http://www.minimalit.com/Research, training, consultancy and software to reduce IT costsen-gb7 Oct 2008Copyright (C) 2005 Minimal IT Ltd. All rights reserved. See http://www.minimalit.com/copyright.htm.607 Oct 2008The XML processing language XSLT is a powerful and flexible solution to many development needs.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-10-07-why_you_should_use_xslt.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-10-07-why_you_should_use_xslt.htm30 Sep 2008Like every profession, IT is driven by the passion and eccentricity of the people who work in it.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-30-why_do_you_work_in_it.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-30-why_do_you_work_in_it.htm23 Sep 2008Fungibility is a critical concept for managing long-term costs and risk in IT.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-23-fungibility.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-23-fungibility.htm16 Sep 2008Here in the UK there is a constant stream of scandal as sensitive data is lost by banks, the police, the government, and pretty much everyone else. Rather than being a failure of "procedures", I see this as inevitable because of fundamental problems with the security of PCs and portable media.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-16-why_pcs_are_not_secure.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-16-why_pcs_are_not_secure.htm9 Sep 2008To successfully navigate the IT of mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations you need to quickly establish high-level visibility, direction and control across the new structure. Here's how.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-09-managing_mergers_and_reorganisations.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-09-managing_mergers_and_reorganisations.htm2 Sep 2008No IT objective, such as cost reduction, can be managed in isolation. You need to adopt methods that let you manage a basket of competing objectives.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-02-whats_in_your_basket.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-09-02-whats_in_your_basket.htm26 Aug 2008To manage technology effectively, you need methods that let you manage at different levels of detail at different times and across different subjects.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-08-26-fractal_management.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-08-26-fractal_management.htm19 Aug 2008The latest formats make it much easier to export data and reports to Excel, even if you do not use Microsoft technology and do not have the latest versions of Microsoft Office.http://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-08-19-can_i_have_it_in_excel.htmhttp://www.minimalit.com/newsletters/2008-08-19-can_i_have_it_in_excel.htm