Recent White Papers from the Library
Hosted ITIT Hosting may reduce your costs, provide more flexibility of IT resources, better deployment of skilled staff, give greater security and less downtime.
Sep 19, 2008 (33Kb)Business Continuity / Disaster RecoveryAs businesses are reliant on their IT infrastructure, they must assess the potential risks which would disrupt the business - to minimise the effect of disruptions a Business Continuity Plan...
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The Credit squeeze - good time for hosting?
If you have to make new IT investments, it may be cost-effective to host part of your IT infrastructure or selected business applications. Our white paper Hosted IT reviews some of the issues. But if you are preparing an outsourcing agreement, beware of Outsourcing - The Pitfalls
Secure disposal of hardware and data
Data Security is of paramount importance to the public and private sector. Legislation abounds such as the WEEE Directive, the Data Protection Act, the Basle Convention and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, never mind good commercial confidentiality. These issues are considered in our white paper Secure Computer and Data Disposal
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