All about OpenStack

– Avoiding cloud lock-in

We’re explaining OpenStack: what, why, who, how, when (and how much)?

Virtualisation: where are my savings?

– Waste not, want not

Remember: they told you virtualisation would save you money. But where did the savings go? Can you save up to 40 per cent of your costs?

Hands on: Hyper-V 3.0, virtual machine high availability and disaster recovery

– Free training from The Register

We're firing up QA’s Paul Gregory again to go deep into another feature of Windows Server 2012: using Hyper-V 3.0 to increase availability of Virtual Machines.

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• Microsoft
• Windws Server 2012
• Training
• QA
• Hyper V
• VM
• Servers
• Operating Systems
• Enterprise
• Software

BYOD beyond the noise

– Don’t just think about it, build it

Enabling a successful BYOD strategy.

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• HP
• Cloud
• BYOD
• Information management
• IT management
• Mobile
• Networks
• IT Director
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management

Managing expanding business

– Critical Linux workloads

IBM’s system z platform offers the opportunity to run Linux workloads in a cost-effective and secure environment. They explain which workloads, and which customers, might benefit from running Linux on System z, and provide the evidence you need to make the business case for your business.

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• IBM
• Data management
• Mainframe
• Data centre
• LMI
• System z
• IT Director
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Hardware
• Management

Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement

– Deep dive into Hyper-V

Join us for an hour that will change broadcasting for ever. Take advantage of the improvements and new features of virtual machine migration with Hyper-V 3.0 and Windows Server 2012.

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• HyperV
• Microsoft
• Server
• Servers

Workload placement in a hybrid world

– It's where you put it that counts

Platform and deployment models will co-exist. So what should run where?

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• HP
• Hybrid cloud
• Application management
• Cloud Paltforms
• Data Management
• Workloads
• Deployment models
• IT Director
• Storage
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management

Cloud storage matters

– Your hidden weak link?

Requirements to consider when moving to cloud infrastructures - exploring the criteria of for your ideal storage platform.

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• Storage
• HP
• Private Cloud
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Hardware
• Software
• Management
• Developer

Inside the "Cloud OS"

– Does Windows Server 2012 deliver on its promise?

Regcast: The data centre is in charge and any clouds, or cloud suppliers, are going to have to learn how to play by its rules.

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• Windows Server 2012
• SQL Server
• System Centre
• Azure
• Data centre
• Microsoft
• IT Director
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management

Virtual application networking

– The key to dynamic IT

Server virtualisation is accepted and getting to be the default way to deploy applications - Explore how to be highly virtualised and flexible.

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• Network Management
• Virtual Application Networking
• Network Mordenisation
• Data centre management
• Private Cloud
• HP
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management

Consolidation in the cloud

– Not just saving cost

Regcast: Is there a private cloud consolidation dividend that's not just about money?

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• ANS Group
• Flexpod
• NetApp
• Public Cloud
• Private Cloud
• Small Biz
• IT Director
• Public Sector
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management

A DC that takes care of itself

– Can you build it, do you want it?

Here’s how to build, maintain and manage a data centre for better lifetime management.

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• Server Gen 8
• HP
• Dat centre management
• Small Biz
• IT Director
• Public Sector
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Hardware
• Management

Upping your game with Windows Server 2012

– Two Reg readers provide many reasons

Regcast:The difference that Windows Server 2012 made to transform two Reg Readers' world of work for the better.

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• Data Center
• Data Centre
• Data Management
• Windows Server 2012
• Storage
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Management
• Developer

Why you need an interactive archive

– Real-world benefits from Taylor Wessing

Join us now to hear about effective archiving, the benefits to users, the business and IT, and how to secure budget to build your interactive archive.

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• Archive
• Mimecast
• Freeform Dynamics
• Taylor Wessing
• Email
• Business Intelligebce
• Compliance
• Software

Future-proofing the data centre

– Lessons from the front line

Regcast:The practicalities of setting direction, scoping initiatives, designing architectures for delivering your business' Cloud solution.

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• Hewlett Packard
• Private Cloud
• Hybrid Cloud
• Public Cloud
• Cloud Infrastructure
• HP
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Management
• Developer

Many devices, one policy

– Is it possible?

Regcast exploring whether a single security policy is possible across multiple and remote work devices.

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• Security Management
• Blue Coat
• Applications
• Device policies
• IT Director
• Public Sector
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Security
• Management

Agility without anxiety

– Does deliver early, deliver often equal deliver badly?

Regcast:Can business keep up with agile techniques on the rise?

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• Perforce
• Developers
• Dev
• Dynamic Infrastructure
• Cloud
• Hardware
• Software
• Management
• Developer

Unilever adopts new technology to drive agile infrastructure delivery

– And tells us how it’s getting on

Making a successful shift to a dynamic data centre and private cloud.

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• Microsoft
• Dynamic data
• Unilever
• Data Management
• Private Cloud
• IT Director
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Software
• Comms
• Management

BPM from back office to front office and beyond

– Extending the reach of process automation

BPM and workflow: still as tough to get right as ever, but even more important.

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• Data Management
• Business Process Management
• BPM
• Kofax
• Small Biz
• IT Director
• Public Sector
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Management

Office 365 in the real world

– The Devil, and much of the goodness, is in the detail

The Register’s Lucy Sheriff is joined by Julian Elve, of The Schools Network, to talk about his recent Office 365 migration.

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• Apps
• Cloud
• Office 365
• Microsoft
• SaaS
• Applications
• Enterprise
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• Software
• Management

Cloud Evaluation Guide

How to select a hosted communications solution and partner

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• Cisco
• Cloud
• Communications
• Managed Service
• Networks

All about OpenStack

Avoiding cloud lock-in

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• OpenStack
• HP
• Nova
• Swift
• Cinder
• Glance
• Quantum
• Horizon
• API
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Management

Office 365 in Context

A review of drivers, needs and practicalities

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• Freeform Dynamics
• The Register
• Microsoft
• Cloud
• Office 365
• Small Biz
• Applications
• Software
• Tech Panel

What is a DDoS attack?

Reducing the threat and mitigating the damage

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• Spam
• Dyn
• Recovery
• DoS
• DDoS
• Email
• Data Center
• Software

Converged architecture brings harmony to the data centre

Vendors sing from the same hymn sheet

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• Data centre management
• Apache CloudStack
• Citrix CloudPlatform
• Converged architecture
• NetApp
• ANS Group
• FlexPod
• IT Director
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Software
• Management