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• Google Chrome: It’s more than a browser

  Richard Edwards - Freeform Dynamics 23 Nov 2018

Google Chrome Enterprise. What is it and how might it affect your digital workplace strategy? Take control now and don't loosen your grip.

• Don't ignore the complexity of hybrid multi-cloud

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 20 Nov 2018

Many vendors will argue that moving to cloud brings consistency and simplicity, thanks to service-based delivery models, application access via standard Web browsers and so on. It’s rarely true ...

• Open source is growing up – and here’s how

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 13 Nov 2018

If you’re among those who still think that open source is just for hobbyists and academics, think again. Open source is mature now, both as a concept and as tools for building enterprise IT, and we ...

• The mainframe returns – as a platform for large-scale Linux

  Tony Lock - Freeform Dynamics 12 Nov 2018

There are several ways to build large scale Linux server environments, with x86 and public cloud being obvious ones. But there’s another option too, as I reminded myself when I caught up with Adam ...

• Last call for a European public cloud?

  Richard Edwards - Freeform Dynamics 05 Nov 2018

Europe’s self-described No.1 ‘hyper-scale cloud provider’, OVH, held its 6th annual customer conference in Paris recently. Attendees got to meet the new CEO, Michel Paulin, and hear about the ...

• Industrial IoT makes your people more important, not less

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 01 Nov 2018

The recent Industry of Things World conference in Berlin offered insights into the state of the much-hyped Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). At one end, big early adopters such as Airbus, ...

• Google has got serious about Enterprise IT

  Dale Vile - Freeform Dynamics 24 Oct 2018

Google has made a complete about-face on the enterprise. It took so long that if you were watching all the time you probably didn’t notice it, but it has turned through 180 degrees. Thinking back ...

• Cloud Foundry’s growth highlights open source success and the cracks in commercial licensing

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 23 Oct 2018

Open source has crested the hill of enterprise acceptance. There's no longer the fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) that there was around open source a few years ago, plus it's often a lot easier ...

• When modern meetings don't work

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 12 Sep 2018

Once upon a time, pretty much every meeting had a minute-taker – someone who kept notes, summarising who said what. These meeting minutes were circulated afterwards for comment and correction, and ...

• What can Chromebooks offer the enterprise desktop market?

  Richard Edwards - Freeform Dynamics 07 Sep 2018

If you’re an IT professional managing a large desktop estate or an end user with a Windows 10 PC, you’ll be aware that Windows is undergoing a tortuous transformation, with only enthusiasts and ...

• DevOps is wasted unless the business goes Agile too

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 24 Aug 2018

When analysts and journalists write about Agile and DevOps, the focus is typically on the technology and infrastructure – what it means for software and systems development in an age when the ...

• Is IBM relevant to today’s mainstream?

  Dale Vile - Freeform Dynamics 16 Aug 2018

When IT vendors talk about the market, they tend to focus on how they would like the world to be rather than how it actually is. This often means they fail to connect as well as they could with the ...

• A conference room for the future

  Bryan Betts - Freeform Dynamics 17 Jul 2018

In some ways, the recent completion of Plantronics’ $2 billion purchase of Polycom was more surprising for the amount paid than the fact that this is basically an audio headset supplier taking over ...

• Workplace software as an occupational hazard

  Richard Edwards - Freeform Dynamics 04 Jul 2018

The US Department of Labor has updated its Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Known as 2018 SOC, government agencies use the system to classify workers and, with a bit of ...

• Millennial versus Mature – who's the real IT security risk?

  Tony Lock - Freeform Dynamics 29 Jun 2018

Passwords have been the mainstay for securing applications, devices and the data they hold, pretty much ever since IT was invented. It’s an approach that has always had weaknesses though, mostly ...