Category Archives: 3. Hybrid Systems Delivery
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[...]
Managing a virtual desktop environment
In a previous article in this series we highlighted growing interest in deploying virtual desktop[...]
Storage resellers: Trust is the key
A storage reseller can be a vital partner for organisations embarking on a storage infrastructure[...]
Desktop virtualisation: why, how, and how much?
As anyone who has started down the path will confirm, desktop virtualisation is not a[...]
The Mainframe Extends its Reach
Over the course of the last decade there has been considerable discussion about the future[...]
Thinking Beyond the Clouds
By Jon Collins and Dale Vile A number of trends are having an impact on[...]
Streamlining the network
Ethernet networks have evolved dramatically in capabilities and scale over the past decade. Networks have[...]
How can Organisations be helped to exploit Storage Management Solutions?
The amount of data stored by organisations continues to grow at a very fast rate.[...]
The cloud’s impact on security?
We tried to get through this workshop without using the five letter C-word, but we[...]
The Business of Interoperability
By Dale Vile and Jon Collins ‘Interoperability’ is a widely used word in IT industry[...]
Selling the cloud
Vendors are pushing cloud for all they are worth. And customers talk about it too,[...]
Time for action on storage management
The amount of data stored by organisations continues to grow very fast. It has become[...]
IT infrastructure for mid-sized organizations
By Jon Collins IT infrastructure is often presented in a way that is more relevant[...]
Servers: Getting a grip on power and control
The Register’s Tim Phillips, our own Andrew Buss and Intel’s Iain Beckingham give power efficiency[...]
Mobile virtualisation
By Josie Sephton Given the push towards platform virtualisation as a way of optimising hardware[...]
The pre-integration balancing act
For as long as I have been in IT, the ‘right’ way to drive things[...]
The software licensing minefield
Software vendors make their money from licensing software for individual and corporate use. From the[...]