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Windows 8 and the ‘Dad test’ stunts 15 Oct 2012 | 12:01 am
While out and about shopping yesterday, I spotted a PC magazine in the newsagent advertising the ‘ultimate guide’ to Windows 8 in the form of a ’33 page special’. Apart from reminding me of reports t...
Focusing your efforts on social media does not make you a more progressive analyst 29 Mar 2012 | 07:39 pm
There’s an interesting post over on the IIAR website relating to the emergence of more ‘disruptive’ industry analyst firms. One of the implied notions is that newer, more interesting firms have switch...
REFOCUSING OF OPEN REASONING BLOG 29 Mar 2012 | 06:45 pm
This blog was originally conceived as a place for me to discuss topics associated with the IT Industry Analyst, Influencer Relations and Market Research spaces. I haven't been very disciplined about ...
CA ERwin - Getting reacquainted with an old friend 2 Feb 2012 | 10:54 pm
Back in the deep dark past, when I designed and optimised relational databases for a living, I pretty much used every data modelling tool on the planet – at least that’s the way it seemed. They all va...
Amazon AWS Direct Connect hits the UK 15 Jan 2012 | 03:18 am
Last week was extremely busy, so the first I heard of Amazon’s Direct Connect service being available in the UK was when Tony forwarded me a journalist request to provide an analyst comment. In a nuts...
Oracle fleshes out its ‘big data’ portfolio 12 Jan 2012 | 06:53 am
I couldn’t say this for certain, but I get the impression that the marketing noise around ‘big data’ has now exceeded that of ‘cloud computing’. Either way, there is no doubt that the ‘next big thing’...
Use of social media by analysts and analyst relations professionals 9 Oct 2011 | 09:04 pm
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) looking at the use of social media by analysts and analyst relations (AR) professionals. As ...
Service management wake-up call 7 Jul 2011 | 01:20 am
All IT departments are judged on service delivery Whenever we put the word ‘service’ into the title of an article to do with IT delivery or management, we can almost guarantee a lower than average cl...
Apples and Oranges 30 Jun 2011 | 06:44 pm
Are people really comparing like with like on the question of Mac versus Windows? A couple of weeks ago, I had occasion to spend some time on a 4-5 year old MacBook Pro that my daughter had been usin...
Happy 100th birthday IBM 17 Jun 2011 | 12:58 am
A couple of months ago, I picked up a tweet on Twitter that said something along the lines of: “It’s interesting that all of the tech companies that have made a real difference are the ones that have ...
