Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
The secrets of effective disaster recovery
There’s no magic bullet, but there’s a formula Many IT and business executives groan when[...]
Amazon AWS Direct Connect hits the UK
Last week was extremely busy, so the first I heard of Amazon’s Direct Connect service[...]
Closing the SMB security gap
It’s got the point where the majority of small and medium businesses (SMBs) take the[...]
SaaS based Email and Office Productivity Tools
If you have an old email server in need of an upgrade or have calls[...]
Operating Models in Context
By Dale Vile Change is a fact of life in business, but it’s generally not[...]
Enterprise social media revisited
Over the last three or four years, many have been advocating the use of social[...]
Unlock the business value of your information
Stakeholders are increasingly looking to get information ’on demand’ to regulatory bodies; seeking more complex[...]
Supporting user-centric computing
User virtualization can make life easier for IT and end users alike Few would dispute[...]
Bridging the information gap
The pace at which modern business tends to move has resulted in a situation where[...]
Building tech for the flexible worker
Remote workers need support and training. The IT department needs to secure their devices and[...]
Big data in Context
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – TheRegister:IntelAcademy, 22nd November 2011 Presenter(s) – Martha[...]
Moving Information Management Forwards
By Tony Lock & Dale Vile Locating and accessing information required to run the business[...]
The storage boom and bust cycle
More data more often than not means more disks. It was ever thus – but[...]
The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready
If media headlines and vendor claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with[...]
IT is the least of the problems – but can it improve business change?
A lot of time and column inches have been spent over the years looking at[...]
Clouds for hire
Is it effective to build out a network infrastructure to handle all workloads, rather than[...]
Challenging the big change agenda
Marketing people and management consultants love the words ‘transformation’ and ‘innovation’. As you listen to[...]
A View from Above the Clouds
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – IAP Symposium, 14th October 2011 Presenter(s) –[...]
The Consumerisation of IT (Slides)
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – VMUG Meeting, Leeds, October 2011 Presenter(s) –[...]
The Consumerisation of IT
With so many people excited about ‘bring your own device’ and easily accessible cloud services,[...]
Use of social media by analysts and analyst relations professionals
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event run by the Institute of Industry[...]
Defining the Business Change Agenda
Transformation and innovation are often worthy objectives for change initiatives, but business people tell us[...]
The Business Information Illusion
By Dale Vile KEY POINTS The pace of business today dictates devolved management and decision-making[...]
Will SaaS make you more efficient?
SaaS might give you more availability, it might cut your capital costs, and it might[...]