Salesforce.com’s recent announcement of its VMforce platform for deploying Java applications is the latest in a long line of announcements from a wide range of vendors of such on-demand (or cloud based if you prefer) offerings. Many will be confused by the range of offerings and the terminology used to describe them and will be unsure of the risk and benefits. This gallery, written for Computer Weekly, by Quocirca aims to provide further insight. ...
24/06/2010 | XaaS - June 2010.pdf | VIEW
Quocirca's analysis and commentary on the printing industry. ...
01/07/2010 | Quocirca Printer Pulse June 2010.pdf | VIEW
Much of the discussion around modern IT still revolves around purely technical aspects of a given platform, leaving many business people in the dark as to what true value of a new technical architecture actually is. With businesses being run by process – not by technology – a new approach has to be taken: one that starts with the business imperative, drills down to the business process and then uses technology - increasingly from outside sources – to enable and facilitate the business tasks that are the basic building blocks of business value. ...
06/07/2010 | Star Taking IT to Task May 2010 final v3.pdf | VIEW
Cloud computing has been hailed as the cure for all IT ills. Fortunately, a measure of reality is now returning to people's view of the technology and the business value it can provide. ...
05/08/2010 | silicon - 6 cloud.pdf | VIEW
The tool of choice to the highly mobile workforce is the mobile phone. From customer contact and records keeping, through calendaring and scheduling to mapping and news feeds, the mobile phone is usurping the laptop as the main point of technology for the road warrior. Aside from the typical conveniences the mobile phone offers travelling employees, the ability to manage expenses closer to the point of spend, bypassing the credit card/receipt/spreadsheet/bank payment process through the use of a suitable mobile phone focused solution can optimise expense management for all concerned. ...
24/09/2010 | Concur mobility report August 2010 final EMEA.pdf | VIEW
Creating an open and clear means of dealing with expenses in higher education establishments ...
22/10/2010 | Concur education report Sept 2010 EMEA final.pdf | VIEW
A single change in a data centre can have ripple impacts that are unforeseen. The need for effective predictive analysis and modelling of "what-ifs?" are now of increasing importance. ...
09/11/2010 | Romonet November 2010w.pdf | VIEW
Is the increasing focus on cloud something that requires a complete technology rethink, or is it a logical evolution of where IT was already going? ...
11/11/2010 | DCD London November 2010 web.pdf | VIEW
Cloud computing can be seen as a revolutionary change to a technology platform - and the opportunity should be taken for this to result in "better" IT. But is this really the case, or are we just making the same mistakes as we have made in the past? This audio webinar in conjunction with NTT Europe(requires BrightTALK registration) looks at where cloud is taken us. ...
48 minutes | 27/10/2010 | 535 | VIEW
Cloud computing is beginning to be on the radar of the majority of organisations - yet little is fully undersood as to what the key decision factors are as to where cloud makes sense as a platform. This audio webinar (requires BrightTALK registration), in conjunction with Strato AG, looks at how organisations shoudl be thinking about cloud. ...
47 minutes | 25/05/2010 | 536 | VIEW
