Category Archives: Workforce/Workplace Computing

The other enterprise desktop

There are few topics in the IT industry that are more divisive than the option[...]

A road warrior’s experience with the iPad

Tales from 10 months of trial and error I have now been an iPad user[...]

Visualisation into action

Do you have lots of data but find it difficult to work out what it[...]

Trust and security in the cloud

By Andrew Buss & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS Many companies could do much better when[...]

Mind mapping for IT pros

Let’s clear up a couple of things to start with. The term mind mapping doesn’t[...]

Video in the workplace

There have been many false dawns for video collaboration at work. We’ve all bought videoconferencing[...]

The Consumerisation of IT

Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, October 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]

Applied Desktop Virtualisation

By Tony Lock & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS With desktop refresh now on the agenda,[...]

Buying into the cloud

A lot of companies are reporting that individual departments and even business users are adopting[...]

Desktop Virtualisation

By Tony Lock Desktop management has long been an almost “taboo” subject in most businesses.[...]

Why does information management matter?

Getting the right information to the right people at the right time sounds like a[...]

Who said anything about green?

Desktop virtualisation gets you part way there anyway Green and sustainability initiatives might be interesting[...]

What is the point of End Point Protection?

How we should be protecting our PCs Security threats have existed for almost as long[...]

Desktop virtualisation: One size doesn’t fit all

The many solutions to be found under the term ’Desktop Virtualisation’ have been vigorously promoted[...]

The changing shape of the desktop

By Josie Sephton, Dale Vile & Tony Lock KEY FINDINGS The desktop environment is ready[...]

Working smarter, not harder: An alternative to the 25-hour day

The word ‘productivity’ is widely used in the industry, but what does it actually mean?[...]

Taking advantage of the Windows 7 migration

After almost a decade of service, the end-of-days is drawing near for the long-lived and[...]

Old PCs: When it’s time to die

Often, PCs are like old soldiers: they never seem to die. In many cases the[...]

Shaping your next desktop upgrade

The economic downturn caused many companies to delay their desktop and notebook refresh plans, but[...]

Interoperability: standards or proprietary?

‘Choice’ is one of those words that gets bandied around in all kinds of ways,[...]

Firms must warm to training even in a cold economic climate

“Our people are our greatest asset” is one of the most frequently employed oxymoronic phrases[...]

The Hardware mid-life crisis. Upgrade or refresh?

The good old PC, along with the phone, is today the main, if not only,[...]

Lithium helped the penny to drop

A more tangible take on social CRM While I go about my business as an[...]