Archive for the 'microsoft' Category
Jul
14
Office Wars – The Empire Strikes Back
July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
Interesting developments on the desktop front these days. First Google Chrome turns from browser platform to Operating System, something I guessed would happen nearly a year ago. Chrome differs from Android in that it is designed for computers like netbook users who want to quickly boot to the web, not smart phones where Android will [...]
Jan
9
10 IT Predictions for 2009
January 9, 2009 | 38 Comments
Here’s some “blue-skying” for the year ahead in IT. Note that I reserve the right to be breathtakingly wrong. 1. Being Green Saves Green Everything will continue to be about reducing IT’s CO2 footprint and reducing costs. Virtualization technologies (VMWare etc.) now rule the server room and are a no-brainer approach; desktop virtualization technologies (VMWare, [...]
Sep
12
How to get ahead in advertising
September 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
Had a good laugh at the new Jerry Seinfeld Bill Gates Microsoft ad. While it may seem a bit bizarre at first blush I think it actually quite clever. As everyone knows, the Apple “I’m a Mac” series is a masterstroke in TV advertising. I enjoy watching the ads on the apple site as pure [...]
Jul
14
Crisis of the week
July 14, 2007 | 14 Comments
Every year we deploy 100s of new desktops for students, faculty and staff. This year our image contained only MS-Office 2007, microsoft’s lastest verion which is considerably different to 2003 in layout, functionality and file format. While this decision was made back in February through the EATAC committee, the new software caused such an uproar this [...]