Category Archives: Infrastructure & Platforms
x86 Server virtualisation check point
How dynamic should your data centre be?
The great mainframe utilisation debate
Are you getting the most out of yours? Someone recently asked me why mainframes are[...]
Cloud computing will devalue the role of IT professionals
Exploding this and other myths You’ve heard the rhetoric: Cloud computing changes everything. The days[...]
Intel helps customers take ownership of the cloud agenda
Most major players in the IT industry have attempted to take ownership of the cloud[...]
Applied Cloud Computing
By Dale Vile and Tony Lock Introduction The term ‘cloud computing’ is one of the[...]
The differences that silicon can make to the desktop
Looking at the sleek laptops, all-in-one and small form factor PCs of today, they have[...]
Hypervisors: grinding through to bare metal
We are generally pretty familiar by now with the concept of virtualisation on the desktop,[...]
Why you should upgrade to 802.11n
The notebook market started to gather steam in the early 2000s with the launch of[...]
Keys to data encryption adoption
Data protection remains top-of-mind for many companies. Data losses continue across both public and private[...]
Is your server estate becoming too complex to manage?
In earlier articles in this workshop we reported on research carried out by Freeform Dynamics[...]
The threat and promise of server virtualisation security
Given that IT security is all about understanding, and mitigating risks, it is inevitably going[...]
Devices and the Cloud
What’s your perfect device? Are you a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android smartphone fan? Are you[...]
Server Virtualisation beyond Consolidation
By Jon Collins In a nutshell: Many organisations have adopted server virtualisation to support their[...]
Business bureaucracy vs dynamic IT
According to many pundits, here’s the plan for the next generation data centre: we can[...]
Desktop virtualisation: The control-plus-flexibility problem
Desktop virtualisation is attracting serious attention as organisations consider the future potential directions for delivering[...]
Beyond the cloud computing hype
Have you ever wondered what we will be left with once the marketing people get[...]
Defining cloud computing
The media, social media, analyst and marketing domains sometimes act like an echo chamber. The[...]
HPC goes mainstream
Many people tend to associate High Performance Computing (HPC) with exotic supercomputers with esoteric CPUs,[...]
How do you choose a hypervisor?
We know that the majority of organisations that we survey have adopted server virtualisation to[...]
Storage Technology Evolution and Alignment
By Jon Collins and Tony Lock Executive summary Few organisations today would deny their absolute[...]
Improving Systems Agility
By Dale Vile One of the most common complaints heard from business people about the[...]
Life after cloud computing
By Dale Vile Have you ever wondered what we will be left with once the[...]
Desktop virtualisation: The control-plus-flexibility problem
Desktop virtualisation is attracting serious attention as organisations consider the future potential directions for delivering[...]
Your desktop virtualisation reality check
Migrating desktops is never easy. The promise of better management and security that is offered[...]