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INGRAM BROTHERS

"Ingram Brothers is a family owned business, founded in 1895, that produces ingredients for the bakery trade. Based in Paisley, the business supplies bespoke products to bakery...."

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STRONACHS

"When Stronachs, one of the largest law firms in the North East of Scotland, was reviewing how the firm could make savings in IT without compromising performance..."

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SCOTTISH BUILDING SOCIETIES

"Scotland’s first ever Building Society started life in March 1848 as the Edinburgh Property Investment Company, changing its name to Scottish Building Society in 1929..."

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RECORD UK

"When Record UK acquired two other businesses, the significant increase in user count prompted IT Manager, Paul Campbell, to review their system requirements and develop a plan to upgrade..."

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THORNTONS

"A review of critical systems at Thorntons, one of Scotland’s largest regional law firms, prompted the business to examine ways of achieving more efficient use of hardware..."

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CAIRN HOUSING ASSOCIATION

"Cairn Housing Association has been in existence for over 30 years and has over 3,000 properties under management throughout Scotland, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Coatbridge..."

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FIFE HOUSING

"Fife Housing Association (FHA) is a charitable organisation that provides quality homes at affordable rents across Fife and is committed to building communities and supporting the continued..."

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Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service (HIFRS)

" HIFRS is the most northerly in the UK and covers a geographical area the size of Belgium. It provides fire, rescue and a community safety service to the population of the Highlands, Shetland..."

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NISCAYAH

"Niscayah, formerly known as Bell Security (a Securitas Systems Group Company), was established in 1986 as one of the UK’s leading security specialists..."

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Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH)

"SAMH is Scotland’s leading mental health charity and works to support people who experience mental health problems, homelessness, addictions and other forms of social exclusion..."

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Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC)

"ESPC was incorporated in 1971 and since that time has grown to become the leading force in residential property throughout east..."

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An overview of "VMware View"

“Desktop computing” has become something of a misnomer. Today’s desktop is really an end-user environment defined by a profile consisting of applications, documents and configuration..."

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Server Consolidation - an Accountant's Guide

"While most finance professionals probably don’t have a deep understanding of what
an IT server actually does, they are more than likely to know how much it costs to..."

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What it Costs...

"On completion of a Capacity Planning exercise, Castle will propose a recommended solution for your
organisation..."

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VMware View 3

"View 3 decouples the software from the hardware. So instead of having PCs with their own storage, CPUs and Applications stored locally, View 3 allows these resources to be stored centrally..."

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VIrtualisation Overview White Paper

"Among the leading business challenges confronting CIOs and IT managers today are: cost-effective utilization of IT infrastructure; responsiveness in supporting new..."

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Capacity Planning Overview

"It’s important to understand that the entire Capacity Planning Exercise is undertaken and managed
by Castle’s highly trained, fully VMware accredited Technical Consultants..."

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Capacity Planning Pre-Requisites

"This VMware Authorised Consulting Engagement (ACE) service will give you clear visibility of server consolidation opportunities of your existing physical IT infrastructure onto..."

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Castle Power Savings Calculator

The power saving calculator is great for finding out initial savings that can be found in a Virtualised infrastructure.

VMware TCO/ROI Calculator

The VMware TCO/ROI Calculator quantifies the potential cost savings obtained from VMware virtualisation solutions.