Analysis: Continuing to Involve our Collaborators
It has always been clear that the process of defining application requirements has always been a collaborative process, not simply involving IT people, but a whole raft of people across the business. So for such a collaborative process why do we tend to document the results in a private way? What I mean here is [...]
Wish List for new Outlook Contacts Management Capabilities
Of all of the tools used on a daily basis by the business community that is most out of date is Outlook’s Contacts section. Important segments of this are probably now at least ten years out of date. Here is a reminder of the sorry state of affairs of the current application: For me the [...]
Getting More from Your Social Media Profiles
Whether you are looking for a new job or are looking at expanding your business then Social Media should be on your radar. LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, Ecademy, Xing and other similar sites should be entering your focus. In becoming active on any social media site it is your Profile that says most about you and [...]
Applications – The Need for Speed
Throughout my career in IT there is one constant that I have seen demanded over the years is the need for speed in everything on the computer. This is a complex issue. The part that no-one wants to hear when a person complains about application performance is the comparison between what they have now and [...]
CIO Thinking, Some Thoughts (Part 1 – I think).
I am always interested in how other IT leaders approach challenges. Information Week edition May 25th had an article on the ‘Global CIO Fifty’ that allowed me look at their approaches. I would welcome your comments in this area as well. The need to spend less is almost global. Some of the other priorities include: [...]
Green IT: Ten Statistics That May Count
I make no apologies for having picked these statistics up from a variety of locations. Much is talked about “Green IT” and how it can change the economy, but what re the findings? Please note that these views do not necessarily represent my own views. ♣ 32% of IT Leaders say they have a “Green [...]
How Can we Secure a Long Term Future for Twitter?
Having spent a reasonable amount of time researching the field of Social Media Marketing there is one product that almost always comes to the heart of any strategy involving Social Media. This product is Twitter. Now Dell claim to have made over $1 million through the use of the Twitter channel, an impressive uplift in [...]
A New World of Business Networking (and how it is different to Social Networking)
This article is being added as an incomplete milestone/commentary on the current state of Business Networking. Not too long ago, on this site I asked the question “Is any Business Benefit Gained by Adopting Collaborative Technologies within the Workplace?” at that time I concluded that whilst there were significant benefits they would only be viable [...]
The Fight for the Data Centre
It could have been predicted, as soon as Cisco announces its new Unified Computing System (see my earlier article) this creates the opening shot in the war for the new data centre. HP believes there are many holes in the Cisco offering claiming that their solutions scale from SMB through to global corporate solutions. One [...]
BI in the Clouds
Business Intelligence as a Service (BIaaS) is peeking many interests within the IT community. As I stated previously Gartner believes that 25% of all software will be delivered through an SaaS based service by 2011. At the same time Business Intelligence usage is expected to rise 130% by 2010. Many SaaS vendors are currently planning [...]
Unified Data Centre Infrastructure – a look at a new technology!
When I read that a Unified Data Centre Infrastructure can reduce costs and improve the management of the data centre then I was certainly interested to find out more. Solutions are available from at least two vendors, Cisco and Brocade. One thing that is always important to identify are the expected benefits and potential risks [...]
Leveraging the Social Media Sales Channel
Technology companies have traditionally be amongst the fist to leverage the use of new technology as a sales or support channel. Today Social media is becoming a new sales and support channel that should be an important part of developing the technology corporation. However in leveraging such a channel a new attitude needs to be [...]
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