Sales is hard. There, I said it. You have to have eternal optimism, patience, persistence, a thick skin and (ideally) a range of skills from personal organisation, relationship building and presentation to negotiation and commercial writing. Oh, and maths. But…
iMovie on iPhone can’t see video clips on iCloud Drive – a fix
Here’s an odd one… there are at least two ways to get an MP4 clip into iMovie on your iPhone (and presumably iPad). I’m not talking about moving a video so you can watch it with the videos app, but…
The cloud challenge for the channel
Part of a series of interviews I’ve done for Cloud Channel TV, this one covers the challenge that the cloud presents to the traditional hardware channel, and what they could do to meet that challenge.
Cloud industry challenges
This is the first interview in a series I did recently for cloud-channel.tv. Take a look!
How to choose a cloud service provider
Recently I did a series of interviews with cloud-channel.tv. Here’s the second instalment on how to choose a cloud service provider.
Is Amazon making a loss from cloud?
A quote from me on PCR Online (original article here) It’s rumoured that Amazon is not making any money out of its enterprise cloud computing offering. However, cloud management platform Abiquo says it looks like Amazon is instead reinvesting…
Education and experience: is there an ideal mix for becoming a CIO?
And again, another article quoting me! http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2027217/education-experience-ideal-mix-cio
CTO v CIO: Which path should you take?
How lovely – I’ve been quoted in Computing Magazine! http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2036075/cto-cio-path
Top 5 tips for recruitment companies
So here I am, now CIO for an ISP/managed hosting company, and I occasionally recruit staff. It’s never an easy process – apart from finding the right skills, I have to find the right cultural fit, the right attitude and…
The drawbacks of Agile vs Waterfall
Agile is the flavour of the day for software development. But when is it NOT the best way for an outsourced development?