by DavidSpratt | Jul 1, 2017 | ICT
A decade or more ago I used to defeat chess playing computers for a small wager. It was simple stuff really – just find a weakness and ruthlessly exploit it – in my mind computers were basically binary and thus “stupid”. Today chess masters are fair game for...
by DavidSpratt | Jun 30, 2016 | ICT
Complexity, cost, and increasing competitive inertia create big problems for business IT departments, as we saw in part one of this series. In today’s post, David Spratt addresses what to do about it. So where did we leave off, last post? Competitive advantage...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 11, 2016 | ICT
I had lunch with an old friend last week and he raised the issue of technical debt with me: the notion that complexity breeds complexity until a business’ IT systems are a burden rather than a benefit. The realisation came, like a bolt from the blue, that this was the...
by DavidSpratt | Jul 14, 2015 | ICT
This is the fourth and final part of this blog series on cloud service management. We’ve written in the past about cloud service management but, in this final installment of our cloud management series, we’re talking about a strategy to ensure you are getting the most...
by DavidSpratt | Dec 19, 2012 | ICT
David Spratt, ICT analyst from Total Utilities Management Group, reviews 2012 with a mixture of humour, bile and straight up taking the mickey. Up’s Cloud services The tired old voices of vested interest have been drowned out in the rush to take advantage of lowers...
