Dialogue Box 4.5: The Axis of Consumerisation

Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 05 Aug 2008 15:53 BST

Remember the Axis of Awesome?

Dialogue Box reckons that, if a product is both cool and useful, and satisfies four simple criteria, you're likely to find it appearing at work, by stealth.

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