuels[...]

Give workers a say in corporate IT

There can be little doubt that the personal and domestic use of technology has had[...]

The Virtualization Workshop

In this Webcast hosted by Tim Philips, Jon Collins talks to Microsoft’s virtualisation lead David[...]

Vista and Lotus: Knowing when to let go of a brand

Microsoft spent an absolute fortune on the Vista brand. In marketing terms, the Vista campaign[...]

Looking deep into the cloud

Much has been written about virtualisation and the opportunities it offers for selling software, services[...]

UC – FMC usurper or saviour?

As enterprises move through their comms journey, should FMC still be on the cards, or[...]

Desktop virtualization Poll Results : More than a little interest

‘Desktop virtualization’ has been an oft-heard phrase over recent years, but talk does not automatically[...]

Vodafone UK ready to walk the walk

It has been very interesting watching Vodafone go through its journey over the past five[...]

Evangelist: beware

Evangelists. Plenty of them hang out in the sustainability and collaboration fields where I work.[...]

What’s enterprise energy use got to do with IT

Energy use results in two major consequences: expense and environmental impact. Most organisations care a[...]

Enterprise Mobility Strategy

Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – iPass breakfast briefing – March 2009 Presenter(s)[...]

The cloud virtualization black hole – Silence is deafening

Last week was an interesting one for the virtualization workshop, as we turned our attention[...]

x86 Server virtualization still work in progress

While x86 server virtualization is now widely accepted as an important part of IT activity[...]

Incongruous cloud communication

I have recently been involved in a number of vendor events in which the keynote[...]

Unravelling the cloud confusion

In the last article we looked at whether virtualization provided a springboard to that loosely[...]

There’s no escaping the cloud – You can run, but you can’t hide

So you think the cloud is not for you? If that’s the case, you are[...]

Lotus knows, but do you?

With the prospect of a conference call with Lotus today, I thought I’d better try[...]

Application management – how many apps do you have?

A curious fact of IT management is that, quite often, those looking after the administration[...]

Virtualization and the cloud – Just a stepping stone?

A reasonably fundamental principle of virtualization is that it creates a layer of abstraction between[...]

Building businesses from little to no starting capital

Four years ago, our beloved leader, Alex Bellinger, interviewed one Greg Gianforte. By then he’d[...]

Desktop virtualization stirs interest

We have taken a look at how desktop virtualization solutions are being used and their[...]