Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
Sustainability winner: SOAK
I’m not totally sold on the Microsoft environmental story (hint: lifecycle costs of replacing kit)[...]
Cut print costs and related harm
Last week three reports dropped (digitally) into my lap. They were all on the subject[...]
How ICT can help broad environmental initiatives
For some time, I’ve been banging on about the opportunities for ICT to improve the[...]
Is There a Business Case To Be Made In Favour of Virtualising the Desktop?
If you are looking at desktop/notebook replacement or optimisation now, what are the options and[...]
Home working: does it make sense?
When we did our environmental IT research earlier this year, we looked at how IT[...]
Sustainability is not an add-on or a departmental issue
A curious phenomenon has emerged with environmental action within organisations. For once, the staff appear[...]
Justifying a large scale Vista migration
Over the past couple of months, I have had in-depth conversations with five CIOs that[...]
Going on active service requires a team effort
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LinkedIn: an espionage tool?
I have no idea why Aladdin Knowledge Systems decided to attack LinkedIn, the business networking[...]
Who controls your personal information?
Doc Searls is a long time blogger, a deep thinker, a co-author of the seminal[...]
Behind the scenes at the National Gallery provides plenty of food for thought.
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event which took a group of analysts[...]
Will software gallop to our rescue?
My first love, apart from my family and close friends, has always been software. I[...]
Cloud Computing: Silver lining…
by David Tebbutt Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn’t[...]
Not If or When, The Question is What?
A few weeks ago I pointed out that IT management tools are finally, after many[...]
Web 2.0 Strategies
Last weekfs Web 2.0 Strategies conference in London brought together people who were anxious to[...]
Why IT must escape the belt-tightening
by Martin Atherton Negative vibes have a habit of becoming reality. The higher cost of[...]
What governance can really mean to business
by Martin Atherton Governance is a term you’ll have heard bandied about a lot, usually[...]
Systems management hits impasse
by Martin Atherton Most of what the IT department does these days can be rationalised[...]
Desktops still have a purpose.
by Jon Collins Desktop computing is where the rubber hits the road, as far as[...]
New technologies, new risks
by Jon Collins The future of IT security seems like a straightforward discussion – focused,[...]
Business Intelligence and the bolting horse
There appears to be a revival of interest in Business Intelligence (BI) among IT vendors[...]
IBM: SOA Far, SOA Good?
It’s been a couple of months since I jumped on a plane back from IBM’s[...]
Asset + IT asset management = enterprise service management. Perhaps.
The IBM Tivoli Pulse event a few weeks ago left me with a clear thought.[...]
Master Process Management? Now, there’s a thought.
One of the most fun debates I have had in recent times was with a[...]