By John Bidgood, CTO Systal Technology Solutions Threats to robustness: multi-cloud and duplication We recently blogged about the importance of IT service excellence by developing a truly robust IT network, and threats and challenges to overcome when doing so. In that blog, we considered the issue of vendor sprawl, why it can prevent networks from […]
By John Bidgood, CTO Systal. What is a robust IT network? The idea of building a robust IT network and service excellence could mean different things to different organisations, but the simplest way of understanding it is as a network which combines excellent performance and reliability with clarity and control for those in management. Meaning […]
By John Bidgood, Systal Chief Technology Officer. Enterprise IT infrastructures today have been developing rapidly over recent years and becoming increasingly complex. Cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile internet access and more have vastly increased the applications and endpoints run on typical organisational infrastructures – and the speed at which they can be […]
John Bidgood, Chief Technology Officer at Systal. John Bidgood’s hybrid cloud article explores the key principles of navigating hybrid cloud complexity and how to achieve the cloud structure for your business. Hybrid cloud infrastructures, which combine the positive elements of public and private cloud environments, aim to help businesses achieve the best of both worlds. […]
Ensuring watertight security and all relevant regulatory compliance for wireless networks is a key challenge for almost every organisation’s IT department because, these days, almost every organisation has a wireless network to manage. As network security rightly becomes an ever more high-profile corporate challenge, and legal and regulatory frameworks such as the GDPR place stricter […]
By John Bidgood, Chief Technology Officer. Successfully implementing your hybrid cloud strategy We recently blogged about how to get started with a hybrid cloud infrastructure for your organisation, planning out the public/private balance, peaks and troughs in demand, network consolidation and virtualisation required to create the simplest, most flexible and cost-effective hybrid cloud architecture possible. […]
In our previous blog, we explored some of the ways in which the increasing complexity of enterprise IT infrastructures – and the cyber threats they face – are bringing fresh challenges to the development and delivery of comprehensive IT security. How, then, can organisations best protect themselves in this complex world? Multi-layered security The […]
Enterprise IT infrastructures have never been so dynamic, or complex. Cloud computing has enabled organisations to deploy applications and services more rapidly than ever before. The Internet of Things (IoT) has opened up a great many new opportunities for data gathering, business intelligence and the development of new products and services. Mobility solutions means that […]
By John Bidgood, CTO Systal The Internet of Things (IoT) has truly arrived. Organisations in multiple sectors are deploying ecosystems of connected sensors and devices, gathering previously untapped data from across their environments and using it to inform tangible decisions. From organisations using the IoT to dynamically adjust energy facilities such as heating and lighting, […]
By John Bidgood, CTO Systal. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most headline-grabbing tech trends of the moment. But what is it, really – and what could it mean for your organisation? Is the IoT something you can happily ignore for now, or something you should be racing to implement? The Internet […]