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Product Innovation Alive and Well (and Living in Scotland!)

Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:50:00 +0100

For many years now I have watched the UK Software industry seem to wither away. The software jobs being outsourced around the world or pulled back to Head Office locations. There has never been an issue... [Read More...]

Real-time goes green

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:05:00 +0100

It turns out that real-time data integration has significant cost advantages over traditional batch. [Read More...]

A New Kid on the Block

Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Data Integration is expensive but does it need to be? [Read More...]

Are you really doing BPM?

Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0100

In Europe, as in the States, the conference market around Business Process Management (BPM) has been buzzing for a while. They can be great places to mix with real people and to hear what they are... [Read More...]

A game of two halves

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Microsoft continues to bring new products and approaches to market - some of which seem reasonable, some of which need, let's say, a little work.... [Read More...]

Are Tricerion revolutionising passwords?

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Based in the UK Tricerion (www.tricerion.com) have come up with a rather intriguing solution to the IT password problem. [Read More...]

How ICT can help broad environmental initiatives

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:02:22 +0100

For some time, I've been banging on about the opportunities for ICT to improve the environmental performance of organisations, even if it results in more energy use by the data centre. The whole... [Read More...]

Collaborative mind mapping

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:55:00 +0100

I don't usually blog about individual briefings from vendors, but I've just had a fascinating briefing from Mindjet, a company which has developed an interactive, collaborative mind mapping solution... [Read More...]

Stibo - the oldest software company?

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Stibo Catalog is a product information management within the MDM space. However, it does much more than just PIM. [Read More...]

Operations Management from Symphony Metreo

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:55:00 +0100

One of the forgotten but vital areas of manufacturing is operations management of the processes that happen between the taking of orders and their delivery back to a customer. [Read More...]

Is there a business case to be made in favour of virtualising the desktop?

Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:33:00 +0100

If you are looking at desktop/notebook replacement or optimisation now, what are the options and considerations that should be on your mind as you weigh up the options? As one of my colleagues stated... [Read More...]

Part Exchange

Andy Hayler, The Information Difference — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Product data quality has different needs from customer name and address. An interesting company is sparesFinder, which specialises in data quality for spare parts. They have an impressive customer base and deep industry knowledge. [Read More...]

Microsoft: What does the future hold?

Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:29:39 +0100

I suspect that at some point in the future, today may well be seen to be very significant! Why? Simply because today was the first day that Microsoft moved forward without its founder at the helm.... [Read More...]

OATSystems acquired by Checkpoint

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

I have just received a press release from Checkpoint Systems and OATSystems which announced that the former had entered into a definitive Agreement to acquire the latter. The all cash transaction is expected to close within two weeks. [Read More...]

A Marriage Made in Heaven?

Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

QlikTech and Kalido have just announced a formal partnership agreement to deliver a fully integrated information management and business intelligence solution. [Read More...]

Accessibility is imbedded in trustworthy computing at Microsoft

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Microsoft's commitment to accessibility can be seen by its position in the organisation's hierarchy alongside security, privacy and reliability. [Read More...]

Will Desktop Virtualization Be Huge?

Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz and Associates — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:47:34 +0100

I have been spending a lot of time over the past several months looking at issues around desktop virtualization. While a lot of the focus in the market has been around server based virtualization,... [Read More...]

Justifying a large scale Vista migration

Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:00 +0100

Over the past couple of months, I have had in-depth conversations with five CIOs that have made a significant commitment to Windows Vista. One of the main issues I explored with each of them was the... [Read More...]

Mindjet Connect boosts accessibility

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Mind maps are an excellent communication media for developing new ideas. So the latest version of Mindjet that enables collaboration amongst multiple participants is a winner, especially for anyone who finds travelling a challenge. [Read More...]

Latest data warehousing news

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

An update on various vendors and their goings on in the data warehousing space [Read More...]