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← View all opinionsIt’s now fairly universally agreed that the “break-fix” model of IT support is itself broken, and in need of a fix. It doesn’t work in the best interests of either the IT support provider, or the cust...
Financial processes are dependent upon mutual trust between all parties involved. The reason why individuals lend money from a bank rather than, say, the wealthiest person in their town, is because th...
It’s no wonder that an ever growing number of organisations are investing in virtualised, automated data centres and private clouds, considering the greater agility and better security offered compare...
When it comes to their communications systems, enterprises are battling technological and vendor confusion. Microsoft has disrupted the market enormously by introducing Microsoft Lync and the recent r...
The decision to implement cloud computing is just the first step in a long journey. Each organisation then has to choose the mix of services that is best for their needs based on cost, SLAs and whethe...
CIOs need better insight into the performance of the IT infrastructure to support strategic decision making and continually improve IT utilisation. Many CIOs, therefore, are understandably aghast at t...
Reflecting on the long game! Every now and then it pays to step back and reflect on the broader trend rather than the monthly grind. We decided to reflect on how the major cloud players had fared so f...
If you live in the UK or anywhere else in the European Union for that matter, you've likely been following the new EU data regulations reform movement which is expected to establish a consolidated dat...
There is no denying that the role of today’s CIO is increasingly complex and unpredictable. Every day there are new stories about data breaches or data losses, with high profile cases bringing data se...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A term I am hearing more often, from partners and vendors alike, is ‘digital transformation’. The question I ask both of others and myself is do we all truly unders...
Cloud computing has experienced exponential growth over the past few years, and enterprises are adopting it on a large scale. Businesses use cloud platforms to gain immediate access to computing power...
Over the past decade, the concept of ‘cloud’ has promised some clear and attractive benefits. However, such cloud ‘promises’ are often diluted down because the final cloud solution received is too inf...