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August 2008

15
Aug

IDC updates Top 10 Trends for 2008

Every year, global analyst company IDC issues predictions on what will happen to the ICT industry over the following 12 months. ... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Howell,  Marketing Manager |  15 August 2008
Tags: IDC
21
Aug

Unified Communications - a case study

For a while now I have been observing the development of Unified Communications (UC) and considering the value that this presents to the business. With the advent of maturing technologies (both software and hardware) and the development of standards, we are closer than ever before to realising the potential that UC can deliver. A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to listen to Steve Kennedy from SunGard whose role is the IT Director for Corporate IT, APAC Operations and is based here in Christchurch. In his presentation Steve presented a case study of their implementation of UC, highlighting a balanced perspective of this implementation. As a person interested in the current state of UC, I found this presentation highly informative an...... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Mole,   |  21 August 2008
Tags: Unified Communications
12
Aug

Documenting coding standards - less is more

A colleague and I were recently invited to provide feedback on a client's coding standards and were sent a 60+ page document to review. In preparation for the meeting I diligently started to go through each section providing comments and suggestions as I went. But after about page 30 my concentration began to wane and my comments grew more and more sparse. The moral of this story... ... read full post

Posted by:  Andrew Tokeley,   |  12 August 2008
Tags: Coding Standards
05
Aug

Worldwide Partner Conference – an exhibitor’s perspective

Learning about Microsoft’s plans for the upcoming year is not the only reason to attend the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. The other reason is to find partners – and this is why ActionThis, a subsidiary company of Intergen, exhibited at this year’s event. ... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Howell,  Marketing Manager |  05 August 2008
Tags: Worldwide Partner Conference, ActionThis, Software Plus Services
05
Aug

Worldwide Partner Conference - an attendee's perspective

Having been to previous WPCs, I was looking forward to seeing how the conference had evolved in the four years since I last went. While good, the previous conferences for me were more about style than substance and on more than one occasion I left a keynote dazed and a little confused. ... read full post

Posted by:  Wayne Forgesson,   |  05 August 2008
Tags: Worldwide Partner Conference