Opinion

Opinion

Storage Virtualisation Solutions and Services

• Zero clients: The future of mobile security for the channel?

  As cyber attacks and security breaches continue to grow, IT managers are seeking new ways to secure their critical business data. While thin clients have been a good option in the past, they have limited benefits for remote working. That is where ...  Continue Reading

• Nand, flash, SSDs and HDDs – what’s happening?

  It is estimated that the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. How will storage technology cope?  Continue Reading

• What do crystals, glass and DNA have in common?

  DNA, glass and crystal have an unexpected common link – they are all innovative new ways to meet the growing demand to store vast amounts of data  Continue Reading

• CAE and i-Storage have something to market

  A couple of British firms caught the eye of Nick Booth with both deserving recognition  Continue Reading

• Hybrid-Cloud VDI profitability in seven steps

  Atchison Frazer from Xangati provides a roadmap for the channel to deliver a successful Virtual Desktop Infrastructure  Continue Reading

• Infrastructure as a utility – The next stage in cloud evolution

  Philippe Fosse, VP EMEA channels at EMC, shares his thoughts on the channel, innovation and the cloud  Continue Reading

• Myth conceptions about IT

  There are many myths and legendary figures in IT and as Nick Booth finds some are still around trying to pull their own sword out of the stone  Continue Reading

• Finding some virtual problems

  Nick Booth walked the stands at the recent VMworld 2014 event to find out if anyone in the land of virtualisation had any problems to declare  Continue Reading

• Messages of bravery and comfort from VMware

  Billy MacInnes finds a contradiction in the messages coming out of senior management at VMworld 2014  Continue Reading

• A seismic shift is about to hit the SAN

  VMware says VSAN will simplify storage in the virtual environment. If this is simplifying things, what happens when they try to make things hard? Nick Booth takes the temperature among VMware-watchers  Continue Reading

• What's in store for storage in the year ahead?

  Federica Monsone, director at A3 Communications, finds out from her clients just what they think will happen in the world of storage in 2014  Continue Reading

• Storage may be boring - but it matters and makes money

  Fujitsu’s Craig Parker says we should remember that storage performance is vitally important to the performance of virtualised datacentres.  Continue Reading

• Moving virtual storage to the cloud

  Parallels' John Zanni shares some guidelines for hosting firms who want to enhance their offerings with cloud-based storage.  Continue Reading

• Selling storage to the SME sector

  Comms-care's Darren Briscoe looks at some SME storage scenarios and explores how resellers can leverage this market.  Continue Reading

• Column: How will you celebrate world backup day?

  Some cynics said it would never take off, but World Backup Day has really caught the public's imagination.  Continue Reading