Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics

Kim and the art of Identity Management

At the end of last week, I found myself in the most pleasant position of[...]

Clouds are blowing your way

I spent a goodly chunk of last week in California and kept bumping into people[...]

Cloud Computing and Web 2.0

Don’t you just hate it when another woolly ambiguous term is forced upon us? When[...]

Security solutions seeking problems

The last few days have involved me in a number of meetings with both vendors[...]

Lovelock and Lawson: read ’em both

Well, Earth Day was not the smartest day to jump on a plane to California[...]

Can computers really extract knowlege?

Knowledge management is theoretically impossible. Real knowledge sits between your ears, unseen until it is[...]

Why is IT Still Not Communicating Well With Business?

For many years now there has been intense discussion within the IT “industry” highlighting the[...]

There’s more to life (death?) than carbon

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Oracle and Collaboration

I was interested to read about Angela’s experience trying to secure a briefing from Oracle[...]

Let go and relax. Information management is about trusting your tools

I’m not a major player when it comes to gadgets and tools, I often download[...]

Racetrack memory to save us from ourselves

Today’s issue of Science carries a story about a new invention from IBM called Magnetic[...]

Don’t put lipstick on the pig

Today’s issue of PR influences covers ’greenwashing’ – “the act of misleading consumers regarding the[...]

Two-way web pushes door to information wide open

The Open Library project came up for discussion on the newly refurbed Talis Library Gang[...]

Microsoft Bloat, Green and the Vista opportunity

Microsoft’s always going to have a hard time presenting a convincing green story for desktop[...]

IBM’s Bluehouse: a human hub?

Even after 42 years in IT, I still tend to forget that projects are always[...]

Virtualisation Management – Vendors See The Light?

At the end of last year we carried out a survey on all aspects of[...]

Linux on the desktop: cheap trick or pragmatist’s dream?

Welcome to our third and final poll on desktop operating systems. First, we looked at[...]

Making chipsets interesting

At the risk of offending all those who love to talk for hours about cores,[...]

Storage Vendors for All Sizes

by Tony Lock I have spent a lot of time over the course of the[...]

You calling me a consultant?

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Social media or distorted dialogue?

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Greenpeace slams Microsoft. Again.

Greenpeace has just published its seventh Guide to Greener Electronics. If you visit the website[...]

Tackling the CO2 issue

Here’s a shock for all who know me: I say, “Good on you Tony Blair.”[...]

??$*!!**?? — Yep, I am buying a house…

Analyst invents novel scoring system for rating the people he’s paying to buy a house.[...]