Category Archives: Workforce/Workplace Computing
Video in the workplace
There have been many false dawns for video collaboration at work. We’ve all bought videoconferencing[...]
The Consumerisation of IT
Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, October 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]
Applied Desktop Virtualisation
By Tony Lock & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS With desktop refresh now on the agenda,[...]
Buying into the cloud
A lot of companies are reporting that individual departments and even business users are adopting[...]
Desktop Virtualisation
By Tony Lock Desktop management has long been an almost “taboo” subject in most businesses.[...]
Why does information management matter?
Getting the right information to the right people at the right time sounds like a[...]
Who said anything about green?
Desktop virtualisation gets you part way there anyway Green and sustainability initiatives might be interesting[...]
What is the point of End Point Protection?
How we should be protecting our PCs Security threats have existed for almost as long[...]
Desktop virtualisation: One size doesn’t fit all
The many solutions to be found under the term ’Desktop Virtualisation’ have been vigorously promoted[...]
The changing shape of the desktop
By Josie Sephton, Dale Vile & Tony Lock KEY FINDINGS The desktop environment is ready[...]
Working smarter, not harder: An alternative to the 25-hour day
The word ‘productivity’ is widely used in the industry, but what does it actually mean?[...]
Taking advantage of the Windows 7 migration
After almost a decade of service, the end-of-days is drawing near for the long-lived and[...]
Old PCs: When it’s time to die
Often, PCs are like old soldiers: they never seem to die. In many cases the[...]
Shaping your next desktop upgrade
The economic downturn caused many companies to delay their desktop and notebook refresh plans, but[...]
Interoperability: standards or proprietary?
‘Choice’ is one of those words that gets bandied around in all kinds of ways,[...]
Firms must warm to training even in a cold economic climate
“Our people are our greatest asset” is one of the most frequently employed oxymoronic phrases[...]
The Hardware mid-life crisis. Upgrade or refresh?
The good old PC, along with the phone, is today the main, if not only,[...]
Lithium helped the penny to drop
A more tangible take on social CRM While I go about my business as an[...]
XP? Thanks for the memories
Windows 7 Migration – is it time to move to 64-bit? Windows XP has been[...]
Just how special are Power Users?
Power users are often at the cutting edge of an organisation’s revenue generation, product development,[...]
Unified Communications: Coming of age?
Unified Communications (UC) is a term that has long been bandied about, but has yet[...]
Want to do a desktop refresh? How would you like to pay?
Developments in both the worlds of PC technology and the global economic climate have conspired[...]
Hypervisors: grinding through to bare metal
We are generally pretty familiar by now with the concept of virtualisation on the desktop,[...]