Mobile deployments may well be affected by economic recession, but the commercial reasons that underlie the strong arguments for investing in mobile have not gone away. In many ways the need for even greater cost controls, efficiency and resistance to external shocks tends to increase the value of location flexibility that individual mobility offers. Remote, mobile and more flexible access to IT, at whatever point a business process demands it, still adds considerable value both to organisations and individuals whatever the economic climate. ...
09/12/2008 | Mobility - waving not drowning in 2009.pdf | VIEW
At one time an acceptable mantra was ‘build it and they will come', and so internet companies laid fibre and mobile operators bid billions for spectrum licences, and sat back and waited. OK, so they didn't just sit back, they marketed the network capacity - broadband, always on or third generation mobile phones - but somehow the connection between the infrastructure on offer and the services consumers and businesses require was not well established. ...
24/11/2008 | Exploit existing communities before trying to create new ones.pdf | VIEW
With the economic gloom worsening, the imperative for any organisation is to rein in the bottom line and cut costs. ...
24/11/2008 | Fortify your IT defences to protect your assets.pdf | VIEW
Do you know what a femtocell is? Unless you're involved in a certain part of the telecoms industry it's pretty unlikely and, like most technologies, why should you really care? Outside of the femto-related product providers, and some of the mobile operators, the term "femtocell" is pretty meaningless. Even the Femto Forum industry body recognise that, in many cases, operator awareness and interest is restricted to certain internal ‘champions'. ...
12/11/2008 | Small networks, big prizes.pdf | VIEW
According to the common wisdom, measurement is the means by which we guide the execution of a strategy. Without measurement, we cannot gauge progress nor begin to accurately predict the outcome of various possible paths as a plan is tested against time and the business realities. Whilst this is true enough, perhaps the real nugget of wisdom is that measurement is actually of secondary value to the very human processes of communication and analysis that allow us to turn information into decisions and actions. If what we measure is keyed to how well we measure success, then how we report all those measurements, and to whom is key to how effectively the communication and analysis processes of strategic governance are performed. ...
12/11/2008 | Attempting to measure sustainability.pdf | VIEW
Outsourcing software development is tricky but can prove a success. ...
06/11/2008 | Don't cut corners when outsourcing.pdf | VIEW
The world seems to get smaller every day, closing in on the concept of the "global village" put forward by Wyndham Lewis in 1948. Already, over 1 billion people are effectively connected via devices attached to mainly open networks enabling them to exchange information in ways that would have been unthinkable 30 years ago. ...
05/11/2008 | Obstacles to Cloud Computing.pdf | VIEW
It's difficult to read anything these days on what's happening in the world of ITC without tripping on a virtual this and a virtual that. Indeed, Quocirca has researched and reported on virtuality for some years now, and identified many of the problems that users are now finding as they make their way through the virtual minefield. ...
03/11/2008 | FastScale thinks thin to manage virtual server images.pdf | VIEW
As the credit crunch spreads from a banking problem to one affecting consumers and businesses, recession is becoming a reality in many countries. So what is the best way to wriggle through the squeeze - turn to the accountants and worry only about the numbers? ...
01/11/2008 | Crisis management or clever thinking.pdf | VIEW
In early Octiber 2008 Symantec ran its "Vision" conference in The Hague, the European centre of freedom, security and justice, as its executives were keen to point out. So what is Symantec's vision, does it bear scrutiny, is it delivering on it and was The Hague a good backdrop? ...
28/10/2008 | What is Symantec's vision.pdf | VIEW
