We know that the majority of organisations that we survey have adopted server virtualisation to support their server consolidation activities, and are reaping benefits. However, there is more to server…
By Josie Sephton Once upon a time, not so long ago, provisioning and managing mobile devices within the business was a relatively straightforward exercise. Corporate devices were issued to the…
In a previous article in this series we highlighted growing interest in deploying virtual desktop solutions of a variety of flavours. Interest is fine, but any organisation looking to utilise…
A storage reseller can be a vital partner for organisations embarking on a storage infrastructure upgrade. They should possess the skills and the vendor connections to help you design and…
While Unified Communications (UC) is not quite mass market, the number of organisations giving it the once-over is growing. Hype aside, UC is something that companies will find themselves adopting…
Nothing stands still forever, particularly not in IT, and with good reason. When we researched the drivers that were having the most impact on how x86 server environments are architected,…
The trouble with some terms we use in IT is that they take on a life of their own and suggest an unrealistic simplicity. Take “collaboration” for example. To define…
We’re used to getting a hundred or so responses from the mini-polls we run, but the 383 responses to our recent encryption survey were indicative of just how important this…
“The office” is fast becoming, for many organisations, a thing of the past – at least in terms of the expectation that it is the only place people go to…
In a previous article we looked at Identity Management and access provisioning as an end in itself, and from the perspective that there are benefits to be had from being…
Mobile broadband has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame since it became widely available, with many mobile operators reporting triple digit growth year-on-year, and data usage surpassing mobile voice. Access…
Apple, as a computer company, has been focused on the consumer market. It has paid lip-service to trying to tackle the ‘bread and butter’ corporate market, instead relying on niche…
When did the two-year project lifecycle die? In my head, I put it at just over a decade ago, when I was involved in an accounting systems replacement exercise. Everything…
Managing mobile costs is one of those meaty issues that most people can share more than a few stories about. Whether it is the PA in HR who was running…
By Josie Sephton In a nutshell: The issue of security when thinking about flexible working practices such as mobile working and home working is of paramount importance to companies. However,…
By Martin Atherton In a nutshell: When it comes to data protection and information security regulations, the outlook for small businesses in EMEA is in the balance. On one hand,…
By Jon Collins In a nutshell: While much attention around information risk is on medium and large companies, recent research from Freeform Dynamics suggests that smaller organisations are just as…
By Jon Collins Information continues to grow, and yet the challenges we face in managing information remain the same. With this in mind, we consider how organisations are moving forward…
The problem with building foolproof systems, so the saying goes, is that the world seems to generate a better class of fool. This seems to be particularly true with systems…
An elderly lady attended a public lecture given by an astrophysicist on how the Earth goes around the Sun and how the Sun circles about with countless other stars in…
Most businesses tend to find themselves arriving at a point where they have accumulated a bunch of mobile stuff. Some of it has been brought into the business in a…
