Centralizing data for management enables backup systems and devices to be retired from branch environments, along with maintenance contracts and tape rotation services, for immediate dramatic cost savings.
Today’s traditional IT model suffers from resources located in different, unrelated silos—leading to low utilization and gross inefficiency. Enterprise servers reside in one area of the data center and network switches and storage arrays in another. This document describes the design of - and the rationale behind - the Secure Cloud Architecture.
As telcos gear up to roll out the first 5G networks, enterprises are keen to see how they can take advantage of faster 5G networks to support a broad range of applications. In this edition of CW ASEAN, we look at how enterprises in ASEAN are readying themselves for 5G to take advantage of the new technology. Read the issue now.
ServiceU Corporation was challenged to deploy reliable hardware to support its Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. Read this case study to learn about the benefits that ServiceU achieved through by implementing Dell hardware and Microsoft Hyper-V technology.
This paper examines how failure to adopt modular standardization as a design strategy for data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) is costly on all fronts, unnecessary expense, avoidable downtime, and lost business opportunity. Standardization and modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in DCPI that streamline and simplify every process.
In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to gambling site Betfair about the IT challenges of preparing for the football World Cup. We examine the strategy of cloud software pioneer Salesforce.com as it grows its role in the IT department. And we explain erasure coding – an emerging method for protecting storage hardware. Read the issue now.
A computer network is an interconnected system of devices, represented as network nodes, that share information, data and resources among each other. Not all networks are the same. In this e-guide, learn about the seven most common types of networks, their benefits and use cases.
In this week's Computer Weekly, as the UK's first 4G mobile network goes live, we examine the benefits for business. IT security suppliers say that cross-industry collaboration is needed – but can they work together? And we take a look at the latest wireless networking technology, known as WiGig. Read the issue now.
Infosecurity Europe is the largest IT security event in Europe. Held in London, it is a free exhibition with over 325 exhibitors featuring the most diverse range of new products and services and an unrivalled free education programme. Register today!
