Category Archives: Workforce/Workplace Computing
SaaS based Email and Office Productivity Tools
If you have an old email server in need of an upgrade or have calls[...]
Enterprise social media revisited
Over the last three or four years, many have been advocating the use of social[...]
Supporting user-centric computing
User virtualization can make life easier for IT and end users alike Few would dispute[...]
Building tech for the flexible worker
Remote workers need support and training. The IT department needs to secure their devices and[...]
The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready
If media headlines and vendor claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with[...]
Flash and HTML5, or Flash vs HTML5?
If anybody attending the Adobe MAX conference had any doubts about Adobe’s commitment to Flash,[...]
The Consumerisation of IT (Slides)
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – VMUG Meeting, Leeds, October 2011 Presenter(s) –[...]
The Consumerisation of IT
With so many people excited about ‘bring your own device’ and easily accessible cloud services,[...]
Use of social media by analysts and analyst relations professionals
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event run by the Institute of Industry[...]
User Virtualization
The primary driver of today’s IT leaders is to enable better business management and execution,[...]
The Business Information Illusion
By Dale Vile KEY POINTS The pace of business today dictates devolved management and decision-making[...]
User productivity: Achievable goal, or mission impossible?
The role – and limits – of technology as an enabler of productivity gains ‘Productivity’,[...]
Rumours of the PC’s death are greatly exaggerated
By Martha Bennett If recent headlines are anything to go by, the days of the[...]
End User Productivity Revisited
Despite the plethora of ‘productivity solutions’ available from IT suppliers, why is it that real[...]
Windows 7 roll out: learning from the experts
So what’s involved in a large scale migration of Windows 7? Well, as this webcast[...]
The Co-operative on virtualisation & Windows 7
Windows 7 migration is not just about upgrading the operating system. In this webcast we[...]
Apples and Oranges – Are people really comparing like with like on the question of Mac versus Windows?
A couple of weeks ago, I had occasion to spend some time on a 4-5[...]
Does Office 365 keep its promises?
Running your email and office applications in the cloud is not a new idea; Google[...]
Business adoption of mobile devices
By Dale Vile Some of the most rapid and exciting developments in technology are taking[...]
Mobile Computing Checkpoint
By Dale Vile & Andrew Buss KEY FINDINGS Tales of the laptop PC’s death are[...]
Consumerism and productivity Part 1: Do users really know what technology is best for business?
Let me put my cards on the table. I do not, repeat not, subscribe to[...]
Consumerism and productivity Part 2: How to deal with employees’ devices in the workplace
In the first part of this discussion, I covered the hard reality of consumerisation and[...]
Information is a right, not a privilege
By Dale Vile Organisations today rely on effective management of business performance at all levels.[...]
The other enterprise desktop
There are few topics in the IT industry that are more divisive than the option[...]