Category Archives: [ Analyst Opinion ]
Outsourcing: a clear look at a cloudy subject
Analyst Opinion “Wasn’t cloud just another name for outsourcing back then?” joked another guest in[...]
Data protection is too complex for RTO and RPO to be singular
Analyst Opinion I think we can all agree that protecting data is important – perhaps[...]
Consent and GDPR: get the basics right!
Analyst Opinion Why do companies find it so hard to get their heads around even[...]
For business AI, focus on psychology, not technology
Analyst Opinion There’s no doubt now that AI works, and it can work very well[...]
DevOps needs more perspective and humility
Analyst Opinion DevOps started as a grass-roots movement led by practitioners. The motives were pure,[...]
Today’s hybrid clouds look more closed than open
Analyst Opinion We’ve had convergence towards hybrid clouds and ‘universal’ applications, but now we are[...]
Kubernetes catches up with operational reality
Analyst Opinion With Kubernetes now established in many organisations as the container orchestration platform of the future,[...]
Mea culpa: Trendy isn’t the same as important
Analyst Opinion I hate it when you realise that your point of reference has been[...]
New financing models target IT’s acquisition challenges
Analyst opinion The availability of funding – or rather, the lack of it – is[...]
Threat vs trust: the overlooked power of words
Analyst Opinion Words have power – in particular, your choice of words modifies how your[...]
Growing fast, OpenStack shakes off old misconceptions
Analyst opinion One of the most interesting things about the recent Open Infrastructure Summit – the new[...]
Hard drives that do their own data processing
Analyst opinion It’s getting hard these days to find places where container technology doesn’t feature,[...]
Cybersecurity needs both psychologists and generals
Analyst opinion Many cybersecurity professionals like military analogies. Indeed, some security pros are ex-military. But[...]
Beware the application complexity monster
Analyst opinion How many new applications, tools, devices, and cloud services have you introduced into[...]
How Brexit-friendly are your SaaS contracts?
Analyst opinion If you think Brexit will be advantageous for the UK economy and the[...]
Six months on, GDPR is a qualified success
Analyst opinion Anyone hoping that we would by now have greater clarity on GDPR will[...]
How long will your New Year stay Happy?
The Freeform Dynamics fortune-telling kit has been dusted off for 2019. Here some of the[...]
Google Chrome: It’s more than a browser
Chrome has come a long way, but the journey might only just be starting I[...]
Don’t ignore the complexity of hybrid multi-cloud
Analyst opinion Many vendors will argue that moving to cloud brings consistency and simplicity, thanks[...]
Open source is growing up – and here’s how
Analyst opinion If you’re among those who still think that open source is just for[...]
The mainframe returns – as a platform for large-scale Linux
Analyst opinion There are several ways to build large scale Linux server environments, with x86[...]
Last call for a European public cloud?
Analyst opinion Europe’s self-described No.1 ‘hyper-scale cloud provider’, OVH, held its 6th annual customer conference[...]
Industrial IoT makes your people more important, not less
Analyst opinion The recent Industry of Things World conference in Berlin offered insights into the[...]
Google has got serious about Enterprise IT
Analyst opinion Google has made a complete about-face on the enterprise. It took so long[...]