Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Joanne Nelson, VP International Marketing for Logicalis Global, assesses the future of business intelligence solutions, as research suggests on-premise solutions may soon be consigned to history. As the business intelligence (BI) market reaches $13 billion, IT leaders searching for new solutions are increasingly choosing cloud-based tools to analyse their operations. And they are doing so […]

Kevin Gruneisen, Senior Director, Cloud and Data Center Solutions, Logicalis US explains why resolving on-premise infrastructure issues is a vital precursor to any successful journey to the cloud. More and more companies are establishing cloud strategies as the benefits of a move away from on-premise continue to crystalise.  But how many, have included in that […]

The buzz around the cloud is very real. It offers considerable business agility, cost efficiencies and service improvements. What the buzz doesn’t tell you is that getting to the point where the cloud brings these benefits to your organisation isn’t easy. Mike Martin, Senior Vice President, Solutions & Services for Logicalis asks: What do you need […]

In a recent press release from Gartner, ambiguous contract language and protection relating to security was highlighted as concern to buyers of commercial cloud services, particularly software as a service (SaaS).  So what specifically are these concerns and what can the CIO do to mitigate them? The Gartner report is supported by a survey conducted […]

As the post-Sandy clean-up and recovery continues, and the costs (both human and financial) are added up, Vince de Luca looks at what we can learn from a technology point of view – has DRaaS been proven? Given that Sandy left an estimated eight million homes and businesses without power, flooded countless data centres and […]

Happy New Year from all at CXO Unplugged!  If your organisation is amongst the 80% planning to pursue a private cloud strategy by 2014, assessing the cloud-readiness of your existing infrastructure is a vital first step.  Vince DeLuca takes a look at the 14 technologies that could make or break your private cloud strategy Transitioning […]

In the run up to the holiday period, Logicalis CEO Ian Cook addresses some of the ICT trends for 2013. Consumers will be driving many ICT trends for 2013 and this will require investment by organisations to support a new way of working. An IDC prediction for 2013 says: “The most important events in 2013 will […]

This week Kevin Clark asks whether the Cloud is a suitable component in a Disaster Recover solution and touches on some of the developments in this area as well as providing sound advice to CXOs who are considering exploring this potential opportunity.  Organisations the world over understand very well the need for recovery solutions that keep […]

Chris Gabriel, VP of Solutions Management at Logicalis Group, thinks ICT has too often been a limiting factor when it comes to innovation at the organisational edge.  He argues that the time, and the technology, is right for change. Is your organisation at the edge of innovation?  It’s time IT applied the final push For […]

Nathaniel Borenstein, Chief Scientist, Mimecast and one of the pioneers of the MIME standard, gives his view of the challenges posed by the Bring Your Own Device movement – and how forward thinking organisations can overcome them. The bring-your-own-device movement is a warning to businesses that their core is about to get more complicated.  What […]