Chris Gabriel argues that IT is primed to take on a unique role at the strategic heart of organisations – but must once again be driven by inspiration – by remembering to focus not just on what...
Is your data centre fit for the future?
Bob Mobach, Practice Director, Data Center Solutions, Logicalis US argues today’s data centres are struggling to keep up with the sheer pace of change in enterprise technology – and that a new, more...
Tags DCaaS, Strategy, Data Centre, Data Centre as a Service, Data Centre Services, Business Strategy
Can CXOs protect customer data from spying eyes?
Not a week seems to go by without another revelation about the NSA, and other national security agencies, accessing companies’ data. But whether you are reassured that national security is being...
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From virtualisation to convergence: Transforming IT is (partly) in the mind
Kevin Gruneison, Senior Director Data Centre Solutions at Logicalis Inc, explains why a move to a converged infrastructure is as much about different thinking as it is about different technology.
Tags converged infrastructure, virtualisation, Data Centre, Data Centre Services
Software Defined Networking (SDN) for the non-technical CXO
We recently announced at Logicalis that we are putting together a team to explore the immediate and future impact of Software Defined Networking. But to the non-technical CXO, what is an SDN? Gary...
The Virtualisation Journey. Part 2 – Brave new world
In this second of a two part series, Alex Watson-Jackson points out how a far-sighted virtualisation strategy can push the benefits well beyond consolidation and cost saving, to enable a brave new...
Tags virtualisation, Data Centre, Data Centre Services, Business Strategy
The Virtualisation Journey. Part 1 – Beyond Consolidation
In part one of a two part series, Alex Watson-Jackson looks at virtualisation – where it started, what it is now and where it is going, to offer six very good reasons to virtualise.
Cloud Contracts and Data Sovereignty
In a recent press release from Gartner, ambiguous contract language and protection relating to security was highlighted as concern to buyers of commercial cloud services, particularly software as a...
Tags Data Protection and Privacy, Cloud Computing, Business Strategy
ITSM. Making the whole greater than the sum of its parts
Eugene Wolf, MD of Logicalis SMC in The Netherlands, looks at the benefits associated with taking a holistic approach to ITSM, pointing out that a really effective implementation is about more than...
If you want BYOD to work, do the maths
Chris Gabriel takes a look behind the hype to assess the economics of BYOD and asks, "Is everyone doing it just as well as Cisco?”
Tags BYOD, Business Strategy