Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
What’s all the fuss about in-memory databases for IoT?
Meeting the need for speed
Microsoft’s challenge for 2018: mindshare & market relevance
Analyst opinion Microsoft’s revenues are up, but compared to its biggest competitors — Amazon, Apple,[...]
How will Apple increase its market relevance in 2018?
Belief systems have a time and place
Microsoft presents its quantum computing credentials
Thoughts from the Future Decoded event
Socitm 2017 Annual Conference
Public sector IT practitioners snatch a few hours to think, listen and learn
Enterprise file sync and share comes of age
The enterprise file sync and share market has truly come of age, with products and[...]
MWC becomes a launch event for Windows 10 devices
At Mobile World Congress (MWC) on Monday, Microsoft’s key hardware partners announced several new Windows[...]
IBM and Cisco pre-integrate their collaboration solutions
In June 2016, IBM and Cisco announced that they were going to pre-integrate their respective[...]
UK Gov seeks pledges and charity to address the digital skills gap
The UK government has announced that more than 4 million free digital skills training opportunities[...]
Microsoft teams up with Qualcomm and cellular carriers
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 is coming to ARM architecture through a partnership with[...]
Big questions for those looking for answers in big data
“Some complex systems, such as the weather, are oblivious to our predictions. The process of[...]
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet to Slack and other chat-based workspace providers with the[...]
Surface Studio increases the versatility of the Windows PC
At the company’s October 26 event, Microsoft added a new category to its lineup of[...]
Workplace by Facebook
Workplace by Facebook is now generally available to any business or institution that wants to use[...]
Digital transformation initiatives hampered by poor ICT skills
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report detailing the results of an[...]
Data encryption must be a priority for the digital business
Organizations large and small are investing in digital transformation programs, cloud migration projects, and enterprise[...]
AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL, FB, and MSFT
With a combined market capitalization of $2.3 trillion, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft hold[...]
Facebook CIO says: “Microsoft got cool again”
Microsoft used day two of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to focus on announcements related[...]
The dangers of digital smokescreens
A recent global study (1,442 senior respondents) revealed that those reporting particularly good returns from[...]
Building a Curated Digital Hub
In a nutshell In today’s online business environment, with data spread broadly and widely, making[...]
Tackling End User Content Sprawl
In a nutshell The problem of content sprawl has been around since the early days[...]
Combining DCIM and Cloud / CoLo / Managed Services
There is no doubt that requirements for IT to deliver additional capabilities continue to increase.[...]
My life under Estonia’s digital government
There is much government talk about the economic importance of enabling a digital society. Yet[...]
The ’feel-good’ factor is good for business
People who feel good while doing their job tend to work better, contribute more and[...]