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Business productivity: Talking a more holistic view
The word ‘productivity’ comes up a lot when IT vendors and service providers talk about[...]
Potholes on the road to server virtualisation – And how to avoid them
While the broader question of what’s going to prevent server virtualisation going mainstream might be[...]
Desktop refresh cycles: How long is yours?
Depending on the organisation you work in, the notion of ‘desktop refresh’ will have taken[...]
ERP checkpoint. Legacy, liability or future proof business platform?
A lot of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in place today were installed in the[...]
High performance for the masses – Commoditisation at the high-end
High-Performance Computing (HPC) has traditionally been seen as the domain of the über-specialist. It’s as[...]
Virtualisation and vendor support
You may be playing around with virtualisation on the edges of your IT environment or[...]
Virtualisation and the private cloud
IT, like every industry, is from time to time compelled by those with PR budgets[...]
On enterprise networking and administration
There are some things in life that everyone just expects to function, almost without thought.[...]
Will we stop talking about virtualisation?
Virtualisation has come to the fore largely through the seemingly insatiable demand for x86 server[...]
Getting there – the road to virtualisation
Despite the annual technology prediction-fest that pollutes the airways each year, it’s fair to say[...]
Virtualisation and management frameworks
Our research in the field of operational IT management has yielded much in the way[...]
Assessing your server virtualisation needs
One of the appealing things about server virtualisation is that the “table stakes” are quite[...]
Desktop evolution offers alternative admin options
Love them or loathe them, desktops are integral to IT service delivery. They are the[...]
Freshening the desktop fleet
Spring is almost here and many feel 2010 will be better than 2009. While UK[...]
Virtualisation and packaged applications. When is a silo not a silo?
To the outsider, suggesting that such workloads as SAP, Siebel and so on should be[...]
Another annoying cloud pitch. Why do vendors think Cloud is new?
I just sat through another cloud consulting services pitch from a major IT vendor. Some[...]
Licensing in virtual systems still making us ill
We know from extensive research that in the server arena, virtualisation is moving into the[...]
What personality is your IT department?
Over the years I’ve spent quite a lot of time thinking about the idea of[...]
The Truth About Client Computing and Virtualisation
Client virtualisation has been around for a long time. This panellists taking part in this[...]
Server virtualisation beyond the x86 environment
Respondents have told us that the virtualisation of significant portions of your x86 server estates[...]
World finally using unified communications
It seems that Unified Communications (UC) has at last started to move beyond the ‘what[...]
ROI in context – Avoiding analysis paralysis and delusion
The consideration of Return on Investment (ROI) understandably increased during the downturn. In line with[...]
The long and winding road to server virtualisation
“Move along, nothing to see here,” said a self-confessed “old timer on the virtualisation front,”[...]
Can virtualisation reduce the management overhead?
Server virtualisation is quickly becoming a mainstream route by which IT services are delivered. Already[...]