Tag Archives: Microsoft

Adobe finds cloud has a gold plated lining

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ian Murphy

There has been quite a reaction to the announcement from Adobe that Creative Suite, as a boxed product, is effectively dead. There are many good reasons for Adobe to take this step although there are also some issues that it … Continue reading →

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Orchestrated IT – a symphony or white noise?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ian Murphy

Orchestration from an IT perspective is not a new topic but with the drive towards a DevOps focused world, it has become a hot topic. Wikipedia describes orchestration (computing) as ”the automated arrangement, coordination, and management of complex computer systems, middleware, … Continue reading →

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How IBM plans to extract value from the channel

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Ian Murphy

The success of the Apple App Store has spawned a whole new way of doing business for many vendors. Vendors are now looking at their solutions and trying to see how they can build a platform on which partners will … Continue reading →

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Can Analytics unlock the SME for IBM

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Ian Murphy

Analytics is a theme that cannot have escaped anyone in IT over the last few years. As a mainframe and enterprise vendor, it would be easy to think that IBM already had all the tools it needed in this space … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: Much more than just tiles

Posted on November 15, 2012 by CIC Analysts

After fixing the problems of Vista with a successful Windows 7, Microsoft has decided that it is time to be much more bold. Part of this is a change in the types of devices in the market and part of … Continue reading →

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A safe leap into the unknown

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Paul Herzlich

Micro Focus should be delighted with the first day of their 2012 Developer’s Conference. The management message was, “we’re back focusing on COBOL – Visual COBOL above all, but also we’re not going to abandon our ACU and RM users”, … Continue reading →

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Nokia’s new beginnings or the beginning of the end?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Ian Murphy

It’s easy to look at Nokia over the last 18 months and forget that they were once the primary driver for so much phone and mobile software development for over two decades. In some countries of the world, low end … Continue reading →

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Sony shifts it weight with Sony Ericsson, but can it regain its edge?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Ian Murphy

On 27 October 2011, Sony finally bought out the 50% of its joint venture with Ericsson, giving it sole control over the phone business. This is a move that not only makes sense for Sony but one that could finally put … Continue reading →

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Blog piece: Microsoft finds a rabbit in its hat with Windows 8 launch

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Ian Murphy

It would be fair to say that the last few years have not been good to Microsoft. Most product launches have suffered from a lukewarm to cool reception and it has suffered badly at the hands of Google and Apple. … Continue reading →

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The HP dilemma: To sell, to keep, to spin-off –

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Ian Murphy

Staying ahead in an ever changing business market is hard, but that’s what management is paid to do, right? It is therefore hard to see how spending $1.2 billion to purchase a company, before closing it without recouping much, if … Continue reading →

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