Chris Gabriel continues to explore the concept of the ‘Aerodynamic Business’. In this two-part follow up to his first post in the series, Chris looks at the organisational attributes that define the...
The Video Games?
The London Olympics will leave many legacies; social, cultural, sporting and infrastructure. But, Tom Kelly argues, a lesser hailed legacy will come in response to overcrowded public transport,...
Tags Video Collaboration, telepresence solution, IT trends, video as a service, video collaboration, video conferencing
Mobile IT – choosing a vendor in a crowded market
In a follow up to his recent look at the options available to organisations seeking to manage the data security risks associated with BYOD, James Tay, CEO at Logicalis Asia, sets out the...
Tags BYOD, Mobile IT, MAM, MDM, Business Strategy
Is there a staffing crisis that will change the face of IT?
Right now staffing accounts for more than 30% of the average IT budget – so it’s little wonder that headcount is always under scrutiny as companies look efficiencies and opportunities to manage...
Tags Staffing, IT Staffing, Business Strategy
There may be turbulence ahead
Organisations worldwide started fastening their seat-belts and jettisoning ballast in 2008, when the headwinds of an economic storm started to build. Chris Gabriel assesses where the scramble to...
Tags digital adventurer, Strategy, IT leaders, CIO, IT executives, Business Strategy
Bring your own device (BYOD) is here to stay, but what about the risks?
James Tay, CEO at Logicalis Asia, considers the options when it comes to managing the data security risks associated with BYOD. Should it be the traditional Network Access Control (NAC) approach, the...
Tags Security, BYOD, MAM, data security, MDM
What Makes a CIO ‘Elite’?
Steve Chaffee, Solution Architect, Outsourcing & Enterprise Cloud Solutions looks at what makes a CIO 'elite' and how an 'average' CIO can break out.
Tags IT leaders, CIO, Uncategorised, IT executives
Should businesses look to the Cloud for Disaster Recovery?
This week Kevin Clark asks whether the Cloud is a suitable component in a Disaster Recover solution and touches on some of the developments in this area as well as providing sound advice to CXOs who...
Tags Disaster Recovery, data protection, Data Centre, cloud computing, Cloud Disaster Recovery, Outsourcing, Data Centre Services, Cloud Computing
Why the Digital Natives need new Digital Adventurers
This week Chris Gabriel gives his view on the idea that the future of technology and innovation lies in the hands of "Digital Natives". He draws on his own formative technology experiences to argue...
Tags digital adventurer, CIO, Uncategorised, digital natives, digital migrant
Data Centres – lessons from the field (Part 2)
This week we welcome back Steve Clarke, a former CIO with long experience at a senior level running IT operations. In part 1, Steve talked about his experience moving data centre services for a major...
Tags CIO, Outsourcing Services, Data Centre, Outsourcing, Data Centre Services