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Understanding desktop virtualisation

Intel | Published: 16:20 GMT, 07 February 12 | www.cio.co.uk

The advantages and limitations

Driven by ever-increasing pressure on a multitude of issues - including cost control, manageability, security, regulatory compliance and business continuity - some managers are considering desktop virtualisation models as an alternative to traditional distributed software deployment.

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The future of enterprise computing

Intel | Published: 15:51 GMT, 07 February 12 | www.cio.co.uk

Preparing for the compute continuum

Server virtualisation together with the cloud are creating a future for enterprise computing in which access to information via a variety of devices from any location at any time will be mission-critical. With these changes comes a growth of complexity in the management of technology and security.

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Business continuity and disaster recovery for SMBs

VMWare | Published: 16:46 GMT, 02 February 12 | www.cio.co.uk

The benfits of server virtualisation

Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) are major issues for all businesses, with small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) facing particular challenges. Many SMB organisations have inadequate back-up systems and cite cost and complexity as reasons for this failure.

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6 tips to mobilise your existing ERP

Magic Software | Published: 16:41 GMT, 01 February 12 | www.cio.co.uk

65% of employees who use personal mobile devices for business, report greater productivity

Enterprise mobile users throughout the global business community will number 1.19 billion by 2013, and account for 34.9% of the workforce. At the same time, the expectations of users now extends far beyond the ability to send an email on the move, with more complex processing such as invoicing, access to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and completing orders now being requested by the ever increasing 'mobile' workforce.

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Resolving common challenges in virtualised environments

Symantec | Published: 11:04 GMT, 31 January 12 | www.cio.co.uk

Are you seeing the full benefits of virtualisation?

The adoption of virtualisation in the enterprise is transforming the way IT is deployed, managed and delivered to the business units. While virtualisation delivers many advantages, it is not perfect. As with the introduction of any new technology, there are challenges that need to be faced and overcome - not least of which may be the realisation that the link between workloads and physical platforms has been broken.


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The financial economics of cloud email

This white paper evaluates cloud computing as a flexible alternative to your current IT capability that delivers tangible benefits including: projects delivered earlier, faster adoption to change, lower risk, reduced costs and easier to scale up or down services.

Beyond Dropbox: Requirements for Enterprise Secure File Sharing

This whitepaper explores the danger “Dropbox” type services pose for enterprises, and the security and compliance requirements for deploying enterprise-wide file sharing solutions.

Top 10 considerations for your IT operations management in the cloud

This paper explores ten questions every IT organization should answer to help determine their cloud based ITOM needs.

How to get your business ready for the 2012 Olympics

IT Manager: "I'm working on contingency plans to ensure that we can keep the business running whatever happens during the Olympics. Hopefully, it'll just be a case of letting people work from home but we need to be ready for anything".


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Wed 29 Feb 2012
Tower 42, London, 7pm.

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