IT infrastructure has been evolving recently, prompted by the changing IT environments forced on users by the pandemic. Hyper convergent infrastructures (“HCI”) had been evolving since the millennium with the start of the explosion in virtualisation.   In short, HCI is an IT Infrastructure that is a combination of servers and storage that consolidates new and […]

The last two years have seen a change in IT strategies.  In some cases, business strategies have become survival strategies as they struggle with the changes in the business landscape following the pandemic.  Many want to move to an e-commerce platform and perhaps upgrade their web presence.  The effects on IT have been equally traumatic, […]

The security and reliability of an organisation’s IT infrastructure is critical for business operations. Most businesses with a mature IT infrastructure often have an assortment of equipment and software from different suppliers. A lack of standardisation can complicate day-to-day operations and the development of new systems. It adds costs and complexity to IT Services even […]

In all businesses, a new business requirement needs a new IT system to support it, and it is added to the existing IT infrastructure.  This is especially true of the move over the last couple of years to e-commerce and remote access.  As a result, one thing that is common across all IT installations is […]

One of the perennial IT Infrastructure problems network managers faces is the cost of deploying and managing the network infrastructure.  The component parts of the IT Infrastructure like switches, and routers all need to be configured before installation. IT Infrastructure management takes time and resources and hence cost.   As an example, if an equipment failure […]

Over the last two years or so, many organisations have moved to the Cloud, often outsourcing the IT operations to a managed service provider (“MSP”).   The extent of the outsourcing will depend on the arrangements with the MSP, but will always involve two distinct elements, management of the local and remote IT Infrastructure: Full outsourcing […]

Reliance on legacy IT infrastructure is holding back many organizations and preventing them from reaching their business potential. It is also a major hindrance to digital transformation. Ripping out and replacing the existing IT infrastructure is not the easy answer. It’s a lot more complicated than that. A big part of the problem is that […]

The last couple of years has seen a radical shift in IT infrastructure and strategies following the effects of the pandemic.   Many have moved to an online e-commerce platform and others have opened up access to their systems to suppliers and customers.  Working from home has also played a major part in shifting the focus […]

The effects of the pandemic have meant in many cases a move to a cloud server that supports working from home and remote access. This transformation needs to be accomplished at little cost. One option is to use server virtualisation technology to use capacity in the existing infrastructure, or to move to a cloud server […]

Managed Server Providers (‘MSP’) and in-house IT departments see Server Monitoring as a key function to be carried out continuously. Many already have monitoring programmes in place to maintain service levels and keep an eye out for hardware or software issues. Clearly, aiming for best practice will help achieve optimal service provision, and here are […]