Comments for Simon Leyland

Comment on UK Government scrap National IT Healthcare Scheme by Steve Blood

Steve Blood — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:56:02 +0000

Some interesting points in here, and certainly some real challenges, but can we not compare locally run health authorities to businesses? Enterprises have the same challenges as you suggest above, with integration, but it doesn’t stop them pressing on with projects to enhance communications. Can you imagine what would happen to the CEO of a business if he/she wasted that much money? After all CEOs of health authorities are paid private sector salaries, because apparently tax payers have to fund for the best people, so lets see them square up to the challenge. The consortia approach in theory should be more cost effective, but in practice it’s been a disaster. Let local heads work out the benefit they can bring to their own authority rather than having to wait for central office to do something.

Comment on Gartner Analyst – Is UC the biggest scam since Ponzi? by admin

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:08:24 +0000

Thanks Steve for the clarification. Completely agree that there are plenty of challenges to a successful UC implementation but there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a UC project procured and delivered correctly which is aligned closely to the business strategy. Such projects allow the business to use UC technology to create value in so many different ways it is impossible to predict the full breadth of use cases before implementation.

Comment on Gartner Analyst – Is UC the biggest scam since Ponzi? by Steve Blood

Steve Blood — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:08:08 +0000

Steve Blood and Jeff Mann will be arguing against Nick Jones, and as we have far more evidence of success than he has of failure, we are very confident of convincing the audience that while Nick has some valid arguments, his overall position is misguided…which is why we don’t allow him to advise clients on unified communications )

Comment on Conference Calls – need improvement. by Microsoft’s “CS14″ Lobby Function – save 5 minute on every call? | Simon Leyland

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:15:18 +0000

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Comment on BPOS Resource by admin

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:44:03 +0000

I’m a big fan of open source software, two of my favourites are WordPress and Asterisk and I really support how the software by its nature is open to allow modification and custom development. And you are right, Stack Exchange I’m sure could find a place in the enterprise.

The problem Enterprise IT functions have with open source is that they find it very hard to buy and implement and the IT industry follows a heard mentality.

Vendors and Suppliers find it hard to monetize open source and are therefore unlikely to push open source solutions or services. Combined with the fact that most IT shops do not have the skills or capabilities to deploy open source on their own it is very hard for open source to be found in large scale organisations.

I’n not saying this is always the case, I’m sure there are examples but given the functionality, flexibility and speed of deployment open source offers to an enterprise IT shop I’m surprised why there isn’t more.

I’d certainly have open source as an option for my IT shop, especially when I am looking to innovate or introduce new unproven systems that may prove costly to implement with a closed sourced vendor.

Comment on BPOS Resource by Shackleford Hurtmore

Shackleford Hurtmore — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:14:06 +0000

If you are interested in collaboration, have you looked into Stack Overflow [http://stackoverflow.com/faq] – although this specific site is about programming, the underlying platform, Stack Exchange, is an interesting way to promote group discussions and capture knowledge from across the web… I don’t think it is a replacement for IM or Sharepoint, but is best described as on the Collaboration Continuum somewhere between forums and wikis. Do you think that this platform could be useful in the enterprise?

Comment on Cisco and Skype? by admin

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:28:37 +0000

Hi Symon, I agree 100% with Cisco’s strategy and vision and I like the way they use collaboration technology internally. I’m just not sure they have their execution plans right to grow beyond their core network market. Buying Skype would to me just be another distraction for them.

Sure is a fun market to be in though.

Comment on Cisco and Skype? by Symon Blomfield

Symon Blomfield — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:12:36 +0000

Hi Simon; having a little knowledge of what CISCO is up to in the Cloud space I agree with you. I should be astounded if CISCO bought Skype for the IP (which is deficient for business used and I don’t see CISCO making more of a play in the direct sales space having left Webex somewhat orphaned!

Comment on Voice is changing within the Enterprise by DuncanBlake

DuncanBlake — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:19 +0000

Simon, it’s an interesting take on the nomenclature for VoIP, as a distinct technology seperate from UC. I agree with your conclusions, but did have a moment of cognitive disonance before I twigged to your usage/definitons.

The doc is a simple but powerful presentation, but can you provide sourcing for the graphs?

Comment on Opportunity Database by Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:31:56 +0000

Very interesting blog! Do you take donations via paypal?