Steve Gold
From his base in Sheffield, England, Steve has been a business journalist/techical writer for 25 years, 23 of them full-time. He has specialised in IT security, healthcare technology (he worked in the NHS for 11 years), business matters, the Internet and communications for most of that time.
Articles by Steve Gold
Understanding Virtualisation [Podcast]
The foundation of a typical virtualised platform is its virtualisation software, known as a hypervisor, which emulates computer hardware and allows multiple...
Virtualisation & Security : Why The Virtual World Is A Radically Different Environment To Defend [Podcast]
IT security has come a long way in just a few short decades, but virtualisation has, in many ways, still got a long way to go before all the potential threats...
Controlling Your data : Why Virtualisation Doesn't Mean Having Unlimited Storage Facilities [Podcast]
From a user perspective, virtualisation is a fantastic resource, allowing users - within finite limits of course - to fire up new virtual machines, in most...
Virtualisation & Cloud Integration Podcast
Whilst it should now be clear to most IT professionals integrating cloud computing resources in with a virtualised IT system brings a number of positive...
Best Practices For Virtualisation Podcast
Although introducing virtualisation to the IT mix is a sure-fire way of saving money, both in the short, as well as the longer term, rolling out the technology...
Podcast : Exploring The Many Facets Of Server Virtualisation
In this podcast, Mick Walker From IBM & Steve Gold From ITProportal.com will be discussing the many faces of server virtualisation and how this...
Podcast : Using Virtualisation To Consolidate Existing IT Systems & Infrastructures
In this podcast, Mick Walker From IBM & Steve Gold From ITProportal.com will be discussing how virtualisation can assist organisations when it comes...
Private Cloud Options For Businesses Of All Sizes
Extending your IT resource into the cloud has become a lot more secure, as Steve Gold explains how businesses of all sizes can create a secure VPN between...
Email Security Under The Microscope
Securing your email is a lot more than simply backing up your email resource and using - if possible - multiple layers of IT security software. It's about...
How To Protect And Survive The Internet Wild West
Although it's approaching 20 years since the grandfather of IT security, Dr Alan Solomon, dressed up in a cowboy's outfit at computer shows to illustrate the...
Managing Storage Solutions Easily With Virtualization
Storage virtualization is a booming segment of the information infrastructure that is not only allowing organizations to better adapt to the modern business...
Virtualisation And Business Resilience Explored
If there is one component that has revolutionised business continuity, it has to be virtualization technologies. In this article, Steve Gold looks at how...
Application Virtualisation In The Spotlight
Some IT industry observers confuse application virtualisation with server virtualisation - Steve Gold explains what the technology is and why it so highly...
Hardware Consolidation Under The Microscope
One major benefit of virtualisation lies in the consolidation of hardware - or does it? Steve Gold looks at the real economics of virtualisation and explains...
Deconstructing the "S" word in virtualisation
So you've done your homework on virtualisation and have mapped out your strategy for the next couple of years - what about security? According to the Gartner...

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