Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
Should all hard drives be encrypted?
Given the origins of computing in the coding and decoding of messages, it’s fair to[...]
What does YOUR IT crystal ball say?
Here’s a question for you. Is change really afoot in the way your organisation ‘does’[...]
Change management in x86 server estates
Changes to the IT environment are the source of some of the biggest headaches for[...]
Is IT service delivery really changing?
The new world we’ve been hearing about for years is slowly drifting into focus. Globally[...]
Business Communications in Context
by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile The proliferation of communications channels has set expectations around[...]
Are CIOs ready to use cloud computing?
By Tony Lock Seldom in the history of IT have CIOs faced a marketing barrage[...]
What personality is your IT department?
Over the years I’ve spent quite a lot of time thinking about the idea of[...]
Dedication to regulation
By Martin Atherton Regulation is a fact of life and business. The signs are that[...]
Virtualisation and Security
As x86 / x64 server virtualisation moves into everyday operations, what impact does it have[...]
IT trends: Don’t get distracted by the spaniel
For better or for worse, we are the owners of a mad Welsh Springer spaniel[...]
Infrastructure Consolidation
By Tony Lock Research results obtained by Freeform Dynamics towards the end of 2009 show[...]
Can IT Financing and Management Models Survive IT Change?
By Tony Lock In a nutshell: The models used for businesses to create IT budgets[...]
How do you manage service levels in a virtualised environment?
In previous research projects we’ve examined the impact of service level monitoring and management, and[...]
Social wariness is wise for business
A colleague pulled me up with a start the other day when I was talking[...]
Mid-market management software
By Jon Collins, Tony Lock and Dale Vile IT management tools are finally, after many[...]
Does business social networking really need IT?
Are you wrestling with the idea of bringing social networking (choose your own preferred term)[...]
What is service management?
This 60-minute webcast features Martin Atherton and Tony Lock, who donning business and IT hats[...]
Evolution of Dynamic IT
by Dale Vile and Tony Lock Against the backdrop of an increasingly fast moving and[...]
Pricing the fluffy stuff
By Josie Sephton Cloud really is the new black, and it is hard to get[...]
Social computing – start small, think big
By David Tebbutt Don’t be afraid of social networking collaboration tools in the office. Your[...]
Give workers a say in corporate IT
There can be little doubt that the personal and domestic use of technology has had[...]
The Register Buzz Report
In association with The Register According to a research survey conducted with The Register readership[...]
Perception versus reality in IT
By Tony Lock In the world of information technology there is the impression that everything[...]
Making sense of energy
By David Tebbutt Have you started getting the energy bills for your department yet? What[...]