Based on the media headlines, the activity from vendors and the advice from analysts, you’d be forgiven for thinking that virtualisation is a done deal. However, research that Quocirca carried out as two cycles of interviews for Oracle in February and November 2011 shows that this is not the case ...
31/01/2012 | cw - where next virt.pdf | VIEW
Many will have just enjoyed a festive period of present giving, with a fortunate number receiving fancy new mobile phones, tablets and other smart and small mobile gadgets. These types of devices have moved in recent years from being the specialist tools of a certain preserve of workers to being everyday objects that virtually everyone casually expects to carry about their person all day (and according to recent research, a significant percentage will take them to bed too.) ...
05/01/2012 | QUO mobile loss.pdf | VIEW
The pace of change of technology causes problems for organisations of any size, but for the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector, it can cause critical issues. A new investment in an up-to-date technology platform can rapidly become a constraint on the business as newer technologies come through, but the business just cannot afford to continue investing in keeping everything up to date. ...
03/01/2012 | cw - sme outsource.pdf | VIEW
Three recent trends in communications technologies – network convergence, social media and consumerisation - have on the surface appeared to be about simplification, but they have actually made life more complicated for some. ...
21/12/2011 | QUO convergence to coordinated.pdf | VIEW
Reseller opportunity remains within the area of systems administration (sys-admin) for better management of privilege, automation and improve compliance. ...
19/12/2011 | Quo CRN - sys-admin opp - for web.pdf | VIEW
In the early days of the internet it took a while for consumers to become comfortable with online shopping. Partly it was the risks associated with the product not matching the description or the imagery and expectations of the consumer – especially with subjective decisions around clothing, food and so on – and partly it was the logistical process. When would it be delivered and how? ...
19/12/2011 | QUO mobile payments.pdf | VIEW
Backup and restore still remains a black art for many. Although companies accept viscerally that data is now so central to their business that it should be protected, many small and medium businesses (SMB) and mid-market organisations still take an ostrich approach to data protection. In many cases, there is no formal back up process or it is at best ad hoc; even where processes are in place systems are never checked and in reality recovery may be tricky; in others, it is felt that using e.g. email as a replication store for data is enough of a step to allow for recovering after any data loss. ...
02/12/2011 | acronis - cloud backup.pdf | VIEW
As the massed hoards descend on Copenhagen for VMworld Europe, you could be forgiven for thinking that virtualisation of everything is a done deal, and that the arguments are now all about what can be done with an IT platform that has already been virtualised. Vendors are now offering management suites focusing on the virtualised estate, virtual desktop provisioning tools, advanced licence management systems and backup and restore offerings for dealing with the sprawl of virtualised data, it would seem that the argument as to which hypervisor should be used as a platform for virtualisation has gone away. ...
02/12/2011 | Acronis - VMWorld.pdf | VIEW
The global reach of the internet and access to billions of potential customers on their desks, laps and pockets through an abundance of communications methods from social media to email on a myriad of devices is a fine thing. The fundamental question remains, is the right person actually listening to the right message at the right time and in the right place to be able to make the right response? ...
21/11/2011 | QUO attention please.pdf | VIEW
There are a lot of companies of all sizes still using Windows XP – and they seem relatively happy with it. According to W3Schools (an online education resource), over 38% of desktops are still running Windows XP - an impressive show of loyalty for Microsoft, but one that is causing problems in its drive to move people to a more modern platform. Those still on Windows XP should have that decision under review, as the rationale for staying on the platform is now considerably flawed. ...
20/11/2011 | cw - windows migration.pdf | VIEW
