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Stormy weather in the data centre

Stormy weather in the data centre

A Hack November 6, 2012 0

There’s going to be some drama in the data centre soon. If only we could install some cameras, and sell tickets. There would be plenty of viewers. I’ll have to check to see if

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InsightCloud: BackUp

lclarke February 21, 2012 0

 InsightCloud: BackUp If you’re like most businesses, the amount of digital files you’re creating and managing is growing at an incredible rate.  Now how do you make sure all of your critical digital information

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Insight Client Case Study – Watford Grammar School for Boys

Insight Client Case Study – Watford Grammar School for Boys

Jon Smith November 7, 2011 0

Zahid Zarin, IT Network Manager at Watford Grammar School for Boys discusses his experience working with Insight on a Virtualisation / SAN solution for the school. Link to this post!

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Will the Public Sector use Cloud to cut costs?

Will the Public Sector use Cloud to cut costs?

lclarke August 22, 2011 0

Late last year when the government’s dreaded, derided, doom-laden Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) was announced, it was always likely to be followed by a good deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth. And so

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Cloud Computing

The 7 Deadly Sins of Cloud Computing

lclarke August 15, 2011 0

Business must beware turning into miserable sinners when it comes to their cloud computing usage…according to independent data security body, the Information Security Forum (ISF) which has identified the “seven deadly sins” of implementing

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Datacentre Shrink Wrapped

Datacentre Shrink Wrapped

lclarke August 2, 2011 0

Here’s one for you. What do datacentres and Andy Murray’s grand slam ambitions and have in common? They’re both going to have to get real and shrink massively over the next few years. Ho,

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Hybrid Technologies

Hybrid Technologies

Jon Smith July 14, 2011 0

The age of business IT – of the standard enterprise network with standard servers, standard clients and standard users with standard expectations – is over. The age of user IT – of flexible user-predicated

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The storage shift

Jon Smith June 30, 2011 0

Historically, data storage and back up has tended to be rather like Forrest Gump’s definition of stupidity as far as the average IT manager is concerned. Storage is as Storage does. Convoluted. A little

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Cloud darkens SAM horizon

Jon Smith June 27, 2011 0

Recent SAM research from Ernst and Young revealed that while most vendors and customers are “actively addressing” the issue of software compliance, there remain some major gaps in licensing compliance – a matter only

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Cloud, shared services and the public sector

Jon Smith June 2, 2011 0

Whatever you think about the budget cuts that are now affecting public sector organisations, there is no denying that they will fundamentally affect how IT services are thought about.

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