From humble roots in basic provisioning, data centre automation has grown in response to years of unbridled server proliferation, and is now transforming the enterprise data centre ...
13/08/2007 | Symantec_DCA_end-user_final.pdf | VIEW
Social Networking tools have proliferated in the recent past, and many individuals are now utilising such tools as a core part of their day-to-day lives. If these tools can be harnessed as a means of interaction by the public sector, constituency involvement will rise, while costs can be minimised. ...
08/08/2007 | PS_Social_Networking_final.pdf | VIEW
Companies are faced with increasing pressures on the communications capabilities they offer their employees. More employees are mobile, working from home or in other remote locations with a growing need to talk and share information with their colleagues. This cuts across fixed and mobile communications, but businesses still want the flexibility of mobile, and the costs, predictability, quality and service models of fixed. The convergence of the technologies involved is creating a collision of service provider business issues and a confusion of alternatives for customers. This report seeks to draw out some of the important questions businesses need to address with their communication services providers ...
02/08/2007 | convergence_report_final.pdf | VIEW
Mid-sized organisations have similar issues to large organisations when it comes to the storage and management of information and data, yet they often have limited capability to attract, retain and maintain the skills that large organisations will use in managing their data assets. There is a strong need for more effective tools that will enable mid-sized organisations to manage their data assets and gain the greatest value from them. ...
13/07/2007 | EqualLogic_report_final_v1.2.pdf | VIEW
Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) face many of the same challenges as large enterprises when it comes to IT management. They have increasingly complex systems that they rely on to drive their businesses and gain competitive advantage. Operating and maintaining a complex IT infrastructure requires the necessary skills and investment but getting the right staff at an affordable price can be a problem. So, IT management can then become a bottleneck diverting attention from core business activities. Finding ways around this can give SMBs a competitive edge leaving them free to focus on new business opportunities. ...
22/06/2007 | IT_Management_for_SMBs.pdf | VIEW
Wide areas networks (WANs) are essential to the majority of businesses, connecting remote locations and individuals back to centralised IT resources. But as the network is expected to handle more bandwidth intensive applications such as voice and video it is essential to ensure the WAN usage is well managed - eliminating unwanted traffic and accelerating business content ...
04/06/2007 | Quocirca_-_Faster_WANs_-_June_2007.pdf | VIEW
SOA enables composite applications or collections of services that have been assembled to support a company's business processes. Portal and collaboration software delivers the essential people-focused capabilities of the SOA strategy to provide significant value to the organisation. ...
22/05/2007 | IBM_SOA_people_final.pdf | VIEW
Predictions of the death of software are over-stated and the reality is that all businesses are becoming ever more reliant on it. What is changing are the number of options available for how the software applications that businesses rely on are managed, delivered and paid for. Many independent software vendors (ISVs) are recognising the benefits of offering software as a service (SaaS) as an alternative for their customers and once the teething problems have been overcome there are a number of long term benefits for both parties ...
11/04/2007 | Quocirca_-_On-premise_to_On-demand_-_a_guide_-_April_2007.pdf | VIEW
Information management, which includes both data and content management, is an essential building block for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). By taking a service oriented approach to information, you can achieve much greater value from your information assets. Implementing Master Data Management services provides a multiplier effect by delivering high value business services on top of an information integration services. ...
30/03/2007 | IBM_SOA_information_final.pdf | VIEW
The need to understand how the performance and problems within the technical infrastructure impacts the capabilities of the business is massive. However, the majority of companies can only measure application and specific asset performance, whereas many issues within the infrastructure lie at the transport level, where packet switching presents both great opportunities and major issues ...
15/03/2007 | Network_General__final.pdf | VIEW
