Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
A practical guide to deploying green IT
Audience – ICAEW members/subscribers Occasion – ICAEW conference 28 October 2009 Presenter – David Tebbutt[...]
PC Refresh Equals PC Disposal
We asked what drives you to refresh or replace your PC and laptop estates and[...]
What are you doing about refreshing the PC estate?
We know from respondents that the age of desktop estates vary greatly, not just between[...]
Keep a clear head on environmental issues
Did you see the Act On CO2 quango’s ’bedtime stories’ advertisement? It tells children that[...]
Reg readers take mobile makers to task
When Freeform Dynamics asked you for your opinion of your mobile phone, you didn’t hesitate[...]
Anatomy of an IT leader: From master to orchestrator
One of the recurring debates in the IT industry is around how the role of[...]
Remote IT support ’is harder’
Perish the thought that we at Freeform Towers should try to over-simplify things, but from[...]
Frighten the kids, or encourage the grown-ups?
Have you seen the Act On CO2 ’bedtime stories’ advertisement that our dear government has[...]
Microsoft is learning to share – but not soon enough?
Jive, an enterprise-focused social software company, has a catchy tagline: it says it’s going to[...]
Securing the remote estate – Lock ‘em down or set ‘em free?
One of the challenges of managing a remote desktop estate is security. It’s not a[...]
Storage Virtualisation – the lie of the land
This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]
What do Scotland, Australia and Africa have in common?
Unified Communications (UC) is a pretty hot topic with analysts and vendors alike. Yet despite[...]
When PCs went mobile – Tears of joy or sorrow?
Do you remember the first time you saw a laptop? Shiny bright LED screen, pixels[...]
Today’s users don’t expect things to fail
A recent mini-poll reveals, as perhaps expected, that the primary source of information used to[...]
Everything as a service
The influence of IT in everyday business operations continues to increase. Until a few years[...]
How much does desktop PC support actually cost?
Here’s a direct question on this (hopefully sunny) day. Do you, or does anyone in[...]
Try these beans: Business Service Management
In recent weeks we’ve received plenty of meaty responses in roughly equal measures (positive and[...]
Online Information will keep you up to date
Well, the Online Information conference is almost upon us. It’s a great chance for information[...]
Establishing the Business Case for SOA enabled BPM
When it comes to business process modelling and optimisation, it’s easy to get bogged down[...]
Scoping SOA enabled transformation – Getting Started
Short video clip from Q&A session on scoping SOA initiatives, and why not to be[...]
Evolution of Dynamic IT
by Dale Vile and Tony Lock Against the backdrop of an increasingly fast moving and[...]
The great productivity myth: Are we slaves to the machine?
We know from numerous research studies that, while there are indeed ‘bad guys out there’,[...]
Remind me what we’re doing again? Service management round up
Over the past few weeks that we’ve been writing about service management, it’s become very[...]
Desktop minipoll results – user ignorance is bliss?
The results are in from our latest mini-poll, and they are pretty conclusive – even[...]