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June 30, 2008

Go to Harvard Summer School for Enterprise Software

The summer edition of the Harvard Business Review has a wide-ranging research article on the effect of IT spending and enterprise software, in particular on U.S. business over the last 50 years. A ... More >

June 25, 2008

What Do You Think about Enterprise Software Maintenance?

Vinnie Mirchandani has responded to my recent post on his recent post about reshaping the enterprise software market. His comments forced me to go back and re-read his original post .   Apparently... More >

June 24, 2008

Enterprise Software Not Created in IPhone's Image

I guess you can't call yourself an enterprise software analyst and ignore the Sturm und Drang surrounding Vinnie Mirchandani's recent post, Steve Jobs, we need you? (or something like that).  ... More >

June 20, 2008

What Virtualization Means for Enterprise Software Tomorrow

I'm a software guy.  Even for the 20-odd years I worked for hardware companies, I was a software guy. After all, what did all those nerds with horned-rim glasses and pocket protectors think sold the ... More >

Remembering the First Running of a Stored Program 60 Years on

I've always wondered about how differently from Americans the English think, despite the fact that we speak the same language, and have all kinds of other shared history. As I write this, at noon on ... More >

June 17, 2008

Pet Peeve: I Think Middleware Should Be in the Middle of Something

On this blog, I try to write something from my information technology (IT) investment research that relates directly to IT management and staff and that will help you in your day-to-day work.   ... More >

June 13, 2008

Enterprise 2.0: The Reincarnation of Lotus Notes, Circa 1989

Enterprise 2.0 is both the information technology (IT) conference that took place the week of June 9 in Boston and the software category that combines enterprise applications with collaboration a... More >

June 11, 2008

Enterprise Software Porting Problems: Who You Gonna Call?

I caught up with Transitive's Vice President of Marketing Ian Robinson during the week of June 9 to talk about the cross-virtualization platform provider's expanding distribution channel. Coincidenta... More >

June 9, 2008

IBM Can Shed Light on Your Boss' Thinking About Future of Enterprise

IBM has now circulated the detail on the "Global CEO Study" that it publicized in early May. It is the third edition of a biennial series based on surveys of 1,130 CEOs, general managers and senior... More >

June 6, 2008

Dumpster Diving: Rules on How Not to Acquire Enterprise Software

Waste Management's $100 million claim against SAP is a how-to in how not to acquire enterprise software.  The case itself recalls the great "Halloween-candy scandal of 1999," when Hershey said SAP d... More >

June 4, 2008

EAM: What's in an Enterprise Software Category Name?

I recently ran across this press release titled "Alfabet Tops Competitors in Comprehensive Study of Enterprise Architecture (Management) Products." It's the product category "Enterprise Architectur... More >

June 3, 2008

What's Hurting U.S. Competitiveness and Why It Matters to IT

If you've wondered what Lou Gerstner has been doing since 2003 when he retired as CEO and Chairman of IBM, the answer is researching education. (Oh, in his spare time he is on about a dozen for-profi... More >