Non-blog

The K2 “non-blog” carries short, incisive analysis pieces on subject matter that we believe our readers will find of high value.

The non-blog is so called because we think it is different to many of the other analyst blogs on the internet. Why?

We do not publish every day regardless of whether we actually have something of value to say or not - we are not a news service. We endeavour to provide insight rather than repeating industry gossip or tweaking stories from news wires.

We only want to publish analysis that fits within our specific areas of interest; all content is very carefully hand-picked.

We want our readers to know that we understand just how valuable your time is. We will only publish stories when we believe we can really justify taking five minutes or so from your day.

Computacenter: a clear view on its CIO relationships

28 July 2010

A key research thread for K2 Advisory is understanding how the role of the CIO will evolve in the coming years: for example, we are considering which skills will be required, what the career ‘route’ might look like, and how the relationship with suppliers will change.

New K2 Advisory research: “Digital Workplace Choices: Preparing for the 2020 workplace”

28 July 2010

K2 Advisory has just launched the latest study from its core research programme, entitled: “Digital Workplace Choices: Preparing for the 2020 Workplace”. This report is part of the K2 Advisory Research Forum, a club for C-level leaders who either sign-off or significantly influence IT investment decisions.

SaaS-enabling the application estate: product innovation for the Cloud

27 July 2010

In June K2 Advisory held an exclusive CIO/CTO dinner to discuss product innovation via the Cloud. It was held in association with sponsors Ness Software Product Labs and SCC. Attending organisations at The Ritz included: Argility, CD Adapco, City Networks, Fusis, Into, MessagePad, NB Real Estate, Netmotion Wireless, Serena, Simbiottik, Symbian and Unilever.

Salesforce Chatter: enabling productive happy talk in the enterprise?

26 July 2010

In K2 Advisory’s new report “Digital Workplace Choices: Preparing for the 2020 Workplace” there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that marketing professionals expect to use social media tools for their campaigns in the next year: 82% said this would be the case. Our research also reveals that marketing professionals are the key early adopter community for social media tooling within organisations. So could Salesforce be well-positioned with Chatter?

What do we need to get cloud deployment more widely used in government?

14 July 2010

The big idea around G-Cloud is a good one in that it takes a contemporary IT delivery model, designed for the 21st century era of the Internet, and uses it as the basis both to deliver new applications, as well as to modernise government IT. One of the problems with G-Cloud is that it has been presented as a very large, complex and expensive IT project at a time when such projects are seen as a criminal waste of money from the perspective of repaying the national deficit.

We must acknowledge the success of public sector IT, but recognise the need for change

30 June 2010

For those that are not directly involved with rolling-out projects and running strategic IT programmes on a daily basis (i.e. the majority of tax payers), public sector IT appears to be nothing but a money-sucking hole of doom and gloom.

Whither HP Enterprise Services in the UK?

17 June 2010

Earlier this month Hewlett-Packard announced that that the company will invest $1bn to significantly upgrade its enterprise services business – the company expects the productivity gains and automation resulting from this investment to eliminate 9,000 jobs – roughly 3% of its global workforce – over a period of several years. So, what does this mean for its UK business and its future direction?

What the hell is Hybrid Cloud?

15 June 2010 - 1 comment

There is a big dispute developing in the ISV community around the definition of hybrid cloud. The problem has occurred because two distinct types of ISVs have started using the term to describe very different types of solution.

Are Security Fears Holding Back Your Organisation’s Use of Cloud Computing?

15 June 2010

This article provides pointers for CIOs and ISVs that are being constrained in their deployment of cloud solutions because of security fears.

Innovation = ideas+processes: can your organisation do both?

19 May 2010

Innovation is a broad and arguably over-used term that has been bombarded at the C-suite community over the past few years. Marketers, 'thought leaders', analysts – we’re all guilty of using it – or rather, over-using it. Unfortunately, this has happened because, as a word, "innovation" has become something of a short-hand for so many things: it is a quick and easy way to express new approaches, new models, better ways of working and so on.