Fran Howarth
Practice Leader
Bloor Research
Fran has been involved in the research and analysis business for the past 15 years. In the late 1980s and early 1990s she worked in the Far East, including a four-year stint at the Economist Intelligence Unit where she was in charge of developing a range of business publications.
On her return to Europe in 1995, Fran turned to focus on the enterprise business applications market, working for KPMG Consulting. In early 2000 she joined the Aberdeen Group upon its launch in Europe and developed a practice focusing on the European enterprise business applications space.
Fran brings to Bloor Research a wide range of consulting and research experience, having worked with both end-user organisations and software vendors. Recently published reports that she has written have examined the procurement, sourcing and private exchange markets - including best practice case studies from end-user organisations. In addition to regular contributions to IT-Director.com and IT-Analysis.com, Fran regularly writes on issues pertaining to the European security market.
Contributions
There are a total of 193 articles written by Fran Howarth, the listing has been split over 10 pages:
- 24/02/11 - DDoS attacks: coming to a network near you
- 17/02/11 - Web security in an always-on world
- 14/02/11 - Critical infrastructure under attack
- 04/02/11 - Charting the vendor landscape for web and email security
- 17/01/11 - Webinar on developing a user-centric approach to cloud security
- 20/12/10 - Securing retail environments from the insider threat
- 06/12/10 - Today's threats require joined-up security
- 26/11/10 - Anti-virus alone is a poor strategy
- 15/10/10 - Securing the internet's infrastructure
- 16/09/10 - Email archiving in the cloud webinar
- 07/09/10 - The next-generation secure internet
- 01/09/10 - When the cloud improves security
- 02/07/10 - Leveraging the cloud for more effective email archiving
- 18/06/10 - Call for participants for cloud security survey
- 17/05/10 - Call for participants for cloud security survey
- 07/05/10 - Financial sector reform
- 07/05/10 - Not protecting your website is irresponsible
- 19/02/10 - Why web security is best served in the cloud
- 24/01/10 - Counting the cost
- 15/10/09 - Security breach legislation—Europeans, you are not immune