Storage against the machine. Under ordinary circumstances, describing any technology as being in flux would be a lot like nodding sagely and saying: “That William Shakespeare bloke – hell of a writer apparently.” Well der. No **** Shylock. But when a technology that has remained essentially unchanged for decades begins metamorphosing before the market’s very eyes, it’s surely a case for comment.

The Benefits of Upgrading to Windows 7
The launch of a major new operating system is massive news by anyone’s standards, especially when it is a new Microsoft OS, and even more especially given the extent to which that marketplace has shifted and evolved since the launch of its predecessor. In fact, so much had things moved on in the technological landscape into which Windows 7 found itself parachuting, that its relatively soft touchdown has been all the more remarkable.

Let the wire beware. Rather like Fight Club, the technology industry has few inviolate rules – it moves simply too fast and with too many variables for any kind of rigid code to be viable – but the handful of conventions that do exist are hard, fast, and have been there since time immemorial.

Virus or anti-virus? Fire or Firewall? Intrusion, detection, or prevention?
Either way, it all took place way back when IT security was a relatively simple equation to understand, if not necessarily to balance. On one side of the divide was an array of threats to the security of the network; on the other, a range of solutions to tackle those IT security breach threats. You paid your money, dear iQ insight reader, and took your choice.

What is so cutting edge about Blade Servers? In terms of understatement, saying that things aren’t what they used to be in IT is a bit like saying that Bill Gates retired with a few quid in the bank. But to see just how much things have changed, there’s no better barometer than hardware – and datacentre real estate in particular. For while a handy benchmark for an IT department’s breadth, importance, and influence used to be the amount of computing “tin” under its control, the truth is that it’s no longer the reliable measure it once was. In fact, these days, it’s really no measure at all

There’s this friend of mine – OK, he’s a United fan, so I use the term flippantly – who is currently project managing the £2m AV fit-out of a major public building.

So how is the threat to corporate data mutating and shifting, and how must organisational strategies respond?

With its importance, complexity, and logistical burden rising in direct proportion, organisations need to
grasp the software licensing nettle before they get stung, writes Antony Cawte.