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]
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]
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]
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]
White Hats Expose VoIP Security Threat
News However, Jon Collins, service director with analyst firm Freeform Dynamics, said that, as few companies have yet rolled out VoIP, a more pressing security concern was "protecting employees from themselves" through education about social...
[August 7, 2007, 17:49]
Microsoft Finally Launches Hyper-V
News Tony Lock of analyst firm Freeform Dynamics said that he expected users to welcome the launch of Hyper-V, which, he said, was "probably ready for the market". Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts...
[June 26, 2008, 17:23]
Vodafone Vows To Spike Mobile Platforms
News Analyst Dale Vile of Freeform Dynamics said that, while it was true that the move would mean "the developer community knows exactly what they're aiming for in terms of platforms", there might also be "some emotional resistance to the concept of a...
[November 6, 2006, 11:57]
Schneier Questions Need For Security Industry
News Jon Collins, service director at analyst house Freeform Dynamics, expressed his own doubts about the value of the security industry but said it will always be fed by dual forces of end-user error and the shipping of insecure products.
[April 26, 2007, 11:48]
Palm Touts Stability Of Linux-based Treos
News Palm's move into mobile Linux is interesting because open-source operating systems have until now been more attractive to manufacturers seeking to "drive more advanced data capabilities into the mass market", said analyst Dale Vile of Freeform...
[April 11, 2007, 13:35]
Microsoft Wants Yahoo For Its Users, Say Analysts
News Yahoo lost 30 percent of its share price over the past year," pointed out analyst Jon Collins of Freeform Dynamics. Microsoft's $44.6bn (£22.6) bid to buy Yahoo could backfire if not executed properly, according to analysts — but the phenomenal...
[February 1, 2008, 14:21]
Microsoft Will Not Sue Over Linux Patents
News I hope it doesn't turn into another SCO," said Jon Collins, service director of Freeform Dynamics. Microsoft has said it has no immediate plans to sue after alleging patent infringements by open-source vendors.
[May 21, 2007, 11:16]
Google Rolls Out Range Of Online Security Apps
News Jon Collins, service director for analyst firm Freeform Dynamics, told ZDNet.co.uk that GAPE had not had a great amount of success amongst small businesses. The Google software-as-a-service (SaaS) security technology has been developed through...
[February 5, 2008, 7:49]
