There are two stories alive in the press at the moment at two very different ends of the security spectrum. The first is the ongoing debate of the extent to which The Guardian's leaks of data released by US whistleblower/traitor (delete as per your viewpoint) Edward Snowden have impacted national security. The second is … Continue reading The bigger threat to national security?
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The CA-sponsored tweet captured above fell into my Twitter stream this morning, and it started me wondering... First, though, some context. CA (Computer Associates) are one of those big IT suppliers that no one outside of their immediate customers really understands. Software to manage software and that kind of thing (read: vested interest in the … Continue reading Why is shadow IT a “problem”?
For about the past four months I've been using a Samsung ChromeBook. I've a new business, and I use Google Apps for just about everything (other than social networks and WordPress for the blogs). The ChromeBook was a cost-expedient choice: it was £230, is small and light, and gives battery life enough to last … Continue reading Who’s the ChromeBook for?
My Twitter friend Matt Baxter-Reynolds has just published a book called "The Death of the PC", and his recent writing about the subject on ZDNet has brought a lot of finger pointing, especially in light of the recent strong financial announcements from Microsoft. Matt's written today about the term being more of a metaphor than … Continue reading The rebirth of the PC
At the weekend I listened to a long conversation between my wife and a friend talking about the buying of a birthday present for a mutual friend. It struck me that the rapid pace of digitisation has significantly changed the way in which we give "meaningful" gifts. First off, let's get this clear - very … Continue reading Meaningful presents
For the non-MIcrosofters amongst you, that headline will need a bit of explanation. For the Microsofters, it probably will too, but for different reasons. The first explanation: KT is Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer. He's a powerful presence of an American senior executive. Now onto the second... Over the past few weeks I've … Continue reading Why KT should be the next Microsoft CEO
I spent a fascinating day on Monday as a guest at Twiliocon at the Inmarsat Centre on Old Street Roundabout. If you're not familiar with Twilio, it's a set of services that allow programmers to easily access telephony services - text messages, calling, conference calling and wotnot. It's a clever set of APIs and … Continue reading Ephemerality and the legacy of learning
Last night and this morning there has been much coverage on the BBC news channels about government plans to create a "reserve cyber army" - territorial hackers, if you will. I do hope that this is an elaborate PR exercise and has little bearing on the reality of what our defence services are doing … Continue reading Cyberarmies
The news that Burberry's Angela Ahrendts is to join Apple as their new head of retailing operations brings into stark relief one of the strangest appointments in recent corporate history. Why on earth did Apple bring Dixon's Group chief John Browett in to head their consumer selling arm last year? Browett was Tim Cook's first … Continue reading The John Browett mystery
I had a fascinating few hours of conversation with some folk from various parts of the media industry last week, and it got me thinking about how there is so much talk at the moment about the role of data in marketing, and particularly the use of data to be able to specifically target … Continue reading How personalisation is the media industries’ worst nightmare
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