Making money from customer data

Many organisations do not manage customer data as a corporate asset, and the monetary value of that data is often ignored, says Gartner. “Digital business is having a significant impact on customer data,” says Douglas Laney, vice-president and...

Cure headaches by virtualising the network

Kathy Gibson reports from VMWorld in Barcelona – The application has evolved, and dozens of compute nodes are responsible for delivering any application to the user. In fact, the application has almost become the network, and getting it to the user involves a...

It’s all about the delivery

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld in Barcelona – The one cloud, any application, any device strategy that VMware is advocating cannot succeed unless applications can be delivered to users on any device. Sanjay Poonen, executive vice-president: end user computing...

Complex infrastructure worries CIOs

Infrastructure complexity and exponential growth in data storage needs are top concerns for IT decision-makers in the UK and Germany, according to research conducted on behalf of Pivot3. The company says that more than 65% of survey respondents agree that they are...
Solar wind puts on light show

Solar wind puts on light show

The last week saw a series of auroras lighting up the sky in the northern hemisphere. On the night of 8 October 2015, a photographer in Harstad, Norway captured this image of the dancing northern lights. Auroras are created when fast-moving, magnetic solar material...

New solutions drive new partner programme

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld in Barcelona – VMware’s new vision of one cloud; any application; any device offers new opportunities for reseller partners. Jurgen Kuhlewein, senior director: EMEA channels and general business at VMware, says that the...