Although HP's recent announcement to acquire EDS for $13.9 billion (£7.1 billion) may have sparked talk of consolidation in the IT services industry, spare a thought for the impact of this deal on Xerox, a long-standing EDS partner. With HP aggressively looking to widen its footprint in the corporate printing space as part of its Print 2.0 strategy, the acquisition of EDS will help it make further inroads to compete with Xerox Global Services (XGS), currently a $3.4 billion (£1.7 billion) organisation and a key growth engine for Xerox. ...
20/05/2008 | HP and EDS - What does the deal mean for Xerox.pdf | VIEW
Organisations are increasingly relying on bespoke software applications for bringing them competitive advantage. But new programming tools and techniques may well be increasing the vulnerabilities that they face. ...
14/05/2008 | The changing face of application security.pdf | VIEW
Spam has been with us, in name at least, for some 15 years. According to the watchdog Spamhaus, 90 per cent of all email now sent is spam. Fortunately that does not mean 90 per cent of our inboxes are filled with the stuff. The problem has been contained through the widespread deployment of anti-spam products and services in the highly competitive market of the past decade. ...
10/05/2008 | Tighten content security.pdf | VIEW
In economically challenging times it is no surprise to see the knee-jerk reactions of many organisations to ‘cut costs'. Overall solvency (profitability), and the monthly demands of liquidity (cashflow) are vital for the health of any company - most businesses cannot rely on government rescue like that extended to some now infamous banks - so it sometimes seems that cutting costs is the best thing to do. ...
09/05/2008 | Don't throw the telecoms baby out with the cost centre bath water.pdf | VIEW
Most networks deliver a range of services - voice, video and IM, for example - as well as traditional IT applications. A business's dependence on its network is linked to how distributed its working practices have become. But to get an objective measure of how distributed a business is can be tricky and requires looking at branch networks, remote-mobile enablement and external interaction. ...
05/05/2008 | VIEW
A recent survey undertaken by Quocirca highlights the fact that considering security is even more important in software development when the task is outsourced. This article provides pointers as to what organisations should consider when outsourcing code development. ...
24/04/2008 | How to ensure outsourced software development is secure.pdf | VIEW
Many organisations are turning to managed print services to gain control of their print environment. ...
22/04/2008 | Print issues in black and white.pdf | VIEW
There is no doubt that many markets are facing challenging or at least uncertain times. Those predicting a falling market are known as "bears" and are often thought of as pessimistic. The term is thought to originate from the inverse of the concept of "don't sell the bearskin before you've killed the bear", known in trading circles as selling short. The other strategy in bear markets is to stay away, but that's not possible if you want to keep a company in business in a bear-ish economy. ...
18/04/2008 | Out running the bear - cutting costs not corners.pdf | VIEW
No, not a prediction for the winner of the next UK Grand National horse race (this year it was 'Comply or Die' who won), but a siren call across the IT and communications industry for ‘Unified Communications'. So is it just the buzzword du jour, the latest bandwagon to jump on, the current trend being peddled around hype cycles, or is there something real and tangible for businesses to gain benefits from? ...
15/04/2008 | Communications - Unify or Die.pdf | VIEW
Server virtualisation is happening, and Quocirca's research shows that the growth in up-take is accelerating, albeit from a low starting point. However, there is a bit of a problem - virtualisation technologies are completely non-standardised, and a hypervisor from one vendor is not compatible with those of others. ...
09/04/2008 | Will Hypervisors need a Supravisor.pdf | VIEW
