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Wednesday at VMware Partner Exchange…

February 28, 2013

…we heard from the business leaders of VMware, notably Pat Gelsinger CEO and Carl Eschenbach President and COO. The message in terms of vision was pretty much the same as yesterday with the three key priorities of the Software Defined Datacentre, Hybrid Cloud and End User Computing once again reiterated. The business results focused on [...]

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Thoughts from one of our representitives at the Tuesday session of the VMware Partner Exchange…

February 27, 2013

VMware has made some big announcements for its channel partners today; however what’s probably of more interest is the emphasis they are putting on customers who have made the transition to the third stage of a virtual environment, which includes networking and security. The claim is that those who do this, or are on the [...]

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Representatives from EACS are at VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas this week…

February 26, 2013

…to hear VMware’s plans for the coming year, learn about new offerings and explore best practices… At the VMware Partner Exchange yesterday we heard how they, like others, are encouraging customers to commit to their platform. This shouldn’t be a surprise or seen as a bad thing, it can just take a while for the [...]

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The Interactive Archive

February 5, 2013

Email is still the dominant form of communication in businesses today. It has become a mission critical application because of the importance of the data transacted through, and stored in, email environments. A decade or so ago, as IT departments began to recognise the growing importance of the corporate email environment, they started to add [...]

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Seven Questions to Determine Your Cloud Backup and Recovery Needs

February 5, 2013

Managing data has become one of the most important and complex IT challenges for businesses of all sizes. With the proliferation of endpoint devices throughout the organisation, backup administrators are challenged with keeping corporate data residing on these devices backed-up in the event data recovery is required. Big data is also challenging IT administrators as [...]

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Why consider using third party support services?

February 5, 2013

In today’s environment, external support arrangements, where elements of your IT support are outsourced to a third party, have become extremely commonplace. One of the main drivers for organisations is the reduction in IT costs through efficiencies and economies of scale, as you get access to a team of staff and their collective knowledge and [...]

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Update from the Control & Collaboration Team

February 4, 2013

For the Control and Collaboration team 2012 was a whirlwind of activity. The sheer volume of our traditional project work increased. We have been helping our customers to implement and update solutions around technologies such as Microsoft Server Operating Systems, System Management and Private Cloud, as well as Microsoft messaging and collaboration technologies, such as [...]

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IT – The Service Broker, Builder or Blocker

January 31, 2013

Matt Watts , EMEA Director of Technology and Strategy at NetApp, has over 15 years IT experience and currently Chairs NetApp’s Senate for Strategy and Vision. He frequently attends events articulating the business value of IT and in 2012 was a keynote speaker at Optimise IT. Below he looks at the use of file-sharing services [...]

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Update from the Virtualisation & Infrastructure Team

January 30, 2013

Although technologies don’t change as much in this arena as they do in the application world, the need for simple Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions is one area that has grown in demand. Customers have always wanted to implement the technology but the expense can be seen as prohibitive, especially in the SME market. [...]

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