...as Private Frazer was prone to shout whenever Captain Mainwaring's home guard faced a crisis. Likewise I have long bored colleagues with prophecies of doom for those failing to embrace new business models enabled by "cloud computing". "Doom" might be overstating it, as the Microsoft...

Followers of the Trumpet know of my missionary zeal for Office Live. This at-a-stroke solution to web site and business applications for small businesses on blog and has won a strong following amongst Scotland's SME's with around 3500 sign-ups as of January. My interest was initially driven by the vested...

Regular readers of this column will be aware of Mrs. Ferry's limited grasp of technology, so she of course immediately turned to her in-house IT provider. However, as a busy executive at the cutting edge of high-tech, I am of course too busy cutting million dollar deals and mixing with captains of industry...

I was interested to see this article in the Wall St. Journal confirming the established position of Microsoft's greatest stealth technology - SharePoint 2007. Several of the Scottish Microsoft Partners I work with closely have invested huge time and effort in preparing for the latest iteration of SharePoint...

I found myself incapacitated this week when the dreaded lurgy swept through Chateux Ferry. For 3 whole days I could not drag myself into work, and languished in bed with a serious case of man-flu. But being blessed with a guilt-driven protestant work ethic, I can't remain idle for long and soon found...