Helping clients quickly anticipate and react to business and market changes through the adoption of an intelligent infrastructure, Accenture is increasing the cognitive automation capabilities of its IT Services delivery by collaborating with IPsoft, a leading provider of autonomic IT services. Under an agreement with Accenture, IPsoft’s technology will be used to enhance the automation of infrastructure operations across compute, network and storage devices to help minimise manual...
Read MoreDatabarracks has announced the launch of its new reseller network, the Databarracks Partner (de)Programme. Phil Gunning, channel manager at Databarracks, anticipates the new programme will offer significant advantages over competitors in supporting partners to identify and execute opportunities.
Read MoreJuniper Networks has introduced new solutions that expand on its open standards-based software-defined networking (SDN) portfolio to enable carriers to accelerate service creation and build networks that deliver a customised end-user experience.
Read MoreEmulex Corporation has announced the Endace Fusion Connector for Sourcefire Defense Center, enabling 100 per cent packet capture at speeds up to 100Gb Ethernet (100GbE) and seamless click-through workflow between the security event and the packets on the EndaceProbe™ Intelligent Network Recorders (INRs). This allows rapid response and root cause analysis, drastically reducing the time and operational overhead of packet data access. By narrowing the time gap between alert, investigation,...
Read MoreThe role of the IT Director is changing. Having fought for years to gain a seat on the board, with mixed success, the inevitable shift of IT infrastructure to the cloud finally presents the IT Director with a chance to fundamentally change the role and deliver true strategic innovation. Removing the routine tasks of day to day infrastructure administration and planning for server/networking refresh releases the IT Director to focus on the real areas of technology innovation that can support...
Read MoreThe true competitive advantage of UC lies in a holistic approach across the enterprise which encompasses employees, customers and 'back-office' processes. In the third and final* of his series of articles establishing the real business impact and ROI of UC, Manish Sablok, Head of Marketing for CNE Europe at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, looks at how UC provides competitive advantage with a seamless line of communication between front and 'back-office', partners and customers -...
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