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• 26 Apr

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • cloud
  • management
  • products
  • security
  • strategy
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  The Cloud: don’t let a spell of bad weather get you down

  Easter of 2011 will probably be remembered as the time the Cloud went down. Bad as it was for Amazon’s EC2, the sky didn’t actually fall on anybody.
  

  Maybe the great bank holiday weather took many writers away for the weekend. But the number of “its all over for Cloud” rants were mercifully few.

  So, what should be taken away from Amazon’s failure. What have we learnt? Well, its shown intelligent system design is as vital for Cloud as anywhere else. Along with how many “experts” can still talk through their back-ends… continued over the page… >>

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• 21 Apr

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • cloud
  • mobile
  • products
  • strategy

  Ubuntu 11.04: want more from Windows 7? with Ubuntu, you’ve got it.

  I’m writing this just seven days before the production Ubuntu 11.04 is released. Now, if you’re on Windows 7, there’s never been a better time to change.
  
  So why am I suggesting you change now – what’s so different about this version?
  Surprisingly, its not so much Ubuntu as Windows… continued over the page… >>

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• 18 Apr

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • management
  • products
  • strategy

  bank regulation: banking on change, banking on integrity

  When everyone’s talking about bank regulation, you know something’s wrong. And when everyone’s condemning it, you know we need to act.
  

  Anger centres around the Financial Services Authority. A Cabinet Office quango.
  But two spectacular failures by the FSA have destroyed public confidence… continued over the page… >>

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