opportunities martin brampton
Brampton Factor: Don't get your hopes up for BT's 21CN
Comment Not so fast, says Martin Brampton. Will the much vaunted 21st Century Network (21CN) follow a similar path, with exciting opportunities held back by premium pricing and piecemeal sales offerings? What can we expect from BT's next-generation network? [17 Oct 2006]
Open source Mambo picks up award
News Mambo, an open source project headed up by silicon.com columnist Martin Brampton, has been named best open source software solution at the LinuxWorld Australia conference in Sydney. The Mambo team, comprised of about 50 active members from around... [31 Mar 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Opportunity and discrimination
Comment Discriminating against programmers and other IT workers on the basis of age doesn’t make sense, says Martin Brampton. Somehow I doubt it but there are some interesting opportunities around. All this kind of thing means that there are plentiful... [13 Dec 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Work is overrated
Comment A chronic work avoider, Martin Brampton examines the practises that actually lead us to accomplish the most - and they don't include chaining yourself to your desk. But public transport offers the best opportunities for avoiding work, often with... [06 Dec 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Programme management
Comment Martin Brampton wonders just that. They allow the opening up of a whole new sector for high-priced software, along with ample opportunities for substantial consulting assignments. We're used to a lot of theory and practice when it comes to project... [30 Mar 2005]
Devil's Advocate: VoIP not for everyone
Comment Though clearly on the agenda, IP telephony is not the holy grail for every business looking to revamp voice and data networks, says Martin Brampton. Non-geographic calls offer very few opportunities for cost avoidance, with apparently cut-price... [13 Dec 2004]
Devil's Advocate: A puff of steam in the IPO boiler
Comment Now may be the best time for companies to take themselves to public markets, says Martin Brampton. The rose tinted theory was that any decent company in the sector had lots of wonderful investment opportunities, so that growing the company was much... [10 Feb 2004]
Devil’s Advocate: Google - an electronic freedom argument
Comment Martin Brampton considers free exchange of information and the role Google may or may not have to play… So just as new opportunities are opening up for making knowledge more widely available without charge, so the means of finding it may be under... [03 Nov 2003]
Devil's Advocate: The internet traveller
Comment And Martin Brampton can't see advances in communications changing that. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy providing research, writing and speaking... [19 Nov 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Blind optimism
Comment Martin Brampton isn't so upbeat, despite the subject of recent columns. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy providing research, writing and speaking... [13 Aug 2002]
Devil's Advocate: WorldCom affair raises broader question
Comment Martin Brampton thinks so. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (http://www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy providing research, writing and speaking services on a wide range of business and... [02 Jul 2002]
Football - game or product?
Comment Martin Brampton isn't a big football fan but even he is aware of the current wave of World Cup hysteria. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy providing... [28 May 2002]
Devil's Advocate: More hazards of buying technology
Comment Last week we heard about Martin Brampton's own problems with upgrading his PDA and mobile (http://www.silicon.com/a52996 ). Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent... [09 May 2002]
Devil's Advocate: The IT workforce - the wrong number of people?
Comment Continuing our coverage of our annual Skills Survey snapshot of the IT skills market (http://www.silicon.com/ss2002 ), Martin Brampton says where the blame for the perennial 'skills shortage' should lie. [12 Mar 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Handcuffed by the industry standard
Comment Consultant Martin Brampton again questions what too many of us have grown to accept. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy providing research, writing and... [25 Feb 2002]
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