As we start to see some degree of normality in the workplace we wanted to share some ideas on what practical steps you can take to help with optimizing your IT estate. Here’s 5 easy steps you can take to reduce your overall infrastructure costs over the next few weeks. Clean up your Licensing Our Compliance as a Service saves…
Our illustrious leader, Daren Bland, has decided to partake in some charity fund raising during the month of May. Alongside others, he’ll be attempting to run 100 kilometers in the next 4 weeks in an attempt to help the charity Huracan Foundation. The Huracan Foundation aims to help impoverished children throughout the world, by giving them access to academic and…
This February marked 35 Years of IBM AIX. For over three decades, AIX has been the cornerstone of mission-critical computing for Enterprise organisations in highly complex industries. Over this time it has continued to evolve introducing a wealth of new hybrid cloud and opensource capabilities. My first introduction to AIX was with version 3.2.5 running on a 7013-590 in the…
When WaterAid moved its offices from Vauxhall to Canary Wharf, it meant the international NGO for water, sanitation, and hygiene, needed to migrate its IT services as well. Some of the systems were running core business, such as the link to direct debit processing, the phone system and data warehouse, so it was essential that WaterAid formed a close partnership…
Identify legacy configuration inefficiencies and tighten up resource spend. Summary Most AWS environments that have grown organically or been implemented by different consultants lack visibility and proper documentation. Recarta IT can document your environment and give you the visibility to identify configuration drift, unused resource, or configuration anomalies. Details Chances are, if your AWS environment has been deployed or managed…
Making the move to a Hybrid Cloud environment with IBM Power Virtual Servers can make a big impact to your company, and it has for many clients who have recently modernized their IT environments. Companies that have modernized their IT Infrastructure with IBM Power Virtual Systems see some of these benefits. Faster time to market - Bring more capacity to…
These are strange times. The rise of home working has seen a number of issues. Is security tight enough? Can everyone access the applications they need? And, is your back up good enough. In light of the extended lockdown, we felt now could be a good time for organizations to evaluate their current Backup and recovery capability. Traditional tape back…