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There were 6 blog postings during December (2007):
GXS's cloak of shadows may be slipping off / when things start to look the same
A stealthy operator is starting to catch the eye.
I enjoyed my second biannual catch up with GXS this week. I have a soft spot for it because its Orlando event was the first I attended as an official technology market analyst, back in 2001. I...
Martin Atherton, Freeform Dynamics | 6th December '07
The future of 'Support'- Front Line or Public Face?
Over the course of the last few weeks I have spoken with quite a few organizations, including Fujitsu-Siemens, BT Basilica and Citrix amongst others, on the subject of IT support, perhaps once traditionally called the Help Desk. Now Freeform...
Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics | 6th December '07
Is 'community spice' the perfect recipe for small business IT management?
I had my first briefing with IT management provider Spiceworks today. I use the term ‘provider’ rather than ‘vendor’ because currently, at least, it does not sell anything to the organisations using its software. Rather,...
Martin Atherton, Freeform Dynamics | 11th December '07
Are you willing to pay more for a stylish PC?
Over the course of the last few weeks I have had a number of conversations with big PC and laptop vendors, most memorably Fujitsu-Siemens Computers and Hewlett Packard. During the course of these conversations it quickly became apparent that both...
Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics | 14th December '07
A list of one thing to do in 2008: Find the balance.
It's the season for grand predictions, of forecasting the future, of top ten lists of the next big thing. I don't really believe that a new year creates a magical desire to explore an entirely new set of technologies to the previous one, and...
Martin Atherton, Freeform Dynamics | 20th December '07
What does IT really want for Christmas?
It is that time of year again when wild office parties lead to the consumption of a mild excess of alcohol and non-health related foodstuffs and where people, even IT staff, look forward to receiving nice, or at least useful, presents. But for...
Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics | 20th December '07