Cover Story: Everybody's talking, but what's happening?

Tim Murphy's firm Strencom is experiencing the shift in tech trends from both a provider and user perspective.

Productivity is a key word for Tim Murphy. The Strencom chief executive is always looking for ways to improve it in his own company, but his customers are also coming to him for tools to help them on the same front. It puts the Cork business in an interesting position to view the shifting IT landscape.

''Everybody's talking about productivity: how are you going to be more productive, using the same people because ...