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- It’s More Secure in the Cloud?
- Inspired Blogging
- Taking Stock of 2011
- Clouded Judgment?
- My Data Busting Waistline
- Dashboard Bling
- Auto Update Strikes Again
- So Internet Explorer users have lower IQs?
- Turkeys won't vote for Christmas
- Brand over Substance (Part 2)
- Eating your own Dog Food
- How “Free” is Free?
- Outsourced Development is not for us
- Tweet me Happy
- Panning for Gold with your Water Wings on
- Consolidation Versus Innovation
- Social BI IS NOT EQUAL TO Old BI
- OLAP’s Only Half The Story
- Reporting the Facts
- The Rise of the Home Worker
- It's all in the UI
- Transform and Adapt?
- New Years Resolutions
- Waging War
- Has Everyone Gone Barking Mobile?
- Retiring the Heavy Weight Losers of BI
- Death of the Desktop
- Strip Back the Excess
- Auto Updates - a Process Too Far?
- Beware the Demo Dolly
It’s More Secure in the Cloud?
It’s More Secure in the Cloud?
“What’s more secure in the Cloud?” — Our machines for starters…
On Friday morning we got into the office to find 9 of our PCs had been pinched by some complete wasters who had somehow managed to break in through a downstairs window.
So what do we do to respond to this violation of our security?
Replace the machines and blockade the office?
Wait until they come back for our new upgraded machines in a few weeks time?
Fri, 04/05/2012 - 08:14 — Richard Lewis
Inspired Blogging
Since the turn of the year it’s been head down planning and hitting the roads to get the New Year off to a flying start. During that time, I have not had the inclination or perhaps more surprisingly the inspiration to write my first blog of 2012 until now.
I have seen something with my own eyes that has made me question some of the decisions I have made recently with regard to purchasing hardware upgrades and deploying new kit.
So what is it that’s made me sit down and put this discovery into words?
Wed, 29/02/2012 - 14:47 — Richard Lewis
Taking Stock of 2011
With the end of year rapidly approaching, I have decided to look back at a blog I did back in January where I was highlighting what things I’d be trying to do differently with a thought to what will be different again in 2012.
So here it is point by point…
I’m going to give up using Microsoft products. It’s time I gave some of the other software providers a go — I’m a bit tired of constant re-boots, security holes and crashes.
Wed, 30/11/2011 - 15:39 — Richard Lewis
Clouded Judgment?
At the start of this year I was really excited about what the Cloud can offer and how the current economic downturn was the ideal draw for companies to start taking it seriously.
How tempting is it to be able to off-load some of your back office systems and more mission critical systems and services onto the Cloud and save yourself a load of time, effort and money?
At the start of the year, I blogged enthusiastically about the Cloud.
It’s out there, it works and our own Business Intelligence software, CXAIR is a perfect fit for this kind of environment.
Mon, 21/11/2011 - 16:00 — Richard Lewis
My Data Busting Waistline
It’s a sad state of affairs when I order a new set of Jeans and I get delivered these low-slung skinny affairs, which I wear for a week before the top button pops off.
Why? Poor design (obviously) and the fact that my waist is not quite what it used to be. Like it or not, I’m gradually expanding…
I read an interesting article today that was titled “Getting Rid of Data — Why is it so hard” and for some reason found some parallel in what’s happened with my jeans…
Thu, 17/11/2011 - 11:12 — Richard Lewis
Dashboard Bling
As a developer and UI designer, I have always been fairly conservative when it comes to colour and how much information to put on a screen, however I am starting to wonder if a bit of bling on a new set of reports we are posting on the web would be “just the job!”.
Corporate branding and the economical use of fancy controls and charts has been the norm for me in the past, however ultimately, it’s down to your target market and not everyone wants Corporate.
Thu, 29/09/2011 - 12:28 — Richard Lewis
Auto Update Strikes Again
Some time ago I wrote a blog about auto updates having just fell victim to an inopportune re-boot when I briefly left my desk to make a coffee…
Well I am now a “Mac” owner and have recently fell victim of “Software Update”, a subtle alternative to Windows sneaky “he won’t notice that we’ve just fixed a problem he didn’t think he had whilst he’s nipping to the loo” approach.
Wed, 31/08/2011 - 14:03 — Richard Lewis
So Internet Explorer users have lower IQs?
This one made me laugh when I read this on the BBC web site this morning…
Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study
Internet Explorer users have a lower than average IQ, according to research by Consulting firm AptiQuant.
The study gave web surfers an IQ test, and then plotted their scores against the browser they used.
Wed, 03/08/2011 - 12:02 — Richard Lewis
Turkeys won't vote for Christmas
Job Security is as important today as it’s ever been. There are lots of people out there in the job market vying for the same job.
The other day, a colleague said to me:
“Well what do you expect, you can’t expect a Turkey to vote for Christmas”
True words indeed!
Fri, 29/07/2011 - 16:28 — Richard Lewis
Brand over Substance (Part 2)
One of the first ever blogs I wrote was more a semi biographical review of my experiences in IT than the kind of blogs I write today…
Heart felt, writing something that could be shared with anyone who cared to read it, light hearted but also full of frustration.
Full of the frustration of how difficult it can be to get your voice heard when you have something really good but don’t have the reach or the brand recognition to get enough people to hear about you.
For a bit of nostalgia, try the following and see if anything here rings true…
Wed, 20/07/2011 - 16:00 — Richard Lewis
