CMS Group news and blog feed

Customer Service Improvements

Greg Spanner — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:35:27 +0000

At CMS Group Ltd we are always striving to maintain a high level of customer service; when we see a chance to improve on this we take it with both hands and recent implementations in this area have proven beneficial for both our customers and us.

CMS announce new Virtual Desktop Proof of Concept Facility

Andrew Coop — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:36:10 +0000

CMS announces new Virtual Desktop Proof Of Concept Infrastructure

In reaction to the strong interest shown in the Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, CMS has invested in a complete Proof Of Concept Suite in it’s Manchester Data Centre. The POC suite will demonstrate that:

Processing power on demand

Andrew Coop — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:25:29 +0000

The increased bandwidth that our mobile devices now receive enables us to connect to cloud-based technologies easier and faster than ever before. And one thing we know about bandwidth is that it will continue to increase. Because of this, we'll soon be able to take advantage of another trend that I call processing power on demand -- or virtualized processing power.

SaaS and IaaS

Andrew Coop — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:52:35 +0000

Both promise to bring great changes to the role of IT in the enterprise. IT professionals really need to learn how to talk the talk when it comes to SaaS and IaaS if they want to stay ahead of the trends.

How the Cloud Changes the CIO-CFO Conversation

Andrew Coop — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:54:28 +0000

We are finding that the way clients think about budgets and the cloud is moving away from CAPEX to an operational expenditure - this article from CIO highlights the shift in thinking.

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Survey: CIOs Are Putting the Cloud First

Andrew Coop — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:16:23 +0000

In a recent article on www.cio.com a survey revealed that investment in IT infrastructure is headed towards cloud based services. The thrust of the move to cloud based services is increased efficiency and better value added services for the business.

Read the extract below ....

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The 3 stages of cloud economics

Andrew Coop — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:51:09 +0000

There are three stages of economic thinking when it comes to taking advantage of cloud platforms, which each deliver increasing benefits for the business. Progressing through these stages sequentially and applying the learnings from each stage will help businesses pursue economic value from the cloud.

Stage 1: Scale up — cloud is a no-brainer for transient and elastic applications

The first determination every enterprise should make is which applications and services lend themselves to cloud economics.

ROI Metrics for cloud computer will demonstrate the benefits

Andrew Coop — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:42:16 +0000

At CMS we are very keen to demonstrate to our clients that moving to the cloud provides operational and direct cost savings. The metrics from VMWare will provide us with a further metric to outline the key benefits of moving to the cloud for companies.

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CMS Cloud Team Growth

Andrew Coop — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:16:00 +0000

To support the tremendous recent growth in the Cloud offering, CMS are pleased to announce an additional team member, Alex Thomson. Alex has much relevant experience that will benefit the team, Alex's resume is:

Time to get your head in the clouds?

Andrew Coop — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:09:34 +0000

There's a lot of buzz around 'Cloud Computing' currently, so lets look at what the phrase means and more importantly how you can benefit from it.