How public sector organisations can move to the cloud
Legacy environments, ageing hardware and heavily integrate systems are creating a drive for more government departments and public sector bodies to transition to a Cloud-based future to leverage...
Cloud first policy
Back in May 2013, the then coalition government formally introduced the ‘Cloud First’ policy that has done so much subsequently to drive and shape IT procurement and deployment across the public...
Top tips for switching data centres
There are many reasons for relocating your IT equipment to a new data centre, varying from a refresh of equipment currently running in-house to dissatisfaction with an existing data centre to a desire...
What is hybrid cloud?
Hybrid Cloud is starting to influence many an enterprise IT strategy so we take a quick run-through of some of the key things you need to know about IT’s latest trending topic. What is Hybrid...
The differences between business ADSL and home ADSL broadband
ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, a broadband communications technology that can run over existing copper telephone lines. Through a single ADSL connection users can make voice calls...
What is cloud collaboration?
When Cloud collaboration happens in an unregulated environment that can’t be audited, where intellectual property can’t be protected, and where data and network security can’t be guaranteed,...
The chance meeting… Or how not to adopt a collaboration solution by accident
We have the skills, the experience and the ability to deliver a ‘best fit’ meeting and collaboration solution for your business. Since the word ‘Skype’ became a slang term for a video call and...
Oracle data integrator: enabling the transition to SOA
This article will review the web service features of ODI and discuss how they can be used to develop and deploy a ‘data service’ layer that will prove critical within a Service Oriented...
Transitioning from N3 to HSCN
By the end of the decade, the NHS’s N3 wide area network will have passed into IT history: as of 2017, the transition to the next generation Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) will begin....
What is IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is best visualised as sitting at the base of a three-tier Cloud computing pyramid that also comprises PaaS (Platform as a Service) in the middle and SaaS (Software...
Migrating from Oracle financial analyzer (OFA) to Oracle Hyperion planning
This article compares the two systems and highlights the similarities, differences and details what is to be gained by moving over to Hyperion Planning from OFA. It also looks at the methodology to...
What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)?
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is best visualised as sitting in the middle of a three-tier Cloud computing pyramid that also comprises IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a...