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IBM: Linux desktops bucking the recession
Blog But interest in the open source desktop is confirmed, says IBM, by a new independent study by Freeform Dynamics which indicates that more than 70% of Linux desktop deployments are spurred by cost savings and that IT staff say Linux desktops are...
[May 21, 2009, 9:19]
Mind mapping software as a lifecycle management tool
Blog Well, according to analyst David Tebbutt from Freeform Dynamics, “Over sixty commercial applications are available for the PC, the Mac and the web. Indeed, Freeform Dynamics’ Tebbutt has pointed out that, “Mind-mapping started out as a very...
[October 21, 2009, 15:44]
Microsoft vies for BI market success
News Dale Vile, a research director at Freeform Dynamics, explained that, while most people use Microsoft Office on the desktop, it tends to be thought of "as a techie, infrastructure thing". But there are other dynamics that are pushing Microsoft to...
[August 30, 2007, 16:37]
Report: Desktop Linux in Business Environments
Blog Freeform Dynamics Ltd, and IBM have just released a business report titled Linux on the Desktop Lessons from mainstream business adoption. While I'm part way through, it's already obvious that it contains a good deal of useful information on the...
[May 21, 2009, 9:35]
Day-to-day IT strategy remains top priority
News The research, conducted by analysts Freeform Dynamics on behalf of CA, showed the loss of critical business information and operational downtime as a result of system failure topped the list of IT concerns for businesses in Europe.
[November 24, 2006, 15:20]
Analysts expect Yahoo to accept Microsoft's offer
Blog lost 30 percent of its share price over the past year," said analyst John Collins of Freeform Dynamics. The conference call with Microsoft on its plans to acquire Yahoo is winding up and although though we are only hearing from the Microsoft camp...
[February 1, 2008, 13:07]
Symantec develops risk-management dashboard
News Jon Collins, an analyst with Freeform Dynamics, said that many executive dashboards had failed due to the complexity of what went on behind the dashboard. Security vendor Symantec is in the process of building a "risk-management dashboard".
[June 22, 2007, 10:21]
China to launch home-grown 3G by Olympics?
News From a practical point of view, right now the big question is roaming," said Freeform Dynamics' Dale Vile on Monday. Chinese officials have insisted that the country will have a third-generation mobile network up and running by the 2008 Beijing...
[November 6, 2006, 16:18]
Red Hat, Microsoft expand virtualisation alliance
News This development is to be welcomed," said Tony Lock, an analyst with Freeform Dynamics. Red Hat and Microsoft said on Monday they will be expanding their alliance on virtualisation technology and enabling each other to validate their respective...
[February 17, 2009, 14:30]
Who can explain desktop virtualisation?
Blog On the other hand, a piece by analyst Tony Lock of Freeform Dynamics in Another Place suggests that vendors simply aren't doing enough to explain the benefits of desktop virtualisation -- or more precisely, what the various options are along with...
[December 3, 2009, 13:03]
Salesforce.com outage hits thousands of SaaS users
News Commenting on the outage, senior analyst with Freeform Dynamics, Tony Lock, said: "Having a service interruption like this one is certainly noticeable when you have a vendor like Salesforce.com that has been delivering pretty good service over the...
[January 8, 2009, 7:56]
Backup 3.0 update adds Linux files
News However, as analyst Martin Atherton of Freeform Dynamics pointed out, the field still has plenty of room, given that adoption of virtualisation is still on the increase. Veeam Software has released Backup 3.0, an update to its backup and...
[February 17, 2009, 7:19]
Gartner: Appetite for storage beats the slump
News Storage just continues to beat the market and will continue to grow," said Jon Collins, an analyst with Freeform Dynamics. While the wider world felt the bite of the recession, the world of storage continued to enjoy growth last year, according to...
[March 6, 2009, 16:16]
BEA bears the brunt as Oracle hikes prices
News Trying to find other prices in order to check 'like for like' can be challenging for users, as analyst Tony Lock, programme director at Freeform Dynamics, explained on Monday. Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications...
[June 23, 2008, 17:10]
Storage devices get common crypto standard
News Security analyst Jon Collins from Freeform Dynamics welcomed the standards, saying they were "fantastic, a good idea". A group of major technology companies has agreed on common cryptographic standards for protecting data on storage devices.
[January 29, 2009, 13:36]
IBM beats up on HP, Sun, etc
Blog Analyst Tony Lock of Freeform Dynamics says that he has, "seen this all before, many times". The struggle for market leadership between IBM and HP burst out in the open on Thursday with IBM claiming that since 2004 it has replaced some 5,000 HP...
[November 21, 2008, 16:28]
Security experts advise caution in the cloud
News Cloud computing in general and SaaS in particular present a challenge for companies, as they necessitate a complete change in security thinking, said analyst Jon Collins of Freeform Dynamics. Cloud-computing services are on the rise, but the...
[December 9, 2008, 15:44]
Trolltech releases mobile Linux suite
News This is great news," said Freeform Dynamics analyst Dale Vile on Wednesday. Linux may have taken another step towards mobile ubiquity with a new initiative from Trolltech called Greensuite. Following the release earlier this year of its fully...
[November 29, 2006, 11:09]
Microsoft opens SaaS to others
Blog This underlines the point that there is no gorilla in the market for SaaS," said analyst Jon Collins of Freeform Dynamics. On Sunday, Microsoft said it was moving towards the idea of opening up its online business applications so that its partners...
[March 9, 2009, 15:01]
Business intelligence tools up for the recession
News Dale Vile, managing director of analyst firm Freeform Dynamics, says: "It used to be OK to charge £2,000 per seat for power users, but that's no longer acceptable if you're talking about deployment to thousands of people.
[November 28, 2008, 11:22]
