Almost since the world was created, at least the IT world, computer systems and all the associated, and increasingly complex, plethora of associated equipment has required feeding and watering. Few systems, with perhaps the notable exception of the AS/400 sorry System i no wrong again the i, manage to keep themselves functioning efficiently, if at all, without the care and attention of skilled IT ...
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Josie Sephton into the fold as the latest addition to the Freeform Dynamics team.
Josie may be a fledgling Freeformer, but is a highly experienced telecom analyst and consultant with a solid track record in the industry, most recently with Ovum. She joins us to head up our activities in the service provider space, which means Jon and I won’t hav ...
The last few days have involved me in a number of meetings with both vendors and end customers of all sizes. For much of the week I spent time at the Infosec security show in London but I also managed to squeeze in meetings with ProCurve, once again considering the security facets of its solutions. There was also opportunity to interact with some IT and information management customers considering ...
For many years now there has been intense discussion within the IT "industry" highlighting the absolute need for IT to get much closer to the business clients it supports and whose daily activities would not be possible without the use of IT systems. The requirement for IT to align its efforts and services in line with business need is not in doubt, so why is it that IT still does such a bad job c ...
I’m not a major player when it comes to gadgets and tools, I often download things and they remain unused, and whenever I get around to it, cleared out.
A recent invite to download something ‘I might find of use’ from my colleague Jon Collins, no stranger himself to finding new things to play with led me to installing Xobni, an Outlook plug-in that’s been around since September last yea ...