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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment Our content management system has many sections, requiring lots of pointing and clicking. When working from home in the mornings I usually have five or six Firefox browser tabs open, one or two Internet Explorer windows... [09 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Our education is poor, as is our management culture, our marketing sucks as does our regulatory and tax systems and our economy simply can't support entrepreneurship. Furthermore, better tax incentives... [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The UK is intellectually more than capable of producing a global software giant, but I am not sure if they have the management and marketing expertise to exploit that capability to the extent necessary," he said. [03 Nov 2009]
Redefining the application lifecycle Management White Paper the application lifecycle
White Paper Only by adopting this unique approach to application lifecycle management (ALM), can you cut costs, mitigate risk and ensure applications deliver better business outcomes. HP broadens the application... [26 Oct 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News Other factors holding the UK back include a lack of marketing and management expertise, the tendency to focus on products geared to the UK market rather than considering an international audience, and an overall lack of... [23 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Sure there have been a few missing drivers here and there but in every case the resulting machine worked and almost always performed better than under Vista and XP. By the way, the problem was eventually resolved by... [23 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Every office generates so much email, IM and internet traffic it's all but impossible for management to keep track of exactly what's being said, seen and done online. The more often you draw attention to the monitoring... [22 Oct 2009]
From Trust to Process: Closing the Risk Gap in Privileged Access Control
White Paper In this whitepaper, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) examines this critical issue in IT security administration in light of the BeyondTrust approach to helping businesses move from a trust-based system to a secure,... [15 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News Unlike the first Storm handset, the Storm2 comes with wi-fi - "a key thing that was missing from Storm1 that our users demanded", according to Rob Orr, senior director of product management EMEA at RIM. [15 Oct 2009]
Managed Print Services and Beyond: How You Can Cut Costs and Go Green While Increasing Employee Productivity
White Paper Companies are discovering that better management of printing activities can significantly lower costs and have a positive environmental impact. According to the Photizo Group, a recognized thought leader... [13 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment So-called 'talent management' programmes pervade the strategy of most leading organisations, yet few have truly grasped the magnitude of the task ahead. Motivation, he says, is based on three key elements: autonomy (the... [13 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment What can be done to better train students for the IT workplace? Understanding technology in a modern organisation has less to do with technical know-how and more with management and methodology practices. [12 Oct 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News Availability should also be improved by the replacement of its "very old" partly paper-based warehouse management system called Disco with a new system provided by RedPrairie. Coupe said the new system, which is... [09 Oct 2009]
Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart DSLAMs and MSANs
White Paper There are many misconceptions about the role of the DSL Forum's Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), better known as a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) or Broadband Services Router (BSR). Proponents talk about enhanced... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News The company remains tight-lipped about the work being done but Ballmer has suggested that improved management and voice recognition are development priorities. Despite these potential additions, Longbottom suggests... [08 Oct 2009]
