Times within the world of technology have never been more interesting. Over the last few years, those who like to think about the human element of different functions or departments within any organisation will have noticed that the IT team have a tendency towards finding the perfect solution. IT people often very strong on creating [...]
Articles tagged ‘IT’
Quick and clean?
21
September
2009
Live Mesh – The start of something big?
5
September
2008
Cloud Computing, Software as a Service, Application Service Providers, Virtual Desktops and Live Workspaces. Just some of the terms which have been bandied about over the past few years. With Windows Live Mesh, now available as a Public Beta as part of the ‘Wave 3′ release of Windows Live I sense these technologies coming of [...]
Lorna Maclean, a day in the life…
19
September
2008
Lorna Maclean says she can spend her time at work “spinning plates and juggling balls.” No, she’s not a circus performer, but Head of IT with KCOM. “Because of the complexity of the job, the only things that remain the same every day are that it’s always challenging and always varied,” explains Lorna. As one [...]
Is there a price to pay for free software?
14
September
2008
I thought that company directors spent some of their time playing golf with their peers as part of “networking”. However it turns out that the modern IT director, such as ours, seems to think that a good time spent networking with his peers involves discussions around relevant topics like “Strategic Resourcing”. It was no surprise [...]
The changing role of the IT department?
10
September
2008
Like me you may see many articles in press and trade magazines, telling of the demise of the IT department. “Change now or be dead in 5 years time”,” Be more aligned to the business to survive”, ” Talk business not technology if you want to keep your job”. I find these of interest but [...]
Never Ending IT
22
September
2008
Last night I was having a bit of a clean out through my ever growing pile of ‘might be needed in the future’ paperwork at home when I came across a phone bill from 1994. I looked at it with fascination, seeing a great illustration of how the world has changed out of all recognition [...]
The Credit Crunch – Cue SaaS for the Masses?
15
September
2008
Your business ISP ain’t what it used to be. The days when the ISPs job was simply to connect you to the internet and provide some webspace are long behind us. Most business ISPs are now able to offer expert IT management, hosted applications and Software as a Service (SaaS) in addition to the more [...]
Top Ten worries in 2008
4
September
2008
The folks at Gartner have published their list of the Top 10 concerns for IT in 2008, which looks a bit like this: Green IT Unified Communications Business Process Modelling Metadata Management Virtualization 2.0 Mashups & composite Apps Web Platform & WOA Fabric Real World Web Social Software From our point of view, I’m not [...]
Managing Collaboration
4
September
2008
Like virtually every organisation, we struggle with the volume of e-mails flowing around the business on a daily basis. Its that ‘first thing in the morning’ feeling when the inbox pops open, and there are 40 ‘short’ notes to be digested. So we continue to explore the subject of Knowledge Management…. How do we reduce [...]
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