Category Archives: Workforce/Workplace Computing
Ready for VoIP?
By Josie Sephton It seems at last that business-grade VoIP is making its mark in[...]
Business Productivity An Alternative View
The Register’s Tim Phillips, Jon Collins and IBM’s Gary Gomersall give the lowdown on alternative[...]
Unified networking: Reality or a marketing myth?
We all know that the IT Infrastructure has a life of its own. In the[...]
Is losing a mobile device really such a big deal?
These days, it’s no surprise to anybody that staff mobility – everything from home working[...]
Moving to a new app? Mind the data trap
If you’re anything like me, you’re always on the lookout for software that will improve[...]
Videoconferencing comes of age for CIOs
By Josie Sephton The announcement a few weeks back on Cisco acquiring Tandberg seems to[...]
Social wariness is wise for business
A colleague pulled me up with a start the other day when I was talking[...]
Does business social networking really need IT?
Are you wrestling with the idea of bringing social networking (choose your own preferred term)[...]
Windows 7 kills two thirds of active Vista initiatives
We recently ran a survey asking respondents (over 1,100 IT pros) about their thoughts and[...]
Desktop Modernisation
by Dale Vile and Tony Lock The personal computer is one of the few parts[...]
Are you mulling new ways of refreshing desktop and laptop estates?
In a recent poll we asked if people were rethinking their desktop strategies, and what[...]
What are you doing about refreshing the PC estate?
We know from respondents that the age of desktop estates vary greatly, not just between[...]
Reg readers take mobile makers to task
When Freeform Dynamics asked you for your opinion of your mobile phone, you didn’t hesitate[...]
Remote IT support ’is harder’
Perish the thought that we at Freeform Towers should try to over-simplify things, but from[...]
Microsoft is learning to share – but not soon enough?
Jive, an enterprise-focused social software company, has a catchy tagline: it says it’s going to[...]
Securing the remote estate – Lock ‘em down or set ‘em free?
One of the challenges of managing a remote desktop estate is security. It’s not a[...]
What do Scotland, Australia and Africa have in common?
Unified Communications (UC) is a pretty hot topic with analysts and vendors alike. Yet despite[...]
When PCs went mobile – Tears of joy or sorrow?
Do you remember the first time you saw a laptop? Shiny bright LED screen, pixels[...]
Today’s users don’t expect things to fail
A recent mini-poll reveals, as perhaps expected, that the primary source of information used to[...]
Everything as a service
The influence of IT in everyday business operations continues to increase. Until a few years[...]
How much does desktop PC support actually cost?
Here’s a direct question on this (hopefully sunny) day. Do you, or does anyone in[...]
The great productivity myth: Are we slaves to the machine?
We know from numerous research studies that, while there are indeed ‘bad guys out there’,[...]
Desktop minipoll results – user ignorance is bliss?
The results are in from our latest mini-poll, and they are pretty conclusive – even[...]
Does the Help Desk have a future?
With the rapid development of service desk ‘self help’ tools and the even faster adoption[...]