Inside the BriefcaseRod Johnson, SVP, Middleware and GM of the SpringSource division at EMC VMWare, had disparaging words about service oriented architecture in a recent speech, relegating the philosophy to a vendor fad.
Featured BlogsOn June 16, the Brookings Institution, one of the oldest think tanks in Washington, D.C., hosted a panel on the proposals in the Cloud Computing Act of 2011. According to the institute, “Discussion included an overview of the international policy implications as governments and firms adjust to a coherent legal framework, changes and innovations in public procurement, and challenges for private industry as it balances consumer needs and compliance with these proposed cloud computing safeguards.”
Featured BlogsTweet In these days of YouTube, I’m always extra careful about what I say when I speak at conference. I know that statements can be taken out of context, and saying something silly, stupid, or factually incorrect can haunt you for months. Evidently, at least some of the folks at EMC VMware are not worried […]
Featured BlogsShared services — aka service-oriented or cloud-based services that are accessible via an enterprise or cross-enterprise registry — are hotter than hot. That’s the conclusion of KPMG’s latest survey of KPMG field advisors and global business and IT service providers.
Featured BlogsVery few enterprises that are adopting cloud applications and infrastructure are giving enough thought to governance. The result is a mish-mash of SaaS silos and cloud islands, with very little attention paid to data consistency and integration, and even less to policy management and oversight.
Featured BlogsTweet Google+ may still be in its invitation-only early days, but with all the wild excitement and skyrocketing numbers of users, it’s awfully hard to tell. Quibbles about real-name policies notwithstanding, eager users from virtually every walk of life seem to be flocking to the new social network — even those of us who are […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsHaving been invited to attend a briefing by IBM into the outcome of their recent spate of acquisitions to form the foundation of their Business Analytics and Optimization organisation
Featured BlogsCloud computing must be green. After all, those who provide cloud computing technology say so, most cloud advocates say so, and even those who check up on such things say so.
Featured BlogsWhen I became the owner of the Process Excellence track at ProcessWorld 2011 I was very happy because there is no better way to get first hand information on the current state of BPM in organizations.
Featured BlogsGuest post Louis Naugès is co-founder and chief cloud evangelist of international Google Apps integrator Revevol. Based in Paris, he blogs for ZDNet France and has translated an abridged version of this recent post for his second guest appearance here. Last year, his theme was Why Microsoft really, really hates the cloud. Read on for his equally provocative and partisan verdict on Microsoft’s newly launched cloud apps suite.
Featured BlogsApple’s staggering Q3 reports might allow them to buy Dell twice and still have a boatload of cash in reserve, but they’ve got a real ecosystem and strategy problem.
Featured BlogsIt may not surprise you that BI is a top of mind technology for many CTOs, but did you know that goes for CFOs as well? A new Gartner survey reveals that 65% of CFOs ranked business intelligence as the technology in highest demand.
Featured BlogsTweet I’ve known Sage since before they were Sage so to speak. I was a SalesLogix Technology Partner back in ‘99 – in other words when men were men and cocktails were hooch (I don’t know what that means.). When it comes to CRM, they are, without a doubt, one of the most enigmatic companies […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet “First Adobe’s off, then on, then off, then on again… Does anyone there know what they are doing?” wondered blogger Robert Pogson. Sixty-four-bit computers are “pretty standard these days, and GNU/Linux and Android/Linux are making waves. Doesn’t Adobe want their product to be where it’s happening? Isn’t the game about maximizing share to exclude […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsWSO2 today announced the debut of the WSO2 StratosLive platform as a service (PaaS) and the launch of WSO2 Stratos 1.5, the newest release of WSO2’s open-source cloud middleware platform software.
Featured BlogsTweet Everyone has his own reasons for wanting to move toward a virtual infrastructure. Are there reasons that are better than others for doing so? Yes, there are. There are a lot of very bad reasons to move to a virtual infrastructure. Some of those very bad reasons are quite compelling. But, there are five […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Is your virtualization strategy to mirror the efforts of those around you or do you have valid reasons for taking the plunge? Only you know the answer. You’d better ask the right questions before throwing your physical dollars into virtual black holes. Read more…
Blogs, Featured BlogsI get a pitch a day from [enter any PR firm here]. The details vary, but the core idea is the same: “We have defined the steps to migrate to the cloud, so follow us.”
Featured BlogsPeople have been yearning for more “business-IT alignment” for years. Maybe we already have it — it appears that chief financial officers, not chief information officers, are running the IT show.
Featured BlogsHave you looked at a packet of Epsom Salt recently? Here’s a product that describes itself as a soaking aid for minor sprains and bruises a saline laxative for the short term relief of constipation a plant nutrient for vigorous lawns, flowers, plants, vegetables and trees
Featured BlogsBob Bickel just posted a thoughtful examination of the state of our middleware market, and ponders whether Platform as a Service (PaaS) is the wave of the future. He sees PaaS following the path of app servers in the 1990s, which took some time to catch on in enterprises:
Featured BlogsMany people in enterprises use cloud computing — not because it’s a more innovative way to do storage, compute, and development, but because it’s a way to work around the IT bureaucracy that exists in their enterprise. This has led to more than a few confrontations. But it could also lead to more productivity.
Featured BlogsTweet The rapid rise of cloud computing and near-ubiquity of software-as-a-service (SaaS) has breathed new life into the integration space, or so says Gaurav Dhillon, chairman and CEO of SnapLogic. SnapLogic is a cloud integration company making a name for itself with technology that can “containerize” data, making it easier to move in and around […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsTweet Well, the Fourth of July has come and gone for another year here in the stars-and-stripes section of the Linux blogosphere, where persistent scorching temperatures are beginning to make certain reporters despair. Rather than raging at the heavens, however, Linux Girl is using the current infernal weather as an excuse to spend more time […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsWorking with clients it is clear that the interest in analytics has never been greater than it is today. Yet there is still confusion about what analytics means. We have web analytics to analyze logs and clickstream data to optimize websites; data mining and predictive analytics to analyze structured data to segment customers and to determine how likely something is to be true in the future; text analytics to analyze unstructured data and social media. All these approaches are useful if they are applied the right way and increasingly only if they are integrated.
Featured BlogsTweet SOURCE: Enterprise Storage Blog Research company IDC last year forecast that 2010 would see the volume of digital data stored by people on the planet reach 1.2 billion terabytes. By 2020, that volume will have grown by a factor of 44 to 35 trillion gigabytes. That’s a whole lotta of data as Led Zepplin […]
Featured BlogsTweet Connected, a young startup tackling personal CRM with a fresh social twist, has just closed its first round of funding — $500,000 in a seed round led by Trinity Ventures. 500 Startups, Ignition Partners, and angel investors Christopher Michel, Michael Hoydich, and Mark Gray also participated in the round. Connected will use the infusion […]
Blogs, Featured BlogsMicrosoft Office 365 is not getting as much play as I thought, other than the reality check by my colleague Galen Gruman that this cloud service works well on Windows but not on other platforms, including mobile. Oh Microsoft, we thought you changed
Featured BlogsVMware on Tuesday unveiled its new application platform vFabric 5 following a chain of acquisitions that include SpringSource and Digital Fuel. VMware also acquired Socialcast and SlideRocket in the past two months.
Featured BlogsThroughout my career, I’ve always had an interest in understanding why organizations fail to leverage the promised power of software and whether the fault lies with the software maker, the company using the software, or limitations of technology. It is often a complicated mix of all three.
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