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Virtualization – Now It’s the Network’s Turn

Virtualization – Now It’s the Network’s Turn

Virtualization has already transformed the data centre and the desktop. Visitors to IP EXPO 2010 will be among the first to learn about what virtualization vendors have install for the network, says Phil Jones.

IP EXPO 2010 – Stacking Up the Future of Enterprise IT

IP EXPO 2010 – Stacking Up the Future of Enterprise IT

The past 12 months witnessed momentous changes to the IT landscape as vendors have manoeuvred to “stack-up” the technologies to build cloud-based enterprise systems. At IP EXPO 2010 the leading architects of this new IT landscape will share their future vision and address the pivotal IT question for 2011 – to build or buy tomorrow’s IT systems and services?

Dell’s 3PAR Bid May Fail Today

Dell’s 3PAR Bid May Fail Today

01 September 2010

Dell’s attempt to establish itself as a go-to supplier of cloud storage infrastructure is hanging in the balance this morning as the market waits to see if it will continue to bid against HP for control of 3PAR.

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Dell Grabs 3PAR In Race to Catch Enterprise Rivals

Dell Grabs 3PAR In Race to Catch Enterprise Rivals

19 August 2010

Dell’s ongoing game of catch-up with IBM and HP in the race to be the enterprise infrastructure provider of choice gained vital momentum this week with the company’s $1.15 billion acquisition of virtualised storage vendor, 3PAR.

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Server Spending Slump Continues

Server Spending Slump Continues

03 August 2010

Despite some new demand for server capacity, spending on new systems continues to be depressed as virtualisation spending continues.

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Windows 7 to Lead IT Spending Rebound

Windows 7 to Lead IT Spending Rebound

03 August 2010

Microsoft’s latest desktop OS is topping corporate IT spending plans, but desktop virtualisation and unified comms are also in the mix.

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Scalent Buy Boosts Dell Data Centre Creditability

Scalent Buy Boosts Dell Data Centre Creditability

14 July 2010

Dell’s acquisition of Scalent shows that its data centre infrastructure effort is gaining momentum, but it still has more to do grow market traction.

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2009 Presentation Archive

2009 Presentation Archive

21 June 2010

60 of the best presentations from IP EXPO 2009 archived and presented on demand. This gives you a taste of things to come for the 2010 event which truly will be the biggest techfest in the UK this October. It will have over 240  presentations over two days with a similar amount of exhibiting companies. [...]

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It’s not easy being green…

It’s not easy being green…

12 May 2010

If an organisation decides it wants a communications infrastructure as green as the world’s most famous frog, it will have to show commitment if it really wants to reduce its carbon footprint. Ultimately, it will face the decision whether or not – if push comes to shove – profit is sacrificed for environmental brownie points. [...]

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The Future of the Data Centre

The Future of the Data Centre

06 November 2009

The presentation from Richard Scannell – Senior Vice President of Glasshouse Technologies at IP Expo 2009 was one of the best attended and subsequently most viewed presentations covering data centers at the event. You can view this ondemand here Richards comments still resonate and hold true one year on. The evolution of the data centre [...]

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Standards for a Virtual World

15 September 2009

As is the way of most technological paradigm shifts, the phenomenon of virtualisation emerged in advance of any standards initiatives. One solution to the challenge of making the pieces fit together neatly is, of course, to rely on a single vendor, with the attendant risk of being locked into on approach, vulnerable to the vicissitudes [...]

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Desktop Virtualisation – Taking Virtualisation Outside the Datacenter

Desktop Virtualisation – Taking Virtualisation Outside the Datacenter

25 March 2009

Richard Flanders, Business Development Manager at VMware gave an insighful presentation at VM Expo indicating how Desktop virtualisation can enable an organisation to replace traditional PCs with virtual machines which can be managed from the data center in order to extend virtualisation benefits such as business continuity and disaster recovery to your desktops as well [...]

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