Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
Unleashing the full potential of all-flash arrays
The network is part of the system too
Desktop budget wrangles
Whose device is it anyway?
Poor capacity planning is not our fault
Sysadmins explain why things are so crap
Digital transformation initiatives hampered by poor ICT skills
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report detailing the results of an[...]
Managed Services in the Data Centre
From stability to agility Data centres have been around a long time during which various[...]
Digital Disrupters do it to Themselves
The word ’digital’ seems to have overtaken ’cloud’ as the hottest word in the IT[...]
Taking DevOps to the Next Level
It’s all about continuous delivery
A higher impact approach to IT investment
In a nutshell You may have doubts about the value for money or level of[...]
The dangers of digital smokescreens
A recent global study (1,442 senior respondents) revealed that those reporting particularly good returns from[...]
If you think DevOps is BS, you may be a victim of bandwagon marketing
I’ve been coming across more DevOps naysayers and sceptics recently. Whether online or face-to-face, I[...]
Readers of The Register speak out on Thin Client technology
Managing PC estates is a time-consuming, expensive and thankless task. Better provisioning and management tools[...]
Assembling the DevOps Jigsaw
The world we live in is increasingly digital. As the smart use of technology leads[...]
Exploiting the Software Advantage
Advances in digital technology create significant opportunities to transform both customer engagement and business operations.[...]
Infrastructure Readiness Temperature Check
IT infrastructures are often coping pretty well with current business requirements, but many IT professionals[...]
User-Centric Mobile Security
Not so long ago, many were speculating that ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) would define[...]
Future Proofing Your Network
Network traffic flows have become pretty complex in today’s distributed business environment, and not just[...]
Mobile Working without the Tears
As both company and personally owned mobile devices are increasingly used in business, understanding and[...]
Orchestrating the DevOps Tool Chain
A great deal has been written about how trends in digital communication and engagement are[...]
Data Virtualisation for DevOps
The DevOps movement is supported by a whole range of tools, and is particularly well[...]
Justifying end user computing investments
In a nutshell Device proliferation and loss of control over at least some end user[...]
Strategic DevOps Adoption
An interesting remark I heard at a recent CIO gathering was “DevOps is the first[...]
Eight Best Practices for Cloud Security
There’s been a lot of FUD spread around in recent years on the subject of[...]
Virgin Media Business and its SMB proposition
Over the years, I have grown increasingly sceptical about the ability of most Telcos to[...]
The ’feel-good’ factor is good for business
People who feel good while doing their job tend to work better, contribute more and[...]