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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
What’s up with Google’s plan to supplant SMS and drive mobile e-commerce?
Ask most people what RCS stands for, and you’ll probably get a blank look.
Like a teenager, Kubernetes looks almost grown-up, yet still a bit awkward and confused
Platform: that’s the key word that sprung to mind after attending Kubecon
Frustrated with your company’s cloud obsession?
What goes around, comes around
HP Inc’s Poly opportunity: look beyond devices and software to a real collaboration strategy
Could its takeover of workspace collaboration specialist Poly
‘Traditional’ is not a dirty word
Sometimes ‘new’ and ‘disruptive’ really doesn’t make sense
Singing the key management blues
We need cryptographic keys, but who is going to manage them?
Hybrid working isn’t turning out as expected
Last year, as companies recognised both the value of face-to-face interaction
Citrix and Microsoft: who’s really leading the transformation agenda?
Citrix loves Microsoft and Microsoft loves Citrix
Do you feel trapped by Microsoft?
Thoughts on loosening Redmond’s grip on your business
Striking a balance between risk and innovation: Lessons from an autonomous ship
Back story to a different kind of voyage
Is the commodity server bandwagon running out of steam?
The term “paradigm shift” gets flung about far too much in IT, but we may[...]
One SSD to ruler them all
Why the new EDSFF storage format is hot stuff – and what else you need[...]
Why does ransomware still work?
As someone who first encountered ransomware during the last millennium
Ransomware teaches the importance of data protection
Several years ago, around the time that ransomware attacks started making the front pages