Minimal IThttp://www.minimalit.com/Research, training, consultancy and software to reduce IT costsen-gb9 Mar 2010Copyright (C) 2005 Minimal IT Ltd. All rights reserved. See http://www.minimalit.com/copyright.htm.60Five years on: Minimal IT9 Mar 2010A clearer view of IT will help the IT management challenges ahead.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-03-09-five_years_on_minimal_it.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-03-09-five_years_on_minimal_it.htmFive years on: The IT Industry2 Mar 2010Corporate IT will be challenged to adopt lower-cost approaches such as virtualization, Linux and Software-as-a-Service, but need to retain traditional corporate IT values such as security and integration.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-03-02-five_years_on_the_it_industry.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-03-02-five_years_on_the_it_industry.htmWorking in the movies23 Feb 2010Although very different, the IT industry can learn lessons from the movie industry.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-23-working_in_the_movies.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-23-working_in_the_movies.htmAn unprofessional experiment16 Feb 2010In our enthusiasm for our own profession, we make IT complicated and reduce value to IT users and owners.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-16-an_unprofessional_experiment.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-16-an_unprofessional_experiment.htmProgramming is the last thing you should do9 Feb 2010When you are developing a system, programming might be one of the last tasks in the project plan.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-09-programming_is_the_last_thing_you_should_do.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-09-programming_is_the_last_thing_you_should_do.htmIn praise of HTML2 Feb 2010HTML should be the first choice for most documentation produced in IT.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-02-in_praise_of_html.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-02-02-in_praise_of_html.htmThe blame game26 Jan 2010If everybody does exactly what they are meant to in a project, and delivers on time and to budget, the project is almost certain to fail.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-01-26-the_blame_game.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-01-26-the_blame_game.htmThe last big problem19 Jan 2010The ongoing management of legacy systems is the last big problem in IT. It requires a level of co-operation that we have not yet achieved.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-01-19-the_last_big_problem.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2010-01-19-the_last_big_problem.htm