Has virtualisation really moved the game forward? OK, so you’ve virtualised a bunch of servers and saved yourself a bit of money on hardware. Life is a little easier because…
With a mandate to make public records broadly available online, yet at the same time protecting sensitive data from inappropriate access, information management in the public sector is not easy.
By Dale Vile, Tony Lock and Martha Bennett Introduction Storage and retrieval of electronic data is now an integral and critical part of operations in any modern business, and the…
By Dale Vile Change is a fact of life in business, but it’s generally not managed in a joined up fashion across large organisations. This was confirmed in a recent…
By Tony Lock & Dale Vile Locating and accessing information required to run the business when it is spread across multiple systems has long been recognised as a problem. It’s…
The data retention policy in too many organisations has historically boiled down to ‘keep everything forever’, or something very close to it. As disks proliferate and backup tapes pile up…
IT vendors have traditionally targeted the lucrative large enterprise market with their data protection and disaster recovery offerings, but where does this leave smaller organisations?
Marketing people and management consultants love the words ‘transformation’ and ‘innovation’. As you listen to the rhetoric of those trying to sell you stuff, you could get the impression that…
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – IAP Symposium, 14th October 2011 Presenter(s) – Dale Vile A view from above the clouds (14 Oct 2011) View more presentations…
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – VMUG Meeting, Leeds, October 2011 Presenter(s) – Dale Vile The consumerisation of IT View more presentations from Freeform Dynamics To view…
With so many people excited about ‘bring your own device’ and easily accessible cloud services, it’s easy to forget that ‘consumerisation’ is usually driven by ‘user want’ rather than business…
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) looking at the use of social media by analysts and analyst relations…
Transformation and innovation are often worthy objectives for change initiatives, but business people tell us that continuous optimisation and appropriate use of best practice are important too.
By Dale Vile KEY POINTS The pace of business today dictates devolved management and decision-making Markets and businesses in today’s technology-enabled environment move too quickly for the traditional centralised management…
Over the years, research findings have consistently demonstrated widespread exposure to risk when it comes to data protection and security among smaller businesses, writes Dale Vile, managing director of Freeform…
Get your priorities straight One of the hardest decisions that the IT department faces was highlighted in a very lively Webcast (registration required) a few months ago. Terry Dewhurst, the…
By Andrew Buss and Dale Vile KEY POINTS Cloud is complementary to existing IT infrastructure and service delivery concepts As Cloud services gather momentum, investment in internal IT infrastructure is…
“Ring, ring…” “IT support. How can I help you?” “The system’s really slow. It’s taking about a minute to save stuff. Normally it’s only a few seconds.” “How long has…
All IT departments are judged on the basis of service delivery, whether they work that way explicitly or not. Although thinking of IT as a service is unpopular with IT…
A couple of weeks ago, I had occasion to spend some time on a 4-5 year old MacBook Pro that my daughter had been using, and immediately noticed how sluggish…
By Dale Vile Some of the most rapid and exciting developments in technology are taking place around mobile devices at the moment. This is in theory presenting CIOs and business…
Business people often complain that IT projects take too long and deliver results that fall short of requirements. In their defence, developers point out that business people are poor at…
By Dale Vile KEY POINTS Views of cloud computing are wide, varied and often contradictory When 318 IT and business professionals were asked to sum up their view of cloud…
I have been conducting a lot of interviews recently with vendors, resellers and SIs about why it is proving so hard to motivate the traditional IT channel to get on…
