Software as a service (SaaS) has been one of the most widely talked about topics in IT circles over the last few years for a number of reasons. Rightly, one of these reasons has been the benefits SaaS can deliver to businesses; another has been the hard work of some of the leading proponents of this delivery model in getting the message out there. ...
27/09/2006 | Software as a service - can value outweigh price.pdf | VIEW
Two things intersected with each other in the last few weeks that got me thinking about the future of Microsoft Office. ...
22/09/2006 | Teenagers and the future work place - the beginning of the end for Microsoft Office.pdf | VIEW
Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are the subject de jour with IT vendors, who have been using the term as if the concept has been totally understood by the buying audience and is well along the way to general implementation. ...
22/09/2006 | SOA - Huh.pdf | VIEW
Excuse me if I rant for a while. This time, it’s about security, and how many suppliers are still happy to sell you stuff that you don’t need, and to give you part solutions that they pretend are all-inclusive ...
19/09/2006 | See the Bigger Picture on Data Security.pdf | VIEW
The need to archive data has been around as long as computers have stored information. Although it is sometimes muddled with backup, part of the reason for archiving data is to make backups more efficient - put stuff that is not used in to long-term safe storage from where it can be retrieved in the, often unlikely event, that it should be needed again. ...
25/08/2006 | Email archiving moves to the mainstream.pdf | VIEW
The costs of mobile telephony and mobile data is often seen as a major concern for businesses when dealing with mobile operators, but if they look for alternative ways to address their needs, are they ready to deal with the increase in complexity that might bring? ...
18/08/2006 | Should I pay or should I go.pdf | VIEW
The term "convergence" is often used in the technology industries, especially to refer to the move towards standard, open, Internet-based communications, which makes it all sound very positive. But the result is a collision of business models, not all of which will survive. ...
18/08/2006 | Are you a windscreen or a fly.pdf | VIEW
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. How was it for you? Did the voices from on high make the big statement – “stop all streaming media – now”? And what was your response? ...
15/08/2006 | A Streaming Headache for IT Bosses.pdf | VIEW
Persuading businesses to invest in new or upgraded IT infrastructure can be a testing task at the best of times. The deployment of a new application can be a good time to review existing infrastructure to make sure it is running securely and efficiently, but why wait for a new application to upgrade infrastructure when there can be considerable benefits for all the existing applications? ...
31/07/2006 | The investment divide.pdf | VIEW
In the last two years, the systems management and helpdesk vendors have bandied around a term as if it will be the saving grace of organisations for the future - Itil. ...
28/07/2006 | All About ITIL.pdf | VIEW
