As an industry analyst, it feels like I spend hours of my life sitting through the same old cloud, mobile, social and big-data stuff from IT vendors. Sure, the world…
Ever since I passed the big five-o, I have noticed more and more youngsters who believe their generation invented something we older guys were using decades ago. At a recent…
This paper is written for business executives and managers with an interest in how technology is used within the workforce, particularly equipment such as smartphones, tablets and desktop or notebook…
Lots of you are considering cloud apps, but find it hard to figure out what’s most important when making decisions. In this webcast we talk in detail about integrating business…
You could be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft has missed the boat with its Windows everywhere proposition. It’s a hybrid world in which Android, iOS, OS X and even Linux…
It’s a hybrid world. But proprietary clouds are hard to integrate and less flexible. On the other hand, you’re already using them. To coordinate your internal and external clouds, then…
Freeform Dynamics conducted a research study in early 2014 looking at trends and developments in network infrastructure evolution and application access. This document provides the essential findings and key data…
By Dale Vile Businesses bought into Windows two decades go. Many IT professionals today, in fact, can’t remember a time when Microsoft didn’t dominate in desktop and notebook space. We…
By Dale Vile Best of breed versus integrated multi-function solutions – it’s a discussion that’s been going on in IT for about 3 decades. Whether the debates occur in the…
By Dale Vile If you are feeling inadequate because you’re not in full control of your virtual server environment, give yourself a break. In a recent research study conducted by…
By Dale Vile Would you design your corporate network the way it is today if you could start again from scratch? If you are anything like the 404 participants in…
Where to put your data, how to decide in the real world Performance, compliance, privacy, cost and reputation all matter, and they’re all different for all of you. Dale Vile…
Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal systems, sometimes without anyone even noticing
My views on market developments in 2014 are not sensational, I’m afraid. I offer them up as one antidote to the more outrageous and implausible predictions that tend to circulate…
By Dale Vile Two narratives concerning the CIO/CMO relationship are doing the rounds at the moment in marketing circles and the media. The premise for both is way in which…
By Dale Vile We constantly hear that cloud is the future and that distributors, resellers, integrators and software houses need to rebuild their businesses around it. But is there enough…
By Dale Vile I first discovered dictation software back in 2001 when I ended up with my arm in a sling following an accident. With some heavy writing commitments, I…
Are you a business manager/executive? Read on to find out why sometimes you may have been presented with data that turned out to be less than totally accurate, complete or…
IT Leaders and Architects, when was the last time you could look at one of your customer databases and have confidence that it was largely accurate and complete?
By Dale Vile Software as a Service (SaaS) is potentially a great fit for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Consuming business applications as services delivered over the internet means you…
By Dale Vile In the beginning there was Microsoft Office. Well, it sometimes seems that way given how much this software suite has become embedded into the fabric of many…
