Office 365 in Context

– A review of drivers, needs and practicalities

A review of drivers, needs and practicalities: we consider the context for Microsoft’s latest strategic bet in the productivity arena.

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

A Vision for the Data Centre

– Are you a Mover, Dreamer or Traditionalist?

With advances in technology and best practice continuing to be made in parallel, is it time for a new approach to data centre computing?

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• Data Centre
• Microsoft
• Freeform Dynamics
• Hardware
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Fast Forward to Big Data

– Information management opportunities and challenges

Think about your own needs and how you might utilise new options available on the market for your upcoming data management projects.

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• Big data
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• Information Management
• Business Intelligence
• Data governance
• Hadoop
• Small Biz
• IT Director
• Public Sector
• Storage
• Hardware
• Management
• Tech Panel

The Business of Security

– Helping SME’s take better care of their vital assets

Channel Guide - security solutions to the SME.

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• Channel
• SME
• Security Solutions
• FSB
• McAfee
• Enterprise Security
• Security
• Management
• Tech Panel

From virtualisation to private cloud

– Small steps to big results

Lots of people are talking about private cloud as the next natural step from virtualisation. While some companies have managed to implement private cloud, for many it can seem to be a giant leap.

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Reg Reader Research: Private Cloud and IT Service Delivery

– Exploring the broader organisational issues

Read this whitepaper which explores the broader organisational issues with private cloud and IT service delivery

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• Private cloud
• Infrastructure
• Servers
• Storage
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Reg Reader Research: The Links between Public and Private Cloud

– They’re closer in language than in today’s IT reality

Read this whitepaper which discusses the links between public and private cloud

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• Public sector
• Infrastructure
• Private cloud
• Tech Panel

Information management in financial services

– Data deluge, data desert or both?

Reg Reader reserach looking at the way information is captured and used in the financial services sector.

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• Financial Services
• Data Management
• Information Management
• Freeform Dynamics
• Microsoft
• Business Intelligence
• BI
• Small Biz
• IT Director
• Data Networking
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Management
• Tech Panel

The Consumerisation of IT

– A question of freedom versus control

One of the hottest debates in the IT industry at the moment is around the use of personal technology and personal internet services for work purposes.

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• Devices
• Personal
• Work
• Consumer
• Consumerization
• Consumerisation
• Hardware
• Software
• Management
• Tech Panel

Reg Reader Research: Cloud connectivity

– Carefully does it

Read this Reg reader report which investigates whether the point of view - that the network is a problem for Cloud adoption - is well founded or is more myth than reality.

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• SaaS application
• WAN
• Cloud
• Servers
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• Tech Panel

Mobile computing checkpoint

– The present and future of flexible working

Reg Reader Tech Panel research on the past and future of mobile computing.

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• PCs
• Mobile Computing
• 3G
• WiFi
• Intel
• Smart Phone
• Tablet
• Tablet
• Smart Phone
• Intel
• WiFi
• 3G
• Mobile Computing
• PCs
• Wireless
• Mobile
• Software
• Comms
• Management
• Tech Panel

Server Virtualisation Scale-Up

– Getting to grips with the practical reality

This report summarises the results of an IT practitioner study completed in December 2010.

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• Virtualisation
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Applied Desktop Virtualisation

– Perceptions, reality and practicality

See how far users have progressed in rolling out solutions in the area of desktop virtualisation.

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• Desktop
• Virtualisation
• Virtualization
• VDI
• Servers
• Tech Panel

Bridging The Replication Gap

– Some say that replication is expensive and complex. They are wrong.

Disaster recovery is not what it used to be.

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• Backup
• Recovery
• Disaster
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• SunGard
• Fire
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• Flood
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• SunGard
• Replication
• Disaster
• Recovery
• Backup
• Storage
• Hardware
• Software
• Security
• Management
• Tech Panel

The changing shape of the desktop

– No more like-for-like

In this Register reader survey, we consider what needs to be considered when looking at how to take the client computing environment forward based on input from 445 IT professionals.

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• Investment
• Management
• Virtualisation
• Desktop
• Productivity
• Productivity
• Desktop
• Virtualisation
• Management
• Investment
• Servers
• Hardware
• Tech Panel

An overview of virtualization challenges today

– Virtualization: Solving the problems of success

See the benefits of using virtualization technology to consolidate multiple smaller servers onto fewer, larger machines.

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• Server
• Platforms
• Consolidation
• Virtualisation
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• Virtualization
• Virtualisation
• Consolidation
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• Server
• Hardware
• Tech Panel

Server Virtualization beyond Consolidation

– A North American perspective from Reg readers

Reg readers in North America explain how they're using virtualization and the benefits and challenges they're encountering.

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• Virtualization
• Virtualisation
• Consolidation
• Platforms
• North America
• USA
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• Servers
• USA
• North America
• Platforms
• Consolidation
• Virtualisation
• Virtualization
• Hardware
• Tech Panel

The Register Guide to Enterprise Virtualization

– The Planning, Benefits and Future of Server Virtualization

Server sprawl has been part of the IT landscape for years, to the detriment of the organization. That’s gradually changing thanks to server virtualization.

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• Dell
• Intel
• The Register
• Freeform Dynamics
• Virtualization
• Primer
• Data Centre
• Data Centre
• Primer
• Virtualization
• Freeform Dynamics
• The Register
• Intel
• Dell
• Servers
• Hardware
• Tech Panel

High Performance for All

– Responding to the needs of compute-intensive workloads

While HPC is not new, it has traditionally been seen as a specialist area – is it now geared up to meet more mainstream requirements?

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• Microsoft
• HPC
• High Performance Computing
• Compute intensive
• Hardware
• Management
• Tech Panel

The Register Guide to Improving Systems Agility

– Every little helps

This paper is a follow up to the Agile Date Center event The Register undertook in Q4 2009. Download to find out more.

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• Data center
• Dell
• The Register
• Freeform Dynamics
• Agile computing
• Virtualization
• SOA
• Blended resourcing
• Blended resourcing
• SOA
• Virtualization
• Agile computing
• Freeform Dynamics
• The Register
• Dell
• Data center
• Hardware
• Tech Panel

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

A guide for BYOD policies

International data privacy legislation review

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• MobileIron
• BYOD
• Mobile device
• Policy
• Mobile

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

Cloud ready for Linux on System z

Installation and configuration services guide

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• Cloud
• Linux
• System z
• Mainframe Management
• IT Director
• Servers
• Storage
• Data Networking
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Management
• Developer