The latest problem to be thrown at us, on top of war, global warming, disease etc, is that we are 'sleepwalking into a surveillance society'. ...
13/11/2006 | Is Technology Saint or Sinner.pdf | VIEW
Despite all the fuss a few years ago when 3G networks first became available, the take up of 3G services across Europe has been slow, the UK and Italy being the most advanced. Two of the main reasons for this were a lack of coverage (in the early days) and lack of need. ...
26/10/2006 | 3G routers the ticket to the mobile office.pdf | VIEW
An increasing number of IT vendors are hanging their hats on the 'innovation' peg, some carrying out research suggesting that companies do not believe that they can survive unless they are 'innovative' ...
20/10/2006 | Invent, Innovate, Renovate.pdf | VIEW
As consumers, we are inundated by maps as they increasingly becoming an intrinsic part of everyday life. From web based services for driving directions and portals such as Microsoft’s Live Local, Virtual Earth and Google Earth to consumer applications such as GPS watches and in-vehicle navigation, we are exposed to a wealth of location-based or geospatial information. This growing consumer awareness is beginning to stimulate commercial interest in the application of geospatial data for business use. ...
18/10/2006 | Putting Business Intelligence on the Map.pdf | VIEW
As the age of the application enters its twilight hours, the new clarion call is for the provision of services that facilitate changing business processes. ...
03/10/2006 | Functional Development for Non-Coders.pdf | VIEW
Just for a moment, please regard the humble bar code - unloved, old, barely noticed by people these days. What does it do? Well, the most used bar code, based on the Universal Product Code (UPC) standard, first appeared in 1974 on a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum in Ohio. The number carried by that bar code represented that product, and if the same bar code was on a product today, that same number would be associated with it, and provided that Wrigley's hasn't re-assigned that number to a different product, those little parallel lines of varying thickness would still be a unique identifier the world over to that type of Wrigley's chewing gum. ...
02/10/2006 | I am Not a Number.pdf | VIEW
Software as a service (SaaS) has been one of the most widely talked about topics in IT circles over the last few years for a number of reasons. Rightly, one of these reasons has been the benefits SaaS can deliver to businesses; another has been the hard work of some of the leading proponents of this delivery model in getting the message out there. ...
27/09/2006 | Software as a service - can value outweigh price.pdf | VIEW
Two things intersected with each other in the last few weeks that got me thinking about the future of Microsoft Office. ...
22/09/2006 | Teenagers and the future work place - the beginning of the end for Microsoft Office.pdf | VIEW
Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are the subject de jour with IT vendors, who have been using the term as if the concept has been totally understood by the buying audience and is well along the way to general implementation. ...
22/09/2006 | SOA - Huh.pdf | VIEW
Excuse me if I rant for a while. This time, it’s about security, and how many suppliers are still happy to sell you stuff that you don’t need, and to give you part solutions that they pretend are all-inclusive ...
19/09/2006 | See the Bigger Picture on Data Security.pdf | VIEW
