Category Archives: 3. Hybrid Systems Delivery
Behind the Headlines: Securing the Wide Area
Andrew Buss discusses how security needs to become embedded and automated within the network and[...]
Unilever adopts new technology to drive agile infrastructure delivery
Andrew Buss speaks with Garry Meaburn, the operations effectiveness and tooling manager at Unilever and[...]
Private Cloud and IT Service Delivery
By Martha Bennett, Tony Lock & Dale Vile Key Points IT funding is under stress,[...]
The Links between Public and Private Cloud
By Martha Bennett and Tony Lock Key Points ‘Cloud’ concepts are widely understood, but practical[...]
The infrastructure and management implications of Desktop Virtualisation
Desktops are now visibly mission critical Desktop Virtualisation is a topic that has enjoyed considerable[...]
Desktop Virtualization
Desktop virtualization has progressed from a niche way of handling exceptional user requirements to a[...]
Private Cloud in Context
To make sense of private cloud, you need unravel it from the broader cloud computing[...]
Energy Aware Planning and Decision Making
Energy availability and management is increasingly becoming an important agenda item for IT leaders, but[...]
Working smarter, not harder
What options are there to help people work together more effectively? The emergence of new[...]
Seven enablers of effective disaster recovery for SMEs
By Tony Lock In a nutshell: Recent research carried out by Freeform Dynamics identified seven[...]
Time to assess the value of the data you hold
Failing to do so could be costly There’s no need to rattle off another set[...]
Unified Infrastructure Management
Wonderful in theory, but few have it available Going back, say, five or ten years,[...]
Office 365 in the real world
A run through of precisely what it takes to move your business productivity apps to[...]
Delivering better services with integrated management
What’s in it for IT professionals? When systems are implemented and managed in isolation, it[...]
Conducting the trio, not orchestrating a symphony
Tunes to get you started ’Dynamic workload management’ and ’private cloud’ are just two of[...]
IT Infrastructure Management Must Move with the Times
The technologies and solutions used in the IT infrastructure have changed dramatically over the years,[...]
Key points to highlight when selling storage
Organisations of all shapes and sizes are struggling to deal with the rapid growth of[...]
Fast Forward to Big Data
Does ’cloud’ have a roll in providing customers with access to new data sources to[...]
Readers tell us why implementing change is so hard
Readers have provided some great feedback during our latest workshop on a topic that has[...]
Managing IT like a (service) pro
Organisations are often told that running their IT as a service would be the right[...]
Stop fighting fires and start managing change
It’s treating the root cause of rigidity that really matters For most of the past[...]
Turning virtualisation into advantage
Freedom to move, not bogging things down The road to hell, they say, is paved[...]
Getting mobility working for you
Breaking down the barriers to effective communications For many companies, particularly in these challenging economic[...]
Banging your head against the invisible wall
Has virtualisation really moved the game forward? OK, so you’ve virtualised a bunch of servers[...]