IT Planning & Management White Papers

Only 1 in 5 data centres is operating at a high level of efficiency. This is not helped by an increasing pressure for IT cost transparency and demonstrated business value. Read this paper for a discussion about optimising the server environment for a highly efficient data centre. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper highlights the importance of building your data protection strategy around business requirements. This involves appropriate data classification. Read this paper for five steps to defining your data protection strategy. VIEW SUMMARY

This case study follows a Chinese university that deployed high performance computing servers to cope with their demands. But, it was difficult to manage the scattered computing resources, and they also wanted greater utilisation of these resources. Read this case study to find out how they did so. VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper provides a guide for beginners in the managed service industry. It gives advice on formulating the right strategy, selecting appropriate tools, how to price your service, avoiding risks and what can be achieved by building a successful managed service provider. Read to find out more VIEW SUMMARY

Financial organisations are under increasing pressure to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Hence, disparate technologies are purchased to attempt to achieve efficiencies. This makes the IT environment difficult to manage. Read to find out how automation of maintenance tasks can help. VIEW SUMMARY

Managing the IT infrastructure for a university, college or school is a thankless job. Education IT professionals need to walk a tight line between providing for the needs of users and managing the IT infrastructure. This paper presents the top ten IT management pain points in education environments VIEW SUMMARY

10% of retail IT professionals experience downtime of their POS systems on a daily basis. The availability of your POS systems means the difference between making a sale or losing business to a competitor. This paper presents the top ten IT management pain points in retail environments. VIEW SUMMARY

New technologies and principles like cloud computing, virtualisation and IT as a Service are reshaping how enterprises think of IT. Business and IT are seeking a new balance to make their collaboration work better for the company. This paper highlights the exciting times in store for the IT industry VIEW SUMMARY

Attacks don’t operate in silos, but many security programmes do. Fragmented security technologies leave organisations severely vulnerable to sophisticated threats. Organisations need to combine network security with a consolidated monitoring program which quickly blocks malicious traffic. VIEW SUMMARY

71% of those surveyed said that improving analysis of performance data would yield the greatest business benefits. This paper considers the importance of flexible reporting and what features are essential to measure performance. Superlative reporting can greatly improve the business bottom line. VIEW SUMMARY