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Is the commodity server bandwagon running out of steam?
20 January 2022

The term “paradigm shift” gets flung about far too much in IT, but we may[...]

One SSD to ruler them all
31 December 2021

Why the new EDSFF storage format is hot stuff – and what else you need[...]

Why does ransomware still work?
20 December 2021

As someone who first encountered ransomware during the last millennium[...]

Ransomware teaches the importance of data protection
16 December 2021

Several years ago, around the time that ransomware attacks started making the front pages[...]

Having trouble overcoming the S/4HANA confidence gap?
16 December 2021

As John Lennon and Yoko Ono didn't quite sing[...]

Got a strong story to tell? Don’t settle for a place in the chorus
6 December 2021

Have you lost your voice? Or is the market just not hearing you?[...]

Has Windows 11 strengthened the case for Chromebooks?
6 December 2021

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

people working together
Forget the ‘free’ software, the real value of open-source is the collaboration
23 November 2021

Analyst Opinion: It’s a cliché, but why are we still reinventing wheels?[...]

Noisy office
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[...]

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Google Calendar auto-adds shared meeting notes
1 November 2021

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

Is it a Suite, Package, Bundle or Platform?
12 October 2021

People have been selling collections of products and tools for centuries, and with the advent[...]

Is ‘suite’ becoming a dirty word?
11 October 2021

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?
8 October 2021

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

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Where vendors too often go wrong: SMBs need enterprise-grade IT too
5 October 2021

For far too long now, many vendors seem to have assumed that the IT requirements[...]

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Remember when Agile was treated with suspicion?
16 September 2021

Throwback Thursday: When we researched the topic of Agile development back in 2008[...]

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Is IT investment handled better now than a decade ago?
9 September 2021

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
19 August 2021

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

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?[...]

Of cats and clouds
9 July 2021

A lifetime TCO question[...]

So many ways to pay for IT
25 June 2021

Which best suits your needs?[...]

The SMB solution selection challenge
21 June 2021

It's all too easy for smaller businesses to get caught out[...]

The business change agenda
17 June 2021

Throwback Thursday: Research carried out in 2011[...]

How to boost supplier commitment without spending more money
15 June 2021

Time to tune into those non-revenue goals[...]

Even data fragmentation has gone virtual
27 May 2021

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

Data governance in software testing
6 May 2021

Throwback Thursday: this week we're going back to 2008[...]

Private cloud in contexts old and new
22 April 2021

Throwback Thursday: What a difference a decade can make[...]

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[...]

Remember when cloud was going to kill the IT channel?
18 March 2021

Throwback Thursday: taking a regular stroll in the Freeform Dynamics archives. [...]

Has the data centre of the future already arrived?
4 March 2021

Throwback Thursday: Predicting the future back in 2012[...]

Effective IT recovery in small/midsize businesses, 10 years on? Maybe tomorrow…
18 February 2021

Throwback Thursday: this week we're going back to 2011[...]

Home work
The #WFH ‘New Normal’ is nothing of the sort
16 February 2021

Analyst Opinion At least, not yet. The world is still in the very abnormal grip[...]

10 years on, and HPC is taken for granted
4 February 2021

Throwback Thursday: Heading back to 2010[...]

Business performance management still chasing the real-time dream
21 January 2021

Throwback Thursday: This week we are going back to 2007[...]

How have attitudes to risk and resilience changed?
14 January 2021

Throwback Thursday: Looking back to June 2008[...]

A prophetic look back at Green IT
7 January 2021

Throwback Thursday: Back in the summer of 2008[...]

x86 Server virtualisation check point
17 December 2020

Throwback Thursday: This week we are heading back to 2010[...]

Why Slack?
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[...]

Linux on the Desktop
10 December 2020

Throwback Thursday: The first thing that struck me when I re-read our ‘Linux on the[...]

We need to start prioritizing workforce health and wellbeing
4 December 2020

Analyst Opinion: “This has been a shot in the arm for those who have long[...]

The authentication arms race continues
3 December 2020

Throwback Thursday: This week we are heading back to 2006[...]

Social interaction in the digital workplace
27 November 2020

Analyst opinion: As workplaces increasingly pivot to virtual presence, how can we stay connected?[...]

IT Support, now and then
26 November 2020

Throwback Thursday: Comparing IT support in 2020 with IT support in 2006[...]

The #WFH extended talent opportunity
23 November 2020

Analyst Opinion: The rise of the virtual “workplace” – implications for inclusivity and Generation Z[...]

Make the camera work for you, not against you
4 August 2020

Analyst Opinion: Hands up anyone who expected not just to spend 2020 at home, but[...]

The pandemic and productivity: a Covid-19 conundrum
11 July 2020

Analyst Opinion “I’ve never been more productive!” With so many people getting their first experience[...]

Are you ready to pay the ‘mental debts’ of Covid-19?
5 July 2020

Analyst Opinion It’s easy to predict many of the pains that are going to hit[...]

AI without tears: the drive for automation and self-service
28 June 2020

Analyst Opinion In the post-pandemic, post-Brexit world, businesses of all sorts face a range of[...]

How Covid-19 can sicken your AI apps too
1 June 2020

Analyst Opinion AI might not be the first thing you think of when you start[...]

Outsourcing: a clear look at a cloudy subject
18 March 2020

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
9 February 2020

Analyst Opinion I think we can all agree that protecting data is important – perhaps[...]

Consent and GDPR: get the basics right!
24 January 2020

Analyst Opinion Why do companies find it so hard to get their heads around even[...]

For business AI, focus on psychology, not technology
19 January 2020

Analyst Opinion There’s no doubt now that AI works, and it can work very well[...]

DevOps needs more perspective and humility
8 January 2020

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
2 January 2020

Analyst Opinion We’ve had convergence towards hybrid clouds and ‘universal’ applications, but now we are[...]

Kubernetes catches up with operational reality
16 November 2019

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
12 October 2019

Analyst Opinion I hate it when you realise that your point of reference has been[...]

New financing models target IT’s acquisition challenges
12 August 2019

Analyst opinion The availability of funding – or rather, the lack of it – is[...]

Threat vs trust: the overlooked power of words
10 July 2019

Analyst Opinion Words have power – in particular, your choice of words modifies how your[...]

Growing fast, OpenStack shakes off old misconceptions
9 July 2019

Analyst opinion One of the most interesting things about the recent Open Infrastructure Summit – the new[...]

Hard drives that do their own data processing
11 June 2019

Analyst opinion It’s getting hard these days to find places where container technology doesn’t feature,[...]

Cybersecurity needs both psychologists and generals
3 June 2019

Analyst opinion Many cybersecurity professionals like military analogies. Indeed, some security pros are ex-military. But[...]

Beware the application complexity monster
28 May 2019

Analyst opinion How many new applications, tools, devices, and cloud services have you introduced into[...]

How Brexit-friendly are your SaaS contracts?
30 January 2019

Analyst opinion If you think Brexit will be advantageous for the UK economy and the[...]

Six months on, GDPR is a qualified success
17 January 2019

Analyst opinion Anyone hoping that we would by now have greater clarity on GDPR will[...]

How long will your New Year stay Happy?
6 January 2019

The Freeform Dynamics fortune-telling kit has been dusted off for 2019. Here some of the[...]

Google Chrome: It’s more than a browser
26 November 2018

Chrome has come a long way, but the journey might only just be starting I[...]

Don’t ignore the complexity of hybrid multi-cloud
21 November 2018

Analyst opinion Many vendors will argue that moving to cloud brings consistency and simplicity, thanks[...]

Open source is growing up – and here’s how
16 November 2018

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
15 November 2018

Analyst opinion There are several ways to build large scale Linux server environments, with x86[...]

Last call for a European public cloud?
9 November 2018

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
9 November 2018

Analyst opinion The recent Industry of Things World conference in Berlin offered insights into the[...]

Google has got serious about Enterprise IT
8 November 2018

Analyst opinion Google has made a complete about-face on the enterprise. It took so long[...]

Cloud Foundry’s growth highlights open source success and the cracks in commercial licensing
24 October 2018

Analyst opinion Open source has crested the hill of enterprise acceptance. There’s no longer the[...]

When modern meetings don’t work
8 October 2018

Analyst opinion Once upon a time, pretty much every meeting had a minute-taker – someone[...]

Is IBM relevant to today’s mainstream?
29 August 2018

Analyst opinion When IT vendors talk about the market, they tend to focus on how[...]

DevOps is wasted unless the business goes Agile too
27 August 2018

Analyst opinion When analysts and journalists write about Agile and DevOps, the focus is typically[...]

What can Chromebooks offer the enterprise desktop market?
9 August 2018

Analyst opinion If you’re an IT professional managing a large desktop estate or an end[...]

A conference room for the future
20 July 2018

Analyst opinion In some ways, the recent completion of Plantronics’ $2 billion purchase of Polycom[...]

Workplace software as an occupational hazard
19 July 2018

Analyst opinion The US Department of Labor has updated its Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.[...]

Millennial versus Mature – who’s the real IT security risk?
18 July 2018

Analyst opinion Passwords have been the mainstay for securing applications, devices and the data they[...]

Your PC is rooted and jailbroken: deal with it!
22 June 2018

Analyst opinion One of the defining characteristics of the modern digital workplace is a PC[...]

Cloud storage is hot
15 June 2018

Analyst opinion But do people know what they mean when they talk about it –[...]

Xero highlights the role of the modern software ecosystem
5 June 2018

Looking beyond the technology I recently caught up with Gary Turner, co-founder and managing of[...]

Growth mindset lets Microsoft love Linux
9 May 2018

Analyst opinion Timed to coincide with the RSA security conference, Microsoft has announced Azure Sphere,[...]

Routes to AI goodness
7 February 2018

Analyst opinion It’s all too easy to conflate the kind of AI being hyped in[...]

Time to dump the all-flash scepticism
5 February 2018

Analyst opinion When we surveyed several hundred IT professionals on the topic of All-Flash Arrays,[...]

Microsoft’s challenge for 2018: mindshare & market relevance
2 February 2018

Analyst opinion Microsoft’s revenues are up, but compared to its biggest competitors — Amazon, Apple,[...]

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