Virtualisation appears to be on almost every companys agenda and is rapidly becoming a key element of IT strategies. In many ways, as our page 4 research article points out, the virtues of virtualisation are almost too good to be true: lower costs, better performance and greener IT. But virtualisation ... read more..

(Article taken from Technical Guidelines 4 Open Source Software written by The Open Learning Centre and Openforum Europe)When open alternatives are available, no citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to use a particular companys technology to access government information. I know a smart business decision when I see ... read more..

(Article taken from Management Guidelines 331 Future of the Desktop)The desktop computing marketplace is fast-paced, with an increasing variety of options for the delivery of information both within an organisation and the wider connected community. In facilitating this information, the way in which applications are installed and accessed has become ... read more..

(Article taken from Management Guidelines 330 Budgeting in a Recovering Economy) It will have escaped nobodys notice that this has been a tough year. Consequently, anyone who is in the process of or about to start the forthcoming years budget planning round may be considering the prospect with some trepidation. ... read more..

(Article taken from Management Guidelines 329 Multi-sourcing written by PA Consulting)It is becoming rapidly apparent, that of all the IT sourcing solutions currently used, multi-sourcing is by far the most challenging for organisations to successfully implement and manage. The reasons are numerous and some go to the very heart of ... read more..

(Article taken from Legal Guidelines 11 Shoosmiths)There is no universally accepted definition of Cloud Computing. This is perhaps what underlies so many of the misconceptions and gaps in understanding, and what causes difficulties when it comes to communicating the benefits and risks to the various tiers of a business.Regardless ... read more..

IT Supplier rating How do your suppliers score? The National Computing Centre has released the latest results of its first ever IT supplier survey. The survey's objective was to provide peer review of the competency of a number of key IT suppliers, giving you an insight into their ... read more..