The changing role of the IT department?

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 [...]

Are you ‘social networking’ or just communicating online?

A recent study carried out by Synovate suggests that over half of the global population does not know what social networking is. There is little wonder. In a bid to sound new, fresh and interesting there is a constant stream of new jargon that is thrown at us every day and social networking is definitely [...]

When is an office not an office?

Answer – when it’s a train. I travel relatively frequently on the East Coast mainline and on a recent trip to the big smoke, I noticed how many more people had laptops. Today of course the train is equipped with power sockets (essential for today’s power hungry uses of laptops) but more importantly FREE wi-fi. [...]