Martin Brampton
8 Stories
Open source stands up for its rights
Insight commentary Open source developers need to guard their intellectual property rights if they want to compete with the big boys, says consultant.
Tags: Open source, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open-source Developer, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, software, financial, software-as-a-service, U.S.
Analysts fail on open source
Insight perspective For open source software to achieve its full potential, people's perceptions must change. Yet how can that happen when open source is so woefully neglected by analysts, asks Martin Brampton.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Software, payment, software, Silicon.com, revenue, information technology, strategy, analyst, industry analyst
Devil's Advocate: Death to spammers?
Insight The very thing legislators are outlawing--denial of service attacks--could be the only tool we have in fighting anti-social behaviour on the Web, says one observer.
Tags: Spam filtering, Open source, Regulations
What makes IT workers happy?
Management comment Many IT managers may have pragmatically accepted policies like outsourcing, there are good grounds for doubting that they are always in the best interests of society--and the IT worker.
Program management: Next big thing or fad?
Insight comment Program management looks to have potential as the next big thing. But maybe we should step back and consider the downsides.
Tags: IT Management
Google goes head-to-head with Microsoft
Insight In its bid to expand, Google appears to have no choice but to take on Microsoft, says an industry observer. Will it be able to succeed where so many others have failed?
Tags: Web services, Business development/management
Debunking myths about Asia's IT
Insight comment Despite the outsourcing hype, Asia is not the promised land for Western companies looking to expand their horizons, argues Martin Brampton.
Tags: Asset/resource/knowledge management, Workplace
Commentary: Less IT is more
Insight The incessant stream of upgrades from software vendors is not necessarily good, because users can get overwhelmed, and companies are often paying for features they don't need right away. Consultant Martin Brampton says it's time we use less IT, and achieve more productivity.
