Author Archives: Tony Lock
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[...]
Are data centres heading towards a future of technology hardware monocultures?
You have probably heard the representatives of at least a few vendors say IT is moving[...]
Data Protection and RAID
Rapid data growth, a greater emphasis on operational risk and developments in storage hardware are[...]
Storage Infrastructure Wakeup Call
The storage solutions you run today face many challenges, of which the explosive growth in[...]
Snooper-proofing laptops and tablets?
Given how important the company’s data is and the ever more stringent nature of the[...]
A new approach to verifying user identity
By Tony Lock We all know that trying to authenticate our users when they access[...]
Inertia has its virtues, but change is happening
As the old year draws to a close it’s time for CIOs and analysts to[...]
21st century data protection: Get back up to date
In this webcast discover how you create a new architecture for backup and recovery, how[...]
Disaster Recovery for the masses
Most organisations, even SMBs, have some sort of plans to deal with recovery from disasters,[...]
Manage security in real time
You face more, and more dangerous threats every day – drive-by infections, APTs, executive targeted[...]