Cloud Primer

Cloud Primer

Infrastructure and staff are expensive so it’s no wonder small and medium sized businesses (SMB’s) are slow in adopting new services and often pay little or no attention to existing or long term needs and maintenance. After a few years systems are legacy but...

Local Business Internet Strategy 101

If you already have a web site these are recommendations to get the Internet working for your business. Promote your web address (domain name) everywhere you can – business cards, letterheads, in house, on your van(s), cars, using promotional stickers, posters...
Organisation Function versus Process?

Organisation Function versus Process?

Thinking of a business in terms of functional areas only can encourage duplication of information systems, create border communication and control problems and set a focus on achieving internal efficiencies in functional areas that may not benefit the enterprise. The...
Cloud Primer

Business Process Management Suites (BPMS).

Historically the two tiered client server and siloed enterprise architectures spawned an industry based around enterprise application integration (EAI). This was facilitated by middleware enabling integration of disparate systems across the enterprise. The advantage...
Mistakes of Custom Software Development.

Mistakes of Custom Software Development.

I’ve been doing custom software development for many years and seen many of the mistakes a client can make either before or after they’ve hired a software development company. I’ve also acted as consultant for a number of leading law firms trying to...