Tony Lock

IT service delivery models

Will the cloud make your datacentre redundant? With many organisations under pressure and IT teams[...]

Datacentre power management

Does your approach need a rethink? Effective and efficient management of power within the datacentre[...]

Datacentre Strategy and Evolution

Despite the advent to cloud computing the datacentre remains central to corporate IT. But with[...]

The Data Centre and Cloud – What’s Going On?

A look at recent developments in the delivery of IT Services For much of the[...]

IT pros speak about frustration with AFA vendors

As part of a recent survey we asked a panel of IT professionals to give[...]

The Green Data Centre – Myth or Reality

Every few years, core IT infrastructure issues surge into visibility on the corporate radar. Often,[...]

Managed Services in the Data Centre

From stability to agility Data centres have been around a long time during which various[...]

2016 – The year of the ‘Butterfly Wings’ effect?

Changing data centres step by step or wing flap by wing flap

How a bank optimizes the use of customer information

Mobile, social and other digital channels are now an integral part of customer engagement. As[...]

Why are backup and recovery measures often not as robust as they should be?

Data protection is essential for every business and its importance cannot be underestimated for disaster[...]

The telecom transformation journey

The services offered by telecom companies provide some of the best examples of digital customer[...]

Integrating the car into our digital life

Self-driving cars provide one of the best examples of how digital technology is set to[...]

Driving disruptive innovation in a demanding B2B environment

While many are talking about concepts such as disruption and innovation as if they were[...]

Surface Pro 4 – The Good, The Bad and The Frustrating

I recently acquired a Surface Pro 4 as part of an equipment refresh here at[...]

IBM’s Spectrum Suite of storage tools is going to be a hard sell

IBM’s announcement of a storage suite with per Tb pricing is a natural move following[...]

Network Security Solutions

IT Security is complex and trying to work out whether it is better to use[...]

What changes will have the biggest impact on your IT in the next three years?

The rate of change in IT and business has never been more rapid. Standing still[...]

Enterprise Storage Architectures

Enterprise scale up storage arrays have traditionally been expensive to acquire and complex to manage.[...]

Key Advances in Storage Technology

While your storage infrastructure may be meeting current needs, you will almost certainly be investing[...]

Cloud and Security Challenges

Cloud adoption is taking place in organisations of all sizes. Internal cloud systems are being[...]

The Role of Cloud Storage

The chances are that your storage systems are subject to a range of pressures, almost[...]

The Impact of VMware VVOLs on Storage

VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) are due to be released in 2015 and have been designed[...]

Is your storage ready for the future?

In a recent research study we looked at the challenge of building a storage infrastructure[...]

Justifying end user computing investments

In a nutshell Device proliferation and loss of control over at least some end user[...]