Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Analysis.com

Data Centres, Carbon and Clouds - Balancing in-house with cloud services

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Commercial and environmental pressures on businesses and IT are leading to profound change. [Read More...]

Improving Sentiment Analysis - Lexalytics merges with Infonic

Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz and Associates — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:20:50 +0100

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jeff Caitlin, CEO of Lexalytics Ltd. about the Lexalytics/Infonic merger. Although the merger occurred several months ago, it was actually good timing,... [Read More...]

Learning from the credit crunch to avoid a broadband crunch

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:14:36 +0100

While it might be the most pressing issue de jour, the financial system isn't the only area where government needs to inject a bit of liquidity to get a market moving. The way in which... [Read More...]

IBM does Security rather well

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

IBM may be big, and in some people's eye beautiful, but what are they doing to prove that their offerings are as safe and secure as any other vendor? [Read More...]

MarketSight 7.0 - Survey Analysis Made Simple

Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz and Associates — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:53:35 +0100

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Michael DeNitto and Mark Budreski from MarketSight about enhancements to the MarketSight platform and future plans.� MarketSight is a web-based survey... [Read More...]

Are your systems falling down on resiliency?

Martin Atherton, Freeform Dynamics — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Few outside the IT department realise just how much effort goes into making sure systems don't fail. If more board members understood that, we might see a greater business emphasis on robust systems. [Read More...]

This is not your grandparent's Symantec

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Organisations need to ensure that Symantec is not considered simply as 'yet another anti-virus vendor' but rather a potentially strategic vendor of IT infrastructure software. [Read More...]

What is Symantec's vision?

Bob Tarzey, Quocirca — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:12:41 +0100

This week Symantec ran its Vision conference in The Hague, the European centre of freedom, security and justice, as its executives were keen to point out. So what is Symantec's... [Read More...]

The Information Agenda

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Most organisations recognise that they have issues with data but there are so many things you need to do that it is difficult to envisage a roadmap that will take you to an integrated and holistic information environment. [Read More...]

Outsourcing changes are afoot - It's not just about cost, anymore

Josie Sephton, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Outsourcing network and communications services is nothing new but fresh trends are driving the market. [Read More...]

Bellweather SAP shares hit by preliminary Q3 results. How will other software vendors fare?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0100

Early signs are that large enterprise software sales are being deferred as the global economic crisis gathers momentum [Read More...]

Using scripting to improve accessibility

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The first of a series of conferences on Scripting Enabled was held in London recently. Lots of useful information and ideas were explored. [Read More...]

Macs not right for everyone - Experiences from a real world pilot

Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The Apple Mac is gaining popularity, but unlocking its value can be challenging for businesses. [Read More...]

Is IT offshoring ready for "Designed in India"?

Jon Collins, Freeform Dynamics — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:35:00 +0100

There's an interesting article in India's Business Standard newspaper this week, about the impending plans for the World's Largest Democracy(TM) to promote itself not just as a place... [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...]

A different approach to operational BI

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

InterSystems has just introduced DeepSee, which offers a somewhat different approach to operational BI. [Read More...]

Socialtext Launches Socialtext 3.0, Battle for Enterprise 2.0 Heats Up

IdaRose Sylvester, Freeform Dynamics — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:00 +0100

Socialtext, known for its enterprise wiki solution, made a serious play for the enterprise 2.0 space, by launching Socialtext 3.0 on Tuesday. The application trio includes the new Socialtext People,... [Read More...]

Social software and a troubled bank

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:16:48 +0100

Wachovia Bank is in the process of being largely gobbled up by Citigroup. It was losing money hand over fist already this year and the more recent firestorm in the financial world brought it to its... [Read More...]

It's not change people don't like, it's being changed

David Norfolk, Bloor Research — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

A report from this year's Agile Business conference, emphasising transformation to the agile business. [Read More...]

McAfee and the provision of secure computing

Bob Tarzey, Quocirca — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:59:00 +0100

Sometimes a company's name is so close to what it does that it can be a distraction. This is certainly true of Secure Computing (Secure) that aims to provide its customers with, well -... [Read More...]

Customer service not lip service

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:56:35 +0100

You would think that as economic conditions harden that customer service might improve. Certainly it should if businesses want to remain competitive, but the problem is exacerbated because all too... [Read More...]

BPMS at Software AG one year on

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0100

This is the third in a series of articles I shall be producing based on a major piece of research being undertaken by Bloor Research on the BPMS market [Read More...]

What's an information agenda?

Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz and Associates — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:27:58 +0100

I had an opportunity to have a chat with Ambuj Goyal, General Manager of IBM's Information Management division about the idea of an information agenda -� an initiative that IBM recently... [Read More...]

IT professionals are looking for green leadership

Simon Perry, Quocirca — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:02:57 +0100

In an increasing number of conversations Quocirca has with technology professionals it is becoming clearer that more and more people fundamentally get the problem of climate change. This is true for... [Read More...]

Citrix Announces XenServer 5

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

This announcement is interesting as it represents more than just the latest version of a virtualization offering; it illustrates the potential for transforming application delivery environment that we posited last year. [Read More...]

Rational RSDC, Jazz and Second Life

David Norfolk, Bloor Research — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

A report from IBM Rational's Software Development Conferance in London, including some insights into Jazz and an unfortunate experience in Second Life... [Read More...]

Oracle and the X-Men

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Oracle has just announced the Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine as its answer to the likes of Netezza and other appliance vendors. The project went under the codename of Sage, one of the X-Men. [Read More...]

Confessions of a Twitter user

Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz and Associates — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:18:37 +0100

Back in January of this year I signed up for a Twitter account. I have to admit I was skeptical. Why does anyone need to know what I am doing right now? I wrote a blog about how silly I thought it... [Read More...]

The Fear of Buying

Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:43:00 +0100

Even when times have been good, when the economy is strong and everything looks rosy, those lucky folk charged with buying IT solutions frequently exhibit signs of reluctance, if not downright fear... [Read More...]

Digital Marketing: It's a jungle out there

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Gerry Brown reports from the ad:tech show in London [Read More...]