Presentations and events update

I was recently asked for some examples of events I have spoken at, so for the record this is what I’ve participated in so for this year: Taking back control of IT, Webinar, 28 February 2008 (video stream – registration required) Improving business productivity through effective content management, Webinar, 4 March 2008 (video stream – [...]

Master Process Management? Now, there’s a thought.

One of the most fun debates I have had in recent times was with a couple of execs from IBM and Cognos, and with a senior analyst from IDC, at last week’s Information On Demand event in The Hague. The question was innocuous enough – “what do you think is the addressable market for Business [...]

"That’s not a product, that’s a business strategy"

I can’t remember who said that to me a couple of weeks ago, but its one of my favourite phrases at the moment – it applies so well to so many things we’re dealing with right now: SOA, Identity Management, Information Management, BPM. Give it a go, and se where it sticks.

On police paperwork and technology promise

As I was driving to the National Motorcycle Museum to give a presentation on archiving this morning, I listened to a constable from a Welsh police force on Radio 4, backing up the soon-to-be-announced (or has it been already) statement that there was too much bureaucracy in the UK police force. For anyone who has [...]

Oh My God! They Killed Music DRM!

Digital Rights Management in music was, to be fair, always doomed. As long as there exist free mechanisms to transport music, it will always be impossible to protect it from unauthorised copying. The Internet was to music distribution like the steam engine to industry – it has revolutionised how things are done, but not without [...]

Day 2 at Storage Expo – Greening Up the Act

Exhibitions are like travel – one spends a lot of time seemingly not doing much at all, and its completely shattering. In the case of Storage Expo, “nothing at all” translates into presenting, listening to presentations, participating in meetings, walking between stands and just downright chatting, all in all very productive from an information gathering [...]

Sleepwalking Towards the Last Post

The one thing I didn’t expect to be doing this morning was agreeing with Tory MP John Redwood on the plight of the postal workers in the currently still-ongoing postal dispute in the UK. For one, I am full of admiration for the merry fellows who, come rain or shine, ensure the message gets through [...]

Descending on Documation, Schmoozing at Storage Expo

For anyone who’s in London this week and wants to meet up, I shall be at Olympia Wednesday and Thursday for the jointly held conferences of Documation and Storage Expo. Indeed, I’ll be presenting at both, specifically at the following sessions: – Information Lifecycle Risk Management, 17 Oct at 1145 (Storage Expo) – Using Content [...]