2008
RSS 2008BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in Glasgow. The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending Ł1.5bn to... [05 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News Businesses thinking of switching to cloud computing should expect a bumpy probation period, if the experience of The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is anything to go by. The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of... [04 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News While the debate over bankers' bonuses may still be generating headlines, it seems the financial services industry has found one way to cut back - slash IT budgets. Financial services firms' IT budgets fell by 8.3 per cent between... [04 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter of respondents admitted green IT was off the agenda because of the recession. [29 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Augmented reality? Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Nice try but no. Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements, such as graphics or text, on top of a real-time video or... [27 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News Today's increasingly feature-packed smartphones are likely to propel the use of augmented reality into the mainstream in the coming years. Augmented reality - the process of superimposing digital information or objects onto real-time... [26 Oct 2009]
Total Economic Impact Of SQL Server 2008 Upgrade
White Paper The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact on their organization of upgrading from a previous version of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008. [21 Oct 2009]
Twelve Ways to Reduce Costs with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008
White Paper Many organizations are finding themselves having to deal with difficult challenges in a tough economic climate. A key factor in addressing these challenges is to reduce costs and drive efficiencies, and Information Technology departments... [21 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News If you haven't guessed already: 2009 was a bad year for IT spending, analysts have found. But fear not - things are looking brighter for the coming years. According to research from Gartner, enterprise tech spending is down 5.2 per cent... [20 Oct 2009]
Podcast: Staying competitive and Showing ROI
White Paper According to recent research conducted by IBM® ISS X-Force®, more than half of all disclosed vulnerabilities in 2008 were Web application flaws. Learn how IBM Web application security solutions can help you reduce... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Wondering how to make that tech budget stretch a little further? Perhaps you might like to take a long hard look at your server estate. IT departments around the world are wasting money supporting millions of servers that are not doing... [19 Oct 2009]
Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option
White Paper The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS offers an alternative Server Core installation option that creates a minimal environment for specific server functionality. Although this installation option can present... [15 Oct 2009]
Migrating Dell PowerEdge Servers to Microsoft Windows Server 2008
White Paper Upgrading to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS can offer myriad advantages, including enhanced performance, security, and stability. By following best practices for in-place upgrades and taking advantage of tools... [15 Oct 2009]
High-availability Clustering in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
White Paper Cluster environments enable multiple systems to provide higher availability for applications and services than a single system can typically provide. The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS introduces multiple... [15 Oct 2009]
Dell Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Reference Architecture
White Paper This Dell Virtualization Reference Architecture (RA) white paper describes Dell validated architectures for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with example virtualization... [15 Oct 2009]
