Steve Cassidy

In-depth Microsoft's Azure offers a host of features but negotiating the pricing structure can be a tricky business - beware the costs mounting up

In-depth Microsoft's RDCMan is a gem of a tool. But you have to look hard to find it, as Steve Cassidy found out...

In-depth Does covert IT simplify things or make life harder for tech bods? Steve Cassidy takes a look.

Opinion There's a gap between home VoIP and companies' experience of managed PBXs. Why is building telecoms in the cloud so hard?

In-depth Steve Cassidy looks at how the storage game has changed for companies like Coraid.

Opinion Is it useful to have a single supplier for cloud? Sometimes: but the user has to be wary

In-depth Steve Cassidy takes a look at what goes on behind the scenes in the world of data recovery...

In-depth Steve Cassidy has been cooking up an IT storm with a simple list of ingredients.

In-depth Storage just got that little bit more interesting, claims Steve Cassidy as he delves into the world of CGI.

In-depth Contributing editor Steve Cassidy casts his mind back to what tickled his tech fancy in 2012.

In-depth Steve Cassidy ponders why the most modern of devices can't do some of the simplest of things.

In-depth Steve’s been playing with the Windows Azure beta. But what does he think? Read on to find out.

In-depth Steve Cassidy is getting very excited about storage, more specifically EMC’s VSPEX architecture.

In-depth Storage still isn't uber sexy, but it doesn't have to be dull either, argues Steve Cassidy as he details his recent experiences with Amplidata, EPFL and the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Opinion The acquisition of Wyse by Dell has drawn attention to the fascinating case of RDP

Opinion HP's single pane of glass management disguises a lot of issues, many to do with the split between telco and LANs

In-depth Setting up a Windows server on Amazon's AWS is well within the reach of most IT pros, and it can even be free, Steve Cassidy discovers.

Opinion Meraki's cloud-based wireless management is a bit of category-buster: even wireless sceptics are convinced

In-depth Steve Cassidy looks back onto what grabbed his attention most, IT-wise, last year.

In-depth Steve Cassidy looks at the increasingly popular topic of bringing your own device to work and ponders whether it will take off, or whether it already has.

In-depth What can we do about the IT department being so disliked by users? Steve Cassidy has some suggestions...

In-depth Steve Cassidy ponders just how much storage we need, whether virtualised or not, as he looks back on his time at Storage Networking World (SNW) Europe.

In-depth If you’re seriously thinking about desktop virtualisation within your business, Steve Cassidy summarises the benefits, the pitfalls and how to ensure your deployment succeeds.

Opinion The use of the term iCloud to describe Apple's new sync service is going to lead to confusion

In-depth Does the cloud sound like a great opportunity, but you feel swamped by jargon? We've spelt-out the basics for bosses.