As politicians quibble about whether a recession is turning into a depression, businesses are more focused on the bottom line. For IT departments this means two things: cutting their own costs and helping the broader business to cut its costs. Achieving the latter will serve the long term reputation of IT well. ...
28/03/2009 | Unfied comm - for silicon - March 2009.pdf | VIEW
When once apparent archrivals such as Vodafone and O2/Telefonica say they are working together, some may wonder just how bad things are. The recent culmination of their Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing plan might seem like either a knee jerk cost cutting move in challenging economic times, or merely a communication techie's dream of playing with bigger networks. The reality however is more subtle and actually RAN sharing could offer pretty widespread benefits. ...
27/03/2009 | Who dares, who wins.pdf | VIEW
“Green” talk is everywhere. Toyota will sell you a green car to get to your green office where you can power up your green Apple laptop and access your green Earth friendly webmail while being green by not printing a document at all but instead viewing it as an online document. Green technology abounds, all apparently providing the means to avoid something horrid happening to those polar bears that were pictured on slide three of the nice vendor’s PowerPoint presentation. But what exactly, aside from being a cheerful alternative to beige, does “green” actually mean in relation to technology? What does it deliver and why do you need it? ...
16/03/2009 | eweek - green tech.pdf | VIEW
In an increasingly commoditised printer market, selling services is the key to capturing new revenue for both manufacturers and resellers. ...
16/03/2009 | Channels to MPS success.pdf | VIEW
As Mobile World Congress 09 becomes a hazy memory for the mobile industry, Unified Communications09, with its sidekick VoIP for Business, came into focus this week, but thus far ‘mobile' and ‘unified' have looked more like distant relatives rather than a happy couple. ...
13/03/2009 | Fixed Mobile Unified Communications (FUMC) - business benefit or telecoms nerdvana.pdf | VIEW
VMware places itself at the centre of the cloud computing vision, seeing itself not only as the chief software infrastructure provider for cloud computing, but also as the catalyst for a rich partner ecosystem that it sees as delivering additional software, hardware, and services. VMware’s vision is broad, rich, and ambitious – offering nothing short of a fundamental reshuffle amongst the current hardware and software vendors. The question is; does VMware have the necessary clout to successfully execute the game plan? ...
11/03/2009 | itd - vmware.pdf | VIEW
Social networking is all the rage. The mainstream press coverage is widespread, but the press seems bored with "old technology" stories on instant messaging, Skype, MySpace, Facebook, SecondLife and Flickr. Blogs and wikis were hot topics, and the idea of Tweeting appears to have caught on. ...
03/03/2009 | Let's be sociable, not confuse things.pdf | VIEW
To outsiders, the world of IT storage can sound a bit dull. However, if they stopped to consider the innovations that have occurred in storage during the last decade they should not fail to be impressed. Certainly those with the power to reward achievement have been so: in 2007 the Nobel committee saw fit to award its Physics Prize to Peter Gruenberg and Albert Fert for their discovery of giant magneto resistance (GMR) in the late 1980s. ...
03/03/2009 | Content security - SNIA - Feb 2009.pdf | VIEW
Organisations primarily outsource business processes to reduce costs and increase value. But careful planning is required. ...
02/03/2009 | Don't set out to fail.pdf | VIEW
When faced with what appear to be insurmountable challenges, what are the options? Think about Keith Waterhouse's challenged hero Billy Liar, agonising about the future with his (favourite) girlfriend. He said he turned over a new leaf every day, but the blots still showed through. She said he was like a child on the edge of a paddling pool, wanting to step in but afraid to take the plunge. So he thought he should turn over a new paddling pool. ...
16/02/2009 | Thinking outside of the paddling pool.pdf | VIEW
