Esther Rutter

Reduction is as important as renewables

As the demand for storage and capacity increases data centre energy consumption, Esther looks at Kingston Technology's new DDR SDRAM, DDR4.

Safer than our selfies?

Apple chases the cloud's silver linings with Apple Pay - Esther Rutter takes a closer look.

Productivity Wars

The battle for supremacy in the document-sharing/ office productivity space opened up another front in the war.

The battle for your online data

In the race to provide online storage in cloud where does all this free storage lead?

Is BYOD an Opportunity or Threat?

Esther Rutter looks at the challenges afoot for BYOD policies and asks whether Cloud Service Providers are best placed to provide solutions. Sometimes, it seems like every man and his dog is talking about the relentless march towards mobile and BYOD...

Carrot, stick or lockdown? How to approach BYOD

To tap the productivity benefits of BYOD businesses need to consider how to reconcile IT and access. Esther Rutter looks at the options. Here at Compare the Cloud, we've already taken a look at the factors to consider before implementing a BYOD scheme: cost, productivity, employee morale, acceptable use, security, and availability...

Forget the www - Merkel has plans for an EUww

Merkel has plans for http://EUww

Esther Rutter looks at how Germany is leading the charge protectionist separation from the US-controlled Internet "hub". Angela Merkel got the full red carpet treatment when she arrived in the UK last week....

Which vision of SDN will win?

Esther Rutter explains how and where the battle lines are being drawn in the hot market for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) services.

Are Enterprise App Stores a vital ingredient for any successful BYOD strategy?

Enterprise App Stores vital for BYOD?

Esther Rutter examines one solution to solving BYOD challenges in a business - the creation of Enterprise App Stores.

How will IT Trends affect CSPs and consumers in 2014?