Opinion

Opinion

Server hardware

• Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications

  Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications  Continue Reading

• Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction

  The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction  Continue Reading

• Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?

  With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why  Continue Reading

• HP: Where next for the troubled Silicon Valley giant?

  Numerous management changes and acquisitions have created confusion about HP's strategy, but is it too late to bounce back?  Continue Reading

• Does IBM have what it needs to succeed in the cloud era?

  With its history in hardware, has IBM done enough from a tech development and acquisition perspective to achieve long-term success in the cloud?  Continue Reading

• IT availability: the whole truth

  Some of the figures people quote for the reliability of their IT systems look ludicrously minimal  Continue Reading

• Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

  There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Security in virtual world requires special considerations

  How should information security professionals get stated with securing virtual environments?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Hypervisor is key to securing virtual servers

  How should information security professionals get started with securing virtual environments?  Continue Reading

• Seven enablers of effective disaster recovery for SMEs

  This article considers the current status of disaster recover (DR) in small and mid-size businesses (SMEs) and highlights a few simple steps every organisation can take to ensure it is better able to address such challenges.  Continue Reading

• Rationalising software licencing in the virtual age

  During any consolidation project, software licensing arrangements must be given careful thought. Andrew Buss of Freeform Dynamics discusses the legal and commercial considerations.  Continue Reading

• Virtualisation in hosting – approach with caution

  For most IT managers the need to do more with less has never been more pressing. But how can you build better IT systems with reduced funds? There is...

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• Plan now for a power grab

  Much has been said about businesses becoming more energy efficient to tackle climate change, but energy demands could become a deal breaker in the datacentre for much more immediate reasons.  Continue Reading

• Traffic management, not more bandwidth, is key to improving network performance

  Optimisation devices can avoid the need for expensive server upgrades.  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day Tin men eat their words

  They swore they would never make Linux servers, but the tin makers are changing their tune now that the open-source OS is taking...  Continue Reading