Category Archives: Infrastructure & Platforms
Cloud Service Categories
There are many ways to classify cloud service offerings. The most basic is to relate[...]
The workload challenge
Today, IT Infrastructure is evolving at a tremendous pace. The Mainframe computer, now often referred[...]
Decision criteria for open source and proprietary software
The selection of operating systems was once one of the major decisions IT managers had[...]
The mainframe comes of age … again?
Economic pressure has led to more finance directors and CFOs scrutinising expenditure to a painstaking[...]
Exploiting the mainframe for new workload requirements
IT architects and CIOs have a number of factors to take into consideration when it[...]
Have you thought about using a mainframe for that?
Data centre managers and IT operations staff in large enterprises are now faced with a[...]
PaaS potential and practicality: This is a hype-free zone
One of the advantages of using Platform as a Service (PaaS) to develop and deploy[...]
Lessons from the library: Behind the UK’s web archive
After all, the role of libraries in general has been increasingly threatened by the march[...]
Can telephony and IT work together?
Terms such as ‘network convergence’ and ‘unified comms’ have been used to describe the coming[...]
Trust and security in the cloud
By Andrew Buss & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS Many companies could do much better when[...]
Investigating the channel aspects of the cloud
I am currently looking at the extent to which it makes sense for those in[...]
The realities of SaaS and Security
With upgrades to Windows 7 and Office 2010 high on the agenda, questions are being[...]
Desktop virtualisation: Myths jar with realities
Vendors have been pushing desktop virtualisation hard over the course of the past year. So[...]
Data Centre Orchestration webcast
In this Webinar Tony Lock, Tim Phillips (The Register), Graham Rushton (Avenade) and Greg Charman[...]
Where is the immediate cloud opportunity?
Let’s get specific Pinning the term ‘cloud computing’ down to a single definition is not[...]
Cloud computing in context
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, July 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]
Modern-day desktop refresh
Our recent research highlights that many organisations are considering refreshing their desktop estates or have[...]
The automation conundrum
By Andrew Buss Our research tells us that the move to virtualisation on volume servers[...]
SaaS suppliers are no black box, evaluation is key
An aspect of cloud computing that is often overlooked is supplier evaluation and management. We[...]
SaaS security: it comes down to knowing what you are doing
A lot of things have happened recently that may cause us to think twice about[...]
SaaS providers – The good, the bad and the ugly
Interested in software as a service (SaaS) but worried about the risks to your information?[...]
Driving value from IT
While no one has the luxury of wiping out history and designing the optimum infrastructure[...]
Who say Management and SaaS don’t mix?
Management in IT is a challenge for many organisations. Integrated management is a tough nut[...]
Applied Desktop Virtualisation
By Tony Lock & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS With desktop refresh now on the agenda,[...]