Author Archives: Tony Lock
Enterprise Networks – Where do IT Pros see challenges?
By Tony Lock The challenges placed on IT daily grow more demanding. In addition to[...]
The State of Network Infrastructure
By Tony Lock Networks are the glue that allow users to function effectively in their[...]
The Death of the Corporate Network Perimeter
By Tony Lock In a recent survey over 400 respondents gave us the inside track[...]
Juggling Performance, Availability and Security
By Tony Lock A recent report from Freeform Dynamics illustrates that many corporate networks are[...]
Entropy and Data Quality
By Tony Lock IT systems are subject to many of the same laws that govern[...]
Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to move forwards
By Charles Brett and Tony Lock During an Analyst Briefing at the IBM Development Laboratory[...]
The Business Value of Data Protection
By Tony Lock The data held in every business is valuable and in the current[...]
The DC you have to the DC you need
Your data centres are stuck in a rut. While 90 per cent have had an[...]
Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation
By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]
Clouds and the Data Centre weather forecast
By Tony Lock Enterprise Data Centres are complex collections of systems acquired over long spans[...]
The Data Fragmentation Challenge
By Tony Lock Every IT professional is acutely conscious of the rapid rate at which[...]
Data fragmentation challenges for CIOs
By Tony Lock A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics confirmed that access to accurate information[...]
Data Protection as a Business Enabler
While the importance of business information is almost universally recognised, few organisations have enjoyed either[...]
Forget Big Data – No one is panning for gold
By Tony Lock CIOs have been subjected to the combined efforts of a significant proportion[...]
Managing expanding business – Critical Linux workloads
Evidence from users in the real world shows that for large workloads, the mainframe offers[...]
DCIM and Energy Management
By Tony Lock Over several decades IT management has focussed almost exclusively on keeping servers[...]
Speeding up ‘Change’
By Tony Lock For much of the last decade ‘IT’ has become something of a[...]
Empowering your users the ‘right way’
By Tony Lock Many organisations say their people are among the most valuable assets they[...]
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 is a big bet for Microsoft, and is a major step forward[...]