Category Archives: Core Infrastructure & Services
Driving for operational performance, agility and efficiency
Cloud computing has certainly challenged traditional thinking in relation to IT infrastructure and operations, but the datacentre remains critical to most organisations. Against this background, the aim is to create the right blend of modern infrastructure and services to meet ever-changing business needs and demands.
Getting real about IT sustainability
From good intentions to tangible results through smart systems selection[...]
Have you made the right platform choices to minimise risk?
Critical systems have to run and run…[...]
The IT Transformation Imperative
Driving meaningful change to make tangible difference[...]
Don’t let your smart software suffer from poor platform choices
Mismatched AI and analytics can be massively inefficient[...]
To maximise potential, mainframers must reach out and engage
The team here has always had immense respect for the mainframe community[...]
From multiple clouds to multi-cloud
Time to strengthen your cloud operating model[...]
Kubernetes and the open-source maintainer question
While much of October's KubeCon-CloudNativeCon North America[...]
S/4HANA without compromise
A modern ERP architecture needs a powerful and future-proof platform[...]
VMware’s breadth and depth impresses, but is it still a safe bet?
At the recent VMware Explore conference in Barcelona[...]
Supporting the needs of highly unpredictable workloads
It’s all about flexibility, scalability and cost effectiveness[...]
The modern SD-WAN advantage
Even if you run an SD-WAN today, it’s time to check what’s new[...]
Has the cloud caught up with the mainframe?
Yes, you read that right[...]
Frustrated with your company’s cloud obsession?
What goes around, comes around[...]
Linux and sustainability
The emerging role of modern, high-scale consolidation platforms[...]
Singing the key management blues
We need cryptographic keys, but who is going to manage them?[...]
Distributed Cloud Computing
An emerging strategic imperative for IT leaders[...]
Why does ransomware still work?
As someone who first encountered ransomware during the last millennium[...]
SMB-friendly IT solutions are needed
Your business deserves more than a cut-down enterprise offering[...]
Evaluating the potential of hyper-converged storage
What to consider when planning for modern IT and the hybrid cloud era[...]
The business change agenda
Throwback Thursday: Research carried out in 2011[...]
Even data fragmentation has gone virtual
Throwback Thursday: If there’s one thing our report from eight years ago reminds us[...]
EDSFF: a new standard for enterprise SSDs
Bringing NMVe up to date with the needs of the data center[...]
Private cloud in contexts old and new
Throwback Thursday: What a difference a decade can make[...]
Remember when cloud was going to kill the IT channel?
Throwback Thursday: taking a regular stroll in the Freeform Dynamics archives. [...]