Open Reasoning
The thoughts of a working IT industry analyst, including notes from briefings, the inside scoop behind more formal articles and reports, and occasional commentary on what's going on in the analyst and analyst relations space.
Recent Blog Posts
Enterprise 2.0 and the issue of workforce composition
Following on from my previous post on the importance of social media enthusiasts breaking out of the echo chamber, I thought I would share a snippet of research from a study we conducted in collaboration with MWD a few months ago.
The reason...
Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics | 7th January '09
Breaking out of the social media echo chamber
I was alerted through Twitter to an interesting blog post by Amber Naslund entitled Are we sharing solutions or soundbites?, in which she discusses the issue of social media enthusiasts often failing to connect effectively with the business...
Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics | 6th January '09
Downturn perception versus reality?
I am in two minds about the feedback we have received recently through our research which tells us that IT professionals are generally not predicting doom, gloom and/or panic as a result of the credit crunch and associated economic downturn. I...
Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics | 5th January '09
The futility of challenging Apple perfection
I know, I should get over it, but it does annoy me the way the Jobs faithful go on about everything being perfect in their world and Apple being able to do no wrong. Perhaps its age or maybe I have got some kind of genetic disorder that prevents...
Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics | 8th December '08
