Freeform Dynamics

Building businesses from little to no starting capital

Freeform Dynamics 24 August 2009 No Comments

Four years ago, our beloved leader, Alex Bellinger, interviewed one Greg Gianforte. By then he’d started five businesses – one went to $10m annual revenue, another to $80-85m at the…

The Register Buzz Report

Freeform Dynamics 6 August 2009 No Comments

In association with The Register According to a research survey conducted with The Register readership in Q2/2009 (598 respondents), the top 5 ranked vendors from a list of 31 global…

Mobile operators: Tune in to the customer

Freeform Dynamics 5 August 2009 No Comments

As businesses and consumers place increasing emphasis on the use of mobile, and both behaviour and expectations evolve around mobile offerings, it’s imperative for mobile operators to keep up with…

Delivering on identity and access management

Freeform Dynamics 5 August 2009 No Comments

By Jon Collins At a recent panel event involving senior security managers and chief information security officers from a number of industries, Identity and Access Management was cited as one…

Perception versus reality in IT

Freeform Dynamics 30 July 2009 No Comments

By Tony Lock In the world of information technology there is the impression that everything is logical and ordered. This impression even stretches to the point whereby acquisition strategy is…

Making sense of energy

Freeform Dynamics 30 July 2009 No Comments

By David Tebbutt Have you started getting the energy bills for your department yet? What about your distributed IT and communications estate; on- and off-site? What about building management? Is…

Audience power and the death of deference

Freeform Dynamics 27 July 2009 No Comments

How do you feel if you’re addressing a large group of people and some of them are hammering away on laptops and smartphones? Do you use your own kit when…

Catching your clients at moments of need

Freeform Dynamics 16 July 2009 No Comments

With mobile service providers offering more and more, in their bid to keep subscribers hooked and move them up the value chain, mobile users really do seem to have it…

The truth behind the Google/Microsoft/NHS rumours

Freeform Dynamics 10 July 2009 No Comments

Before Monday July 6th, did you know that Google and Microsoft had services for storing health records? Thanks to an article in the Times and some related hysteria in other…

Scoping UC – all bases covered?

Freeform Dynamics 8 July 2009 No Comments

While lots of people think Unified Communications (UC) is a nice idea, they don’t necessarily see it as inevitable. The debate around fragmented communications, and moving to a more joined…

Making IT Work In The Real World

Freeform Dynamics 2 July 2009 No Comments

Most organisations run a mix of systems in their IT infrastructure. One of the challenges often mentioned is how to manage multiple systems with only limited numbers of IT staff.…

The evolving role of the mobile operator

Freeform Dynamics 1 July 2009 No Comments

Mobile operators have their roots firmly in the utility services space. Indeed, many business customers still think of them largely as providers of voice minutes, perhaps with a little bit…

In-building coverage: What’s the problem?

Freeform Dynamics 26 June 2009 No Comments

Most mobile calls, voice and data, are made inside a building – at home, at work, in the shops. Although the issue of adequate coverage in business premises has not…

Virtual events aren’t real events shoved online

Freeform Dynamics 25 June 2009 No Comments

As you know, most of us are facing financial difficulties and some of us are becoming concerned about our environmental impacts. Or we may actually find ourselves being pushed in…

Is there hope for unified comms?

Freeform Dynamics 22 June 2009 No Comments

The evangelists are calling for businesses to implement unified communications (UC), citing a whole raft of reasons – from cost savings to improved customer service and better productivity. But, although…

Is telehealth coming at last?

Freeform Dynamics 18 June 2009 No Comments

Yesterday at Cisco's C-Scape analyst briefing, we were treated to a presentation by one James Ferguson. And what a treat that was. Cisco chose wisely. He was a good speaker,…

Moments of Need

Freeform Dynamics 18 June 2009 No Comments

by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile With high speed networks, sophisticated devices and a myriad of services and content available, mobile users would seem to have everything they need, but…

IT security and Governance

Freeform Dynamics 18 June 2009 No Comments

By Jon Collins It has sometimes been said that in Information Technology, the emphasis has been too much on the technology and not enough on the information. This has been…

A realistic exploration of the Desktop Linux opportunity

Freeform Dynamics 9 June 2009 No Comments

How often have you dismissed the views expressed by extremists because what they are saying is so far removed from your own position and perceptions? The problem is that while…

Dan Bricklin (inventor of PC spreadsheet) on technology

Freeform Dynamics 3 June 2009 No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, Wiley asked if I’d like a review copy of Dan Bricklin’s ’Bricklin on Technology’ book. Normally, I’d say “not on your Nelly” because I know…

Getting real about Linux on the desktop

Freeform Dynamics 27 May 2009 No Comments

Few topics in the IT industry are more contentious than the prospect of putting Linux on the corporate desktop. Opinions range from the religious view at one end, promoting a…

Linux on the Desktop

Freeform Dynamics 21 May 2009 No Comments

by Dale Vile and Martin Atherton The Microsoft Windows based desktop has been a fact of life in the mainstream business environment for so long now that it is often…

Cloud: evolution not revolution

Freeform Dynamics 20 May 2009 No Comments

Fed up with 'cloud' yet? You ain't seen nuthin'. It's not going to go away. But, with a bit of luck, it's going to start falling into place. When Microsoft…

Microsoft: Leopard: Spots

Freeform Dynamics 18 May 2009 No Comments

When invited to a Microsoft ‘Voice of the Customer’ briefing, I must confess that I didn’t know what to expect. Software that expects the customer to close their computer by…