Category Archives: How To

Choose your model carefully

Posted on 13/12/2012 by

When choosing a new car to buy you consider a number of factors – make, model, year, mileage, price, ongoing service and color. The chances are, you will consider its ability to enhance your lifestyle and transport you from A … Continue reading →

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Do you have your own yellow brick road?

Posted on 06/12/2012 by

Unlike Dorothy in The Wizard of OZ, some businesses jump head first into the cloud without a yellow brick road or roadmap to guide them along their way and get them to where their business ultimately wants to be. Consider … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the cloud

Posted on 30/07/2012 by

For many companies cloud computing is not so much a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’ and ‘how’. The ‘when’ question is dealt with by technology refresh cycles. As companies approach update time they’ll decide whether to make the shift this … Continue reading →

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Cloud migration – great benefits await those who plan well

Posted on 29/06/2012 by

Working with a range of clients, you start to appreciate the reality of what’s involved in moving workloads from a traditional on-premise delivery environment to the cloud. Whether it’s because of push-back from users, IT department concerns or feature gaps, … Continue reading →

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Cloud GIS service frees experts from keeping systems “fed and watered”

Posted on 29/05/2012 by

Moving its graphical information systems (GIS) into the cloud has enabled the Wanganui District Council to ensure its technical experts are not tied up keeping systems “fed and watered”. This has allowed the council’s GIS expert to remain focused on … Continue reading →

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