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Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 at 9:42 am

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Time to kill the word `computing

By Martin Banks in Editorial

Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2008 at 1:40 pm

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I wish to propose a heresy: that the word `computing

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If SaaS needs a `killer app

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Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 at 7:15 am

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It may seem blindingly obvious, but the primary reason for the existence of IT infrastructure is the support of the business processes that have generated the cash needed to create them. It is also something worth restating, because there are certainly cases where, regardless of the amount of cash spent, the infrastructures have singularly failed to deliver on their promises (or more commonly, hype).

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Sign up for a service instead

By Martin Banks in Editorial

Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 at 5:19 pm

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Sometimes markets change through the appearance of a thoroughly disruptive new technology, but more often the change comes about because of a collection of events and market forces. Just such a collection looks as though it is in play for the semiconductor industry.

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Little news = stability, which is good

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Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 at 6:42 pm

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So, it appears that there were no significant announcements about server developments at Intel

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Will infrastructures whistle for PAN?

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Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 at 6:54 pm

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When it comes to infrastructure issues, Dell is not one of those vendor names that leaps automatically to mind, except as a very competitive supplier of `additional bits

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More desktops become infrastructure

By Martin Banks in Editorial

Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2008 at 11:03 am

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The enterprise desktop is most definitely becoming an integral part of the datacentre, a fact that must be true if only because of the number of companies now offering different types of desktop solution. There are virtualised desktops, PC-blade desktops and their associated thin clients, and there are the tools that allow the IT department to build, and therefore control and manage, the workspaces that individual users are provided. One of the latest to move in on this latter area is Dutch-based Getronics, with what it calls its Future-Ready Workspace.

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A toe in the utility waters

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Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2008 at 11:02 am

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The Cold War left behind, if nothing else, some hot property. This is especially so if you are in the market for the ultimate in secure datacentres and don

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The thinning line between adaptivity and anarchy

By Martin Banks in Editorial

Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 at 10:50 am

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The change in the nature of what we call `infrastructure

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`Mainframe is green

By Martin Banks in Editorial

Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 at 6:19 pm

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Are you getting green-weary? It would not surprise me if you were because everywhere one turns these days there is an another admonishment of the IT industry

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