Author Archives: Tony Lock
User Access – Time for a change?
User expectations and the range of devices they use to access IT systems are growing[...]
Migrating to Windows Server 2012
Extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends on 14 July 2015, so you need to[...]
How to simplify storage management
How to create storage that’s responsive to changing workloads and applications, that can deliver the[...]
Desktop Virtualisation
Over the decades data centres and computer rooms have taken on many challenges in order[...]
Computer Security: Knowing What You Don’t Know
100 per cent security is a fantasy: you will be attacked by both known and[...]
The challenges of network fragmentation
By Tony Lock Originally published for the channel A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics revealed[...]
Enterprise Networks – Where do IT Pros see challenges?
By Tony Lock The challenges placed on IT daily grow more demanding. In addition to[...]
The State of Network Infrastructure
By Tony Lock Networks are the glue that allow users to function effectively in their[...]
The Death of the Corporate Network Perimeter
By Tony Lock In a recent survey over 400 respondents gave us the inside track[...]
Juggling Performance, Availability and Security
By Tony Lock A recent report from Freeform Dynamics illustrates that many corporate networks are[...]
What will 2014 bring to the IT Channel?
By Tony Lock This is the time of year for looking back at what has[...]
Putting together the end user security jigsaw
By Tony Lock The scope and sophistication of the IT security threats facing your organisation[...]
Entropy and Data Quality
By Tony Lock IT systems are subject to many of the same laws that govern[...]
Steps to managing the data explosion
By Tony Lock Most organisations are experiencing considerable growth in the volumes of data they[...]
Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to move forwards
By Charles Brett and Tony Lock During an Analyst Briefing at the IBM Development Laboratory[...]
The Business Value of Data Protection
By Tony Lock The data held in every business is valuable and in the current[...]
The DC you have to the DC you need
Your data centres are stuck in a rut. While 90 per cent have had an[...]
What’s the fuss about flash?
Firstly, to be clear, we’re talking about flash of the hardware variety, not the software[...]
Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation
By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]
Clouds and the Data Centre weather forecast
By Tony Lock Enterprise Data Centres are complex collections of systems acquired over long spans[...]
The Data Fragmentation Challenge
By Tony Lock Every IT professional is acutely conscious of the rapid rate at which[...]
Data fragmentation challenges for CIOs
By Tony Lock A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics confirmed that access to accurate information[...]