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IT Infrastructure, Security & Business Continuity Contents
NOVEMBER 2009 Summary

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Management Briefings   Market Overview & Analysis | Part 2 As companies look to improve their operational efficiency and reduce costs, we ask IT users which particular infrastructure technologies have paid off. Cliff Mills reports. Expert Opinion Capgemini’s Una Du Noyer assesses the appeal of two key infrastructure innovations – cloud computing and virtualisation. View from the Top | Part 2 Group IT director Glenn Batty tells us how marketing agency bezier has for the first time used a managed service to refresh its entire network infrastructure. Safety in Numbers | Part 2 With headlines about embarrassing data losses showing no sign of abating, Fran Howarth of Quocirca puts the case for encryption as the best way to secure mobile and office-based data. Looking to the Long Term | Part 2 Although businesses are under pressure to cut IT costs, CIOs must resist short-term measures and look to strategically reduce the complexity that has built up over the years in their IT operations, says Farhan Mirza of A.T. Kearney. Making Knowledge Work | Part 2 Colin Ashurst of Durham Business School shows how the IT infrastructure can be set up specifically to support your organisation’s key knowledge workers. Doing More for Less | Part 2 One simple way to improve infrastructure efficiency is to switch your corporate data backup from tape to disk, writes Jon Leary of CSA Waverley. Future of the Desktop | Part 2 The desktop is a major focus of corporate spending and change. SCC’s Nick Martin and Rhys Sharp suggest ways to modernise the desktop while slimming its costs. Virtual’s a Reality | Part 2 Virtualisation technologies are helping to significantly change the rules for managing disaster recovery, says Martin Banks of Bloor Research. Room for a New View | Part 2 Managing IT service delivery shouldn’t be that tough, but it remains notoriously difficult to achieve. Richard Williams and Gordon Miller of Procertis believe IT departments must take a different perspective. Download a PDF version of the full report

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