Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
The pros and cons of business application packages – Poll results
Whether to build or buy, that is the question? Well, it is for many when[...]
Where is server virtualisation taking us?
No, no, not the v word…! There are few topics that have garnered as much[...]
Social wariness is wise for business
A colleague pulled me up with a start the other day when I was talking[...]
Videoconferencing comes of age for CIOs
By Josie Sephton The announcement a few weeks back on Cisco acquiring Tandberg seems to[...]
Threat predictions for 2010
Jon Collins and Paul Wood of MessageLabs give their predictions for the coming year on[...]
Time to stop taking water for granted
Every day in recent months, the water level in our local lake has been dropping.[...]
Infrastructure convergence – The two sides of the coin
Let’s be fair – IT isn’t the only industry fraught with jargon, but it can[...]
Are your Server Estate Policies Fully Mature?
You know what happens: everyone in marketing focuses on the processor speeds, the cache size,[...]
Monitoring and managing power consumption
It’s certainly true from our research that when it comes to servers, power consumption doesn’t[...]
Is there any such thing as ‘The Business’?
A seasoned CIO of a large multinational once remarked: “All of these vendors keep telling[...]
Software apps and the server room – Does virtualization just deal with ‘everything’?
One of the curses of the IT industry is the ease with which we can[...]
Are packaged applications becoming less relevant?
The imminent death of traditional packaged applications for dealing with ERP, CRM and other core[...]
Poll Results – Stuff you run vs stuff you run it on
Thanks to everyone who took part in our latest mini-poll, which teased out some insights[...]
Towards dynamic systems management methodologies
I do take my hat off to the people who first put together the IT[...]
Drivers for server change – What do you mean, saving money is not at the top?
A major question faced in every organisation concerns compelling events that necessitate changes. What is[...]
Is the server layer just a commodity?
It’s been a while since Nicholas Carr wrote his polemic ‘Does IT matter?’ which documented[...]
Does business social networking really need IT?
Are you wrestling with the idea of bringing social networking (choose your own preferred term)[...]
Windows 7 kills two thirds of active Vista initiatives
We recently ran a survey asking respondents (over 1,100 IT pros) about their thoughts and[...]
The decentralisation effect
A recent poll spawned some very interesting responses. We asked you where you keep your[...]
How bad are the bad guys?
By Jon Collins The Internet has come a long way since its rudimentary beginnings as[...]
What does a server environment look like anyway?
Stock photo companies have got a lot to answer for. For most people, the phrase[...]
Who does what in the server room?
The “architectures” deployed in server rooms are beginning to change dramatically. Organisations are seeking to[...]
Are you mulling new ways of refreshing desktop and laptop estates?
In a recent poll we asked if people were rethinking their desktop strategies, and what[...]
Breaking out of the virtualisation pilot
By Jon Collins The IT industry is full of bad habits, none greater than treating[...]