Jan 2012       Get the management basics right to secure Cloud service benefits for the business; check the impact on existing infrastructure to assure successful deployment

Cloud services offer the economies of scale and business flexibility of accessing scalable data centre and application services without high costs of entry. The successful deployment of cloud services depends firstly on developing an infrastructure-wide IT management practice and secondly on a realistic assessment of technical and commercial risks….(Read more)

Jan 2011       Dramatically reducing used storage capacity with innovative data copy solutions such as Actifio can enable investment in management and tooling to entrench on-going benefit delivery.

Radical alternatives to traditional multi-copy, complex and high cost backup and disaster recovery solutions offer extreme cost savings alongside functional flexibility. Successful adoption depends on finding the right business infrastructure to implement solutions at the lowest risk and cost. Reallocating resources to deliver maximum benefit depends on storage use visibility and management practice. Step reduction in storage use and costs should be combined with improved tooling and processes for on-going business benefit…(Read more)

Dec 2011      Data-centre and storage network convergence offers cost savings and flexibility but only if supported by accurate assessment of current infrastructure and current market options.

The convergence of traditional storage network and Ethernet data centre networks offers customers the chance to improve data centre flexibility and reduce infrastructure costs. The complexity of existing data centre and storage networks and their critical role in the delivery of application performance and available makes change difficult to plan and deliver. Getting visibility of opportunities to change and planning convergence into infrastructure refresh projects can deliver savings and early convergence benefits. Strong contenders such as Xsigo offer functionally rich solutions at lower costs….(Read more)

Nov 2011      Improve service through end user consumerisation - employing 'divide and rule' tactics.

Consumerisation of IT offers real choice for end user computing services. Meeting the challenge of delivering consistent services and security and enabling inter-user integration demands intelligent access rules and segmentation of services by end user community. Embracing end user computing consumerisation can enable increased control and reduced costs as well improved customer satisfaction - but only if managed effectively from the outset...(Read more)

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