I think most people recognise the need for and are interested to know more about the topic of sustainability, and that interest goes beyond just a discussion or activities in the data centre. When i discovered that a colleague Colette Lewiner was right at the heart of this topic and had even written a document for government officials who will be meeting this week i felt that a guest blog by Colette would interest many …

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Once again I read several things at once on the same topic, which caused me to think again and maybe to question circumstances. It could be the case that after reading the first piece, I started looking for more on the same topic, or is it that in this ‘online’ world, a first question creates a series of responses? Maybe I am just adding to it, but let’s see if I can add something new …

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What started this post off was the news that Apple App Store had, in less than one year, reached its one billionth downloaded sale. Here is the story, plus with some other interesting statistics on use. That’s a huge number of downloads for what is still a relatively new concept and market. In comparison, it took nearly three years for Apple iTunes to reach the same billionth download level. Stand back and make a further …

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There is something symbolic about it: organising an IT conference in the Central Hall in London. Right next to the Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, The Open Group’s Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference takes place in one of the landmark buildings of the protestant Methodist church. Established in the 18th century by John Wesley, the Methodist movement consists of people that aim to live a devout, serious life. Not some noncommittal philosophising about the heavenly glory …

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The idea of eGovernment is not exactly new, but the topic is definitely back in focus again as governments everywhere seem to be looking for savings, and view the idea of eGovernment as one way to achieve some savings. The rationale sounds good to a Politician – ‘we will deliver more for less cost’, create an efficient government, etc. Occasionally you will hear the point about the cultural shift for the digital young being part …

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I didn’t intend to write this as a three-part adventure, but it’s funny how events tend to build off each other and make more of a topic as time passes over a few weeks. So this is really part 3 to ‘rearranging the furniture of cloud services’, and the kick-off point was the emergence of the Open Cloud Manifesto, a widely backed move by many existing mainstream technology players under the subtitle: ‘Dedicated to the …

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