Martin Banks casts an eye over current developments in datacentres, mainframes, virtualisation and the wider issues of infrastructure systems as the delivery vehicle of services to business. http://www.it-director.com/r/bl/Banks-Statement/f/fd_ita Sun, 26 May 2013 04:43:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2MW en Content Copyright 2013 as indicated per item. http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/4/time_to_automate_parallel_developm_.html?ref=fd_ita An interesting - and arguably important - example of a favourite hobby horse of mine emerged at the recent Intel Software Development conference in Chantilly, France. That hobby horse is... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/4/time_to_automate_parallel_developm_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Technology->Big Data Enterprise->Technology Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:32:37 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/4/time_to_automate_parallel_developm_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/3/what_has_technology_to_do_with_the_.html?ref=fd_ita With Yahoo changing its description from 'media business' to 'technology business', when it is even more a media business than ever, the question needs to be addressed - are we now... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/3/what_has_technology_to_do_with_the_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:56:56 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/3/what_has_technology_to_do_with_the_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/cloud_alternatives_a_much_better_b_.html?ref=fd_ita The last month has seen a small avalanche of comment on the UK Government's decision to go ahead with the High Speed 2 rail line from London to Birmingham, and onwards to Manchester and Leeds.... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/cloud_alternatives_a_much_better_b_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:31:56 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/cloud_alternatives_a_much_better_b_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/embassy_s_answer_to_data_sovereign_.html?ref=fd_ita There has been a spate of stories recently about the security of data being held in third party datacentres, and in particular the security issue of the Governments with jurisdiction over... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/embassy_s_answer_to_data_sovereign_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:12:03 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/2/embassy_s_answer_to_data_sovereign_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/cisco_parallels_deal_the_mark_of_s_.html?ref=fd_ita Interesting trends are building up around cloud service software provider, Parallels, just ahead of the company's major annual bash, the Parallels Summit, being held next week in Las Vegas. The... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/cisco_parallels_deal_the_mark_of_s_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:36:10 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/cisco_parallels_deal_the_mark_of_s_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/ge_s_industrial_analytics_may_be_t_.html?ref=fd_ita Here's an interesting little factoid: a General Electric GE90 jet engine, as found powering commonplace commercial airliners like the Boeing 777 and Airbus 330, produces as much data about... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/ge_s_industrial_analytics_may_be_t_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:15:59 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/ge_s_industrial_analytics_may_be_t_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/saas_can_avoid_tech_upgrade_cliff__.html?ref=fd_ita Against a background of now open-ended austerity, where investment not only needs particularly careful planning but a rigorous and quite possibly unsuccessful search for funds, there is one... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/saas_can_avoid_tech_upgrade_cliff__.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:27:16 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/saas_can_avoid_tech_upgrade_cliff__.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/thoughts_to_start_a_year_by.html?ref=fd_ita Everyone and their dog seems to be in on the game of making predictions for what is going to happen in the world of cloud during 2013. So after a few minutes cogitation I decided to join the fray.... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/thoughts_to_start_a_year_by.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:38:42 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2013/1/thoughts_to_start_a_year_by.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/the_role_of_everyone_in_everyone_e_.html?ref=fd_ita What follows is an extract of a whitepaper written for a client, NetPrecept Ltd, on how Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) can guard against being the fall guy' when cloud services damage a... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/the_role_of_everyone_in_everyone_e_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:53:44 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/the_role_of_everyone_in_everyone_e_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/getting_back_to_it.html?ref=fd_ita It's been a while since something last appeared here, and there is a reason. But I realise it is time I got back to posting blogs here, so the flow will start again, very soon.   And the reason... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/getting_back_to_it.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:40:58 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2012/8/getting_back_to_it.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/11/collective_capitalism_is_at_the_he_.html?ref=fd_ita To many people concerned with mission critical' systems, cloud computing is of only passing interest, not least because it is still not considered suitable or industrial strength for the job.... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/11/collective_capitalism_is_at_the_he_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:59:41 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/11/collective_capitalism_is_at_the_he_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/9/it_s_just_a_new_it_delivery_model__.html?ref=fd_ita I was at a Verizon event not so long ago - the company was marking the official opening of a brand new cloud services datacentre for its recent acquisition, Terremark. During a short panel... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/9/it_s_just_a_new_it_delivery_model__.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:01:36 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/9/it_s_just_a_new_it_delivery_model__.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/the_virtual_bonded_country.html?ref=fd_ita During a recent conversation with Adrienne Hall, General Manager of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing operation, she told an interesting anecdote about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/the_virtual_bonded_country.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:21:49 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/the_virtual_bonded_country.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/rumsfeld_services_and_collective_c_.html?ref=fd_ita I wrote a piece last week in Business Cloud 9 (http://www.businesscloud9.com/content/ibm-and-collective-capitalism/5770) about IBM, cloud-delivered services, and collective capitalism. It raises, I... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/rumsfeld_services_and_collective_c_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:55:49 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/7/rumsfeld_services_and_collective_c_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/cloud_a_time_for_practicality.html?ref=fd_ita Cloud is not new technology, just re-packaged old technology - that's why it is commodity, because it works and does a good job. That is why the package' is the important bit... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/cloud_a_time_for_practicality.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:50:16 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/cloud_a_time_for_practicality.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/be_assured_the_cloud_is_about_busi_.html?ref=fd_ita A short blog to start with, to introduce myself and get the ball rolling. Fundamentally, having been writing about the technologies of IT for over 40 years, I just get the feeling that everything has... <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/be_assured_the_cloud_is_about_busi_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:00:04 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2011/6/be_assured_the_cloud_is_about_busi_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/4/intel_s_parallel_studio_helps_link_.html?ref=fd_ita Is the need to accommodate legacy Windows applications liable to hold back the development of parallel processing, or an inevitable stepping stone? <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/4/intel_s_parallel_studio_helps_link_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Channels->Systems Integration Enterprise->Technology Technology->Infrastructure Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/4/intel_s_parallel_studio_helps_link_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/vmware_aims_to_bridge_the_internal_.html?ref=fd_ita The distinctions between internal and external IT resources may still be real for many companies, but VMware is pitching to make them disappear. <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/vmware_aims_to_bridge_the_internal_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Enterprise->Technology Services->Outsourcing Technology->Infrastructure Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/vmware_aims_to_bridge_the_internal_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/beating_the_fears_about_the_cloud.html?ref=fd_ita User psychological fears will need to be beaten if the exostructure of the Cloud is to really succeed <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/beating_the_fears_about_the_cloud.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Business Issues->Change Enterprise->Technology Services Technology->Infrastructure Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/2/beating_the_fears_about_the_cloud.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/1/the_information_exostructure.html?ref=fd_ita What's in a name? Sometimes it's the difference between 'sounding cool' and actually meaning something. <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/1/the_information_exostructure.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Business Issues->Change Business Issues->Innovation Channels->Systems Integration Enterprise->Technology Services->Outsourcing Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2009/1/the_information_exostructure.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/12/industrializing_software_opens_new_.html?ref=fd_ita Fujitsu-Siemens' FlexFrame could be the model for a new way of building applications and services. <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/12/industrializing_software_opens_new_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Channels->ISV Channels->Resellers Enterprise Services Technology->Applications Technology->Systems Mgmt Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/12/industrializing_software_opens_new_.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/this_cloud_has_a_silver_lining.html?ref=fd_ita Clouds may be hard to see through, but jumping into it may be the way for both users and vendors to see their way clear of the recession <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/this_cloud_has_a_silver_lining.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Business Issues->Costs Business Issues->Change Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/this_cloud_has_a_silver_lining.html?ref=fd_ita http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/psychology_of_data_ownership_may_b_.html?ref=fd_ita Owning data is getting less important than knowing it is secure and well-managed, making remote services a more attractive and cost-effective option. <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/psychology_of_data_ownership_may_b_.html?ref=fd_ita">[Read More...]</a> rss@it-analysis.com (Martin Banks, Lian-James Consultancy) Business Issues->Change Business Issues->Costs Business Issues->Security & Risk Services Technology->Infrastructure Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Banks-Statement/2008/11/psychology_of_data_ownership_may_b_.html?ref=fd_ita