Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics

Getting the unified comms message across

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Free Unified Communications?

Ran into a company recently which has done a rather nice ‘unified communications’ suite and[...]

Be prepared for the little things as well

The term business continuity often conjures up visions of rows of empty desks hooked up[...]

Greening the data centre

In the process of digging around the 'greening' of data centres (no, don't laugh), I[...]

Any aaSes in your organisation? – The appetite for cloud services

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The benefits of co-ordinating dev and ops efforts – Yes, there are some. Really

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The role of the application platform

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Managing the IT-IT-business relationship

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Closing the gap between development and operations

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Does Agile Development have a place in your organisation?

‘Agile’ is such an uplifting, positive word, its no wonder everybody wants to use it.[...]

Application platforms: different stuff, same story?

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New Video Frontiers: Taking It Beyond the PC

If 2007 was the year of video technology, 2008 was the year of the view.[...]

Steering the IT Function – Running a tight ship, or running in circles?

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Groupware put to the test and found wanting

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It wasn’t about the mouse

Yesterday, the 40th anniversary of the mouse was celebrated. I don't recall there being similar[...]

What we really think of IT architects

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How clear a view do you have on your IT? – Keeping a handle on the bigger picture

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Information at your fingertips: really

Large organisations sport clever and expensive information management systems. They enable staff to lay their[...]

Is groupware the worst thing you’ve ever encountered?

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Apple more closed than Microsoft

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A last hurrah: Matching info challenges with functional capabilities

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Social applications can get everyone’s brain working

Imaginatik is a company that helps very large organisations save lots of money by plundering[...]

The futility of challenging Apple perfection

I know, I should get over it, but it does annoy the way the Jobs[...]