Inside the BriefcaseWhat do leisure suits, lounge lizards, vans, and virtualization have in common? Well, in you believe Microsoft and their recent pitch for their cloud computing solutions, more than you think.
Featured BlogsThe following is a lightly edited transcript of a reply I posted to a question asked on the LinkedIn.com Business Intelligence Group. This was entitled What should companies consider before investing in a BI solution?.
Featured BlogsThose charged with engineering system performance need to understand the differences within the emerging world of cloud computing. Not that the laws of computing change, but the way the computing resources are shared lead to some interesting performance issues. These issues create both opportunities and downsides.
Featured BlogsTweet There may not be enough tequila in this world to see the tech community all the way through to the end of August 2011. We’ve had Googlerola; we’ve had the ever-escalating software patent storm. We’ve had HP’s lily-livered maneuvers regarding webOS and PCs. Did we need more than that? No, we did not. Yet […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet That’s the view of Richard Soley, CEO and chairman of the Object Management Group, expressed in a recent interview with TechTarget’s Jack Vaughan and Kaitlin Bunsden. Soley ought to know something about these paradigm shifts — he’s been leading the distributed-computing and service-orientation game a long time, and was one of the original proponents […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Birthdays and anniversaries are a natural time for reflection on what has been and what is yet to come. When they mark major milestones such as 20 years, however, there’s a considerable temptation to think bigger. So it’s been in the Linux blogosphere, where our favorite operating system officially turns 20 today. Happy Birthday, […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet In my “Automation as Manna” blog post in June, I criticized the “scare tactics” used in a survey sponsored by automation software vendor UC4, which claimed in so many words that unless IT shops automate their operations, they will not be able to initiate their cloud plans. Now CA Technologies has sponsored another pro […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsThere’s a lot to rightfully complain about when it comes to data management. Most IT organizations don’t really have any effective data management policies in place, which generally results in low utilization rates of expensive primary storage systems.
Featured BlogsThe real issue with business process management (BPM) isn’t how it gets delivered, but rather how accessible it is to the people who need to manipulate it.
Featured Blogs(This is an updated post from March 2009. This marks the 20th anniversary of the first publishing of David Gelernter’s profound work, Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox…How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean.)
Featured BlogsTweet Disruption to traditional (or transactional) CRM, caused by social business technologies, was among key themes discussed at the recent CRM Evolution 2011 conference. The panel I moderated, called Disruption and the Lean, Mean CRM Machine, offered advice to help software vendors and enterprise buyers navigate the changing CRM landscape. Click here to read more […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Asking most IT managers or techies whether they think they need a private cloud, reminds me of that scene in The Three Amigos where El Guapo asks Jefe if he knows what it means to have a plethora. Jefe, in fact, did not know what it means to have a plethora. And, most managers […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet The Linux-oriented blogosphere reacted swiftly to HP’s news that it’s cutting webOS devices and mulling the sale of its PC division. A brief sound-bite sampler: “No competent management left,” “HP blinked,” “What were they thinking?” “Now it’s simply too late,” and “It’ll be sad to see them go.” Suffice it to say, then, this […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsThese were two huge announcements which greeted us on the web last night and in this morning’s papers. The latter move, a $11.7 billion (£7.1 billion) acquisition of the Cambridge-based software firm, marked a massive moment for HP.
Featured BlogsSocial media campaigns are intricate, daring, transgressive acts with the potential for a huge payoff — or a huge disaster.
Featured BlogsTweet After considerable outcry by its customers over proposed licensing changes, VMware recently backtracked and modified some of the new conditions it is introducing as part of its vSphere 5 virutalization product. But Microsoft officials are still finding fodder for vSphere licensing and pricing critiques — even after VMware’s latest updates. Click here to read […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet The CRM Idol competition reminds me of similar contests held at business schools, as well as one held last year at Dreamforce. This whole process may be another indication of both the wiki-fication of business and just how embedded the wisdom of crowds is becoming in our culture. There’s also a degree of risk […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsStandards based data access is a critical component for BI solutions. Tableau agreed by introducing ODBC connectivity in Tableau v5.2 to allow access to several ODBC compliant data sources.
Featured BlogsI have to credit my good friend and fellow blogger Brenda Michelson for relaying to me that yet another Gartner hype cycle report is now out. You can expect to see its accompanying graphic (below) used in every vendor’s presentation from now on. (There must be a law or something).
Featured BlogsTweet We’ve all heard the expression, “New day, same old stuff,” or some variation thereof. In some ways that statement can be applied to CRM, or so says one marketing writer. While acknowledging that “CRM has evolved extensively” over the last few decades, Nick Balletta, in his MarketingTool blog on Tuesday for Media Post, documented […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsSmall to medium enterprises (SMEs) are just as concerned with maximizing the value of their data as large enterprises. This webinar will explore the business and technology trends that have made BI accessible to SMEs.
Featured Blogs, NewsTweet “I see Linux going into a smaller, simpler OS, with a good base of apps integrated to the web,” predicted Mobile Raptor blogger Roberto Lim. “The standard for ease of use won’t be how close it is to MS Windows and Office, but how similar it is to the iPhone or Android.” The home […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsWhen talking about public cloud and Software as a Service, the most natural market is small to medium-size businesses. (Defined as companies with fewer than 500 employees). Larger organizations are more likely to have bigger IT departments, and many of their own resources.
Featured BlogsWhile cloud computing has been much in the news lately, few of us really know much about it, what it is, how it works, or what the advantages might be. In April of this year, I wrote about the environment and the supply chain. I spoke of the growing information demands being placed upon the supply chain to meet environmental and origin data and tracking demands. I also touched upon the Information Technology challenges in terms of volume of data, bandwidth and tools necessary to support data management and product level reporting requirements.
Featured BlogsTools to help enterprises sift through mountains of unstructured data to find nuggets of useful information are still immature, says Deloitte expert.
Featured BlogsAccording to the first-half 2011 IT salary survey from Janco Associates, IT compensation has increased slightly. While overall employment remains lackluster by most organizations across all industries, there is comfort in the fact that more tech jobs are being added than are being cut.
Featured BlogsTweet Whether you like it or not, in the world of business, especially technology, but pretty much all business, subject matter experts of varying kinds have a lot of clout (that’s with a “c”, not a “k.”). They could be analysts, journalists,, academicians, consultants. But they are influential – and, regardless of your opinion of […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsForrester Research is in the process of updating its annual report “The Top 15 Trends Enterprise Architects Should Watch” and is using last week’s Tweet Jam for research.
Featured BlogsTweet A few months ago, I shared ideas with you on how to find the right partner to help you establish sales in cloud services. Now, I’d like to expand on the cloud opportunity by relating three specific actions you can take now to help your organization profit from the cloud computing revolution. Click here […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsThe latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion focuses on a UK-based managed service provider’s journey to provide better information and services for its network, voice, VoIP, data, and storage customers. The network management and productivity benefits have come from an alignment of many service management products into an automated lifecycle approach to overall network operations.
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