The old joke about the office worker who says to their partner when they get home at the end of the day - "the computers went down and we all had to think for ourselves" is getting too close for comfort. As the mobile industry started its grand annual event in Barcelona - Mobile World Congress - a breakdown in the BlackBerry email service meant that many thumb weary executives had a break from their mobile email habit. ...
22/02/2008 | The spread of email reliance and BlackBerry Jam.pdf | VIEW
Over a year on, and Vista is still being regarded with deep suspicion in the market. Apart from the worries about how many existing PCs can actually run a stack of not only Vista itself, but the applications on top, the main worry is still the lack of application compatibility with the operating system (OS) - even using the many options for previous OS compatibility supplied by Microsoft. ...
20/02/2008 | The Road to Vista - Continued.pdf | VIEW
According to some, the use of open source software in global education is the key to many problems because it removes the issue of cost. ...
08/02/2008 | To Lead, not to Teach.pdf | VIEW
Imagine that you are newly arrived on planet Earth and faced with going to a public library. You are completely unaware of how a library works, but you understand books themselves. You enter and start to look at every single book until you find one on your chosen subject - possibly something along the lines of Social Etiquette for Earth Visitors. Having found this book, you go away, read it and return the next day to find another book on the same subject. You start again from the very beginning, looking at every book (including all the ones you looked at yesterday and found no interest in), until you find another book on the same subject. You patiently continue to do this, day after day, until someone offers to help you. ...
01/02/2008 | The Problems with Megadata Searches.pdf | VIEW
Does complying with regulations just add cost to the business, or do they provide companies with business advantage, such as improved customer service? ...
31/01/2008 | Getting the balance right - investment in compliance versus business benefit.pdf | VIEW
If a supplier is lagging behind competitors in a particular area, one way for it to regain lost ground is to redefine that area to suit its strengths, give it a new name and then claim a lead. If it works, competitors will be chasers again - at least for a while. To achieve this the conniving supplier needs to have either such a great idea that it is a genuine breakthrough, or enough marketing muscle to ensure people hear about it and make yesterday's news sound like tomorrow's dream. ...
30/01/2008 | The truth about software as a service.pdf | VIEW
Increasingly, small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) are becoming more reliant on their IT infrastructure. This is not just because it is used to drive important internal applications, but because the majority of SMBs now use IT to automate interaction with external organisations. This means that an IT failure does not just affect SMBs, but also the businesses with which they interact on a regular basis. ...
28/01/2008 | When a crisis hits, how safe is your IT.pdf | VIEW
Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are located. ...
09/01/2008 | Geography lessons for online retailers.pdf | VIEW
The indications are that 2008 is going to be a tough year for many on the financial front. ...
08/01/2008 | Prioritise to beat the Recession.pdf | VIEW
The UK is widely described as a ‘surveillance society' with numbers of cameras and personal information capture systems that would make the Orwell's 1984 Thought Police blush. While some fret about the invasion of privacy, others are also concerned about data falling into the wrong hands - the leakage of personal data into the shadow information economy. ...
08/01/2008 | Data leakage, prevention or cure.pdf | VIEW
