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October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Case Study: How RBS built a business case for virtual desktops to cut costs

With an annual technology spend of £1.5bn, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wanted to move 55,000 of its users to a virtual desktop platform to change the way its employees work and cut costs. Mark Diamond, CIO at RBS, shares his lessons learnt in ...
August 02, 2007 02 Aug'07
VMware helps SRM make a comeback

Symantec's CommandCentral version 5.0 adds support for VMware, which experts say will breathe new life into a fading corner of the storage market.
August 28, 2006 28 Aug'06
Virtualisation eases patch management pain

IT managers are learning that using desktop virtualisation software to patch their enterprise desktops has the potential to save time, money and energy.

Split court decision on FTC noncompete ban adds uncertainty
While a Texas court preliminarily decided the FTC noncompete ban isn't enforceable, a Pennsylvania court decided it is, leaving ...
CrowdStrike disaster exposes a hard truth about IT
Growing third-party dependencies mean more CrowdStrike-like disasters ahead. Preventing these requires a commitment to quality ...
FTC seeks to shed light on 'surveillance pricing'
The Federal Trade Commission's study of surveillance pricing might lead to defining what kind of consumer data can be used to ...

Researcher says deleted GitHub data can be accessed 'forever'
Truffle Security researcher John Leon warned GitHub users that deleted repository data is never actually deleted, which creates ...
CISO advice for addressing cyber-risk management challenges
Cyber-risk management is simple in concept and difficult in practice. CISOs weigh in on some potential ways to reign in the chaos...
BitLocker workaround may offer aid for CrowdStrike customers
CrowdStrike customers grappling with blue screens of death from the recent IT outage may be able to sidestep BitLocker encryption...

The benefits and drawbacks of network as a service
NaaS, with its varied definitions and attributes, is hard to define. In a new EMA survey, enterprises laid out their expectations...
5G NSA vs. SA: How do the deployment modes differ?
Non-standalone 5G uses a combination of existing 4G LTE architecture with a 5G RAN. Standalone 5G, on the other hand, uses a 5G ...
Broadband equity initiatives bridge digital divide in K-12
Federally funded broadband programs support infrastructure upgrades to underserved communities, which address the digital divide ...

Platform engineering best practices for data centers
Platform engineering is an emerging discipline that optimizes DevOps workflows with internal developer platforms. It enhances ...
Useful commands to check CPU info in Linux systems
You can issue commands through your Linux CLI to gather CPU information, including detailed information on cores, class, ...
Understand the uses of blockchain in data centers
Blockchain is most famous for its cryptocurrency applications, but data centers can employ it for a variety of business-related ...

How to use a data governance maturity model
A data governance maturity model identifies where current operations are lacking and how to make improvements that better protect...
Cloud database comparison: AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle
Here's a look at the rival cloud database offerings from AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle based on their product breadth, ...
IoT data management extends best practices to the edge
IoT devices generate and collect data from points all over the network. Organizations must apply general data management best ...