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Microsoft and Nokia, better together?

By |2016-10-17T10:52:32+01:005 September 2013|Analysis|

The press has been awash in the last week with speculation over the Microsoft and Nokia deal. The reality is that this is a deal that has been almost two years in the making and not something new. What everyone is trying to work out now, is will this save Microsoft, the Nokia phone business [...]

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The breakthrough needed for modernizing legacy applications

By |2016-10-17T10:52:41+01:0019 April 2012|Software Development|

Day 2, Steve Biondi stated at the outset, was the ‘how’ behind day 1’s ‘why’. Actually we had already learned a lot about the 'how' on Tuesday, but the second day’s sessions really filled in a lot of the gaps. For example, on day 1 we had learned you could migrate your legacy screens. On [...]

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The future of Enterprise Application Development at Micro Focus 2012 Developer Conference

By |2016-10-17T10:52:41+01:0017 March 2012|Software Development|

Catch my talk at the Micro Focus 2012 Developer Conference. The conference theme is ‘The future of Enterprise Application Development’ and is aimed at ISV’s, enterprises and anyone interested in all things COBOL. Attendance at the conference, from April 16 to April 18, is free. My presentation on 17th April, is entitled Addressing Today’s Challenges in [...]

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Microsoft finds a rabbit in its hat with Windows 8 launch

By |2016-10-17T10:52:44+01:0016 September 2011|Analysis|

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. Showing off the next version of its operating system to attendees at Build 2011, therefore, [...]

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

By |2016-10-17T10:52:44+01:0026 August 2011|Analysis, Uncategorized|

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 any, of the purchase price less than 15 months later, let alone the additional R&D [...]

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Tablet vendors need better app stores

By |2016-10-17T10:52:47+01:004 January 2011|Delivery and Lifecycle Management|

There are many things that go into a successful device and platform. Stable hardware, OS and applications, having the right applications and the right price, making it easy to buy those applications and having a developer strategy that encourages people to write for your device. This might seem self-evident to most but apparently, not everyone.

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