360°IT Blog
Below are all the Blogs for your selected category.14 May 2010

Think the cloud's insecure? Think again...
Any mention of cloud computing quickly turns into a discussion on security. But recent, real-world achievements of cloud users and vendors show the cloud is...
14 May 2010

New data centre? Can it!
New data centres are very expensive, require a lot of planning and often change in a very short period of time, making all the hard...
23 Apr 2010

Cloud-aware applications
A global architect at the one of the world’s largest IT providers recently told me that after spending billions on its next-generation datacentre rollout -...
31 Mar 2010

Do our capital woes foreshadow ‘appy’ days?
In the aftermath of last week’s final Budget before the election, the equity market looked calm – almost indifferent. Wednesday and Thursday were both pretty...
25 Mar 2010

Nothing changes - everything stays the same...
These words are starting to resonate with almost daily regularity - which is about the same frequency I hear the words 'cloud computing'. Now first...
11 Mar 2010

Why data's safe in the cloud labyrinth
When I give presentations, or orchestrate sessions, on The Cloud, the same set of questions and challenges pop up as regular as clockwork. Two that...
11 Mar 2010

Does cloud always mean cheaper?
For the last two years, the promise of any significant reduction in IT spend has been a powerful challenge to the status quo. Especially when...
05 Mar 2010

If you want customers' trust, don't lock them in
Few IT suppliers want to be stuck in the commodity game, which is why so many are trying to major on the 'added value' they...
03 Mar 2010

Cloudy, with a chance of disappointment
At last, the ultimate technology solution is here. The Cloud (has to be capitalised, otherwise it’s just a bit of air-borne moisture trying to get...
22 Feb 2010

Is 'shadow IT' outperforming your multimillion-pound infrastructure?
“The stakes are high for Project Eden, the codename for a long-term project to roll out a single electronic document and records management system...
15 Feb 2010

Patriot games
"Is it safe?" That's the first question most firms considering cloud or hosted computing models ask, but for financial institutions it has a particular nuance. ...





