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On the floor at IP EXPO 2012

As you will read elsewhere on the blog, at Copydyne we think IP EXPO 2012 was an outstanding event. As the show wound down on the final afternoon we took the opportunity to survey the floor, make some observations and engage with a variety of exhibitors. A mix of major enterprise and mid-market service providers [...]
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Perfect economy truly crazy

Some 20 years ago Ben Bernanke now Chairman of the US Federal Reserve co-authored a text book. Macroeconomics, now in its 7th Edition, gave the definition of the title as ‘the study of the structure and performance of national economies and of the policies that governments use to try to affect economic performance’. Today the key [...]
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No one in control of global finance juggernaut

So we stagger on, from the likely Greek default and sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, to the downgrade of bank credit ratings that is set to pitch us headlong into a credit crunch. (What, another one? Or is it the previous one being replayed?) The disaster that is the world’s financial system is looking a [...]
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Remember jobs?

‘Job for life’ has long been accepted as a concept that belongs to the past. And it’s not uncommon for politics and media to reference pockets of deprivation where two or three generations of the same family have never had jobs. If things continue as they are then it is not too great a leap [...]
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Upbeat atmosphere at IP EXPO 2010 suggests confidence is high…

Casually wandering around talking to exhibitors – sales and technofolk alike – I found myself asking questions. And I always opened with the same one. “Are you having a good show?” This opening gambit turned out to yield more value than any other question I asked, because it helped me to crystallise an important opinion: [...]
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