There are very many different communities involved in IT ranging from those on the sharp end, user side of things to the many more engaged in the vendor and channel. Plus of course several different groups, including analysts like myself, that...

Earlier this week I presented some survey results that Freeform Dynamics has obtained covering Virtualization for a Web seminar held on www.TheRegister.com. Whilst many of the findings were in line with my expectations, there were one or two that...

I thought I'd start my post holiday blogging in the same manner as I ended my pre holiday blogging—with an ever so slightly fishy tale. The thing about diving is that you get down there, you have a look around and after a time you...

Last week we moved home. Nothing strange or exotic, just a shift of about a kilometre to a larger apartment where I could get a room set up as a proper work space. Now, as anyone who has been privileged to enjoy such an experience knows, moving...

IT vendors need to be more careful with their audience, and the audience needs to shout up more, especially when they don't get it. I found myself at a CEO round table event in Reading last week taking part in a discussion on IT service...

I had a very interesting conversation this week about the potential use of IT monitoring and management tools as a means of effectively controlling the electricity consumed in the delivery of IT services. I was talking with Danny Bradbury, a...