Paul Bevan

4 weeks ago | bloorresearch.com | Paul Bevan

I think it is fair to say that the past 16 months have been fairly traumatic for VMware customers and channel partners following its acquisition by Broadcom. Much has been written about the ending of perpetual licences, the transition to subscriptions and bundling of software that has left many customers with potentially much higher costs. During this same period Broadcom has sought to position itself around Private Cloud and has been promoting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) very heavily.

1 month ago | bloorresearch.com | Paul Bevan

Entuity Software is a comprehensive solution designed to streamline the monitoring, visualization, and management of complex, multi-vendor network and data center environments. Now owned and developed by Park Place Technologies, this software caters to the needs of enterprise IT teams and managed service providers (MSPs) by offering a unified platform that enhances network, server and storage performance and reliability. Free Download (subject to terms)

1 month ago | bloorresearch.com | Paul Bevan

It goes without saying that advances in Information Technology (IT) have had a profound, and growing, impact on business over the last decade. The rise of AI, ML, and IoT has spurred the development of high-powered processors like GPUs and TPUs that consume more power and produce much more heat than previous generations of chips.

2 months ago | insidermedia.com | Paul Bevan

The world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is challenging, and always will be. When we founded Breeze Corporate Finance, we took time to reflect on our careers, analysing what had worked and what had held back deals. This helped us identify the key barriers to growth and understand what truly needed to change. Time and money are the foundation of any business, but it’s the understanding of how these two elements are connected that, in my view, has been the driving force behind our success.

Jan 20, 2025 | bloorresearch.com | Paul Bevan

One of the joys of being an IT analyst is being given a briefing by a product manager who is passionate about the product, understands why they built it, not just what they built, and can articulate the story in such a way as to make it understandable and compelling for end users and techies alike. There is nothing worse than being walked through a PowerPoint presentation by a PR or Communications person with little technical understanding.