Behind all the hype, in its simplest terms the cloud represents IT as a service, removing platform, hardware and associated servicing requirements from the equation, consolidating requirements to drive efficiency delivering required outcomes as a package.
Core to adoption considerations are a range of complications and a series of drivers which conflict with those complications to [...]
Computer Weekly, Warwick Ashford (14.06.10)
Software as a service (SaaS) will have a role in the future of IT, but not the dominant future that was first thought, according to research firm Gartner. Organisations should carefully assess their software needs in light of the current promises delivered on by SaaS, the firm said. Many of the [...]
Are you struggling to understand what cloud computing means for your business and how it fits with traditional IT service delivery models?
Despite all the hype, many IT and business decision-makers are uncertain of what cloud computing entails, and how to put it into the right context to benefit their organisation.
In early 2010, Computacenter will be [...]
The UK Software Asset Management Conference: 21st April 2010 brought to you by The Software Industry Research Board
SIRB, a leading advisor on Software Licence Management, is bringing together industry leaders from the Software and Software Asset Management (SAM) community to share success and experience and further your knowledge and progression of effective licence management processes, policies [...]
Managing licence obligations against entitlement in the virtual world – part 1
By now you’ve most probably seen coverage warning to mind the hype developed from various quarters of the efficiencies and returns from virtualising your infrastructure. The vendor and early media publicity of a better, faster, cheaper approach has been tempered by a greater understanding [...]
THE UK Software Asset Management Conference: 21st April 2010 – brought to you by The Software Industry Research Board
SIRB, a leading advisor on Software Licence Management, is bringing together industry leaders from the Software and Software Asset Management (SAM) community to share success and experience and further your knowledge and progression of effective licence management [...]
