Clive Longbottom on IT-Analysis.com

In a downturn, should you build a new datacentre?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:32:59 +0100

With new hardware constructs such as blade computing combined with virtualisation driving greater densities in datacentres and stressing capabilities for the provision of power and cooling in... [Read More...]

When it all looks bad, what's the best thing to do?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:07:10 +0100

Amid all the doom and gloom of the financial situation, we're all facing a similar problem - how to keep our businesses afloat. With many organisations taking the standard knee-jerk... [Read More...]

It's a question of scale

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

SOA is a great way forwards for enterprise IT - but what about down at the micro level of sensors, actuators and controls? [Read More...]

Comparing Apples with Apples

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:46:06 +0100

At a recent analyst conference, it was noticeable that a) there's a growing number of Apple laptops in the analyst community, and b) the Apple iPhone seems to be the tool of choice within the... [Read More...]

PUE, DCiE and TCE - and what's still missing...

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:51:00 +0100

Back from another Indian trip, and interesting discussions around how organisations can measure their datacentre's effectiveness when it comes to carbon footprint. One measure out... [Read More...]

Available virtualisation

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:06:28 +0100

One of the perceptions around virtualisation seems to be that it automatically provides you with high availability (HA) and fault tolerance (FT). Certainly, as a platform, it paves the way for this... [Read More...]

Are we approaching a green IT tipping point?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:48:18 +0100

Anyone following the ongoing scientific research into climate change will be familiar with the term environmental tipping point. It usually refers to some point beyond which... [Read More...]

Cooling by place name

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:38:07 +0100

Over in Australia last week, speaking at a datacentre event, I listened to a few other presentations where some new ideas were being put across for low-cost, low-carbon approaches to datacentre... [Read More...]

PCs, NetBooks, MIDs and other form factors

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:14:47 +0100

There I was last week, sitting at Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, looking at a wealth of sexy new devices, wishing that I could lay my hands on a few of them. There's a... [Read More...]

Who do you work with?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:19:00 +0100

Three years ago Quocirca conducted some collaboration research using an online survey generating more than three thousand responses, which suggested a small proportion of employees should perhaps get... [Read More...]

Keeping on the right track - even railway carriage walls have ears

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:12:45 +0100

While mobile phone coverage isn't perfect - as noted by small and medium-sized businesses in recent Quocirca research - there's still NO NEED TO SHOUT. However a train journey... [Read More...]

A game of two halves

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Microsoft continues to bring new products and approaches to market - some of which seem reasonable, some of which need, let's say, a little work.... [Read More...]

Green India - is this really an oxymoron?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0100

India is being painted as a major issue when it comes to energy usage - but is this really the case, or could the West learn from what's happing in India? [Read More...]

Do Hypervisors need a Supravisor?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The rapid growth in virtualisation has led to a growth in the number of different vendors aiming to take parts of the market. Each Hypervisor has its own proprietary needs, however: just how can we make it all work? [Read More...]

The Road to Vista - continued...

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:45:00 +0100

Application compatibility continues to be a major blocker to Vista deployments, often caused by software vendors' poor installation routines. Also, control fo application images can be problematic - but there could be a solution [Read More...]

To lead, not to teach

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Access to technology is one area holding back 5 billion of the planet's 6.2 billion inhabitants. Getting technology, content and skills to the young is a current hot topic - can it be done? [Read More...]

Prioritise to beat the recession

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

2008 looks like it's going to be tough - yet just trying to save money has been proven not to work time and time again. What can be done to ensure that IT expenditure gives the best bang per buck? [Read More...]

All alone in a social world?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Social networking promises synergistic, opportunistic meetings of like minds through different approaches. But, what happens when different users use different sites? [Read More...]

Hot issue for Green IT

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Standard approaches towards Green IT have been well covered, and now is the time to look more towards some advanced means to manage heat in the data centre [Read More...]

Vista-compatible Apps

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

One of the main reasons why Vista has not been the runaway success in organisations lies in the fact that many applications just will not install and/or run correctly. Can anything be done? [Read More...]

Blue-Sky Green?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Green is the hot topic, and new ways of thinking are required. For those really looking to up their Green credentials, newer technologies can come to their aid... [Read More...]

Earned Value Management and Project Management

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0100

With so many projects failing to provide on their promises, is it the way projects are run that are at fault? Can EVM provide a more granular means of keeping projects to time and cost? [Read More...]

The Importance of Data Quality

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Poor quality data is more than a nuisance - it can impact brand and customer loyalty. Cleansing data is not a facile task - but there are vendors out there who can help [Read More...]

Has technology killed CRM?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

We spent �xm on CRM - it must work seems to be the ongoing mantra, rather than We've got a problem - how can technology help?. Has the perception of doing CRM killed the actual art of CRM? [Read More...]

Social Networking in the Public Sector - can opposites attract?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

As we see commercial concerns blocking employee access to social networking sites, what opportunities are there for the public sector with social networking tools? [Read More...]

It's not easy being Green

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Fiddling at the edges of power savings may not be enough - a more drastic approach may make more sense for large organisations [Read More...]

SOA - Strategic or Arbitrary?

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:00:00 +0100

SOAs are following different adoption curves around the world - and it seems to be down to a difference in viewpoint on what an SOA project is. [Read More...]

Vista Upgrade Revisited

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

A revisit to a laptop upgrade to Vista and Office 2007, looking at the good - and the bad [Read More...]

The Big Picture on the Next 5 Billion

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Sustainability and reach are the new siren calls - and yet the risk is there of creating new underclasses in shanty towns around Digital Cities. [Read More...]

New Issues for Software Compliance

Clive Longbottom, Quocirca — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Standard software licence compliance needs are well known - but do you know what licences are in use within your development group? [Read More...]