The Importance of Securing the Landing Zone Before Take-Off

In the ever-evolving landscape of IT management, Joanne’s journey through organisations like BT, DWP, NHS, and now St. John Ambulance offers critical insights into how strategic partnerships can revolutionise IT strategies. By implementing the principles of Service Integration and Management (SIAM), she has demonstrated the power of collaboration, the necessity of defining roles before implementation, […]

Unleashing the power of business application integration

Historically, many businesses have relied heavily on single, monolithic pieces of business software to manage all their key business functions, from accounting and finance to human resources, manufacturing and supply chains. While these systems offer a range of advantages, including integrated business processes and simplified IT management, they are also expensive to buy and operate, […]

How to build and grow an effective tech stack

As successful businesses grow, their identity and purpose become clearer. They establish themselves in their market and develop deeper relationships with their customers. However, there are many challenges that come with scaling up, and one common growing pain revolves around the tech stack. Just how can a business build and grow a tech stack that […]

More transparency and more resilience needed

Quantum security wouldn’t make the slightest difference in most common outages and especially those we’ve seen recently. The real danger we face is that we lean into innovation too heavily and convince ourselves that in the future all our problems will be solved or that the fixes are so complex they inevitably also rely on […]

How will AI change the future of IT support?

IT support staff are poised for another major role re-configuration. In recent years, most faced the challenge of adapting to a new set of remote requirements, including mastering effective methods of diagnosing and solving complex issues at a distance. But, now that hybrid systems and practices are finally running (relatively) smoothly, increasing adoption of AI […]

Are you ready for the next IT wave?

A quiet revolution is brewing as a compelling stack of apps and tools promises to unleash the full power of multi-cloud computing Sometimes we can all see change coming but, at other times, changes sneak up on us. I believe that we are currently witnessing a quiet revolution in the way we manage and deploy […]

Selecting the Right PCIe Interconnect Switch for Today, and Tomorrow

The rapid evolution of technology has made PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) interconnect switches indispensable for various high-performance applications. With data-intensive tasks and the need for ultra-fast communication channels becoming more prevalent, selecting the right PCIe interconnect switch is crucial to support the performance, scale and agility required for the use cases where it will […]

Responsible Cloud Migration – Overcoming the Data Security Challenge

Since the world went digital the value of data has been unprecedented, and as businesses race to adopt the latest tech to optimise and monetise their data it is set to increase in value at an exponential rate. However, whilst data is widely regarded as an organisation’s main asset, data accountability is rarely owned, which […]

Edge data centre supports emerging trends

Edge data centres have witnessed a boom of interest, currently experiencing growth of 92% year on year. Edge data centres are small data centres that transmit and collect data close to the end-user and their devices, offering low levels of latency which can make for a better user experience. As businesses across sectors aim to […]

Game, set and match

Winding down after a hectic day by playing games online, is a pleasure enjoyed by many. As such, the market is surging, with an estimated 3 billion gamers around the world joining virtual realms and immersive digital environments. Perhaps not surprisingly, the gaming industry is making more money than both the music and film industries put together, […]