Category Archives: [ Analyst Opinion ]
Why Intel has joined the race for the AI-enabled laptop
A new AI battlefield is opening up, not among all the GPU ‘farms’ in data[...]
Broadcom swings its axe at VMware
What a difference a week can make. The dust had barely settled on Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of[...]
Broadcom finally swallows VMware: what now?
The news that Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has finally gone through, after more than a[...]
Custom chatbots and model gardens: putting Private AI to work
Part 2: More to think about It’s essential to decide where to run your Private[...]
Understanding the rise and role of Private AI
Part 1: AI hype vs fear and doubt The leakage of proprietary IP and other[...]
Can steel fences halt the march of cyber?
Cyber: for some, it’s a prefix that conjures up images of Dr Who’s silvery cyborg[...]
A straightforward look at SAP master data automation
If you’re knee-deep in the world of SAP and data management, you almost certainly know[...]
CIO perceptions of vendor AI marketing
With all the recent press coverage, it’s not surprising to see IT vendors clamouring to[...]
Time to sound the alarm as AI hype catches fire
One of the most worrying things that’s coming out of recent research
It’s time to look again at IT and Software Asset Management
In the realm of IT administration, it’s all too easy to get stuck in familiar[...]
An AI crash is coming: don’t let it drag you down
All the signs are there that an AI crash is coming: overinflated claims and dodgy[...]
Want to become a data-driven organisation? Start thinking differently about change management
Need a strong data strategy? Look for a CDO who’s a change manager and data[...]
Just because it’s innovative, doesn’t make it good!
One of my hobbyhorses at the moment is how words and adjectives that ought to[...]
The key to future IT success is a switch to managing services, not systems
For most of the history of commercial IT, system design has focused on meeting the[...]
Are tech vendors pulling their weight on fixing fragmented IT?
Many organisations have silo’d data and fragmented IT systems, but
Digital identity: the many images of you
More and more of the topics we deal with at Freeform Dynamics now also relate[...]
Trust: easy to lose, hard to recover
Here are just a few of the topics that my fellow Freeformers and I have[...]
Dealing with the growing problem of edge and IoT sprawl
Amidst all the hype regarding the massive growth potential for IoT
To maximise potential, mainframers must reach out and engage
The team here has always had immense respect for the mainframe community
Does application modernisation mean what you think it means?
Most people in IT probably think they know what application modernisation is
Kubernetes and the open-source maintainer question
While much of October's KubeCon-CloudNativeCon North America
VMware’s breadth and depth impresses, but is it still a safe bet?
At the recent VMware Explore conference in Barcelona
Digital identity and opening up the smartwallet
When an 80 year-old relative asks you how she can use her phone to both[...]
Has the cloud caught up with the mainframe?
Yes, you read that right