Neil Pound Pound argues that innovation is as much the province of users as it is of engineers and technologists. He then wonders why the UK public sector is not more adventurous in setting visionary goals to force the pace of innovation in the IT industry enabling more creative delivery of some public services. 

I regularly talk with colleagues, customers and partners about the continued onslaught of security and privacy matters facing today's enterprises and service providers. Often times our conversations point to the fact that data centers are evolving quickly as enterprises and service providers move to consolidate their infrastructures, and adopt new technologies to scale effectively and gain flexibility. A quick glance at Gartner's Annual Data Center Conference agenda from a few weeks ago shows many of the topics, trends and issues facing today's data center architects. Additionally, my colleague, David Yen, provided a good assessment on the future of data centers and the challenges facing enterprises and service providers. Read more...