Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
Getting down and dirty with desktop virtualization
There is growing interest in desktop virtualization, despite many IT professionals having limited detailed knowledge[...]
What’s the point of desktop virtualization?
Over the past few weeks we have considered many facets of virtualization and now we[...]
IT essential for businesses’ green success
Life is tough for IT management. Not only does it have to juggle the conflicting[...]
IT’s role in enterprise power management
Audience – I.T. and business professionals Occasion – BrightTALK’s IT Power Management summit on August[...]
Getting under the shell of virtualization
What’s an operating system anyway? The questions we posed this week were quite disconnected, but[...]
When is an operating system not an operating system?
It used to be the case that the role of the operating system (OS) was[...]
Counting the cost of virtualization
The benefits of virtualisation, particularly in relation to x86 server consolidation, are pretty well recognised.[...]
Does *free* virtualization = certain chaos?
When we broached the subject of ’stuff that can go wrong with virtualization’. One of[...]
The Register Buzz Report
In association with The Register According to a research survey conducted with The Register readership[...]
Mobile operators: Tune in to the customer
As businesses and consumers place increasing emphasis on the use of mobile, and both behaviour[...]
Delivering on identity and access management
By Jon Collins At a recent panel event involving senior security managers and chief information[...]
Virtualization security – oxymoron or perfect partnership?
So far in this series we’ve looked at where virtualisation is at, and where it’s[...]
Will cloud put traditional hosters out of business? Elasticity isn’t everything
It sometimes seems as if the whole world has gone cloud crazy – well at[...]
Server virtualization – what could possibly go wrong?
Indisputably, server virtualization has a lot going for it. The challenge does not lie in[...]
Application QoS – where’s the measuring tape?
IT has undergone a major development in the last few years, namely the acknowledgment that[...]
Virtualization rocks – but who cares beyond consolidation?
The feedback on virtualization experiences from those participating so far in our latest online workshop[...]
Perception versus reality in IT
By Tony Lock In the world of information technology there is the impression that everything[...]
Making sense of energy
By David Tebbutt Have you started getting the energy bills for your department yet? What[...]
Virtualization payback, now and in the future
Most people arguably get the point of virtualisation in terms of server consolidation, and the[...]
Juicing up your web pages can be sweet
Richard Wallis is an inventive cove. He works for software company Talis which is, itself,[...]
Audience power and the death of deference
How do you feel if you’re addressing a large group of people and some of[...]
’Bottom up’ money- and planet-saving measures
Much has been written about pollution of the land, sea and air and the problems[...]
How to make sure your e-commerce strategy delivers
Introducing “e” into industry parlance has caused all manner of problems, not least for electronic[...]
A most important string to ICT’s bow
In crude terms, the computer industry sees itself as the saviour of the planet and[...]