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The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment But they're being combined with a widespread failure to tap into existing talent, says Martin Brampton. Confused IT skills policies in schools and colleges are part of the problem. So the idea of a career in IT might well be more attractive if the... [09 Jul 2008]
Can you trust what you read online?
Comment Read more from silicon.com columnists - including Simon Moores, Peter Cochrane and Martin Brampton - on the columnists homepage. A problem with the nature of truth is perhaps more immediate and dangerous in the modern world of the internet than it... [08 Nov 2006]
Brampton Factor: Fighting e-crime
Comment Martin Brampton has a few ideas - and they're not about making an example of the occasional hacker. A few years ago, Boeing was found in possession of 25,000 pages of stolen documents from rival Lockheed Martin. [16 May 2006]
Devil's Advocate: It's simple innit?
Comment Finding a simple solution to a complex problem is never going to be quick or easy, says Martin Brampton. All but the easiest problem will, if tackled in a rush, lead to a messy solution that is anything but simple. [10 Jan 2006]
Security in the spotlight
AS Analysis Martin Brampton, consultant and Agenda Setters panellist, said: "It is a serious issue. Such initiatives won't make the problem go away but it does suggest China is willing to at least discuss the matter with other governments and international law... [26 Sep 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Programme management
Comment Martin Brampton wonders just that. There is an air about programme management that suggests yet again that if we notice a problem, then somehow a computer system will solve it, as if by magic. A problem that often sneaks up on us seems to fit with... [30 Mar 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Who's to blame for IT failures?
Comment In analysing recent IT meltdowns, Martin Brampton points out the two principles that could have helped prevent many of today's problems. While official spokespeople have played down the problem, internal documents suggest near panic. [30 Nov 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Ignore IT change at your peril
Comment But, argues Martin Brampton, factoring in incremental pressures on infrastructure is the small thing that can make a big difference. A big part of the problem is in the management of infrastructure costs. [23 Nov 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Blame it on the users
Comment Everyone always says IT workers need to better understand business - but, asks Martin Brampton, could the real problem be business people who don't understand IT? The problem is often that business people also fail to understand business, as well... [09 Nov 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Why business needs IT
Comment And it's one that, says Martin Brampton, is often best undertaken by experienced IT staff. Skill is needed to grasp the business problem and skill is needed to create a mechanical solution that will run on a computer. [10 Aug 2004]
Devil's Advocate: How ageism holds back IT
Comment The problem, says Martin Brampton, is when prejudices prevent us from accurately assessing an individual's abilities. The problem is the use of stereotypes to make easy assumptions about individual people. [18 May 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Overwhelmed by data
Comment Martin Brampton wonders where current trends are taking us… Storage devices are giving us ever greater raw capacities but that can be as much a problem as a solution. For the sake of good management, there is a strong preference for data to be... [21 Oct 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Sausage machine-software
Comment You'll have faced the package versus bespoke dilemma before, says Martin Brampton, but even with financial and HR becoming more important, there's still no general answer. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black... [07 Oct 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Talk is just more data
Comment Martin Brampton contends we are still some way from networking nirvana. 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 May 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Who’ll do the dirty work?
Comment Narrowing your focus and outsourcing what you're not best at can only go so far, Martin Brampton argues this week. Martin Brampton is a director and founder of Black Sheep Research (www.black-sheep-research.co.uk ), an independent consultancy... [10 Feb 2003]
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