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| IDC Whitepaper - The Workplace Services Revolution Presents Challenges -and Opportunities | As a segment of the IT services market, desktop is a very mature area that has seen many transformations over the years. Looking to the next 5 years, IDC believes the desktop market will see further transformations which vendors and end users must take into account to make their workplace and business relevant. The market needs a contemporary workplace - not just more of the sme | The Workplace Services Revolution | January 2012 | Whitepaper | Download PDF |
| Roll up, roll up! | Bring your own is being billed as the next big thing in IT. But just how big is it? And will it really deliver business value? We cut through the hype to reveal the truth about the consumerisation of IT and how it could help or hinder your organisation | Consumerisation of IT | January 2012 | Thought leadership article | Download PDF |
| Seize the Windows 7 opportunity | Adopters of the new Microsoft operating system steal a march on their competitors by realising productivity and financial gains while laggards put business continuity at risk | Software | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Get ready for the IP invasion | As more business applications and processes become IP-enabled, organisations need to ramp up their cabling infrastructure. Computacenter's Technology Leader, for Cabling at Computacenter, Jason Imi explains how to get started | Cabling Infrastructure | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Big data doesn't have to be a big problem | Bill McGloin, Computacenter's Storage and Data Optimisation Practice Leader, explores the IT strategies and solutions that can help organisations turn big data into a competitive advantage | Data Storage | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Stay in the game by delivering an exceptional customer experience | Optimised, on-demand IT helps egaming companies speed up the delivery of new applications and betting data while also reducing operational costs | e-Gaming services | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Transmedia means transformation | Optimised IT will enable media companies to adapt more easily to the transmedia world and prepare for the next generation of broadcasting | Media Sector Services | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Reinventing outsourcing | Chris Price, Computacenter's Public Sector Director, explains how multi-sourcing will enable government organisations to achieve the right balance between cost and quality | Public Sector Outsourcing | January 2012 | Opinion Piece | Download PDF |
| Roll up, roll up! – Public Sector Issue | Bring your own is being billed as the next big thing in IT. But just how big will it be in the public sector? And will it really deliver business value? We cut through the hype to reveal the truth about the consumerisation of IT and how it could help or hinder your organisation | Consumerisation of IT for the Public Sector | January 2012 | Thought leadership article | Download PDF |
All change for cabling |
Computacenter's Neal Silverstein and Andrew Stevens, UK chairman of IT standards and training association BICSI, explain why cabling in the public sector should no longer be viewed as a necessary evil but an enabler worthy of long-term investment. |
Cabling Investment |
October 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Smart buy |
Access to pre-approved suppliers and contract terms will enable organisations to procure ICT services in half the time and get better value for money. |
Public Sector ICT Procurement |
October 2011 |
Best practice article |
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Making the most of economies of scale |
Supplier rationalisation, hardware standardisation and utility billing will help government organisations maximise the efficiency and financial benefits of workplace technologies. |
Public Sector Supplier rationalisation for workplace technologies |
October 2011 |
Thought leadership article |
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Safe and sound |
Cloud computing, workforce mobility, consumerisation and automated attacks are all increasing the security risks to government data and systems. Find out how to stay one step ahead. Top 10 tips for improving data security |
Public Sector Data Security |
October 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Removing cost and complexity from government workplace ICT |
Repeatable and affordable ICT to support a modernised workplace: How consolidated procurement, standardised hardware and transparent billing models will help public sector organisations remove cost and complexity from workplace ICT. |
Government workplace ICT procurement |
October 2011 |
White Paper |
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The new value of IT |
'The new value of IT' supplement published in The Times. Sponsored by EMC and Computacenter featuring an Industry view in which Computacenter's Datacenter Solutions Director, Neill Burton discusses how making the right technology investments now can help increase utilisation and decrease costs. |
Data Storage |
October 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Ready? Steady? Go! |
Office 365 promises to transform how organisations provision workplace collaboration and productivity applications. Find out if Microsoft's cloud-based service is right for your organisation and if you are ready to make the leap. |
Workplace and software |
September 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Slimming the IT supply chain |
Rationalising suppliers and centralising IT spend will help organisations reduce costs, risk and inefficiency. |
Supplier rationalisation |
September 2011 |
Best practice article |
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Lifting the virtualisation roadblock |
Neill Burton, Computacenter's Datacenter Solutions Director, explains three optimisation strategies that will help organisations increase virtual server utilisation and ROI. |
Virtualisation |
September 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Going global maximises IT cost savings |
A consistent approach to service delivery across multiple geographies drives economies of scales and quality improvements. |
Contractual service & Global coverage |
September 2011 |
Best practice article |
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Security threats get up close and personal |
High-profile data breaches have put information security in the spotlight for consumers and corporates alike, but what's the truth behind the alarming headlines? Computacenter's Networking and Security Practice Leader Colin Williams takes a pragmatic look at today'sdata protection risks and how organisations can reinforce their defences. |
Security |
September 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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Inside Networks Question Time |
Jason Imi, Computacenter Cabling Technology Leader, looks at the practical aspects of overhead cabling versus under floor |
Cabling |
September 2011 |
Opinion Piece |
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An Optimal Opportunity - Mobile & Remote working in Central and Local Government |
With the industrialisation of service delivery, IT can at last deliver what it says on the tin. In recent years, it's become accepted that the delivery of IT services needs to become far more standardised and customers can now reap the benefits of Computacenter's approach to 'industrialised' IT services. |
WAN Optimisation |
July 2011 |
Briefing Paper |
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Improvement Guaranteed |
With the industrialisation of service delivery, IT can at last deliver what it says on the tin. In recent years, it's become accepted that the delivery of IT services needs to become far more standardised and customers can now reap the benefits of Computacenter's approach to 'industrialised' IT services. |
Industrialisation of IT services |
July 2011 |
Best Practice article |
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The five deadly sins of cabling |
Computacenter's Head of Cabling & Networking, Neal Silverstein reveals how shoddy installations, haphazard change management and insufficient forward-planning are contributing to higher costs and lower performance in public sector ICT |
Cabling |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Mixing IT up |
Blending internal and external IT delivery models will help organisations achieve cost-effective collaboration in the workplace. From instant messaging and wikis to video conferencing and microblogging, the opportunities for collaboration in the workplace have never been greater... |
Cloud Email & Collaboration |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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| A unified future |
To maximise the ROI from new integrated datacenter solutions, organisations need to understand current and future costs and take a phased approach to adoption |
United Computing Systems |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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What's in store for storage? Decrease costs |
Neill Burton, Computacenter's Datacenter Solutions Director, explores how optimisation and an integrated approach can help increase utilisation and decrease costs |
Datacenter Storage |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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A match made in heaven |
Computacenter's CTO Matt Lovell explains how the union of cloud and collaboration services will help organisations meet their goals for lower costs and greater productivity. |
Cloud Email & Collaboration |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Repeatable and predictable IT services |
By blending innovation and industrialisation, Computacenter helps customers meet their goals for greater cost control and competitive advantage |
Contractual Services |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Mixing IT up |
ICT Strategy : Blending internal and external IT delivery models will help organisations achieve cost-effective collaboration in the workplace. From instant messaging and wikis to video conferencing and microblogging, the opportunities for collaboration in the workplace have never been greater... |
Cloud Email & Collaboration For Public Sector |
May 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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The practical reality of Cloud |
New research reveals organisations favour private clouds in the long-term as they seek to balance adoption risks with their cost reduction goals. After months of hype, the promise of massive cost reduction has finally conquered organisations' lingering concerns about security and service levels, according to an independent survey by Loudhouse Research. |
Cloud adoption |
April 2011 |
White paper |
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Capability Summary - Structured Cabling |
Computacenter is a leading provider of structured cabling solutions and is recognised as one of the largest cabling providers in the UK. Cabling - An Overview: Key Partners, Innovation and Service Management, Cabling Management Services and Client Case Studies. |
Structured Cabling Services |
March 2011 |
Capability brochure |
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The changing face of the network: Not ready, not an option |
According to a survey of IT professionals by Loudhouse Research, no one notices the network until it goes down. This may not come as too much of a surprise, but it's all about to change – and change big this year. Find out more: Redefining your the Network, Playing the Network Card, Performance Personalities, and Performance in Practice. |
Networking |
March 2011 |
Research based whitepaper |
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A cloud reality check |
Taking a blended and phased approach to the adoption of cloud services will enable organisations to achieve their agility and cost reduction goals without increasing risk. |
Cloud Adoption |
January 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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A catalyst for change |
Working practices, business models and employee expectations are evolving. And the corporate network needs to evolve with them. Find out what steps you need to take to ensure your network continues to empower not encumber the business. |
Networks |
January 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Slipping through the virtual net |
Computacenter's Colin Williams shines the security spotlight on virtual infrastructures and explores how organisations can better safeguard their applications and data. |
Network Security |
January 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Virtualisation takes off at BAA |
Find out how a Virtual Datacenter solution has helped airport operator, BAA, unlock financial and efficiency savings. |
Virtual Datacenter Solutions |
January 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Windows 7 drives desktop transformations |
Employing a tried and tested deployment methodology helps organisations reduce risk, time and cost associated with operating system upgrade |
Windows 7 Software |
January 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Grey clouds on the email horizon |
Thinking about letting your email loose in the cloud? Computacenter's Chief Technology Officer Matt Lovell explains how you can achieve the forecasted benefits without increasing business risk. |
Cloud Email |
April 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Jump-start IT procurement |
Public sector frameworks help organisations remove cost and complexity when procuring new IT products and services |
Public Sector Purchasing |
February 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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The missing link |
By expanding network monitoring and management to the physical layer, public sector ICT departments can deliver both financial and efficiency gains |
Public Sector Networks - ICT |
February 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Retaining the agility advantage |
To support the launch of new customer offerings, medium sized financial services firms need to ensure their IT is as nimble as the rest of their business. |
Financial Services |
February 2011 |
Thought Leadership |
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Optimise the opportunity |
A holistic approach to optimisation will unlock the full potential of your IT resources, resulting in greater business agility and financial savings |
IT Optimisation |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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You've got mail |
Computacenter's Chief Technology Officer Matt Lovell explains how organisations can make email service delivery more economical and effective |
Cloud Email |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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View from the bridge |
Pioneering and popular event helps analysts understand Computacenter's services breadth and depth |
Analyst Event |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Survive the data deluge |
Computacenter's Matthew Yeager explains how organisations can survive the data deluge and cut storage costs with an optimised environment |
Data Storage |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Invest for Long-Term Gain |
Cutting back on ICT implementation costs could reduce financial and efficiency savings for NHS organisations |
NHS ICT Implementation Cost Cutting |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Share and Share Alike |
A holistic approach to optimisation will unlock the full potential of your IT resources, resulting in greater business agility and financial savings |
NHS Shared Resources |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Branching out |
Audio-visual solutions can help banks transform customer spaces resulting in improved competitive advantage and consumer loyalty |
Audio Visual Technologies In Financial Services Sector |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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An exceptional experience |
Computacenter helps financial services firms improve the customer experience by providing skilled and scalable IT support for branch-based systems and staff |
It Outsourcing For Financial Services Sector |
September 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Is it time to change the core? Building tomorrow's network today |
Computacenter asks the question: Is it time to change the core - building tomorrow's network today - to enable new service delivery models? Working practices, business models and employee expectations are changing. The network is the catalyst - but is it (and are you) ready? |
Networking |
September 2010 |
Briefing paper |
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Converged Networks for an Agile Business |
How do converged networks make for a more agile business? If business agility is the destination, this paper will explain how the converged network is the transport to get you there. |
Converged Networks |
September 2010 |
Briefing paper |
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Enhancing patient care and cost control with optimised ICT |
Achieving more with less: NHS organisations are facing one of their greatest challenges: how to maintain the quality of patient care with a dwindling budget. With the NHS tasked to reduce expenditure by at least £15 billion by 2014, public healthcare organisations need to lower their costs while continuing to meet government targets for efficiency, quality of service and data protection. Discover Computacenter's specialist NHS solutions. |
NHS ICT procurement |
September 2010 |
White paper |
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Optimised Networks for Storage Environments |
Computacenter questions: When you are building networks to deliver your critical information services do you design with storage outcomes in mind? When successful storage relies on the transport, the network becomes the enabler. |
Optimised Networks for Storage Environments |
September 2010 |
Briefing paper |
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Workplace Strategy |
Customer service levels, cost control and competitive advantage can all be impacted if employee access to corporate applications and data is restricted by location, time or technology. As a result, more and more organisations are embracing flexible and remote working to provide their staff with 'any-time any-where' access to core business systems. Technolgy solutions include: Desktop Virtualisation, Migrating to Windows 7, Workplace Technology Optimisation and Empowering the Business. |
Workplace Strategy |
August 2010 |
Briefing paper |
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Accelerating business success with optimised IT: Infrastructure is optimised, integrated and fully aligned to business needs. |
Find out how your organisation can improve service, reduce cost and manage risk with a Dynamic IT Infrastructure. Businesses are walking a constant tightrope between service, cost and risk. We explore the best practice processes and technologies from virtualisation and automated management to energy efficiency and business resilience, this paper will help you optimise IT to deliver greater business value. |
Datacenter, IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure strategy |
July 2010 |
White paper |
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Introduction to Structured Cabling |
Computacenter provides an introduction to Structured Cabling Solutions, The Fourth Utility. This paper covers Cabling Solutions, Cabling Considerations, Simplified Infrastructure Management, Selecting a Cabling Partner, Key Vendors, and Why Computacenter. |
Structured Cabling Services |
July 2010 |
Capability brochure |
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A recipe for success |
An end-to-end approach to virtualisation and automated management processes provide the foundations for cloud computing. |
Virtual Datacenter Solutions For Cloud Adoption |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Stand and deliver |
As new performance-hungry business applications put corporate networks under increased pressure, organisations need to ensure their infrastructure is ready to meet expectations. |
Network Performance |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Putting cloud computing into perspective |
From security measures and service levels to exit strategies and integration, discover the practicalities of migrating to private and public clouds |
Cloud Adoption |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Big box of tricks |
Computacenter's Matthew Yeager explains the cost and agility benefits of deploying optimised virtual datacenter 'containers' |
Virtual Datacenter Solutions |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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A trusted partner for the NHS |
"With flexible commercial models, best practice processes and proven technologies, Computacenter makes ICT more predictable, repeatable and affordable for the NHS. " |
Software Commercial Models For NHS |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Software Asset Management relieves budget pressures |
Stephen White, Computacenter's Software Technology Leader explains how a proactive approach to software lifecycle management can deliver significant savings. |
Software Asset Management |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Cost-saving opportunities go untapped |
New research reveals that NHS organisations need to optimise their software lifecycle management processes to gain maximum financial benefit. |
Software Lifecycle Management |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Ensure your organisation gets the commitment it deserves |
With insolvency figures up by 22 percent, NHS organisations need to ensure they are working with established suppliers |
Software Supplier Reliability |
May 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Get set for growth |
As businesses start to prepare for economic recovery, IT departments need to be ready to respond to increased demand – without increasing their available budget or headcount. |
Market Forecast : Cost Savings For Growth |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme |
April 2010 is only three months away - Do you know what the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme means for your IT? |
Crc Energy Efficiency Scheme |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Analyst's Corner: Plan for growth |
Organisations that established an improvement programme aimed at cost reduction as the recession bit, have had a real competitive advantage in the current economic situation. |
Analyst Opinion: Enconomic Situation |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Match system uptime to business needs |
Taking a tiered approach to datacenter availability will enable you to decrease operational expenditure and increase quality of service. |
Datacenter Hosting |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Don't lose your head in the cloud |
Computacenter's Andrew Vize goes beyond the cloud computing hype and explains how a balanced approach will help organisations minimise risk and maximise agility. |
Cloud Adoption |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Make your ICT resources go further and improve the quality of patient care |
Rationalisation, standardisation and automation will help NHS trusts achieve more for less from their ICT systems and services - without incurring additional cost. |
NHS Supplier Rationalisation |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Keep your ICT in good health |
The Associate Director of IM&T for NHS Oldham explains how outsourcing IT support has helped to improve cost control, increase productivity and enhance patient care. |
Customer Viewpoint NHS: IT Outsourcing |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Making service the priority |
The financial and agility benefits of outsourcing can be quickly lost if service providers become hooked up on contractual details. Find out how continuous improvement, a good cultural fit and shared value definitions will make your IT service relationships a success. |
IT Outsourcing For Financial Services Sector |
January 2010 |
Thought Leadership |
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Sharpen your business, don't starve it |
As the recession continues to bite, companies are scrutinising their budgets and business plans more closely than ever before |
IT Optimisation |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
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How better storage can reduce CAPEX and OPEX |
Simplified and efficient backup, more IT automation; all achieved with lower budgets and storage spend. What if this typical customer wish list could be met with solutions that come with a money back guarantee? |
Storage Optimisation |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
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Analyst's Corner: Is the recession bottoming out? |
IT leadership has been heavily focused on cost cutting and recessionary survival tactics, with the IT budgets of organisations negatively affected and a decreasing or flattening IT spend forecast for the rest of 2009. |
Analyst Opinion: Cost Cutting And Recessionary Survival Tactics |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
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The Virtual Desktop Market |
The Virtual Desktop market (VDI) is a rapidly changing technology space, with vendors continually developing and evolving their technologies to keep ahead of their competitors |
Virtual Desktop |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
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Balancing cost control with competitive advantage |
Parity's Group IT Manager explains how virtualisation has cut the company's server management costs by a third and increased agility. |
Customer Viewpoint: Virtualisation |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
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Collaborative technologies enhance patient care and reduce costs |
Video conferencing solution enables East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust to cut travel expenditure and maximise its clinical resources |
NHS : Video Conferencing |
September 2009 |
Thought Leadership |
