Clive Longbottom is head of research for Quocirca Ltd, a leader in business and IT analysis in Europe. Longbottom is an internationally recognized analyst who brings together large organizational experience with extensive IT knowledge to cut through current flavors of the month, ensuring that clients concentrate on the technology required to support business needs. You can reach him at clive.longbottom@quocirca.com.

Too Much Data? Deal With It ...
May 6, 2009 Data deduplication has been around for a while, but it still has to reach a reasonable degree of use in the mainstream. Even...

Let’s Be Sociable, Not Confuse Things
March 4, 2009 The big problem with social media is that we have a ton that attempt to make collaboration and social networking easier for...

Matching Ideas with Issues
February 5, 2009 This year, IT departments will face more competition for budget dollars than they're used to - yet IT should be seen as the...

Obstacles to Cloud Computing
November 5, 2008 Cloud computing is not a new idea. It has taken a while for standards, infrastructure and interest to meet, creating the...

The Lost Art of Storytelling
September 3, 2008 Using wikis as a means of storytelling enables organizations to gain a better handle on what they do know - and it could have...

Master Data Management and Deduplication: Finessing the Management of Data
July 30, 2008 Although the cost of storage devices has plummeted over the last few years, the cost of managing stored data continues to grow.

BPM? I’d Prefer BTE, Thanks
June 5, 2008 Although organizations have purchased BPM software, many feel that the benefits have not been recognized as expected.

Social Democracy with a Guiding Hand
April 3, 2008 Social networking, in whatever form it finally decides to adopt, is here to stay.

The Problems of Megadata Searches
January 31, 2008 This column explores what would happen if databases were organizied more like libaries.

The Four Ps of ILM: Information Lifecycle Management for the Masses
December 6, 2007 Businesses survive or die based on decisions made on information available to them, and yet the majority of organizations have...