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Show me the money! Uncovering the financial aspects of IT

IT costs money, and the job of any CIO, IT director or manager will include[...]

How secure are virtual desktops, really?

As we discussed in an earlier article many “desktop virtualisation” solutions exist today. Each has[...]

Virtualisation in two years’ time

It is always somewhat tricky forecasting the future, never mind doing so in IT. Even[...]

Storage is boring, right?

In the spirit of calling a spade a spade, it is fair to say that[...]

From play to work and back again. Mobile devices and the consumer effect

After a number of years of preliminary investment, activity and experience with mobile technology, many[...]

Data protection and virtualised machines

Let’s face it, we’re not very good at backups. It’s nothing to be ashamed about.[...]

Post-Copenhagen, does green IT matter?

It’s difficult to talk about “green IT” without coming across as a techno-apologist. However much[...]

How do you manage your virtual environment?

A study we undertook in 2008 acknowledged what we all knew to be true: contrary[...]

Can financing and management models survive IT Change?

Whether or not you believe that IT is about to experience a revolution, it is[...]

Why an embedded OS is like a mammal

Embedded software applications are like the mammals of the software industry – while the monolithic[...]

Who actually needs virtualisation and collaboration tools

Email is now routinely referenced as a mission critical system. The importance of tools that[...]

Is dynamic IT management necessary for mid-sized firms?

It’s a fair assumption that the operational management of IT follows some kind of maturity[...]

Understanding service requirements: How true are the truisms?

How easy it is to say that ‘IT service delivery should start with the business’?[...]

Getting up to speed on desktop virtualisation

Now’s not a bad time to be considering this stuff I remember reading an analyst[...]

Demystifying architecture for non-enterprise organizations

Architecture, schmarchitecture… words like “architecture” get banded around in IT like they have a specific[...]

Delivering and deploying software for virtualisation

To date, much of the outside attention on virtualisation has fallen on the infrastructure side[...]

Embedded developments – What’s needed to push things further?

Is anyone still developing software anymore, particularly in smaller-scale, “embedded” systems running on platform-specific operating[...]

Are there Clouds on the Horizon?

Seldom in the history of IT marketing has there been such a tornado of hype[...]

Looking back… and forward

This year has not been easy for many. By all accounts it has been a[...]

The double-edged sword of virtualisation security

A quick search will provide ample warnings of the risks of adding virtualisation technology to[...]

What to do about virtual server security?

Security’s important, right? Well, so it may be – but when it comes to virtualisation,[...]

Lighting up management’s information blind spot – Poll results

Consultants and analysts often trot out lines about the importance of ‘IT-business alignment’, encouraging IT[...]

Where is virtualisation taking you?

Anyone who’s been in this industry for longer than a decade will know that some[...]

Business application suppliers: What do we want?

As we near the end of another decade it is an appropriate time to look[...]