Category Archives: Freeform Comment
Forget the ‘free’ software, the real value of open-source is the collaboration
Analyst Opinion: It’s a cliché, but why are we still reinventing wheels?[...]
Which is worse: noise, or the sound of silence?
Analyst Opinion: If you’re one of the many people who find offices too noisy[...]
Google Calendar auto-adds shared meeting notes
Analyst Opinion: If, like me, you often find yourself hunting for notes[...]
Is it a Suite, Package, Bundle or Platform?
People have been selling collections of products and tools for centuries, and with the advent[...]
Is ‘suite’ becoming a dirty word?
How much attention do you pay to the pros and cons of software and service[...]
Windows 11: could this ‘feel good’ update actually help IT pros?
Much has been written about Windows 11, and many YouTube videos have been published. If[...]
Where vendors too often go wrong: SMBs need enterprise-grade IT too
For far too long now, many vendors seem to have assumed that the IT requirements[...]
Remember when Agile was treated with suspicion?
Throwback Thursday: When we researched the topic of Agile development back in 2008[...]
Is IT investment handled better now than a decade ago?
Throwback Thursday: People like to think that the way IT works with business has changed[...]
From virtual desktops to Chromebooks and the work-anywhere web
Throwback Thursday: If there’s one thing our report from eight years ago reminds us[...]
The allure of the log-in-anywhere desktop
How can organisations simplify desktop management if we all still want our own devices?[...]
Of cats and clouds
A lifetime TCO question[...]
So many ways to pay for IT
Which best suits your needs?[...]
The SMB solution selection challenge
It's all too easy for smaller businesses to get caught out[...]
The business change agenda
Throwback Thursday: Research carried out in 2011[...]
How to boost supplier commitment without spending more money
Time to tune into those non-revenue goals[...]
Even data fragmentation has gone virtual
Throwback Thursday: If there’s one thing our report from eight years ago reminds us[...]
Data governance in software testing
Throwback Thursday: this week we're going back to 2008[...]
Private cloud in contexts old and new
Throwback Thursday: What a difference a decade can make[...]
Mobile moments and the past left far behind
Throwback Thursday We have looked at many reports from years ago that show that, whilst[...]
Remember when cloud was going to kill the IT channel?
Throwback Thursday: taking a regular stroll in the Freeform Dynamics archives. [...]
Has the data centre of the future already arrived?
Throwback Thursday: Predicting the future back in 2012[...]
Effective IT recovery in small/midsize businesses, 10 years on? Maybe tomorrow…
Throwback Thursday: this week we're going back to 2011[...]
The #WFH ‘New Normal’ is nothing of the sort
Analyst Opinion At least, not yet. The world is still in the very abnormal grip[...]