Developments in IT are advancing with ever-greater speed. Where decades passed between Zuse’s Z1 and the first PCs, now the industry is seeing evolutions practically every month. As the performance and variety of devices grows, so do the demands involved in managing them. Many users nowadays work not just on PCs and notebooks, but use
Fixed PCs in the office are increasingly being supplemented by mobile devices that enable employees to read and reply to emails on the move and to edit other content. While this may provide hitherto unknown flexibility for employees, it also presents new challenges to IT departments. While servers and PCs are automatically subject to the
The spectacular and headline-grabbing cyber attacks in which thousands of data records are stolen are in no way just the result of a stroke of genius from highly talented hackers. In fact they are increasingly brought about by criminals who have managed to get through without expensive equipment and professional programming knowledge. They use exploits
The importance of IT has never been greater. Companies are transforming their business models with digital technologies, leveraging emerging mobile and social platforms, and increasingly operating online. And all of these developments are powered by IT innovation. Yet, IT departments face critical challenges in meeting the ever-increasing demands of the business. With new generations of
Cloud computing is transforming IT in terms of how services are delivered, how infrastructure is deployed and managed, and how IT organizations structure themselves. For the purposes of this study, Forrester is defining a cloud solution as having three major characteristics:“self-service access, full automation of processes and policies, and metering and tracking of usage.”1 It
To grasp the modern challenges of running and sustaining infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, ask yourself these questions: “How can I manage the ongoing health of my multi-vendor infrastructure more efficiently as a system, not as siloed technology components?” “How can I simplify and more effectively manage my data center as a unified, agile resource pool,
This whitepaper explains the financial benefits of using Microsoft SQL server and how studies show the potential return on investment (ROI) your business could generate by deploying Microsoft SQL server 2014 and 2012. Discover the benefits, costs and risks associated with implementing SQL server and hear from six customers, along with 50 survey responses, but
The complexities associate with obtaining and maintaining a large volume of data can cause stress on the workforce. That’s why it’s important as an organisation to get your strategy right. The realities of business are to make investments which give back a positive return. SQL servers provide just that, delivering superior: • Performance • Security
This whitepaper explains how in-memory online transactional processing (OLTP) is a powerful processing technology, capable of maximising memory and dozens of cores to improve the performance of SQL Server 2016. The paper provides a high-level overview of these changes in the database with specific reference to CTP2. Find out more and discover how they can
SQL server can deploy a private cloud, hybrid cloud, public cloud and can use familiar tools for development and management in the public cloud for your organisation. Microsoft realised the importance of cloud integration as organisation continue to realise the cost benefits of running their database applications into the cloud but on a much larger