Archives : September 2011

the hidden challenges of desktop virtualization

published on 2011/09/12 by Stewart Baines

Server virtualization is now a mature concept in enterprise IT. CIOs have understood the benefits of consolidating server hardware for a while. But virtualizing the desktop is a relatively new phenomenon that companies are getting grips with. Are we in danger of underestimating its challenges? ...

the hidden challenges of desktop virtualization

redefining mission impossible

published on 2011/09/06 by Stewart Baines

What does 'mission critical' mean in 2011? For years, companies selling high availability hardware would base their specifications on the percentage of uptime that they could guarantee. The holy grail was 'five nines'; 99.999%, which equates to just under minutes of downtime per year. However, systems that could guarantee such uptime were incredibly expensive....

redefining mission impossible

e-Health Innovations for Telecommunications #live11

published on 2011/09/05 by Kate Bourdet

It was over dinner that I asked veteran telecommunications journalists and analysts: what’s hot? The unified response, “industries.” The proverbial it’s not about telco, it’s what different sectors are doing with it . . . So I made it my mission to dig deeper for concrete examples.Healthcare touches us all, and it’s a sector that’s undergoing profound change. So I banked my research on the e-Health breakout session.Consider this regarding Healthcare:The costs and health risks for people taking in-hospital treatments are huge.Medical exam results are increasingly digitalized.Insurance companies have begun requiring more guarantees that their healthcare reimbursements are necessary.In the......

e-Health Innovations for Telecommunications #live11