Ran into a company recently which has done a rather nice ‘unified communications’ suite and you can have it for free. What’s the catch? It displays adverts to the users.…
Yesterday, the 40th anniversary of the mouse was celebrated. I don't recall there being similar hysteria over the anniversary of the invention of the steering wheel. Perhaps it's because that…
Large organisations sport clever and expensive information management systems. They enable staff to lay their hands on the right documents and other information in a jiffy and work on it…
Imaginatik is a company that helps very large organisations save lots of money by plundering the brains of its employees, partners and consultants. The active participants, by the way, are…
We humans have a talent for getting other people and other things to do stuff for us. If we didn’t, we’d all be out there scratching a living from the…
by Tony Lock A recent report by Freeform Dynamics shows that IT systems fail. What‟s more, a quick glance at figure 1 shows that they fail far more frequently than…
by David Tebbutt As the term suggests, collaboration is about people first and foremost. If they see no value in collaborating, they won’t – and they cannot be forced to…
Many companies like to think they understand all about business processes and change management. They spend fortunes on consultancy, design, structures, processes, training, roll out and management, then wonder why…
by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile The mobile service provider market is increasingly characterised by high levels of competition, with providers dealing with the dual challenge of reducing churn and…
Just lately I’ve been wondering a lot about stimulating innovation inside companies. It was sparked off by a visit to the Imaginatik user conference in London. I was treated to…
If you sell weapons, pornography, drugs, products sourced from illegal logging, products derived from endangered species or that exploit the environment and its inhabitants, then you might not be very…
This is going to be a tricky post because I have strong, and possibly irrational, views about the topic. Feel free to comment if you want to throw additional light…
While our attention has been diverted by the razzle dazzle of the social software startups, traditional software companies have been quietly getting on with updating their own products. In the…
by Jon Collins and Dale Vile The software community has always been a communicative one, and new development approaches have been a regular fixture. Today’s landscape sees agile methodologies very…
When travelling, I rely on my BlackBerry for keeping in touch, or my laptop computer for a more powerful version of keeping in touch and for regular work – writing,…
Getting your people collaborating more effectively is a laudable goal. If you listen to IT vendors and pundits, the rewards are high if you get it right. You’ll benefit from…
Ever since Stewart Brand declared that “information wants to be free” in 1984, he has been misquoted and misinterpreted. What he actually said was: “On the one hand, information wants…
Sometimes it’s good to see what’s going on inside other companies. It might make you feel you’re not alone. Or maybe it alerts you to stuff that’s going on that…
Poll results The Reg reader poll run earlier this week as part of our agile development workshop produced a set of results that do not paint a particularly inspiring picture.…
by Jon Collins Much has been written about the existence of various threats, internal and external, and vendors are only too quick to proffer solutions to the problems. But what…
Had a demonstration session from Adobe the other day. It was making its Connect Pro strut itself with a whole bunch of us from Freeform Dynamics. Very impressive it was…
by David Tebbutt The purpose of this paper is to set the data centre and its future evolution into a broader perspective. But, don’t expect ‘magic bullets’. We don’t believe…
