Category Archives: Infrastructure & Platforms

Migrating to Windows Server 2012

Extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends on 14 July 2015, so you need to[...]

How to simplify storage management

How to create storage that’s responsive to changing workloads and applications, that can deliver the[...]

How to simplify your IT with cloud apps

Lots of you are considering cloud apps, but find it hard to figure out what’s[...]

Building an open cloud: Say no to silos

It’s a hybrid world. But proprietary clouds are hard to integrate and less flexible. On[...]

Desktop Virtualisation

Over the decades data centres and computer rooms have taken on many challenges in order[...]

Controlling Application Access

Freeform Dynamics conducted a research study in early 2014 looking at trends and developments in[...]

Are GPUs about to enter IT’s mainstream?

By Charles Brett Until relatively recently most in IT looked upon Graphics Processing Units (GPUs[1])[...]

ADCs – Love them or hate them

By Dale Vile Best of breed versus integrated multi-function solutions – it’s a discussion that’s[...]

The challenges of network fragmentation

By Tony Lock Originally published for the channel A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics revealed[...]

The State of Network Infrastructure

By Tony Lock Networks are the glue that allow users to function effectively in their[...]

Managing virtual servers is still an issue for many

By Dale Vile If you are feeling inadequate because you’re not in full control of[...]

Enterprise Networks – Where do IT Pros see challenges?

By Tony Lock The challenges placed on IT daily grow more demanding. In addition to[...]

The Death of the Corporate Network Perimeter

By Tony Lock In a recent survey over 400 respondents gave us the inside track[...]

Making the case for network modernisation

By Dale Vile Would you design your corporate network the way it is today if[...]

Get REAL about data location in the cloud

Where to put your data, how to decide in the real world Performance, compliance, privacy,[...]

Juggling Performance, Availability and Security

By Tony Lock A recent report from Freeform Dynamics illustrates that many corporate networks are[...]

Controlling Application Access

Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal[...]

Predictions for 2014

My views on market developments in 2014 are not sensational, I’m afraid. I offer them[...]

Entropy and Data Quality

By Tony Lock IT systems are subject to many of the same laws that govern[...]

Data Stored Factor: do you know how many times is a given piece of data stored?

By Charles Brett Are enterprises asking the right questions about data and its storage? This[...]

Building a future proof service portfolio

By Dale Vile We constantly hear that cloud is the future and that distributors, resellers,[...]

Customer Data Quality in Context

Are you a business manager/executive? Read on to find out why sometimes you may have[...]

Managing Customer Data Quality

IT Leaders and Architects, when was the last time you could look at one of[...]