Category Archives: Cloud

The future of IT for MSPs

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Simon

Today I presentated to a group of about a thousand managed service providers about Microsoft’s cloud and what it means for the future of IT.  I though I’d throw up this post to provide some extra resources like the deck embedded below that I u… Continue reading →

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A tour of Microsoft’s Datacentres

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Simon

A few weeks ago now we made the following video tour of our Datacentres available for all to see on the GFS website and also on YouTube.  At the time I forgot to post it but having just happened across it I thought it worth sharing.  I consta… Continue reading →

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Resources for IT Apprentices

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Simon

Today I went to talk to a group of IT Apprentices at QA’s centre in Birmingham, thanks for a good day guys and especially to Lorette who organised the day.  If you aren’t sure what apprentices are then you should find out more about IT Apprent… Continue reading →

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The changing IT landscape and the evolving role of IT in the Enterprise

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Simon

I’ve just done a talk at the Cloud Circle Forum about the future of IT and how two of the current big trends, consumerisation and cloud computing are going to change the IT department.  Here are some resources that I … Continue reading →

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3 new heroes in next generation IT Departments

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Simon

I’ve already highlighted how IT departments are going to change over the next few years a few times and what some people in those departments are going to be doing as their roles inevitably change but there are going to be some new roles that app… Continue reading →

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5 Imperatives for modern IT departments

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Simon

Last week I posted about how the cloud is going to affect IT departments in the future, thinking about how some roles are affected and the like, but this time I’m setting out a mini-manifesto for IT departments.  This mini-manifesto isn’t for … Continue reading →

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How the public cloud affects your IT Department

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Simon

No one can fail to see how much impact the ideas of cloud are having on our organisations and as IT Professionals the most direct impact we feel is on us, on those we work with, on our IT Department.  It doesn’t matter whether your “IT”, “… Continue reading →

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Resources for my Azure for IT Pro #uktechdays talk

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Simon

Just another short post to provide the signposts to some of the resources I talked about in my Windows Azure for IT Professionals session.  First up is access to the free Windows Azure trial I mentioned and next is the … Continue reading →

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Resources from my Modern Desktop Presentation

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Simon

You might have just seen my UK TechDays 2011 presentation which will be available online after the show, however if you didn’t get time to make a note of the resources, here you go: •Springboard: http://bit.ly/W7SB •Download Windows 7 Eval: … Continue reading →

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IT Professionals and the cloud infographic

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Simon

We’ve just released the results of a study of 1,979 IT Professionals and their opinion about the cloud and I decided to take the numbers and turn them into an infographic, you can get the full report and more here but the number of organisations usin… Continue reading →

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