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Why small businesses find IT people so inwood looking!

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Article: IT standards are failing SMEs in Computer Weekly that provides a good summary as to how the IT community continues to be inwood looking.
The IT industry has many standards covering topics such as software asset management, IT service management, disaster recovery, business continuity, information security… there’s a long list of BS/ISO/IEC documents running into [...]

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Tech Investors need to engage to win

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Tech investors are struggling to see where to invest there funds right now, given the volatility of the market.  However, those investors who are willing to put in the “hard yards” and work with potential targets are more likely to be ready for the future opportunities.
What this will require is real engagement, beyond due diligence [...]

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Mobile apps and the New Google Phone

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Some interesting information about the Google Android G1 Phone available through T Mobile. There is an on going debate as to how open this is, it being a Google initiative, however that might be a case of not seeing the wood for the trees. Reality is that this gives developers and [...]

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What will the credit crunch do to IT?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Realistically IT budgets will be getting squeezed as business tries to squeeze more out of the existing infrastructure.
However, there is a train of thought that says that this can not be all bad.  Lets not blame the Bankers for getting high on large bonuses for moderate performance.
My take on this is that it is a [...]

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Lessons learned from Tfl on Oyster Cards

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

We can always learn from peoples mistakes and this one is a classic.
When TFL awarded the Oyster card managed services contract to Transys they appear to have failed to write into the contract the following:

Details of termination and handover
Brand ownership

Consequently on 2010 they face some pretty hefty costs associated with re-branding there offering, issuing new [...]

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