Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com

Accessible PDFs made easier

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Most existing PDF documents are not fully accessible, why is this and how can CommonLook from NetCentric improve the situation. [Read More...]

Industrializing software opens new possibilities

Martin Banks, Bloor Research — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Fujitsu-Siemens' FlexFrame could be the model for a new way of building applications and services. [Read More...]

Sales metrics that matter

Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz and Associates — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:27:21 +0100

Sales are a critical component of what makes a company tick and metrics that measure sales performance are used by many organizations. Some companies track sales by category and examine pipeline... [Read More...]

What if the lights go out?

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:01:55 +0100

We humans have a talent for getting other people and other things to do stuff for us. If we didn't, we'd all be out there scratching a living from the forests and fields and we'd have a pretty... [Read More...]

Thin provisioning's fat chance during the credit crunch

Peter Williams, Bloor Research — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Thin provisioning has been gaining momentum as a green storage technology which can bring considerable cost savings; but can its vendors gain from the economic downturn? [Read More...]

The roles of governance in SOA, cloud and managing B2B boundaries

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

SOA governance heightens the business benefits of services, increases IT efficiency returns, and reduces the risk that complexity could undermine the services lifecycle in large organizations. [Read More...]

New Mapping & Modeling Tool Survey

Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:24:00 +0100

What is really happening out there in the Business Process Mapping and Modelling market, are people actually buying and using tools? Are they using specialist tools or just the modeling front ends... [Read More...]

The problem with data quality solutions part 3

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Data quality vendors need to adopt more innovative approaches if they are to replace manual efforts. [Read More...]

CU2008 Day 1

David Norfolk, Bloor Research — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

David is in the port of Amsterdam, celebrating the immediate availability of Compuware's Uniface 9.3. [Read More...]

Points of View

Andy Hayler, The Information Difference — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

IBM this week releases Business Viewpoint, a tool from Cognos which aims at the analytic MDM market. This adds to its existing two MDM product lines, but has some good hierarchy management and workflow features. [Read More...]

The problem with data quality solutions part 2

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Traditional data quality products don't handle product (and other complex) data very well. [Read More...]

The danger of not understanding the fine print

Dr Sam De Silva, Taylor Walton Solicitors — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Many of us think that the wording in software licence agreement is standard and should not be looked at in any detail. This article looks at a standard wararnties clause in sofware licence agreement to show some of the key areas of risk. [Read More...]

Adobe Accessibility News

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Adobe has taken accessibility seriously for a long time, recently they have added DAISY support, improved training documentation, extended support for colour blindness, and added default Flash controls. [Read More...]

Sidestep formal structures for effective change

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:24:00 +0100

Many companies like to think they understand all about business processes and change management. They spend fortunes on consultancy, design, structures, processes, training, roll out and management,... [Read More...]

Just who is sharing your sensitive information?

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:11:53 +0100

Businesses are increasingly reliant on electronic collaboration, requiring that teams can collaboratively create, manage and share documents on which they are working. Those teams may not only be... [Read More...]

No north-south divide on the internet

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:51:52 +0100

A summer silly season think tank report in the UK caused a bit of a controversial stir when it suggested that northern cities were beyond revival and that for economic... [Read More...]

Podcast: cloud models and managing transition risks using service governance

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Understand more about the balance and best practices route to emerging cloud and utility IT values and enterprise cloud adoption. [Read More...]

Backup and Recovery - Still Imperfect After All These Years

Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Some things in life, for example taxes, taxis and the music of younger generations, seem to have been around forever yet we are still not comfortable with them. The same can be said of some areas of IT, with Backup and Recovery springing [Read More...]

CA - positive as ever

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Despite the current economic conditions CA remain bullish that their products will speak for themselves and that they will emerge from the inevitable downturn stronger than before. [Read More...]

What about the six questions?

Dr Peter Dzwig, Concertant — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

At the beginning of SC08 we asked six critical questions about how prepared the industry is for multicore processors. So what state do we feel the industry is in in this regard as SC08 comes to an end? [Read More...]