Editorial & Analysis

Company Directory

Videos

Webinars

Library

All

Editorial & Analysis

Jessica Twentyman provides editorial and in-depth analysis in our regular bulletin on the technology market. Read the latest articles from our range of experts, guest bloggers and contributors.

Technology Categories

Atos joins forces with EMC and VMware to create new cloud company

16 Feb 2012

New European venture Canopy pledges to combine technology and professional services in a 'one-stop cloud shop', as Jessica Twentyman reports.

Read the full story

A six-stage cloud health check

16 Feb 2012

Is your organisation ready for cloud computing? For many IT teams, the biggest challenge will be deciding how to fine-tune their existing IT infrastructures to take best advantage of new cloud-based services, says Peter Job, CEO at IT optimisation consultancy, Intergence. 

Read the full story

 

SMB adoption of virtualisation to outpace that of large enterprises in 2012

16 Feb 2012

Survey finds great enthusiasm for virtualisation - but significant shortcomings when it comes to back-up and disaster recovery processes for virtual machines.

Read the full story

 

Expert Opinion: The savvy cloud customer gets more choosy

16 Feb 2012

The technology that a managed service provider uses may be important in its delivery of cloud services, but what really counts for customers is the level and quality of service and support, says Rob Norman, CEO of MSP Vnetrix. 

Read the full story

 

Caught off-guard by Big Data?

27 Jan 2012

Research from Oracle and Quocirca suggests that companies panic-buying capacity in order to meet short-term data-storage needs. Jessica Twentyman takes a look at the findings.

Read the full story

 

Instant messaging’s back in business, says Symantec

27 Jan 2012

Survey suggests that corporate uptake of IM has been hampered by misperceptions about the medium. If these are addressed, IM could quickly supplant email as the corporate communications medium of choice, say researchers. 

Read the full story

 

Three drivers for cloud-based business intelligence

27 Jan 2012

New Gartner research suggests that almost one-third of organisations use, or plan to use, cloud-based BI. Why is the cloud seen by some as the best place to slice and dice corporate data?

Read the full story

 

Business continuity in the cloud: an IT security pro’s perspective

27 Jan 2012

How can organisations adopting the cloud mitigate against two specific risks associated with these services: availability and provider lock-in? Mike Small of worldwide IT security body ISACA tackles the question head-on.

Read the full story

 

Three network admin challenges for 2012

06 Jan 2012

DDI tools for managing core network services and IP addresses may see far wider take-up in 2012, say independent IT analysts. Jessica Twentyman looks at the reasons why network admins are facing more pressure - and require more automation - than ever before. 

Read the full story

 

Wired LANS starting to take a back seat?

06 Jan 2012

A recent overview of the Wireless LAN (WLAN) market by Info-Tech Research Group points to declining interest in wired deployments, significant innovation among WLAN vendors and names Aruba, Cisco and HP as ‘market champions’.

Read the full story

 

A five-point checklist for your secure guest access strategy

06 Jan 2012

Now that network access is considered a must-have by most people, a secure and reliable guest experience is expected by contractors, temporary workers and visitors when they visit other companies' sites, explains Chris Kozup, director of marketing at Aruba Networks, in an excerpt from his IP EXPO 2011 presentation.

Read the full story

 

Key trends in storage and networking for 2012

06 Jan 2012

The digital universe is expanding at an unprecedented rate. To enable corporate networks to cope, IT teams will need to deploy the right technologies and some creative thinking, says Adam Winkelmann, vice president of international operations at Emulex.

Read the full story

 

SaaS gets serious

19 Dec 2011

What do SAP’s acquisition of Successfactors and Oracle’s purchase of RightNow tell us about how keen the world’s biggest software companies are to be seen as serious software-as-a-service providers, asks Jessica Twentyman?

Read the full story

 

What will drive virtualisation spend in 2012?

19 Dec 2011

A survey of VMWorld attendees conducted by Quest Software suggests that virtualisation will be a key focus  of IT spending in 2012.

Read the full story

 

Cloud-based desktops: Eight tips to consider

19 Dec 2011

There’s a lot for IT teams to think about when it comes to cloud desktop deployment. Here, in an excerpt from his IP EXPO 2011 presentation, Ron Grevink of Intercept IT offers his advice on key considerations.

Read the full story