Content Tagged With 'efficient it'

How green is your data centre?

At companies that have made a serious commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR), information technology is increasingly coming under the spotlight. That's because the average data centre is a voracious... Read the Article

The problem of ‘server sprawl' - and how to tackle it

Virtualisation may be one of the most talked-about developments in data centre technology right now - but it is by no means a brand-new concept. "In fact, virtualisation's legacy stretches... Read the Article

The single storage pool

Storage costs have never been lower and data volumes have never been higher. That leads many companies to buy new storage devices whenever they install a new system, rather than... Read the Article

The problem of dirty data

Corporate IT systems are hiding a dirty secret: they are awash with data that is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date, duplicated, redundant or just plain meaningless. And once databases are full of... Read the Article

Environmental IT - is your IT Green?

Chris Gabriel 's views on how the market is responding to Green IT? Do you agree with him or are your experiences different?Everyone's talking about ‘green IT' - but are... Read the Article

Legacy Renewal

At many companies, legacy applications are a fact of life. They may not be based on the latest cutting-edge technology, but they are tried and trusted - and, in many... Read the Article

Is clustering right for my business?

Ask any technology visionary about the future of the IT industry and their answer may well include the concept of grid technology deployment.In this model, the combined processing power of... Read the Article

Is your data centre working at full capacity?

Is your server farm out of control? Is it characterised by a sprawling, disorganised pool of processing resource in which individual boxes run at rates far below their potential capacity?If... Read the Article

Why CSR and Green IT go hand in hand

Corporate social responsibility is high on the boardroom agenda right now. But all over the world, organisations are rapidly coming to realise that green IT initiatives don't just benefit the... Read the Article

The link between ILM and data centre performance

Does your organisation have a ‘keep everything' mentality? Do you try to retain every megabyte of electronic information, just in case the regulators or legal authorities come calling? Or have... Read the Article

Does the maths around outsourcing work?

Survey after survey shows that cost is a key determining factor in outsourcing IT services. But beware of driving too hard a bargain when negotiating a managed services contract --... Read the Article

Five operational performance improvements through outsourcing

Once a company sets out down the managed services path, it is almost impossible for it to return to an in-house set-up without incurring significant costs and end-user disruption.That's why... Read the Article

Efficient IT

It's time that companies started applying the same intellectual rigour and financial acumen to IT purchasing decisions as they do to every other kind of capital expenditure. That's the message... Read the Article

No room at the inn

Colocation, colocation, colocation: For years, it's been the mantra of companies facing data centre capacity issues. By turning systems and network equipment over to third-party hosting specialists with their own... Read the Article

Operate versus Innovate

When it comes to figuring out your IT capital budget requirements for the next five years, do you know where the big bucks will be spent?Will they be invested in new systems... Read the Article

New priorities needed for CIOs, says Gartner

IT heads are spending too much time simply managing the IT department, according to market analyst firm Gartner.That may sound nonsensical - but there's an important point to be made.... Read the Blog Post