Skip to main content

Downloads

Expert opinions. Dialogue with your peers. Insight for your mid-sized business. infoBOOM! Meet some of our experts.

Expertpaper: Five steps to a dynamic IT infrastructure

Many organizations struggle with a simple problem: Keeping their IT systems running requires so much energy that they can no longer guarantee being able to respond to new requests for support from within the business. To overcome this, the organization needs to move to a dynamic IT infrastructure capable of responding quickly to a wide range of demands. But how does it do that when its IT department is already so heavily weighed down?

Expert Paper on ‘Working More Securely’

Craig Stabler, security expert at IBM, outlines an issue that gives food for thought:

“The focus has shifted to protecting web applications.”

“People are slow learners. That’s a fact of life and something that the people who protect information would do well to take into account.”

If you would like to download the complete document, register here. You will then receive an e-mail, allowing you to download the PDF file free of charge.

Expert Paper on ‘Working More Efficiently’

Rapid Return on Investment

“Hi, my name is Raymond Camminga and I am a server expert at IBM."

“Technology has advanced so quickly over the past three years that it’s well worth taking a close look at your infrastructure again – because, in most cases, the cost can be lowered significantly."

“One reason is the increase in the processing power of servers over that period: What just one new machine can do today, it would have taken 11 machines to do three years ago. And there are also new technologies for virtualization that boost the level of occupancy, meaning you can operate with fewer machines than ever before. That saves you a whole heap not only in hardware costs, but in software licenses too. So there are huge opportunities here to make savings.”

If you would like to download the complete document, register here. You will then receive an e-mail, allowing you to download the PDF file free of charge.

Expert Paper on Cloud Computing

Cloud computing calls a halt to cost increases

“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jurriaan Brandsma and I am an IT Architect at IBM Global Services."

“What strikes me, in the conversations I have with our customers, is the huge financial pressure currently being placed on IT departments. In recent years, the price of storage and management has risen dramatically; and energy is another fast-rising cost item too. If organizations do nothing about these costs, sooner or later they get out of control."

“And that’s not the only problem. These pressures being placed on the existing IT organization mean that the budget originally intended for innovation and growth is gradually being eaten up."

“Put simply, cloud computing can turn these trends around. In some cases, this new technology can lead to immediate cost reductions. In other cases, it at least calls a halt to rising costs and creates more room for necessary upgrades."

“But cloud computing brings even more benefits than that.”

If you would like to download the complete document, register here. You will then receive an e-mail, allowing you to download the PDF file free of charge.

 

We are here to help

Please call or write us in case you have questions or remarks.

We are available between 09.00 and 18.00 hours.