In Depth

In Depth

IT strategy

• Can cloud computing make you greener?

  Although there is little evidence to suggest that cloud computing is intrinsically 'greener' than delivering IT services efficiently in-house, the UK's carbon trading scheme is likely to push organisations down this route anyway.  Continue Reading

• Taming datacentre emissions

  Chloride technical support manager Rob Tanzer addresses the hidden costs of datacentre power supply.  Continue Reading

• Taming datacentre emissions - power loss

  It will not surprise many to learn that between 8% and 10% of IT power throughput is typically consumed by the always-on three-phase uninterruptible power...  Continue Reading

• Taming datacentre emissions: flywheels and third-generation UPS

  Chloride routinely detects 450,000 mains power interruptions per month, each capable of bringing servers down and mostly bridged using battery power.  Continue Reading

• Code breaker secrets

  The fact that the code breakers at Bletchley had cracked the codes used to encrypt the messages sent to and from the German high command was possibly the...

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• How the Lorenz machine worked

  In answer to Hitler's demand for a machine that produced unbreakable code, the electrical engineering firm Siemens designed and built the Lorenz SZ40.  Continue Reading

• Accelerate applications to make your business more agile

  Recent times have seen pressure piled on enterprises to do more with less while reducing complexity and improving management, security and business continuity capabilities. But the trend towards centralising and consolidating IT infrastructures has ...  Continue Reading

• Strategy Clinic: How do I exploit my social network better?

  To make the most of social networking it is important to appreciate where social media is heading, writes Puni Rajah, analyst at TechMarketView....  Continue Reading

• Carbon reduction brings financial benefits

  For some time now, organisations deemed to be high consumers of energy, such as mining and refining, have had to adhere to laws around setting and achieving...  Continue Reading

• The CIO agenda for 2010

  Many IT leaders will be entering 2010 with bruises on their budgets from the recessionary battering they have taken over the past 18 months.  Continue Reading

• CIO 2010 agenda: Customers and staff

  Historically, the single biggest cost for most organisations has been customer...  Continue Reading

• CIO 2010 agenda: The business of leadership

  CIOs have rarely had a better opportunity to demonstrate the critical role...  Continue Reading

• Social networks offer a new way of sharing knowledge

  The rapid spread of enterprise social networks is still a huge puzzle for most senior managers whose bewilderment at the topic and attempts to make some...  Continue Reading

• Transforming local government IT

  Local government IT leaders face an urgent and fundamental challenge.  Continue Reading

• Extract - Grown-Up Digital: youth culture on the internet

  Chances are you know a young person aged 11-31. You may be a parent, aunt, teacher, or manager. You've seen these young people multitasking five activities at once.  Continue Reading