For many years, two companies at opposite ends of the technology spectrum were best friends. Microsoft, the software firm, and Cisco, the network company, worked nicely together, with Cisco writing code into its environment to fully support Active Directory and to integrate its services into Microsoft products like Exchange. ...
02/05/2007 | It's sad when friends fall out.pdf | VIEW
Microsoft has announced its Unlimited Potential campaign - with a sub headline of 'The Next Five Billion'. This number points to the number of people as yet untouched by general computer technology, with only around 1.2 billion people on the planet currently having such technology available to them. ...
17/04/2007 | The Big Picture on the Next 5 Billion.pdf | VIEW
For many companies, software compliance is just about making sure that all copies of a particular application in use have a valid vendor licence. There's plenty of software around to try and ensure that all licences are valid and all users covered, to stop organisations like the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) from claiming damages on behalf of its members for fraudulent use. ...
17/04/2007 | New Issues in Software Compliance.pdf | VIEW
It can be hard to gauge the true take up of on-demand application services, an alternative way to take delivery of business applications whereby they are accessed online over the internet rather than installed and managed on-premise. ...
16/04/2007 | From on-premise to on-demand.pdf | VIEW
Some things go well together, even if they were not specifically meant for each other in first place: teenagers and SMS, Apple and music, mums and 4x4s. Today's global economy throws up another such pairing - supply chain management and on-demand applications. ...
13/04/2007 | On-demand supply chain management.pdf | VIEW
Most new technology goes through a number of cycles as its use evolves - the novelty of invention, the feature explosion of differentiation, then hopefully the robustness of consolidation. Sadly the frenetic pace of change means the third stage is often slow to arrive, and with techies in control of many companies, new features are seen as the way to stay ahead. In the early 1990s arms race in word processing tools this led to the jibe, "who needs 9 ways to do ‘bold'?" ...
05/04/2007 | Communication overload, 9 ways to go on hold.pdf | VIEW
I recently had the honour of being among a team of storage managers from large companies around the UK. ...
02/04/2007 | Footsteps in the Sand.pdf | VIEW
We seem to be well along the way to converging our voice and data networks, utilising voice over IP (VoIP). As we bring everything together and allow a single group of techies to look after the voice and data, surely we will achieve efficiency and effectiveness gains? ...
31/03/2007 | Integration is the Key to Effective VOIP.pdf | VIEW
Responding to changing business needs through timely access to accurate information is a critical driver of business success. This has given rise to the notion of the 'real-time enterprise' and vendors of business intelligence(BI) software are increasingly talking about how their BI tools can enable faster decision-making at the right time. But what exactly is involved in implementing a real business intelligence platform—and does your organisation really need one? ...
16/03/2007 | Go Real Time with your Data.pdf | VIEW
History is littered with projects that were lampooned during their execution but later delivered assets that came to be valued and cherished. The early history of the Sydney Opera House was fraught with disputes between architects, builders and the government prior to its opening in 1973—but would Australians be without it now? The new Wembley stadium will, in all likelihood, be a treasured national asset in years to come. ...
13/03/2007 | Will we come to love the NHS Spine.pdf | VIEW
