In social situations it’s considered polite to listen to what somebody is telling you before responding but many organisations don’t follow this simple etiquette. It’s a form of corporate egotism that harks back to past glories, and it’s a habit that it would be wise to unlearn. It used to be enough – in any […]
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Migrating from Salesforce to sugarCRM? You might need some relationship counselling
Breaking up is never easy. In business, as in private life, sometimes relationships just don’t go the way we thought they would. Even if everyone involved has the best of intentions. In particular new relationships can start out amazingly well, but occasionally, and usually gradually, they can become difficult to maintain once everyday reality sets […]
Exploding the “expensive” SharePoint myth
There is emerging evidence that IT budgets are being protected from cuts being made across businesses in the current economic conditions. This is great news for those of us who work to ensure that IT is considered as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than the after-thought it can sometimes be. Even so, IT departments must […]
World War e
News of a cut of 20,000 in UK troops seems to have settled in with begrudging acceptance though there has been plenty of comment about it. Personally I think it’s a good move, I’d rather the money saved was spent on keeping the remaining army equipped with the right tools for the job, and more often […]
Total Cost of Ownership
I’ve recently been consulting on a large web based research project. Whilst I can’t go into too much detail about who my client was, I can say that it was one of the most varied consultations I’ve undertaken for a while. Looking back on my experience got me thinking about the long term Total Cost […]
PlayStation Network intrusion is not a game
This article was first published on April 28, 2011, at The Online Marketing Mix. We are used to governments and banks leaking data on a fairly regular basis, but rarely has a consumer electronics giant ever been so exposed as Sony is right now to customer vehemence and legal action. Sony discovered an intrusion on […]
Three Little Words: Content Management Systems
This article was first published on April 4, 2011 at The Online Marketing Mix Because different people might mean different things when using those three little words ‘Content Management System’, I’m going to begin this article by stating my understanding of what a Content Management System (or ‘CMS’) is. In essence, and in the context […]
Optimising WordPress for iPad
This article was first published on March 25, 2011 at The Online Marketing Mix Today iPad 2 is released in the UK to much fanfare. It is clear that the iPad currently dominates the tablet market. Some predict that during 2011 iPad will grow even more popular and will hold between an 80 to 95% […]
Apple iPad Business Apps
As the launch of iPad 2 is barely a day away I thought it would be neat to remind myself of my thoughts about the first generation of iPad. Back in January 2010 I thought that:- Businesses tend to tool people up with laptops and send them out into the field. The iPad – with […]
Ditch the blood-sucking social media gurus?
This article was first published on January 7, 2011 at The Online Marketing Mix. I tweeted about an article by Milo Yiannopoulos I read in late 2010 about ‘blood-sucking social media gurus’. I commented that I found it unfair generally, but the issue deserves a balanced analysis, especially at this particular blog. Lets take a […]