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It may be prophetic that it was an American Thomas Jefferson in 1787 who is quoted as saying “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure”. Read the full context at ‘The tree of liberty… (Quotation)‘. Prophetic because it is […]
April 18, 2014
Headlines abound as the race to the bottom continues in the price wars that is benefiting Cloud Computing users but challenging the 3 principles in Cloud Computing – Microsoft, Amazon as clear leaders with the rapidly maturing but still lagging Google – as they struggle with a new class of business model economics that can […]
March 12, 2014
Having now had the Windows 8.1 Update 1 installed since it was inadvertently leaked last week I can only hope that the version leaked is a Beta, a work in progress, in fact a VERY early work in progress if not Alpha. Headlining the attention Microsoft was giving to this Update was the meant to […]
February 22, 2014
The success potential in the cloud for Microsoft was laid down many years ago, well before cloud was even on the horizon, a unique differentiator that no Amazon or Google can challenge …. Yet. What I am talking about are customer ‘Relationships’ and the trust that those relationships has fostered, especially in the Corporate and […]
February 20, 2014
If you are in the Microsoft Partner ecosystem you will be familiar with this time of year, it’s that mad scramble to tick the box’s to ensure your continued membership is renewed ad critically at your chosen level of Certification – Gold or Silver being the two classes of real value. Some of you will […]
February 19, 2014
‘Microsoft launches OneDrive globally, with some freebies’. More on the freebie ‘Microsoft to give 100GB free OneDrive storage to early birds’. So it’s out with a big fanfare and more obfuscation for the humble consumer and business user alike as they get their heads around a name change and a few new bells and whistles […]
February 7, 2014
I wonder why no self-respecting global heavyweight prospect would take on the CEO role at Microsoft? Apart from the looming presence of Bulmer and Gates on the board, taking on Microsoft has the appeal of a cutom Saville Row suit, but on closer inspection you notice the straight jacket. On the one hand it has […]
January 11, 2014
SharePoint 2013 Apps, what’s new, we had them in SharePoint 2010 didn’t we? Yes, and a lot has changed, but then again for those with a significant investment in SharePoint 2010 nothing you should have to worry about. Let me explain… Your investment in SharePoint 2010’s full or partial trust sandbox app models will still […]
January 5, 2014
2013 was a year that resounded with harbingers postulating the demise of tech (the PC being the whipping boy) and the rise of tech (fondle’slabs with Apple iPad leading the charge predictably) as never before in a totally compromised digital ecosystem, the latter point coming as no surprise to those in the security industry and […]
December 18, 2013
There is no question the surveillance revelations from the Snowden affair has transformed views of privacy online and challenged the future freedoms of the Internet. ‘Tim Berners-Lee and Oxfam call on nations such as the UK to practice what they preach on internet freedom’. In the face of acquisitions of data compromises it has sent […]
December 5, 2013
As the continued parade of prospective new CEO’s to the largest IT company on earth adorn our news feeds I was reminded during a recent chat with a friend at Microsoft of a debate we had back in February over how Microsoft can best make the transition to a Cloud Service company, during which I […]
October 23, 2013
October 22nd will go down as Tablet Tuesday, as the big players in this space Microsoft, Apple, Nokia converged on this date to officially launched new product. Instead of a big bang it was more of a one horse show with most attention captured by Apple, being the only one of the bunch to have maintain any […]
October 19, 2013
Having been running Windows 8.1 RTM (‘Release to Market’ version) since it was available to partners over a month ago on both a multi-screen 27inch desktop rig and Windows Surface Pro. I guess I have been holding my breath hoping that the public release would somehow address the underwhelming enhancements and reverse a feeling that […]
October 6, 2013
Future … that is being a little futuristic, looking forward, a new set of ideals that will take the greatest software company into a completely new trajectory. Not just a mid-course correction in a safe pair of ‘familiar’ hands ‘Who Will Be the Next Microsoft CEO?‘ or to address a hit list of pundit desirables ‘Microsoft’s […]
April 28, 2014
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