The predictability of what you’re going through

While we marvel and despair at the pace of changes being wrought by the technology industry, there's a body of opinion that everything we are seeing now was entirely predictable.
I enjoy the work of Carlota Perez and
In our great depression, customer engagement is king

The biggest issue for businesses at the moment is customer engagement.
The ongoing economic troubles are, of course, a worry for every company, but there is little than many firms can do to change the economy on their own. So, at a time like this, they need to get more from their...
Time has come for IT to heal and prosper

The IT industry's bruises from fighting the downturn in 2009 are still pretty raw, but as the year approaches its end many will be applying the ointment with a bit more of a smile.
The mood of cautious optimism among IT directors was confirmed by
Networked smart energy meters invoke a brighter future
The oil crisis related recession of the early 1970s saw the infancy of microprocessors, Ethernet, and the first workstation with a built in mouse. The 1980-1981 recession witnessed the IBM PC and the 1991 downturn saw the birth of Linux.
One glimmer of technological light in the current...
Where’s the money….. tech start ups might be able to go it alone
There's a financial black hole in the UK's economy that's now soooo big that it'll take us 30 years to pay it off. No longer will I listen to this Government's talk of financial prudence... she left a long while ago.
In fact I heard last night that our decline in GDP, now expected to...
Invest to ride into recovery on a cloud
Cutting back on spending will help companies get through the recession, but cost-cutting does not prepare a business for the eventual recovery. It is vital that organisations continue to invest in strategic research and...
What will happen to IT in this recession
Great post by leading US IT analyst and influencer Robin Bloor on what trends he predicts will happen in the IT industry as the recession plays out.
What do you reckon - does this make sense
Microsoft cuts thousands of jobs, but what will be the ripple effect?
OK, so the first bit of bad news for the tech sector and the New Year has hardly got under way...... Microsoft to cut 17% of its workforce. So its not confirmed yet, but this rumour has been gathering strength
Credit crunch….. sometimes you’ve got to see the funny side!
It's all doom and gloom with all the the talk of a recession dominating the media. There was not one jot of good news throughout the whole of today's Today programme on Radio 4 but that's how...
HP to slash 24,000 jobs in global restructure
Each day seems to bring some pretty bad news at the moment. At the weekend it was Lehman Bros and now today it's the