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The building blocks of hybrid cloud infrastructure

Server virtualisation leads to a long-term increase in business agility while providing the foundation for taking the first step toward cloud computing. A growing number of companies are switching to an open...

IoT and network administration

There’s a tremendous amount of buzz around the Internet of Things, or IoT:  How it will revolutionise manufacturing, agriculture, medicine, and our daily lives; the novel capabilities it will support; the new era it wi...

Unexpected costs of moving to the cloud

A few years ago, companies thought the cloud might help save on costs. No doubt everyone recalls the plethora of articles with titles such as: “How to save time and money in the cloud” or “Cloud ...

Shopping around for IT solutions

For small organisations, there are some obvious advantages of buying all or most of the IT infrastructure requirements from one technology provider. Some of these advantages might include removing integration...

CIOs’ priorities across 3rd Platform

Over 60% of Gulf-based CIOs now believe their IT functions are well aligned with the aims of the broader business. However, an interesting shift is underway in the procurement of transformative 3rd Platform...

Transforming the old IP to the new IP

We are entering the era of the “third platform”, which also has distinct hallmarks in terms of innovation: Cloud, Mobility, Social, and Big Data are all a part of it. Gartner calls these elements the “Nexus of Forces” and adv...

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