Matt takes an interesting stance on Cloud Computing that contrasts with the current hype surrounding the Cloud. He feels strongly that the cloud has had more attention than it actually deserves. The example he uses is that web hosting providers have been around since the dawn of the Internet. ITPS have been providing this service for customers for ten years. He considers them the first widely adopted purveyors of cloud infrastructure charging on a subscription or per-use basis like a utility. Whilst recognising that the advances in server virtualisation and the development of multitenant virtualisation platforms now enables cloud infrastructure providers to support just about any kind of compute requirement his view is that  at a very basic level, cloud infrastructure isn't new at all. It's the marketing and spin that's new. The ITPS view on Cloud is that it is just one of many options open to ITPS customers.  When making recommendations we look at a mix of solutions where clients use cloud as some part of service delivery - for example it is very powerful when used as part of DR. So if you want to benefit from ten years experience in Cloud Computing contact ITPS and find out where your business can benefit from good old Cloud Computing. To read the full article click on Confessions of a Cloud Sceptic

Virtualisation is often a key cost-savings strategy, but one critical area is often overlooked. If you’re consolidating servers out of a branch office and virtualising them into the data centre, end-user performance problems could kill your project. WAN optimisation enables LAN-like performance over the WAN, allowing branch users to still have the required application performance. WAN optimisation frees businesses from common IT constraints by increasing application performance and enabling consolidation whilst eliminating the need to increase bandwidth, storage or servers.

The workshop is on Thurs 12 Aug  from 8.30 to 10.30 at  NUFC

To reserve a place for our briefing email marc.seery@it-ps.com