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The Great Virtualisation Secret

Ben Chai — Wed, 13 Aug 2008

In this Special Report, Ben Chai examines one of the great myths of the virtualisation market and how unravelling the myth can truly benefit your business

The Power of Remote Support in Battling Today's Top Customer Support Issues

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

A SSPA Research and Citrix Online Joint White Paper on report support technology

Unified Communications : Real-Time Communications Concepts and Business Applications

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

As enterprises migrate to VOIP they’re also increasingly adopting a number of other IP-based, real-time applications

Unified Communications : Are you Ready?

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

In this white paper you’ll learn how two of the most respected industry analysts define unified communications and why organizations are considering its use to improve business operations.

Application Virtualisation : An Application for the 21st Century

Ben Chai — Mon, 11 Feb 2008

In decoupling applications from the desktop operating system to run independently from the main OS, IT Professionals can negate registry cleanouts and application migration amongst a host of other things, which will ultimately increase productivity. Could this really become a defacto standard in offices the world over?

The Business Communications Minefield

Ben Chai — Thu, 07 Feb 2008

Ben Chai takes a quick look at the different standards for internet and branch office connectivity and which is suitable for your business.

Grid and SOA - Friends or Foes?

Team Quocirca — Fri, 24 Nov 2006

There are two architectural approaches to technology

In the Beginning was the Mainframe

Team Quocirca — Fri, 03 Nov 2006

Some say that the technical platform future lies with commodity-based blade computers.

Value Based SLAs - What are they?

Team Quocirca — Fri, 03 Nov 2006

A little while back, I was talking with Dr Bernd Kosch, chairman of the Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), now to be the Open Grid Forum, and we got on to the issues of cross-charging within a utility-style environment.

A Streaming Headache for IT Bosses

Francois Mazoudier — Fri, 06 Oct 2006

The long summer of sport draws to a close, and corporate networks draw a breath of relief as multiple streams of video cease to take 90% of available bandwidth from the business.

Are we (virtually) there yet?

Team Quocirca — Mon, 18 Sep 2006

Virtualisation is one of those words that seems so innocuous, but is more like the proverbial can of worms.

The Latest Keyboard Video Menace

Ben Chai — Thu, 07 Sep 2006

Ben Chai examines traditional KVM devices and shows how housing them in your server rooms can actually cause major security problems.

Physical Security - Another potential threat to your enterprise

Ben Chai — Mon, 07 Aug 2006

Ben Chai examines how the implementation of many corporate physical security solutions still pose a security risk and the potential solutions to this problem.

Could remote data recovery be your saviour?

Steve Gold — Thu, 29 Dec 2005

Online back-ups are fraught with difficulties, as few SMEs do a full online restore to verify their systems and procedures are working.

What's new with Windows Server 2003 R2

Ben Chai — Wed, 07 Dec 2005

What are ADAM and ADFS and how will they affect the future of Microsoft Windows Server 2003?

Why Windows Server 2003 x64?

Ben Chai — Wed, 20 Apr 2005

This month saw Microsoft release Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. So what do you really get with these new 64-bit versions of Windows?

VoIP Telephony - A viable business Option

Steve Gold — Wed, 06 Apr 2005

The rollout of broadband across the UK means VoIP telephony is now feasible option for many businesses, but just how reliable and alternative to traditional phone systems is VoIP?

Novell to AD migration

Ben Chai — Thu, 20 Jan 2005

Despite having performed over 30 migrations of varying sizes and from different platforms, the whole notion of migration still fills Ben Chai with dread.

Can Active Directory Really Simplify Management And Reduce TCO

Ben Chai — Sat, 03 Apr 2004

With analysts estimating that each workstation in your network costs a minimum of £2,000 per annum, Ben Chai looks at ways in which Active Directory can be used to simplify management and reduce the total cost of ownership of your network.

Building a business case for Windows Server 2003

Desire Athow — Sat, 03 Apr 2004

With life support for NT4 ending this year, and with many of these businesses still undecided on their upgrade path, we look at the business case for moving to Windows Server 2003

Any room at the digital inn?

Scott McCulloch — Fri, 12 Dec 2003

As storage area networks barge their way into corporate data centres, IT officers should keep a keen eye on other options for liberating their digital assets. Scott McCulloch reports.