Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
Shaping your next desktop upgrade
The economic downturn caused many companies to delay their desktop and notebook refresh plans, but[...]
Lithium helped the penny to drop
A more tangible take on social CRM While I go about my business as an[...]
Applied Cloud Computing
By Dale Vile and Tony Lock Introduction The term ‘cloud computing’ is one of the[...]
The True Cost of Desktop Support
Desktop support is something every organisation does using a variety of tools, people and processes,[...]
CIOs and ’Data Protection’
By Tony Lock The rapid growth in the amount of stored data means that the[...]
Data encryption adoption represents a significant opportunity
By Andrew Buss Data protection continues to be a top of mind subject for many[...]
Are you delivering IT and creating wiggle room?
According to Freeform Dynamics research, many IT departments are seeking to become better aligned with[...]
Automation – one step closer to lights out?
In an earlier article in this workshop we considered the challenges associated with procuring system[...]
Mixing mobile business with pleasure
By Josie Sephton The issue of personal use of company mobiles, and its cost to[...]
The Time has come for “Chargeback”
Ever since the industrial revolution there have been periods when businesses have prospered simply on[...]
Managing IT and business risk in the times of eroding enterprise boundaries
Managing risk in business has always been more of an art form than a science.[...]
Systems monitoring: what’s possible, and what really happens
IT increasingly plays a pivotal role in business processes. The importance of systems to the[...]
Improving Systems Agility
By Dale Vile One of the most common complaints heard from business people about the[...]
Life after cloud computing
By Dale Vile Have you ever wondered what we will be left with once the[...]
Managing a virtual desktop environment
In a previous article in this series we highlighted growing interest in deploying virtual desktop[...]
Desktop virtualisation: why, how, and how much?
As anyone who has started down the path will confirm, desktop virtualisation is not a[...]
How can IT shake off the negativity? Get feedback from the business
Usually when we think of IT performance, we focus on the physical. We ask questions[...]
Collaboration, complexity and compliance
The trouble with some terms we use in IT is that they take on a[...]
The significance of Salesforce.com’s ’Chatter’
Salesforce.com to me is a bit like the boy who cried ‘Wolf!”. Every press release[...]
Thinking Beyond the Clouds
By Jon Collins and Dale Vile A number of trends are having an impact on[...]
Sugaring the pill
Apple, as a computer company, has been focused on the consumer market. It has paid[...]
Are your project timescales shrinking?
When did the two-year project lifecycle die? In my head, I put it at just[...]
Videoconferencing: coming to a company near you?
This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]
The Business of Interoperability
By Dale Vile and Jon Collins ‘Interoperability’ is a widely used word in IT industry[...]