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With over 20 years IT experience, from companies as varied as 3i, Wang, Abbey National, IBM and Xerox, Alan Stevens is well placed to observe and comment on the technology he deals with on a day to day basis.

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More mixed messages

What next for HP?

A juicy problem

Security, corporate communications worries

Google plus Motorola

Good move?

Facebook video calling, or maybe not...

Social media communication

Still leaving on a jet plane?

Alternatives to business travel

TDM, dying but not dead yet

Time Division Multiplexing

What next for business in the post-PC era?

Where next for business IT?

Camera, lights, action

Bring on the HD

It's all about the network

In order to communicate, you need to be adequately connected

No to headset hair

Desktop phone still rules

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