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The expert team at Freeform Dynamics offer news and views on the latest hot topics, and pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and meaningful research studies.
Recent Posts
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IT transformation fatigue? Time to bust those big bang blues
- Freeform Dynamics 29 May 2024 -
Observability and Security: Thoughts on the Cisco-Splunk Acquisition
- Freeform Dynamics 24 May 2024 -
The IT Sustainability Paradox
- Freeform Dynamics 22 May 2024
As an industry analyst, you always want your questions answered openly, confidently and convincingly when receiving a briefing from an IT vendor. Unfortunately, however, this doesn't always happen, ...
The tech world is now trying to work out exactly what the news of Cisco's acquisition of Splunk signifies, and for good reason. This merger has the significant potential to reshape the ...
IT leaders today often find themselves grappling with a perplexing situation. On one hand, they face growing pressure to drive sustainability initiatives and reduce the environmental impact of ...
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Mainframes and workload placement: Time for a dose of objectivity?
- Freeform Dynamics 16 May 2024 -
From clipboards to smart data capture; how software-defined scanning is changing the game
- Freeform Dynamics 13 May 2024 -
The Untapped Potential of Liquid Cooling in Modern Data Centres
- Freeform Dynamics 08 May 2024 -
What are you doing to ensure your IT suppliers work for you?
- Freeform Dynamics 23 Apr 2024 -
Taking the next step in mainframe observability
- Freeform Dynamics 18 Apr 2024 -
The mainframe skills crunch; an outsider vs insider perspective
- Freeform Dynamics 16 Apr 2024 -
Mainframe Skills: Challenge or Opportunity?
- Freeform Dynamics 09 Apr 2024
When Tony Lock and I interviewed Reg Harbeck, Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics Ltd, it was immediately obvious that we had different perspectives on the world. As a self-proclaimed ...
When I first heard about 'smart data capture', I couldn't help thinking back to a string of jobs in factories, warehouses and retail stores that helped me to fund my way through university. From my ...
Ever since IBM sold off its x86 business to Lenovo back in 2014, I've been closely watching how the company has transitioned from arguably a commodity player to one that often innovates in ...
Navigating the Complex IT Supplier Landscape in 2024 It is a truism that IT evolves rapidly, hence it follows that we need to reassess relevant strategies periodically to ensure efficiency. But, as ...
Despite their frequently less visible role, mainframes remain indispensable in supporting the critical operations of many large organisations. With technology advancements over recent years, ...
During my career, I’ve worked hands-on with a great many operating systems, programming languages, mainstream database engines and countless generations of different hardware and application ...
People in mainframe circles have been talking about skills development and succession planning ever since it was pointed out that the average age of mainframe specialists was pretty high and ...
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Taking IT Cost Tracking and FinOps to the next level
- Freeform Dynamics 08 Apr 2024 -
Challenging the traditional boundaries between IAM and UEM
- Freeform Dynamics 21 Mar 2024 -
IT Governance for Today and Tomorrow: Minimum Viable Principles
- Freeform Dynamics 19 Mar 2024 -
Making IT sustainability more objective and actionable
- Freeform Dynamics 15 Mar 2024 -
Hybrid AI
- Freeform Dynamics 20 Feb 2024
A CIO I interviewed recently told me candidly: “It's always a bit nerve wracking when you go into a meeting with a set of top-level numbers that look very sound, but inside you're dreading being ...
It's always refreshing to engage with vendors who aren't bound by the rigid category definitions that large analyst firms often impose on the market. At Freeform Dynamics, our view is that it's ...
Introduction The traditional one-size-fits-all approach to IT governance, particularly in relation to data, is becoming increasingly unsustainable in the flexible, Agile/DevOps/AI-driven IT ...
I’ve heard a lot of pitches from technology companies on how they can help customers achieve their sustainability goals, and many of these follow a familiar pattern. They start with the global ...
I was recently talking to my old friend David Terrar who runs the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF). The topic was generative AI and cloud computing, and how the two relate.. When David brought this up, ...