Category: General

Debate was raging on Twitter yesterday at the news that the UK regulator Ofcom is to clamp down on ISPs advertising "up to" broadband connectivity speed claims. There are a couple of issues here that need to be unpacked a bit. The first is the advertising one. Advertising is the art of stretching the truth … Continue reading False advertising and old houses

For the first time, I'm starting to fear a bit about the innovation path for the Google Apps product lines. The last seven days have seen the release of two features that seem to show a gentle tacking towards turning the platform into an infrastructure to support more established Microsoft product lines: Google Cloud Connect … Continue reading Innovation inhibition

It has been squeaky-bum time for the Google engineers in the last 24 hours as a bug in a software update resulted in "0.02%" of GMail users staring at empty inboxes (see http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/gmail-back-soon-for-everyone.html). Already as a result I have seen articles claiming that this shows that cloud isn't to be trusted. (Although as a side … Continue reading Designing to fail

Project achievements this week included: - finding a sponsor for our UC initiative "Facilitating Conversations" - defining a new licencing framework with Adobe - knuckling down with a deployment plan for AD And also: - presented at the Cloud Circle networking event - had interesting conversations with Charterhouse and Vodafone - completed objective setting for … Continue reading Weeknote 39 – in which we neared agreement

As my family is growing, it's sadly become necessary to let some of the children of a former relationship fly the nest. The following are available to adopt: Akai MPC2000 It might look like a cash register, but inside beats the heart of the best sampling workstation in history. Expanded to 12MB at a time … Continue reading Music kit looking for a new home

For the past months or so I've been using a great little service called Hullomail. It provides a voicemail service, a mobile app, and integration into email and, as a result, I now have a level of independence from any particular mobile phone device or mobile operator as I can now receive notification of missed … Continue reading Separation

I was chatting at the Cloud Circle event last night to a chap from one of the more affluent London Borough councils about the flagellation of the public sector that we are currently seeing in the UK as if the reason why the international banking system collapsed was because of spending a bit too much … Continue reading The public/private myth

So here is the deal. Tonight I presented to a couple of hundred of my industry peers. I asked the question "How many people have got a Twitter account?". About a half raised their hands. "How many people actually use Twitter?". About (at best) ten percent of the hands remained aloft. "How many people have … Continue reading The problem with IT

I saw an article yesterday that said that information security professionals believe that Cloud services should be assessed in the same way as any other outsourcing exercise. Whilst the need for due diligence is absolutely crucial, I question if the same metrics and parameters can be applied in the Cloud era, and more if a … Continue reading Vested interests

Project achievements this week included: - reviewing UC consulting proposals - sign off for the replacement of the infamous yellow card system - risk analysis for BCP review And not forgetting: - a week with Josh from NYC in the London office - slidedeckette prepared for next week's Cloud Circle cameo... - ...a full deck … Continue reading Weeknote 38: where's spring?