Inside the BriefcaseTweet As I mentioned in a blog post last April, in the midst of the buzz in the CRM technology world about “social” and “mobile,” I continue to see rising demand for customer management solutions that have a strong core of workflow and business process management capabilities. I call this phenomenon “CRM meets BPM.” I […]
Featured BlogsI’m always amazed when I hear everyone’s varying takes on cloud computing. For some, there’s a profit motive, such as with technology providers spinning into cloud computing. For others, such as enterprise IT, it’s the ability to brag about their cloud computing projects. However, in many cases, nothing really changes other than labels.
Featured BlogsTweet Cloud computing – everyone’s talking about it, a good number of organizations want to adopt it, but how do you get there? We are on the cusp of “cloudification” — cloud computing for the masses — but to get to that state there are many things to consider, such as people, processes and technology, […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Those of us who love Linux and other free and open source software are already well-acquainted with the many benefits of FOSS: flexibility, security, customizability and freedom from vendor lock-in, to name just a few. Quality, of course, is another big one, at least in part because there are typically so many people around […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet One of the advantages of social media and web 2.0 technologies are their relatively low cost of use. Part of the reason for this derives from the use of “cloud computing” – which shifts data and software from desktop PCs and servers to the Internet (the cloud is just a metaphor for the Internet […]
Featured BlogsThe term cloud computing has become a constant fixture in the media – and indeed in the boardroom. It seems that you can’t have a conversation in IT without the term coming up at least once.
Featured BlogsWho doesn’t want innovation these days? It’s the new mantra of organizations large and small as they attempt to navigate and get the upper hand in today’s hyper-competitive and unforgiving global economy.
Featured BlogsTweet Back in August during his LinuxCon keynote interview, Linus Torvalds proclaimed that “Virtualization is Evil.” I’m sorry to again disagree with the great Linus Torvalds, purveyor of truth, justice and the Linux way but alas, I do. Virtualization isn’t evil. It’s sarcastic. Sarcasm isn’t evil. And, I’m not being sarcastic when I say that. […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Well, the tablet craze continues apace, putting Linux — in the form of Android — into the hands of countless new users every day. Go tablets! Of course, much as we here in the Linux community are fiercely proud of Android and the success it has achieved, there’s no denying that the […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld It seems like just yesterday that Linux Girl was chuckling over the choice of “MeeGo” as the name for the merger between Maemo and Moblin, and now here we are all over again. “Who named these platforms, a Lord of the Rings fan with a speech impediment?” Slashdot blogger goldaryn wondered back […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsCloud computing energy consumption is a source of much debate. On one side, some see a massive new form of industrialization gobbling up resources; with large cloud and social networking sites consuming megawatts of power to feed insatiable computing needs.
Featured BlogsLeading tech companies have long used “ethical hackers” to help probe vulnerabilities in their systems and software. Should some of the not-so-ethical hackers be added to payrolls as well?
Featured BlogsA new study shows that corporate IT is concerned about the deployment of cloud computing applications without the involvement of IT
Featured BlogsNew research from the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) tells us again what most of us already know: Cloud computing can slash CO2 emissions. The report suggests U.S. companies could save 85.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually by moving to the cloud. That’s the equivalent of using 200 million barrels of oil.
Featured Blogsn a new post in Fortune, Aaron Levie, founder and CEO of Box.net, says cloud computing fits the pattern of disruption first identified by Clayton Christensen in his seminal work, The Innovator’s Dilemma. That is, classic disruptors enter industries with low-end products or services targeted at the unserved or underserved markets — and work their way up from there, eventually usurping the market leader. Christensen uses examples such as Toyota, which entered the market in the 1960s with cheap little cars, or Dell in the 1990s with cheap little computers.
Featured Blogshose IT organizations that move to cloud computing are moving to SOA (service-oriented architecture), whether they understand it or not. Hear me out: Private and public clouds often rely on APIs for their functionality, which are typically Web services that can be combined and recombined into solutions. The result: SOA, at its essence.
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Apple has its self-explanatory fruity logo, Microsoft has its stained-glass banner, and Linux has its floppy, friendly, ever-cheerful penguin Tux as its team mascot. But after 20 years of existence, does Linux benefit from the Tux logo? Some say Tux is a perfectly fine way to represent Linux as a whole; others […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld I don’t think it’s a stretch to call myself a long-time Apple fan. But as loyal as I am to the company, there are always a few things about their products that annoy me — designs I just don’t agree with, feature absences the boggle the mind, decisions that just can’t be […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsYesterday’s post discussed how the integration of business intelligence and healthcare-related smartphone apps is helping physicians save lives. Healthcare BI can also help providers when it comes to determining the ideal size of a patient panel – establishing which patients are assigned to which doctors in a practice, according to this article.
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Well it was a difficult week for those of us here in the Linux blogosphere last week, what with all the din emanating from the Windows territories to the south. Drums, cymbals and fanfare of every sort effectively drowned out every conversation we tried to have here in these parts, as did […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet I meet these people all of the time: They’re charged with starting a COE (center of excellence) around the use of cloud computing in an enterprise. But will these ad hoc organizations provide the value that everyone expects? Cloud computing is a very different animal than previous technology trends. If you’ve created one before, […]
Featured BlogsLast week I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with Jeffrey Hammond, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and Rohit Sharma, Global Head of Mobility at Virtusa. The topic was “Overcoming Challenges in Early Stage Enterprise Mobility Programs”.
Featured BlogsWith the development of electronic technology and the popularity of 3G, e-reading has to occupy in people’s lives more and more important position. IT consulting firm Analysys International recently released a report, 45% of users use mobile phones every day to read. The consumption of reading by mobile phone is expected to become the new hot spot of Mobile Internet.
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Well September is shaping up to be a banner month here in the world of free and open source software. Not only did we recently learn the winners of this year’s “Bossie” (Best of Open Source Software) awards, but we have Software Freedom Day coming up this Saturday! Nothing like awards and […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsHistorically, business intelligence (BI) has always been about presenting information to users by way of reports, dashboards, and other types of data visualizations
Featured BlogsThose already working with public clouds understand that integration links should go into existing enterprises systems. For example, customer data entered into a cloud service should be synchronized with customer data in your enterprise systems. Common sense, right?
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: Virtualization Review The exhibit hall at last week’s VMworld 2011 was the largest I have ever seen. It’s amazing how large of an ecosystem VMware in particular has and virtualization in general. It seems like every vendor that had a big announcement saved it for VMworld. For this week’s blog, during the show […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Between Googlerola, the tempestuous software patent storm, HP’s (NYSE: HPQ) shenanigans and the one-two punch delivered by CmdrTaco and Steve Jobs, we’ve surely displayed all the stamina any group of completely overwhelmed souls could reasonably be expected to have. Time now for a little fun. And how do Linux bloggers have fun? That’s right, […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsDynamic discounting is really a win-win. There is value to both sides of purchasing relationships, and it’s not just one imposing their will on the other in order to make their company better at the expense of the other. There are significant and tangible benefits to both sides when they do this.
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Well the wild ride that was August appears to have tapered off a bit as the month drew to a close, so Linux bloggers have finally had a few days to stop and catch their breath. Bartenders throughout the blogosphere have had a chance to restock their supplies, and conversations have, for […]
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