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Creating a modern and well-managed digital workspace

Digital transformation investments have often majored on externally-facing systems such as customer engagement, but employees remain critical so must also be ‘digitally-enabled’. With this in mind, modern working practices, and the systems and services that are key to employee empowerment and productivity come into sharp focus.

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The modern SD-WAN advantage

24 November 2022

Even if you run an SD-WAN today, it’s time to check what’s new[...]

What’s up with Google’s plan to supplant SMS and drive mobile e-commerce?

9 August 2022

Ask most people what RCS stands for, and you’ll probably get a blank look.[...]

HP Inc’s Poly opportunity: look beyond devices and software to a real collaboration strategy

29 June 2022

Could its takeover of workspace collaboration specialist Poly[...]

The Post-Pandemic CIO

12 May 2022

Views on leadership, communication and engagement[...]

Hybrid working isn’t turning out as expected

5 May 2022

Last year, as companies recognised both the value of face-to-face interaction[...]

Modernizing the digital workplace

5 May 2022

Accelerating your desktop delivery in the post-pandemic era[...]

Citrix and Microsoft: who’s really leading the transformation agenda?

12 April 2022

Citrix loves Microsoft and Microsoft loves Citrix[...]

Do you feel trapped by Microsoft?

11 April 2022

Thoughts on loosening Redmond’s grip on your business[...]

Has Windows 11 strengthened the case for Chromebooks?

6 December 2021

Analyst Opinion: I was left with two overriding thoughts[...]

Which is worse: noise, or the sound of silence?

10 November 2021

Analyst Opinion: If you’re one of the many people who find offices too noisy[...]

Customer and employee experience

5 November 2021

Time to join the dots[...]

Google Calendar auto-adds shared meeting notes

1 November 2021

Analyst Opinion: If, like me, you often find yourself hunting for notes[...]

Windows 11: could this ‘feel good’ update actually help IT pros?

8 October 2021

Much has been written about Windows 11, and many YouTube videos have been published. If[...]

From virtual desktops to Chromebooks and the work-anywhere web

19 August 2021

Throwback Thursday: If there’s one thing our report from eight years ago reminds us[...]

Should Telcos become more like Amazon?

12 August 2021

An integration and automation perspective[...]

The allure of the log-in-anywhere desktop

15 July 2021

How can organisations simplify desktop management if we all still want our own devices?[...]

Mobile moments and the past left far behind

8 April 2021

Throwback Thursday We have looked at many reports from years ago that show that, whilst[...]

Is work-from-home really digital transformation?

21 January 2021

Bryan Betts discusses whether IT changes as a result of the pandemic can be classed[...]

Business Response to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic

11 January 2021

Qualitative data from in-depth analyst interviews[...]

Remote working in a pandemic

8 January 2021

Silver linings and lessons for the future[...]

Why I’m uneasy about the Salesforce Slack acquisition

17 December 2020

Analyst Opinion: Most coverage on the Salesforce acquisition of Slack has focused on the industry[...]

Covid quick fix payback time

15 December 2020

How long will people put up with the emergency fixes?[...]

Zero Trust: securing the endpoint

12 November 2020

How continuous authentication could help secure the work-anywhere world[...]

A new perspective on the modern workplace

6 October 2020

Forward-looking lessons from real-life pandemic experiences[...]

Safe and Effective Remote Working

23 September 2020

Addressing immediate pandemic-related needs while laying foundations for the future[...]

Advantage: Rack Workstation

3 September 2019

Where remote access to a rackable workstation makes sense[...]

Digital workspace disasters and how to beat them

8 July 2019

New roles for user management and app deployment in the digital workspace[...]

The Audio Networking Jigsaw

4 June 2019

What you need to know as an IT professional[...]

The Service Integration Journey Infographic

13 March 2019

Content Contributors: Bryan Betts & Laura Rose[...]

Simplifying Multi-Cloud Service Delivery

13 February 2019

The emerging role of the Cloud Services Marketplace[...]

The life sciences collaboration gap

23 November 2018

Keeping up with evolving needs calls for a more joined up approach[...]

Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Transportation Sector

12 November 2018

If you work in the transportation sector, your focus is likely to be that of[...]

Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Government Sector

9 November 2018

Organizations across every sector are differentiating their products and services by focusing on their customers,[...]

The stuff they don’t tell you about workplace transformation

24 October 2018

Tips and tricks for getting past those ‘people problems’[...]

Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Education Sector

8 October 2018

If you work in education, particularly higher education, you’re probably focused on a range of[...]

Desktop virtualization as an accelerator of digital transformation Infographic

8 October 2018

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Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Insurance Sector

29 August 2018

As an insurer, regulatory upheaval and political change are likely to be towards the top[...]

Healthcare sector revisits desktop virtualization

30 July 2018

There’s no definitive “right way” to provide healthcare, but if you work within this sector,[...]

Manufacturers take a fresh look at desktop virtualization

29 June 2018

Digital transformation initiatives come in many shapes and sizes, and if you’re a manufacturer, these[...]

Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Retail Sector

19 June 2018

It’s in the interests of every sector to become more agile, more adaptable and more[...]

Accelerating business transformation with desktop virtualization – Banking Sector

23 May 2018

Digital transformation programs are probably a priority for your company, as banks and financial institutions[...]

Fast-track creation of the modern digital workspace

23 May 2018

What once seemed impossible is now perfectly doable[...]

Windows, modularity, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

13 May 2018

Analyst opinion For some time, my office PC had suffered from multimedia niggles. Some were[...]

Desktop virtualization as an accelerator of digital transformation

9 May 2018

Fast-track creation of a modern digital workspace[...]

Disrupting workforce stereotypes through digital transformation

19 February 2018

The workplace has always been the visible face of change, shifting between evolution and revolution[...]

How will Apple increase its market relevance in 2018?

9 January 2018

Belief systems have a time and place[...]

Is HoloLens a serious business tool?

22 November 2017

It's beginning to look that way[...]

So long, and thanks for all the phish

22 November 2017

How to avoid that hook at the end of a fraudster’s line[...]

Socitm 2017 Annual Conference

13 October 2017

Public sector IT practitioners snatch a few hours to think, listen and learn[...]

Tales from a veteran Dragon user

9 October 2017

It was 2001, and I was sitting there with my arm in a sling feeling[...]

Teach a user to (avoid a) phish…

25 June 2017

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Ransomware: Will your backup protect you?

16 June 2017

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Enterprise file sync and share comes of age

20 March 2017

The enterprise file sync and share market has truly come of age, with products and[...]

Managing Web and Mobile Security Risk

18 March 2017

Securing the applications and services that underpin your online and mobile presence is one thing,[...]

Digital Workplace Transformation

16 March 2017

The business context for Windows 10 in financial services There is a digital divide at[...]

MWC becomes a launch event for Windows 10 devices

15 March 2017

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) on Monday, Microsoft’s key hardware partners announced several new Windows[...]

IBM and Cisco pre-integrate their collaboration solutions

10 March 2017

In June 2016, IBM and Cisco announced that they were going to pre-integrate their respective[...]

It’s Artificial Intelligence, but not as we know it

2 March 2017

Ed: AI is figuring more and more prominently in our industry coverage at Freeform Dynamics.[...]

UK Gov seeks pledges and charity to address the digital skills gap

2 March 2017

The UK government has announced that more than 4 million free digital skills training opportunities[...]

Microsoft teams up with Qualcomm and cellular carriers

12 December 2016

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 is coming to ARM architecture through a partnership with[...]

Desktop budget wrangles

1 December 2016

Whose device is it anyway?[...]

Big questions for those looking for answers in big data

10 November 2016

“Some complex systems, such as the weather, are oblivious to our predictions. The process of[...]

Microsoft Teams

3 November 2016

Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet to Slack and other chat-based workspace providers with the[...]

Surface Studio increases the versatility of the Windows PC

26 October 2016

At the company’s October 26 event, Microsoft added a new category to its lineup of[...]

Workplace by Facebook

10 October 2016

Workplace by Facebook is now generally available to any business or institution that wants to use[...]

Digital transformation initiatives hampered by poor ICT skills

3 September 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report detailing the results of an[...]

Data encryption must be a priority for the digital business

18 August 2016

Organizations large and small are investing in digital transformation programs, cloud migration projects, and enterprise[...]

AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL, FB, and MSFT

12 August 2016

With a combined market capitalization of $2.3 trillion, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft hold[...]

Taking Sales Performance to the Next Level

18 July 2016

So you’ve invested in CRM, and maybe a set of sophisticated modelling and analytics tools[...]

Facebook CIO says: “Microsoft got cool again”

18 July 2016

Microsoft used day two of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to focus on announcements related[...]

iPad Pro as a laptop replacement? WRONG QUESTION. Ditch that paper notebook!

10 March 2016

I have used iPads for many years, but they have always been ’nice to have’[...]

Experience with the iPad Pro

5 March 2016

The rumour mill says that that Apple will soon launch a smaller (9.7 inch) version[...]

APIs and the Digital Enterprise

4 March 2016

Application programming interfaces (APIs) have been around for decades. In the early days of IT[...]

Building a Curated Digital Hub

1 March 2016

In a nutshell In today’s online business environment, with data spread broadly and widely, making[...]

Tackling End User Content Sprawl

1 March 2016

In a nutshell The problem of content sprawl has been around since the early days[...]

Surface Pro 4 – The Good, The Bad and The Frustrating

19 February 2016

I recently acquired a Surface Pro 4 as part of an equipment refresh here at[...]

Readers of The Register speak out on Thin Client technology

15 February 2016

Managing PC estates is a time-consuming, expensive and thankless task. Better provisioning and management tools[...]

Thin Client Devices Revisited

31 January 2016

Technology best forgotten or time for a renaissance?[...]

Mobile Security Infographic

2 December 2015

Content Contributors: Dale Vile & Jack Vile[...]

Safe and Secure Mobile Working

23 September 2015

For many of us, our work life and social life are becoming intermingled. We can[...]

The Escalating Mobile Security Challenge

23 September 2015

Just as IT professionals and others responsible for mobile security have come to terms with[...]

Mobile Security and the Challenge of User Resistance

23 September 2015

Mobile security is becoming more of a headache as the crossover between business and personal[...]

User-Centric Mobile Security

15 September 2015

Not so long ago, many were speculating that ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) would define[...]

Future Proofing Your Network

1 September 2015

Network traffic flows have become pretty complex in today’s distributed business environment, and not just[...]

Mobile Working without the Tears

22 July 2015

As both company and personally owned mobile devices are increasingly used in business, understanding and[...]

Evolution of the OpenText portfolio

20 May 2015

A few days into my first software sales role back in the 90’s, I was[...]

Justifying end user computing investments

10 March 2015

In a nutshell Device proliferation and loss of control over at least some end user[...]

Virgin Media Business and its SMB proposition

24 February 2015

Over the years, I have grown increasingly sceptical about the ability of most Telcos to[...]

The ’feel-good’ factor is good for business

12 February 2015

People who feel good while doing their job tend to work better, contribute more and[...]

Devices, recruitment and staff retention

9 February 2015

In a nutshell Some say it’s not possible to recruit and retain good staff nowadays[...]

Snooper-proofing laptops and tablets?

5 February 2015

Given how important the company’s data is and the ever more stringent nature of the[...]

A new approach to verifying user identity

21 January 2015

By Tony Lock We all know that trying to authenticate our users when they access[...]

Inertia has its virtues, but change is happening

16 December 2014

As the old year draws to a close it’s time for CIOs and analysts to[...]

Creating more harmony around end user computing

11 December 2014

In a nutshell Tensions frequently arise between business units and the IT teams as users[...]

Rethinking desktop delivery

4 December 2014

In a nutshell Many IT professionals are weary of the relentless Windows upgrade spiral and[...]

User flexibility without the risk

2 December 2014

In a nutshell Most organisations are seeing users and business groups starting to make their[...]

The Politics and Practicalities of End User Computing

1 November 2014

With the phenomenal rise in the adoption of smartphones, tablets and other desirable devices, many[...]

How much of your mainstream IT capacity does mobility consume?

10 October 2014

Few doubt the increasing popularity of mobile devices, specifically smartphones and tablets. Their numbers grow[...]

The problem with archiving

18 September 2014

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User desires versus business needs

10 September 2014

Much has been written about the rise of user influence and power. Some of it[...]

The IT vendor empathy gap

1 September 2014

Industry analysts, CIOs and others involved in the IT decision making process are on the[...]

Accommodating increased user influence

18 August 2014

Business people often complain that the IT department is not keeping up with their needs.[...]

IT-Business Alignment Revisited

12 August 2014

In some organisations, the tension between IT and business teams has come to a head[...]

Social media and why businesses need to embrace it

17 July 2014

As a teenager just entering the world of business I had to go through a[...]

Wake up, grandad: All the techies use social media

25 June 2014

Ever since I passed the big five-o, I have noticed more and more youngsters who[...]

User Access – Time for a change?

23 June 2014

User expectations and the range of devices they use to access IT systems are growing[...]

End User Computing:

9 June 2014

This paper is written for business executives and managers with an interest in how technology[...]

Mobile security is more than protecting local data

6 June 2014

By now we’ve all heard the term Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This phenomenon is[...]

What are APT’s?

4 June 2014

What is an APT? APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat. The goal of this form[...]

Say What?

4 June 2014

Recently I attended the IBM Security Systems Analyst Meet the Experts day in Heathrow. With[...]

Security: the oft-forgotten dimension

30 May 2014

Computer security is a hot topic today, and much talked about. There are endless emanations[...]

Concerning Windows Phone and its relevance to the larger business

28 May 2014

You could be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft has missed the boat with its Windows[...]

Desktop Virtualisation

23 May 2014

Over the decades data centres and computer rooms have taken on many challenges in order[...]

Should you wait for a wall-to-wall Windows solution?

26 March 2014

By Charles Brett Talking to end users and some vendors, especially from the mobile space,[...]

Is Windows-everywhere a serious option for the modern business?

26 March 2014

By Dale Vile Businesses bought into Windows two decades go. Many IT professionals today, in[...]

Mobility Management Coming of Age

12 March 2014

By Charles Brett 2014’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought together the mobile telephony infrastructure[...]

Controlling Application Access

31 January 2014

Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal[...]

Predictions for 2014

23 December 2013

My views on market developments in 2014 are not sensational, I’m afraid. I offer them[...]

Will the CMO inherit the Earth?

3 December 2013

By Dale Vile Two narratives concerning the CIO/CMO relationship are doing the rounds at the[...]

Are we barking up the wrong mobile data protection tree?

21 November 2013

By Charles Brett Professional IT prefers disciplined approaches which back up, or copy, all enterprise[...]

Voice recognition in healthcare

21 November 2013

By Dale Vile I first discovered dictation software back in 2001 when I ended up[...]

Social Business and unknown unknowns

28 October 2013

By Charles Brett At an Analyst Briefing in London in late September IBM described what[...]

Types of BYOD

2 October 2013

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Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation

11 September 2013

By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]

Unintended Enterprise Mobile Errors

21 August 2013

By Charles Brett The arrival of mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets and beyond, is[...]

Office 365 in context

16 August 2013

By Dale Vile In the beginning there was Microsoft Office. Well, it sometimes seems that[...]

The End User Security Jigsaw

6 August 2013

Organisations of all sizes are trying to understand the security implications of mobile working, device[...]

Why I chose the MacBook Air over the Surface Pro

29 July 2013

By Dale Vile Writing about two totally different machines in the same blog post might[...]

Storage Anywhere and Everywhere

26 June 2013

With more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services, with access via[...]

BYOD beyond the noise

13 June 2013

A lot has been said about the strategic advantages (and problems) of BYOD, but much[...]

Don’t forget the desktop

24 May 2013

By Dale Vile Ask anyone in the industry about the future of end user computing[...]

Office Software Checkpoint

23 May 2013

By Dale Vile The desktop productivity space has been dominated for many years by Microsoft[...]

Office 365 in Context

14 May 2013

Users today are working in a highly connected manner, often across a range of different[...]

Mobile solutions in enterprises pay:

14 May 2013

By Charles Brett In this the fifth of various (of at least six) analyses of[...]

Mobility: Sync vs Async

8 May 2013

By Charles Brett Since computing began there has been a non-battle between asynchronous and synchronous[...]

Empowering your users the ‘right way’

7 May 2013

By Tony Lock Many organisations say their people are among the most valuable assets they[...]

Mobile solutions in enterprises pay:

29 April 2013

By Charles Brett In the fourth of various at least six analyses of mobility and[...]

Mobile solutions in enterprises pay:

24 April 2013

By Charles Brett In this third of multiple assessments of mobility and RoI, three examples[...]

Do SMBs have less of a mobile and collaboration need?

22 April 2013

By Dale Vile Yahoo!’s decision last month to axe home working prompted a lot of[...]

Samsung vs Apple – which brand of smartphone is preferred?

19 April 2013

By Team Freeform People feel strongly about their smartphones. This much was clear when we[...]

Mobile solutions in enterprises pay:

19 April 2013

By Charles Brett This is the second of several assessments of mobility initiatives and the[...]

Mobile solutions in enterprises pay:

16 April 2013

By Charles Brett Experience indicates there tend to be two schools of thought about deploying[...]

User driven IT adoption – Problem or opportunity?

15 April 2013

By Dale Vile The latest catchy but dubious term to emanate from the vendor and[...]

Freedom without Anarchy

14 February 2013

Empowering employees through the delegation of authority and trust can enhance innovation and productivity. But[...]

Getting going with Windows to Go

28 January 2013

By Andrew Buss I’ve been using Windows 8 in various forms since the early previews,[...]

Click to call

11 January 2013

By Andrew Buss The last few years have seen significant changes in end user computing.[...]

Email and collaboration options for MSPs

22 December 2012

Cloud is a broad brush term that covers several different approaches to delivering IT services[...]

Martini induced client-server redux

18 December 2012

By Dale Vile If you see the phrase ‘anytime, anyplace, anywhere’ in relation to mobile[...]

Is your user base a moving target?

18 December 2012

By Andrew Buss The last decade has seen a dramatic shift away from desktop computers[...]

Email is so last century

17 December 2012

By Tony Lock Over the course of the last year or two an assertion has[...]

Are you a filer or a piler?

17 December 2012

By Dale Vile How many email messages do you receive in the average working day[...]

Why you need an interactive archive

6 December 2012

Many organisations today only archive data when there is some external legislative driver forcing their[...]

Data Entry and Device Control

30 October 2012

By Tony Lock When computers were first created, all attention was centred on getting answers[...]

Windows 8 and the ‘Dad test’ stunts

14 October 2012

While out and about shopping yesterday, I spotted a PC magazine in the newsagent advertising[...]

Windows 8 Perspectives – The power user and the teenager

11 October 2012

Windows 8 has been criticised quite a bit in the press for some of the[...]

Social collaboration: From a faith-based to business-led approach

10 October 2012

I have long been a sceptic of the ‘install it and they will figure out[...]

Personal Use of a Windows Tablet in Business – It’s ready for operational use

18 September 2012

There is no doubt that “Tablet” devices and “Slates” are attracting a lot of attention[...]

The Rise of User Centric IT – Is the consumerisation of IT a benefit to anyone?

12 September 2012

There is a long history of end users wanting, or ‘needing’, to have ‘different’ tools[...]

Does Microsoft need to change its policy on Windows upgrade pricing to drive tablet momentum?

29 August 2012

Microsoft is unveiling a whole new generation of Windows on October 26th 2012, and significant[...]

How representative is social media data for marketing analytics?

17 August 2012

You don’t have to move in specialist digital marketing circles to have come across the[...]

Data fragmentation challenges restrict business flexibility

10 August 2012

Business must be ready to respond to rapidly changing market conditions. For any organisation to[...]

Siloed approach to IT security increases business risk

6 August 2012

It is said that the technology at the heart of IT changes at a bewildering[...]

Analyst Headlines: Securing the Access

16 July 2012

Andrew Buss discusses the impact of the mega trends such as the Consumerization of IT[...]

Behind the Headlines: Securing the Access

16 July 2012

Andrew Buss discusses the impact of the mega trends such as the Consumerization of IT[...]

Selected highlights from IBM UK Impact 2012, London

27 June 2012

Websphere and beyond On June 12th, IBM Southbank hosted a one-day version of its Impact[...]

The infrastructure and management implications of Desktop Virtualisation

18 June 2012

Desktops are now visibly mission critical Desktop Virtualisation is a topic that has enjoyed considerable[...]

Desktop Virtualization

1 June 2012

Desktop virtualization has progressed from a niche way of handling exceptional user requirements to a[...]

Working smarter, not harder

29 May 2012

What options are there to help people work together more effectively? The emergence of new[...]

Your office in the cloud – dream or nightmare?

17 May 2012

Considerations for SaaS-based email and office productivity tools Why go to all the trouble of[...]

Office 365 in the real world

3 May 2012

A run through of precisely what it takes to move your business productivity apps to[...]

The Consumerisation of IT – exposing a few myths

3 April 2012

Ignoring key trends could be harmful to corporate health Is it really true that organisations[...]

Getting mobility working for you

26 March 2012

Breaking down the barriers to effective communications For many companies, particularly in these challenging economic[...]

Is Big Data just Big Hype?

5 March 2012

If the deluge of headlines and vendor marketing materials is anything to go by, ‘big[...]

Keeping Score in the Public Sector

5 March 2012

With a mandate to make public records broadly available online, yet at the same time[...]

SaaS based Email and Office Productivity

28 February 2012

Over the course of many months there has been considerable coverage of ‘Cloud’ based office[...]

Understanding desktop virtualisation

27 February 2012

Looking after an organisation’s estate of desktop and laptop PCs can be a difficult and[...]

User Virtualization – Moving beyond device-centric computing

27 February 2012

When business IT was young and channel partners had plenty of hardware margins to play[...]

Information management: technology investment pays off

21 February 2012

Obtaining budget for new technology investments can be a difficult exercise at the best of[...]

Beyond device-centric computing: Breaking barriers to enable productivity

7 February 2012

In this webinar, Martha Bennett of Freeform Dynamics and Harry Labana of AppSense discuss the[...]

Rising to the information management challenge

3 February 2012

In a world of increasingly devolved decision making, few would disagree that it’s important to[...]

RIM changes its leadership, but not its course

24 January 2012

On January 23rd, 2012, Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thorsten Heins as President and CEO.[...]

Information management in financial services

13 January 2012

With decision making among banks under so much scrutiny, the important question arises of how[...]

SaaS based Email and Office Productivity Tools

12 January 2012

If you have an old email server in need of an upgrade or have calls[...]

Enterprise social media revisited

10 January 2012

Over the last three or four years, many have been advocating the use of social[...]

Supporting user-centric computing

18 December 2011

User virtualization can make life easier for IT and end users alike Few would dispute[...]

Building tech for the flexible worker

24 November 2011

Remote workers need support and training. The IT department needs to secure their devices and[...]

The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready

2 November 2011

If media headlines and vendor claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with[...]

Flash and HTML5, or Flash vs HTML5?

21 October 2011

If anybody attending the Adobe MAX conference had any doubts about Adobe’s commitment to Flash,[...]

The Consumerisation of IT (Slides)

11 October 2011

Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – VMUG Meeting, Leeds, October 2011 Presenter(s) –[...]

The Consumerisation of IT

10 October 2011

With so many people excited about ‘bring your own device’ and easily accessible cloud services,[...]

Use of social media by analysts and analyst relations professionals

9 October 2011

I recently had the pleasure of attending an event run by the Institute of Industry[...]

User Virtualization

7 October 2011

The primary driver of today’s IT leaders is to enable better business management and execution,[...]

The Business Information Illusion

6 October 2011

By Dale Vile KEY POINTS The pace of business today dictates devolved management and decision-making[...]

User productivity: Achievable goal, or mission impossible?

5 September 2011

The role – and limits – of technology as an enabler of productivity gains ‘Productivity’,[...]

Rumours of the PC’s death are greatly exaggerated

31 August 2011

By Martha Bennett If recent headlines are anything to go by, the days of the[...]

End User Productivity Revisited

5 August 2011

Despite the plethora of ‘productivity solutions’ available from IT suppliers, why is it that real[...]

Windows 7 roll out: learning from the experts

10 July 2011

So what’s involved in a large scale migration of Windows 7? Well, as this webcast[...]

The Co-operative on virtualisation & Windows 7

1 July 2011

Windows 7 migration is not just about upgrading the operating system. In this webcast we[...]

Apples and Oranges – Are people really comparing like with like on the question of Mac versus Windows?

30 June 2011

A couple of weeks ago, I had occasion to spend some time on a 4-5[...]

Does Office 365 keep its promises?

29 June 2011

Running your email and office applications in the cloud is not a new idea; Google[...]

Business adoption of mobile devices

24 June 2011

By Dale Vile Some of the most rapid and exciting developments in technology are taking[...]

Mobile Computing Checkpoint

9 June 2011

By Dale Vile & Andrew Buss KEY FINDINGS Tales of the laptop PC’s death are[...]

Consumerism and productivity Part 1: Do users really know what technology is best for business?

8 June 2011

Let me put my cards on the table. I do not, repeat not, subscribe to[...]

Consumerism and productivity Part 2: How to deal with employees’ devices in the workplace

7 June 2011

In the first part of this discussion, I covered the hard reality of consumerisation and[...]

Information is a right, not a privilege

29 May 2011

By Dale Vile Organisations today rely on effective management of business performance at all levels.[...]

The other enterprise desktop

16 May 2011

There are few topics in the IT industry that are more divisive than the option[...]

A road warrior’s experience with the iPad

21 April 2011

Tales from 10 months of trial and error I have now been an iPad user[...]

Visualisation into action

30 March 2011

Do you have lots of data but find it difficult to work out what it[...]

Trust and security in the cloud

17 March 2011

By Andrew Buss & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS Many companies could do much better when[...]

Mind mapping for IT pros

11 March 2011

Let’s clear up a couple of things to start with. The term mind mapping doesn’t[...]

Video in the workplace

10 March 2011

There have been many false dawns for video collaboration at work. We’ve all bought videoconferencing[...]

The Consumerisation of IT

23 February 2011

Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – BCS Meeting, Leeds, October 2010 Presenter(s) –[...]

Evolution of desktop service delivery

2 February 2011

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Applied Desktop Virtualisation

28 January 2011

By Tony Lock & Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS With desktop refresh now on the agenda,[...]

Buying into the cloud

28 January 2011

A lot of companies are reporting that individual departments and even business users are adopting[...]

Desktop Virtualisation

4 January 2011

By Tony Lock Desktop management has long been an almost “taboo” subject in most businesses.[...]

Why does information management matter?

8 December 2010

Getting the right information to the right people at the right time sounds like a[...]

Who said anything about green?

30 November 2010

Desktop virtualisation gets you part way there anyway Green and sustainability initiatives might be interesting[...]

What is the point of End Point Protection?

29 November 2010

How we should be protecting our PCs Security threats have existed for almost as long[...]

Desktop virtualisation: One size doesn’t fit all

26 November 2010

The many solutions to be found under the term ’Desktop Virtualisation’ have been vigorously promoted[...]

The changing shape of the desktop

24 November 2010

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

20 November 2010

The word ‘productivity’ is widely used in the industry, but what does it actually mean?[...]

Taking advantage of the Windows 7 migration

19 November 2010

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

10 November 2010

Often, PCs are like old soldiers: they never seem to die. In many cases the[...]

Shaping your next desktop upgrade

1 November 2010

The economic downturn caused many companies to delay their desktop and notebook refresh plans, but[...]

Interoperability: standards or proprietary?

30 October 2010

‘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

29 October 2010

“Our people are our greatest asset” is one of the most frequently employed oxymoronic phrases[...]

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25 October 2010

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Lithium helped the penny to drop

22 October 2010

A more tangible take on social CRM While I go about my business as an[...]

XP? Thanks for the memories

22 October 2010

Windows 7 Migration – is it time to move to 64-bit? Windows XP has been[...]

Just how special are Power Users?

22 October 2010

Power users are often at the cutting edge of an organisation’s revenue generation, product development,[...]

Unified Communications: Coming of age?

19 October 2010

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?

14 October 2010

Developments in both the worlds of PC technology and the global economic climate have conspired[...]

Hypervisors: grinding through to bare metal

12 October 2010

We are generally pretty familiar by now with the concept of virtualisation on the desktop,[...]

Data encryption adoption represents a significant opportunity

8 October 2010

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Desktop upgrades: Why the business case now needs extra analysis

6 October 2010

The refresh cycle for desktop and laptop computers varies from organisation to organisation. While some[...]

The hidden benefits of UC

27 September 2010

Whether businesses like it or not, the likelihood is that Unified Communications (UC) in some[...]

Devices and the Cloud

18 September 2010

What’s your perfect device? Are you a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android smartphone fan? Are you[...]

Mixing mobile business with pleasure

16 September 2010

By Josie Sephton The issue of personal use of company mobiles, and its cost to[...]

Desktop virtualisation: The control-plus-flexibility problem

13 September 2010

Desktop virtualisation is attracting serious attention as organisations consider the future potential directions for delivering[...]

How to keep mobile users happy

25 August 2010

By Josie Sephton Once upon a time, not so long ago, provisioning and managing mobile[...]

Desktop virtualisation: The control-plus-flexibility problem

13 August 2010

Desktop virtualisation is attracting serious attention as organisations consider the future potential directions for delivering[...]

Your desktop virtualisation reality check

11 August 2010

Migrating desktops is never easy. The promise of better management and security that is offered[...]

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10 August 2010

In a previous article in this series we highlighted growing interest in deploying virtual desktop[...]

Desktop virtualisation: why, how, and how much?

9 August 2010

As anyone who has started down the path will confirm, desktop virtualisation is not a[...]

The rocky road to UC

6 August 2010

While Unified Communications (UC) is not quite mass market, the number of organisations giving it[...]

Collaboration, complexity and compliance

22 July 2010

The trouble with some terms we use in IT is that they take on a[...]

The significance of Salesforce.com’s ’Chatter’

21 July 2010

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Mobile broadband: not up to the job?

14 July 2010

Mobile broadband has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame since it became widely available, with[...]

Those demanding mobile users

9 July 2010

For years, when we asked Reg readers what worried them about mobile, “security” was top[...]

Sugaring the pill

7 July 2010

Apple, as a computer company, has been focused on the consumer market. It has paid[...]

Policing personal calls on business mobiles

5 July 2010

Responsible employer or miserly git? Communications technology makes it easy to mix up personal and[...]

Videoconferencing: coming to a company near you?

1 July 2010

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

The challenges of mobile billing

1 July 2010

Managing mobile costs is one of those meaty issues that most people can share more[...]

BI 2010 – the state of play

30 June 2010

By Jon Collins Information continues to grow, and yet the challenges we face in managing[...]

Mobile technology and security

30 June 2010

By Josie Sephton In a nutshell: The issue of security when thinking about flexible working[...]

iPad: First impressions of a sceptic

26 June 2010

Anyone who has followed my jottings over the years will know that I am an[...]

Sorting out the jigsaw that is business mobility?

25 June 2010

Most businesses tend to find themselves arriving at a point where they have accumulated a[...]

Watch where you’re treading. It could cost you

24 June 2010

When we asked Reg readers to tell us about their experiences with mobile roaming, quite[...]

Bring your own PC

23 June 2010

The rise of ‘consumer’ expectations in the workforce is driving some organisations to think up[...]

Unified communications in context?

23 June 2010

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could wipe the slate clean and install a brand[...]

How to make unified communications work for your business

22 June 2010

Whether businesses like it or not, the likelihood is that unified communications (UC) in some[...]

You think mobile voice is expensive? Try data roaming

15 June 2010

The issue of mobile pricing can be something of a sore point in the business[...]

Are you getting Double Vision? What hybrid GPU architectures bring to the table

9 June 2010

PCs and diversity go hand in hand, whether it’s how we choose for them to[...]

Mobile virtualisation

7 June 2010

By Josie Sephton Given the push towards platform virtualisation as a way of optimising hardware[...]

Videoconferencing: coming to a company near you?

7 June 2010

It is probably fair to say that the likelihood of videoconferencing becoming mainstream in the[...]

Getting your business mobile

7 June 2010

Everyone knows that mobility is pretty important to most businesses today, with needs having moved[...]

IT Support and workforce productivity

27 May 2010

Audience – IT practitioners and decision makers Occasion – Webinar hosted by Citrix, 27 May[...]

Living with Unified Comms

20 May 2010

Implementing a unified communications solution is just the starting point. It starts to get really[...]

The joy of software licensing on the desktop

18 May 2010

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Working remotely: What are the solutions?

11 May 2010

It’s funny how far mobile computing has come in the last ten years. It enables[...]

The desktop provisioning palaver

4 May 2010

Setting and maintaining desktop policy and provisioning equipment and software sounds like something that should[...]

Mobile users and personal devices

30 April 2010

Business today is a very different beast to that of just five years ago, and[...]

Managing the distributed workforce

30 April 2010

While the principles of managing a distributed workforce may not have changed much, user expectations[...]

Will UC stop you being exposed?

23 April 2010

Delving around the Web recently, I happened upon a very neat analogy in a couple[...]

When should firms adopt UC and how should they roll it out?

23 April 2010

Since its beginnings, unified communications (UC) has faced an uncertain response in the enterprise, with[...]

Supporting the teleworkers: Redux

21 April 2010

The issue of providing IT support to home-based users always attracts a lot of responses[...]

Unified comms: You must go the whole hog to reap the benefits

21 April 2010

As businesses strive to deal with numerous challenges, from complying with the prevailing regulatory environment[...]

Managing UC – you need to be in control

20 April 2010

Love it or hate it (and from the feedback we have seen from Reg readers,[...]

Should all hard drives be encrypted?

19 April 2010

Given the origins of computing in the coding and decoding of messages, it’s fair to[...]

Consumerisation and client computing

14 April 2010

The Apple Mac is an appropriate candidate for the ‘I want one of those because[...]

The desktop demands of board-level managers

13 April 2010

The UC survival guide. Keep it ‘in-your-face’ easy

12 April 2010

Critical to any new implementation is support. But if the implementation is designed to fit[...]

Think you can’t teach an old business UC tricks?

8 April 2010

Unified Communications (UC) fixes fragmented workplace communications, right? But if businesses implement UC and carry[...]

Are you really capable of supporting unified comms?

7 April 2010

Unified Communications (UC), by its very nature, crosses a number of technical domains within the[...]

Asset management And Service Management

7 April 2010

When it comes to providing users with access to the tools and information they require[...]

The great desktop refresh debate

7 April 2010

This webcast covers a raft of subjects, including when to upgrade, the standard cycle times,[...]

Business Communications in Context

7 April 2010

by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile The proliferation of communications channels has set expectations around[...]

Don’t muck about with piecemeal unified comms

6 April 2010

When it comes to putting together an outline of what unified communications (UC) should look[...]

Unified comms means a unified technical approach

1 April 2010

The very nature of unified communications (UC) with its many component parts – voice, video[...]

The IT management impact of home working

1 April 2010

We’re pretty familiar with the kinds of issues that cause hassle for help, support and[...]

The economics of UC

31 March 2010

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Patch Management: Should it even exist?

30 March 2010

From the outside in, it’s easy to question the need for software patching. “Surely,” some[...]

How ready is your business for unified communications?

26 March 2010

Although unified communications (UC) still has some way to go before it achieves mainstream adoption,[...]

The cost of unified comms: Start with the business not the tech

25 March 2010

Once companies have overcome the hurdle of defining what unified communications (UC) is and does,[...]

Unified Communications and the productivity debate

25 March 2010

The word ‘productivity’ is a somewhat wearied term that is perhaps too readily associated with[...]

Power monitoring across the desktop estate

25 March 2010

Despite the pressure on organisations to operate to more “green” agendas, the reality is that[...]

High Performance for All

25 March 2010

by Jon Collins, Tony Lock and Dale Vile Most medium and large organisations need to[...]

You think unified comms is just about productivity?

24 March 2010

When we talk about Unified Communications (UC), a lot of us are guilty of dwelling[...]

Efficiency through unity

24 March 2010

Since its beginnings, unified communications (UC) has faced an uncertain response in the enterprise, with[...]

Office IT: One size doesn’t fit all?

22 March 2010

“We are all individuals” – Brian “I’m not” – computer user ’One size fits all’[...]

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18 March 2010

In the past decade we have witnessed the use of laptops in organisations reaching similar[...]

How much does desktop PC support actually cost?

19 February 2010

By Jon Collins Do you, or does anyone in your organisation, know precisely how much[...]

Desktops: Why you should care about them. Now.

16 February 2010

IT is full of ’big ideas’ like business process management, business intelligence and cloud computing[...]

Scoping UC

5 February 2010

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Want to reduce mobile voice costs? Change the channel

4 February 2010

It has been a while since the EU introduced regulations to address the cost of[...]

Ready for VoIP?

9 December 2009

By Josie Sephton It seems at last that business-grade VoIP is making its mark in[...]

Business Productivity An Alternative View

3 December 2009

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Unified networking: Reality or a marketing myth?

25 November 2009

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?

25 November 2009

These days, it’s no surprise to anybody that staff mobility – everything from home working[...]

Moving to a new app? Mind the data trap

21 November 2009

If you’re anything like me, you’re always on the lookout for software that will improve[...]

Videoconferencing comes of age for CIOs

20 November 2009

By Josie Sephton The announcement a few weeks back on Cisco acquiring Tandberg seems to[...]

Social wariness is wise for business

20 November 2009

A colleague pulled me up with a start the other day when I was talking[...]

Does business social networking really need IT?

9 November 2009

Are you wrestling with the idea of bringing social networking (choose your own preferred term)[...]

Windows 7 kills two thirds of active Vista initiatives

9 November 2009

We recently ran a survey asking respondents (over 1,100 IT pros) about their thoughts and[...]

Desktop Modernisation

6 November 2009

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?

30 October 2009

In a recent poll we asked if people were rethinking their desktop strategies, and what[...]

What are you doing about refreshing the PC estate?

26 October 2009

We know from respondents that the age of desktop estates vary greatly, not just between[...]

Reg readers take mobile makers to task

26 October 2009

When Freeform Dynamics asked you for your opinion of your mobile phone, you didn’t hesitate[...]

Remote IT support ’is harder’

23 October 2009

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?

22 October 2009

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?

21 October 2009

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?

19 October 2009

Unified Communications (UC) is a pretty hot topic with analysts and vendors alike. Yet despite[...]

When PCs went mobile – Tears of joy or sorrow?

19 October 2009

Do you remember the first time you saw a laptop? Shiny bright LED screen, pixels[...]

Today’s users don’t expect things to fail

16 October 2009

A recent mini-poll reveals, as perhaps expected, that the primary source of information used to[...]

Everything as a service

16 October 2009

The influence of IT in everyday business operations continues to increase. Until a few years[...]

How much does desktop PC support actually cost?

15 October 2009

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?

12 October 2009

We know from numerous research studies that, while there are indeed ‘bad guys out there’,[...]

Desktop minipoll results – user ignorance is bliss?

9 October 2009

The results are in from our latest mini-poll, and they are pretty conclusive – even[...]

Does the Help Desk have a future?

9 October 2009

With the rapid development of service desk ‘self help’ tools and the even faster adoption[...]

How’s your desktop support service desk looking?

8 October 2009

As everyone working in IT support knows, the job would be so easy if it[...]

Deploying VoIP in real life

6 October 2009

Mainstream-ready VoIP offerings are becoming more widely available, with greater flexibility around options and more[...]

Desktop Management – Where are you now?

5 October 2009

Since desktop PCs first entered the world of business, IT managers and help desk staff[...]

Collaboration and control

22 September 2009

Once upon a time, the boundaries of IT management were fairly straightforward. All your customers[...]

Desktop Virtualisation

21 September 2009

by Martin Atherton and Jon Collins It is early days for virtualisation in the desktop[...]

Social computing – start small, think big

11 September 2009

By David Tebbutt Don’t be afraid of social networking collaboration tools in the office. Your[...]

New Lotus?

10 September 2009

If you were in the market for collaboration software, what would your reaction be if[...]

Mobile broadband or WiFi? You betcha

10 September 2009

By Josie Sephton Our increasing appetite for sending and receiving data on the move fuels[...]

Give workers a say in corporate IT

9 September 2009

There can be little doubt that the personal and domestic use of technology has had[...]

UC – FMC usurper or saviour?

4 September 2009

As enterprises move through their comms journey, should FMC still be on the cards, or[...]

Vodafone UK ready to walk the walk

3 September 2009

It has been very interesting watching Vodafone go through its journey over the past five[...]

Enterprise Mobility Strategy

1 September 2009

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Unified Communications in Context

26 August 2009

By Dale Vile We here at Freeform Dynamics have been tracking developments in the unified[...]

Lotus knows, but do you?

25 August 2009

With the prospect of a conference call with Lotus today, I thought I’d better try[...]

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24 August 2009

Four years ago, our beloved leader, Alex Bellinger, interviewed one Greg Gianforte. By then he’d[...]

Mobile operators: Tune in to the customer

5 August 2009

As businesses and consumers place increasing emphasis on the use of mobile, and both behaviour[...]

Audience power and the death of deference

27 July 2009

How do you feel if you’re addressing a large group of people and some of[...]

Catching your clients at moments of need

16 July 2009

With mobile service providers offering more and more, in their bid to keep subscribers hooked[...]

The truth behind the Google/Microsoft/NHS rumours

10 July 2009

Before Monday July 6th, did you know that Google and Microsoft had services for storing[...]

Scoping UC – all bases covered?

8 July 2009

While lots of people think Unified Communications (UC) is a nice idea, they don’t necessarily[...]

The evolving role of the mobile operator

1 July 2009

Mobile operators have their roots firmly in the utility services space. Indeed, many business customers[...]

In-building coverage: What’s the problem?

26 June 2009

Most mobile calls, voice and data, are made inside a building – at home, at[...]

Virtual events aren’t real events shoved online

25 June 2009

As you know, most of us are facing financial difficulties and some of us are[...]

Is there hope for unified comms?

22 June 2009

The evangelists are calling for businesses to implement unified communications (UC), citing a whole raft[...]

Is telehealth coming at last?

18 June 2009

Yesterday at Cisco's C-Scape analyst briefing, we were treated to a presentation by one James[...]

Moments of Need

18 June 2009

by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile With high speed networks, sophisticated devices and a myriad[...]

Collaboration – get it together

16 June 2009

By Dale Vile Getting your people collaborating more effectively is a laudable goal. If you[...]

A realistic exploration of the Desktop Linux opportunity

9 June 2009

How often have you dismissed the views expressed by extremists because what they are saying[...]

Dan Bricklin (inventor of PC spreadsheet) on technology

3 June 2009

A couple of weeks ago, Wiley asked if I’d like a review copy of Dan[...]

Getting real about Linux on the desktop

27 May 2009

Few topics in the IT industry are more contentious than the prospect of putting Linux[...]

Linux on the Desktop

21 May 2009

by Dale Vile and Martin Atherton The Microsoft Windows based desktop has been a fact[...]

Cloud: evolution not revolution

20 May 2009

Fed up with 'cloud' yet? You ain't seen nuthin'. It's not going to go away.[...]

Microsoft: Leopard: Spots

18 May 2009

When invited to a Microsoft ‘Voice of the Customer’ briefing, I must confess that I[...]

Rumours of KM’s death exaggerated

13 May 2009

Say 'knowledge management' to most people in our business and watch the curl of their[...]

The business value of social software

7 May 2009

by David Tebbutt At Lotus/IBM’s Lotusphere the words ’business value’ were repeatedly uttered by keynote[...]

Messaging Snapshot

28 April 2009

by David Tebbutt Messaging is a thread that runs through IT from top to bottom,[...]

Remove paper for cost and environmental gains

27 April 2009

Kevin Misselbrook is customer services director at Access Accounting. He is also a member of[...]

Mobilising the enterprise

23 April 2009

Wireless computing is becoming an increasingly important facet of enterprise IT and communications strategy, and[...]

At cute corporates it’s good to talk

9 April 2009

Four years ago, when IWR interviewed social computing expert Euan Semple about return on investment,[...]

Mobile TV – who’s watching?

8 April 2009

Despite regular predictions of mass market adoption of mobile TV, take up to date has[...]

Which desktop Linux distribution? – Hobbyist versus serious deployment

1 April 2009

One of the most common objections to desktop Linux is fragmentation. With so many distributions,[...]

Mobile operators: It’s time to get personal

31 March 2009

The recession is making life harder than ever for mobile operators. Freeform Dynamics analyst Josie[...]

Dynamic Business Intelligence

30 March 2009

by Tony Lock and Dale Vile One of the most versatile assets many organisations have[...]

Will the BPOS cloud ensure Microsoft’s future?

4 March 2009

Yesterday, Microsoft announced 'worldwide' availability of its Business Productivity Online Suite. And it barely mentioned[...]

Wake up little Fu-Sie

2 March 2009

Tomorrow sees the start of the huge CeBIT ICT exibition in Germany where 4,300 companies[...]

It pays to think big

28 February 2009

When it comes to generic requirements from IT, there isn’t really much to separate large[...]

Are Apple and Sony worth the price premium?

26 February 2009

Our recent poll of Reg readers on their perceptions of some of the most prominent[...]

Reg Reader poll on notebook quality: results are in

26 February 2009

Our recent poll of Reg readers on their perceptions of some of the most prominent[...]

VDI’s Biggest Challenge

20 February 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Taking note of notebooks – Get a handle on remote assets

17 February 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Mobile operators drive for customer centricity

17 February 2009

by Josie Sephton The mobile service provider market is increasingly characterised by high levels of[...]

You did what? The trials of supporting remote users

10 February 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Don’t let Microsoft timescales dictate your Windows migration

3 February 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Forget the cloud: what’s in it for you?

2 February 2009

Rackspace is never backward in coming forward with suggestions that help it grow its business.[...]

A coherent approach to customer satisfaction

30 January 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Mobile broadband or WiFi? You betcha – Horses for wireless courses

30 January 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Joining the dots of business communications

29 January 2009

by Dale Vile IT and communications vendors are positioning unified communications very heavily at the[...]

Dodging Stockholm Syndrome at Lotusphere

28 January 2009

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Inverting the business hierarchy

26 January 2009

Last week saw IBM’s annual Lotusphere shindig in Orlando. I was there, suffering the usual[...]

Whose notebook is it anyway?

20 January 2009

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Google gets real on Apps go-to-market

16 January 2009

I was interested and encouraged to see the announcement this week from Google of its[...]

The knowledge worker and Enterprise 2.0

14 January 2009

Always good to hear Andrew McAfee in action. He's the guy who coined the Enterprise[...]

Windows 7. Microsoft, rabbit, hat?

12 January 2009

Last Friday Microsoft allowed all and sundry access to the beta version of its next[...]

Do you need video in your enterprise?

5 January 2009

As we enter 2009, reducing spending, improving productivity of smaller teams, and the perceived imperative[...]

Enterprise 2.0 and the issue of workforce composition

30 December 2008

Following on from my previous post on the importance of social media enthusiasts breaking out[...]

Breaking out of the social media echo chamber

29 December 2008

I was alerted through Twitter to an interesting blog post by Amber Naslund entitled “Are[...]

The Video Market—Hot or Not in 2009?

19 December 2008

At recent video industry events, optimism filled the talks of virtually every speaker, from content[...]

Getting the unified comms message across

18 December 2008

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Free Unified Communications?

17 December 2008

Ran into a company recently which has done a rather nice ‘unified communications’ suite and[...]

It wasn’t about the mouse

10 December 2008

Yesterday, the 40th anniversary of the mouse was celebrated. I don't recall there being similar[...]

Information at your fingertips: really

8 December 2008

Large organisations sport clever and expensive information management systems. They enable staff to lay their[...]

Social applications can get everyone’s brain working

5 December 2008

Imaginatik is a company that helps very large organisations save lots of money by plundering[...]

What if the lights go out?

3 December 2008

We humans have a talent for getting other people and other things to do stuff[...]

Collaborative technology is all about people

26 November 2008

by David Tebbutt As the term suggests, collaboration is about people first and foremost. If[...]

Sidestep formal structures for effective change management

26 November 2008

Many companies like to think they understand all about business processes and change management. They[...]

Collaboration: the old way. Why not?

19 November 2008

Just lately I’ve been wondering a lot about stimulating innovation inside companies. It was sparked[...]

Infrastructure Optimisation Workshop

19 November 2008

This article is hosted on an external website. Please click here to view it in[...]

Free to cheap sales opportunity?

17 November 2008

If you sell weapons, pornography, drugs, products sourced from illegal logging, products derived from endangered[...]

Mind mapping comes in from the cold

11 November 2008

This is going to be a tricky post because I have strong, and possibly irrational,[...]

Piggy-backing on social software

5 November 2008

While our attention has been diverted by the razzle dazzle of the social software startups,[...]

Debating the future of small business IT

3 November 2008

Microsoft has to steer a very careful course into the future. From its own point[...]

A netbook in your life?

26 October 2008

When travelling, I rely on my BlackBerry for keeping in touch, or my laptop computer[...]

Collaboration – get it together – ’Enterprise 2.0’: Not as easy as it sounds

22 October 2008

Getting your people collaborating more effectively is a laudable goal. If you listen to IT[...]

Content blunderbuss hits everything but the target

8 October 2008

We humans have been sending signals out into space in the hope that, one day,[...]

Be the star of the show

8 October 2008

Ever since Stewart Brand declared that “information wants to be free” in 1984, he has[...]

Collaboration: hidden or open?

5 October 2008

Sometimes it’s good to see what’s going on inside other companies. It might make you[...]

Distributed software development is hard – But is there hope?

3 October 2008

Poll results The Reg reader poll run earlier this week as part of our agile[...]

Macs not right for everyone

22 September 2008

by Dale Vile The story goes that once you have experienced the Mac, there is[...]

Adobe Connect: digital meeting rooms

22 September 2008

Had a demonstration session from Adobe the other day. It was making its Connect Pro[...]

Home-grown Enterprise 2.0 at GE

17 September 2008

The recent Office 2.0 conference appeared a well-organised and serene affair, totally hiding the furious[...]

Adobe Genesis addresses real needs

10 September 2008

Breaking ranks with the ’browser-only’ brigade, Adobe is planning to introduces a desktop client to[...]

Encrypt your memory sticks (HMG)

25 August 2008

Yet another security breach fo the Home Secretary to wrestle with. This time PA Consulting[...]

Time To Take the Tablet – Vista’s unsung platform

25 August 2008

Several years ago Microsoft launched its Tablet software with much fanfare. Today the platform has[...]

iPhone: First impressions of a Blackberry user

20 August 2008

For a while now, I have maintained two mobile phones – one for business use[...]

Do UC it?

12 August 2008

There is a lot of focus currently on unified communications (UC) – the integration of[...]

Is your data safe on US visits?

11 August 2008

Over the weekend, I was invited to attend the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco[...]

Webslides are go

4 August 2008

I’ve noticed a couple of new(ish) web services recently. Each allows you to create a[...]

Secure USB

28 July 2008

by Jon Collins When the USB standard was first launched, few would have imagined the[...]

Desktop Virtualisation – Where to Begin

17 July 2008

There is increasing discussion in many organisations, across a broad range of geographies, industry verticals[...]

R. Todd Stephens on Enterprise 2.0

16 July 2008

Sometimes it’s easy to be overwhelmed by new ways of working. Enterprise 2.0, for example,[...]

To change your world, put yourself in the boss’s shoes

15 July 2008

Last month the National Computing Centre held its annual conference. Opening the event, which was[...]

Desktop power management

15 July 2008

It’s encouraging that many of the conversations we are having at the moment in relation[...]

Sustainability winner: SOAK

10 July 2008

I’m not totally sold on the Microsoft environmental story (hint: lifecycle costs of replacing kit)[...]

Is There a Business Case To Be Made In Favour of Virtualising the Desktop?

1 July 2008

If you are looking at desktop/notebook replacement or optimisation now, what are the options and[...]

Home working: does it make sense?

30 June 2008

When we did our environmental IT research earlier this year, we looked at how IT[...]

Justifying a large scale Vista migration

27 June 2008

Over the past couple of months, I have had in-depth conversations with five CIOs that[...]

LinkedIn: an espionage tool?

24 June 2008

I have no idea why Aladdin Knowledge Systems decided to attack LinkedIn, the business networking[...]

Who controls your personal information?

24 June 2008

Doc Searls is a long time blogger, a deep thinker, a co-author of the seminal[...]

Behind the scenes at the National Gallery provides plenty of food for thought.

20 June 2008

I recently had the pleasure of attending an event which took a group of analysts[...]

Desktops still have a purpose.

16 June 2008

by Jon Collins Desktop computing is where the rubber hits the road, as far as[...]

Business Intelligence and the bolting horse

13 June 2008

There appears to be a revival of interest in Business Intelligence (BI) among IT vendors[...]

A quick route to unified communications?

29 April 2008

A cheeky little outsider from Spain has been quietly snitching large unified communication (UC) deals[...]

Cloud Computing and Web 2.0

27 April 2008

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

Can computers really extract knowlege?

17 April 2008

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

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

12 April 2008

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

Racetrack memory to save us from ourselves

11 April 2008

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

The ISO is right to back OOXML

4 April 2008

by Dale Vile News this week that , Microsoft’s OOXML document format has been adopted[...]

Microsoft Bloat, Green and the Vista opportunity

4 April 2008

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

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

30 March 2008

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

Unified Comms – What is it, why does it matter and how do you get it?

1 February 2008

Audience – IT & Business professionals Occasion – Computing Magazine Web Seminar – February 2008[...]

Debating the future of small business IT

3 January 2008

Microsoft has to steer a very careful course into the future. From its own point[...]

Mobility and Connectivity

31 December 2007

by Jon Collins and Dale Vile During the middle part of 2007, Freeform Dynamics ran[...]

Business Performance Management

7 November 2007

by Dale Vile and Martin Atherton As markets become more complex and dynamic, is the[...]

Evaluating Mobile Email Solutions

1 September 2007

by Dale Vile Now that mobile email is moving into the mainstream, with technology[...]

Field Service Automation

12 July 2007

Evolution of requirements and options The use of mobile technology, to help optimise field service[...]

Delivering Effective IT Support

31 August 2006

A Business Management Perspective[...]