The Four Types of System Architectures

In the past, data centre computing was characterised by large, integrated resources called mainframes. As shared computing resources became more decentralized and affordable, these resources split into distributed computing layers of servers, storage, networks and software. To curb the proliferation of distributed IT sprawl, these computing layers were pooled and virtualized for maximum efficiency and […] Read more »

Desktop Virtualization: We Had A Solution, Now We Have The Problem

Last week The METISfiles analyst Marcel Warmerdam was invited to join IDG’s webcast on desktop virtualization led by Tom Sanders. Other participants  were  William van Collenburg from VMware and Erik Lenten from Cisco. Here’s our take on it. Desktop Virtualization (DV) has been around for a while but, in all honesty, so far it has […] Read more »

The Future Of The Network Is Software Defined

Last week we attended the NetEvents EMEA Press and Analyst Summit. Part of the 2-day program was a debate session on Software Defined Networks (SDN) with panellists from Gartner, IDC, IBM, Dell, HP, Extreme Networks, Enterasys and yours truly. The debate centred on the question who is first to ride the SDN revolution, the Enterprise, […] Read more »

Bring Your Own Deception

Cisco had an interesting Cisco Plus Virtual conference lined up running simultaneously in Brussels, Oslo,  Amsterdam and Stockholm. Part of the agenda focused around the new big trend: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). During the conference Cisco and partners stressed the importance of this trend but also that it needs carefully planning and preparation within […] Read more »

From Unified To Social Communications And Collaboration

We have come a long way since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Mr. Bell’s first call was to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room, speaking these famous first words, “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you”. Today we can reach virtually anyone on the planet […] Read more »

Social Media: IT Vendors Mobilize your Channel!

With over 140 million tweets a day and more than 300 million people logging into Facebook on a daily basis, we can state that social media is widely used and adopted by both consumers and enterprises. Now that vendors have organized, formalized and set up social media guidelines (e.g. Cisco and Intel) they are going […] Read more »