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The elite team from leading, user-facing analyst house Quocirca, experts in technology and its business implications, every other Friday demystify the latest jargon and business thinking.

What price compliance?
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Strike the right balance between costs and benefits

Itanium revisited - one year on
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Is the Itanic sunk?

Hot issue for green IT
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Take the heat off data centres...

Getting more out of the net
Quocirca's Straight Talking: It can be done...

Where's the real web 2.0?
Quocirca's Straight Talking: It's more rehash than revolution

Location, location, location...
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Geographic data can put your business on the map

At sea over convergence?
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Swim with the whales, minnows and sharks...

Far from quiet on the virtual front
Quocirca Straight Talking: But what are the key moves?

Who pays your broadband bill?
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Maybe your boss should...

It's not easy being green
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Time to think out of the box

BI for all
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Data analytics aren't just for the big boys anymore

Speeding up the net - is it possible?
Quocirca's Straight Talking: If you get the right help

Data centre in a box
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Who needs it?

How tech can make us greener
Quocirca's Straight Talking: IT part of the solution, not just the problem...

Virtualisation gets trendy
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Taking hold all over

Quocirca's Straight Talking: The big picture on 'the next five billion'
Technology for the disenfranchised

Supply chains go on-demand
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Match made in heaven...

Stop communications overload before it starts
Has tech just given you nine ways to be put on hold?

Go real-time with your data
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Here's how and why...

Mobile workforces - how to keep them productive
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Don't let them be driven to distraction

'My ERP supplier has been acquired - now what?'
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Don't jump ship just yet - watch and listen

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Outsourcing won't save you money
But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it...

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Mobile internet reality
It's all about community

Quocirca's Straight Talking: The web at work
Controlling online activity in the office has never been so easy...

Quocirca's Straight Talking: BI to go mainstream?
Still waiting for the dream of a dashboard on every desktop

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Why is customer service so hard?
Both public and private sector struggle

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Itanium - what's in a name?
Iceberg dead ahead?

A leading user-facing analyst house known for its focus on the 'big picture', Quocirca is made up of a team of experts in technology and its business implications, including Clive Longbottom, Bob Tarzey, Rob Bamforth, Elaine Axby, Louella Fernandes, Sharon Crawford and Dennis Szubert. Their series of columns for silicon.com seek to demystify the latest jargon and business thinking. For a full summary of the consultancy's activities, see www.quocirca.com.

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Carol Wheatcroft Will consumers always want free banking? Targeted, bundled services will be the way to profit...


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