Orange Business Live

Our Orange Business Live blog is about creating business value from ICT and provides a focal point for passionate discussions about how information and communications technology can bring actual value to your business. The blog is structured around seven topics ranging from application performance to unified communications. 

the ideal project manager's toolbox

Further to my first post on the basics of project management last week, I received quite a few requests for information about the set of tools which could be of use to project managers.

Mobile cloud computing set for sharp uptake

ABI Research forecast that there will be almost one billion users of cloud-based mobile applications by 2014, representing nearly 19% of the total user base, compared with 42.8 million (1.1%) in 2008. It noted that business productivity applications will soon...

The high cost of flawed security

From the "rather them than us" category, it was revealed that a virus introduced to the corporate network via an employee's USB stick had cost UK local authority Ealing Council more than £500,000, including more than £200,000 in direct costs,...

What is the truth about enterprise Web 2.0?

A McKinsey & Company survey into business Web 2.0 adoption sparked an interesting debate, not only about the benefits of new media applications to businesses, but also about the quality of the data used in such surveys.fter polling nearly...