Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
The strategic upside of power accountability
By Dale Vile Research conducted by Freeform Dynamics a year ago suggested that the majority[...]
Making IT Work In The Real World
Most organisations run a mix of systems in their IT infrastructure. One of the challenges[...]
Moments of Need
by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile With high speed networks, sophisticated devices and a myriad[...]
SOA and Growth Markets
by Jon Collins and Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS SOA is as relevant in growth economies[...]
BT and Cloud
By Dale Vile While the cloud computing market is in its infancy at the moment,[...]
Clarity on Cloud
By Dale Vile A senior exec from a major IT vendor recently commented in a[...]
Challenging the cloud revolution
By Dale Vile Some niche and emerging enterprise IT suppliers, such as Salesforce.com, Google and[...]
The business value of social software
by David Tebbutt At Lotus/IBM’s Lotusphere the words ’business value’ were repeatedly uttered by keynote[...]
A coherent approach to customer satisfaction
by Josie Sephton The need for greater customer centricity is an increasingly high priority for[...]
The Economic Downturn and IT Service Delivery
by Tony Lock The economic outlook for many organisations has taken a decidedly frosty turn,[...]
The Business Service Management Imperative
by Jon Collins What is Business Service Management, anyway? Business Service Management (BSM) has been[...]
WAN Optimisation
There is a lot of talk concerning ’Cloud services’. But what are some of the[...]
Enterprise 2.0 and the issue of workforce composition
Following on from my previous post on the importance of social media enthusiasts breaking out[...]
IT Delivery in the Downturn
by Dale Vile and Tony Lock KEY POINTS Most IT professionals see challenges on the[...]
BPM: lessons from the real world
by Martin Atherton, Jon Collins and Dale Vile Is business process management a cure-all for[...]
Taking cloud to the mainstream
by Dale Vile The hype around cloud computing is pretty intensive. The IT industry and[...]
Service Orientation in Business
by Jon Collins KEY FINDINGS While change is a certainty in business, some still struggle[...]
Secure USB
by Jon Collins When the USB standard was first launched, few would have imagined the[...]
Risk and Resilience
The application availability gamble The modern business is highly dependent on IT. When systems go[...]
New technologies, new risks
by Jon Collins The future of IT security seems like a straightforward discussion – focused,[...]
Cloud Computing: Silver lining…
by David Tebbutt Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn’t[...]
Why IT must escape the belt-tightening
by Martin Atherton Negative vibes have a habit of becoming reality. The higher cost of[...]
Systems management hits impasse
by Martin Atherton Most of what the IT department does these days can be rationalised[...]
The Outsourcing Force
by Jon Collins What does the future of development outsourcing look like? Freeform Dynamics has[...]