Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
The other enterprise desktop
There are few topics in the IT industry that are more divisive than the option[...]
Rationalising software licencing in the virtual age
It was only a few weeks ago that we raised the topic of software licencing[...]
A road warrior’s experience with the iPad
Tales from 10 months of trial and error I have now been an iPad user[...]
The Royal Mail moves to the cloud
Private cloud is a nice theory, but what does it translate to in practice when[...]
Negotiating your way to a dynamic IT environment
That thorny question of software licenses The principle of server virtualisation is now pretty well[...]
Cloud Service Categories
There are many ways to classify cloud service offerings. The most basic is to relate[...]
The workload challenge
Today, IT Infrastructure is evolving at a tremendous pace. The Mainframe computer, now often referred[...]
Decision criteria for open source and proprietary software
The selection of operating systems was once one of the major decisions IT managers had[...]
The mainframe comes of age … again?
Economic pressure has led to more finance directors and CFOs scrutinising expenditure to a painstaking[...]
Visualisation into action
Do you have lots of data but find it difficult to work out what it[...]
PaaS potential and practicality: This is a hype-free zone
One of the advantages of using Platform as a Service (PaaS) to develop and deploy[...]
Getting to grips with software licencing
IT is becoming more embedded within the business, with more use of IT for business[...]
The realities of SaaS and Security
With upgrades to Windows 7 and Office 2010 high on the agenda, questions are being[...]
Data Centre Orchestration webcast
In this Webinar Tony Lock, Tim Phillips (The Register), Graham Rushton (Avenade) and Greg Charman[...]
Where is the immediate cloud opportunity?
Let’s get specific Pinning the term ‘cloud computing’ down to a single definition is not[...]
Cloud computing in context
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, July 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]
The Consumerisation of IT
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, October 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]
The automation conundrum
By Andrew Buss Our research tells us that the move to virtualisation on volume servers[...]
Who say Management and SaaS don’t mix?
Management in IT is a challenge for many organisations. Integrated management is a tough nut[...]
Applied Desktop Virtualisation
By Tony Lock & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS With desktop refresh now on the agenda,[...]
Buying into the cloud
A lot of companies are reporting that individual departments and even business users are adopting[...]
Next generation systems management
By Andrew Buss Complex environments undergo continual upheaval. For many businesses, although the IT infrastructure[...]
Desktop Virtualisation
By Tony Lock Desktop management has long been an almost “taboo” subject in most businesses.[...]
Moving beyond consolidation: The steps towards a private cloud
Many companies have essentially completed their migration to server virtualisation. The next challenge is moving[...]