Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
IT is the least of the problems – but can it improve business change?
A lot of time and column inches have been spent over the years looking at[...]
Clouds for hire
Is it effective to build out a network infrastructure to handle all workloads, rather than[...]
Challenging the big change agenda
Marketing people and management consultants love the words ‘transformation’ and ‘innovation’. As you listen to[...]
A View from Above the Clouds
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – IAP Symposium, 14th October 2011 Presenter(s) –[...]
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[...]
Defining the Business Change Agenda
Transformation and innovation are often worthy objectives for change initiatives, but business people tell us[...]
The Business Information Illusion
By Dale Vile KEY POINTS The pace of business today dictates devolved management and decision-making[...]
Will SaaS make you more efficient?
SaaS might give you more availability, it might cut your capital costs, and it might[...]
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[...]
The fog of software licensing: dissatisfaction reigns – even in clouds
There are some things in life that you just have to get on with, and[...]
Don’t be fooled
By Tony Lock If one were to believe even a tenth of the marketing messages[...]
The importance of mutual understanding: A faster track to business alignment and satisfied users
Here at Freeform Dynamics we’re renowned for advocating a service centric approach to IT. The[...]
Making the most of licence flexibility
A few months ago we highlighted the difficulties that many companies have when it comes[...]
End User Productivity Revisited
Despite the plethora of ‘productivity solutions’ available from IT suppliers, why is it that real[...]
Software Licensing and Subscription
By Tony Lock KEY FINDINGS Few organisations know what software they are using The vast[...]
Are you slaving away on the wrong projects?
Get your priorities straight One of the hardest decisions that the IT department faces was[...]
The impact of Cloud on IT
By Andrew Buss and Dale Vile KEY POINTS Cloud is complementary to existing IT infrastructure[...]
End-to-end service assurance
It may not always seem like it, but wherever IT is responsible for providing applications[...]
Complexity killed the IT quality of service …
“Ring, ring…” “IT support. How can I help you?” “The system’s really slow. It’s taking[...]
Service management: we are all judged on service delivery
All IT departments are judged on the basis of service delivery, whether they work that[...]
The how and why of virtualising core business applications
When it come to virtualisation and private cloud, it seems that IT is happy to[...]