IT is becoming more embedded within the business, with more use of IT for business processes and communications. Things are changing more quickly too. Virtualisation is now well established and…
With upgrades to Windows 7 and Office 2010 high on the agenda, questions are being asked about whether to continue in the old vein, or to look at new ways…
There have been many false dawns for video collaboration at work. We’ve all bought videoconferencing systems for the board that don’t get used, struggled to find a use for the…
By Andrew Buss Our research tells us that the move to virtualisation on volume servers is now well and truly under way. It also illustrates that we are still very…
A lot of things have happened recently that may cause us to think twice about SaaS and risk – Flickr showed just how absurd things can get if policies and…
While no one has the luxury of wiping out history and designing the optimum infrastructure from scratch, there is a lot that can be done by rethinking how to get…
A lot of companies are reporting that individual departments and even business users are adopting SaaS or cloud-based applications. This freedom to choose is a useful one, as it gives…
BPM has an application beyond highly structured process automation. Dale Vile talks with The Register’s Tim Phillips and Garry Gomersall of IBM who thinks that many more of us can…
Virtualisation is an accepted part of server and data centre strategy. One of the biggest challenges is optimising the storage infrastructure to keep up with the changing workloads and storage…
Throughout a workshop on The Register, we’ve been looking at resiliency and security for hosted applications. The feedback we’ve had back is that a track record of security and privacy…
By Andrew Buss Complex environments undergo continual upheaval. For many businesses, although the IT infrastructure is generally modern and generally fit for purpose, many challenges remain, especially around operational issues.…
Throughout a workshop conducted on The Register, we have been looking at the factors that affect the acceptance of SaaS. Ultimately what it boils down to is trust, and when…
By Tony Lock Desktop management has long been an almost “taboo” subject in most businesses. As far as users are concerned the desktop or laptop is ‘theirs’, it is not…
The modern enterprise network is at the heart of IT service delivery, and consideration needs to be given not only to what impact new architectures, applications or services will have…
Many companies have essentially completed their migration to server virtualisation. The next challenge is moving towards a more dynamic infrastructure, which has the potential to bring many benefits such as…
Getting the right information to the right people at the right time sounds like a sensible approach. But with the data deluge showing no signs of starting to slow and…
Desktop virtualisation gets you part way there anyway Green and sustainability initiatives might be interesting discussion points for some, but really only matter to most companies when they deliver tangible…
How we should be protecting our PCs Security threats have existed for almost as long as computers have been around. Few interactive systems can claim to be immune – even…
The many solutions to be found under the term ’Desktop Virtualisation’ have been vigorously promoted for the last year or two. This webcast looks at the various options available and…
The word ‘productivity’ is widely used in the industry, but what does it actually mean? We consider this from both the personal and the business perspective, and discuss why it’s…
After almost a decade of service, the end-of-days is drawing near for the long-lived and very widely used Windows XP. It has entered legacy mode with the end of mainstream…
According to the grassroots campaigning group the Taxpayers’ Alliance, overruns in UK government IT projects have run into several billion pounds. If a similar tally were made of private sector…
There is a vast difference between running a project and running one successfully, as a cursory scan of recent news shows. In the run up to the Commonwealth Games, dire…
By Andrew Buss KEY FINDINGS The passive evolution of systems and tools has led to fragmented IT management For many companies, IT has grown haphazardly, accumulating a patchwork of applications,…
