We're going to be doing an IT Business Edge feature article soon on the consolidation of the enterprise software industry. It's important because the consolidation converts to fewer choices for you i... More >
At the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference, Server and Tools VP Bob Muglia positions the new Microsoft Windows Azure cloud offering as the next 2010-2019 step after Web (1990s) and Web serv... More >
I don't know who Stephan is and his blog does not tell me. But his latest post, Six Reasons Why My VC Funded Startup Did Fail , has an interesting message for you from two perspectives: you as an ... More >
In general I don't use tertiary sources, but this looks pretty reliable and it's a just-for-fun blog post anyways: According to Insurancenetworking.com , according to DM Review , according to Aberd... More >
I heard a presentation by Pegasystems founder and CEO Alan Trefler on Oct. 20 that ties to my research along the lines of "What Happened to the Software Factory?" (See also http://www.itbusinessed... More >
There's an interesting study from SandHill Group / Neochange on the blogosphere that says -- surprise, surprise -- your enterprise software supplier might look at the world differently than you do. ... More >
In my last post on the impact of the current financial crises (plural -- not a typo) on IT, I said "In IT in 2009/2010, It'll Be about Jobs and Budgets." Now the question is: what happens when we c... More >
In my last post , I took a historical perspective on the relationship between previous stock market "corrections" and major changes in the IT market during those same periods. Those changes were th... More >
In my last post , I took a historical perspective on the relationship between previous stock market "corrections" (as measured by peaks and valleys in the Dow industrial average) and the fortunes o... More >
No IT blogger worth the title can let the week of October 6 pass without relating what's happening in the financial markets to IT, and its effects on IT managers and staffs. Actually I'd rather hea... More >
It's deja vu all over again at Oracle, which said October 8 that it has agreed to acquire Primavera . Primavera sold over $150 million in Project Portfolio Management (PPM) enterprise applications i... More >
As of 9:00 a.m. October 6, 2008, Forbes.com is running a story about a new IBM concept called "Blue House." http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/10/05/ibm-google-cloud-tech-enter-cx_ag_1006ibm.ht... More >
The rumor about Cisco acquiring EMC -- which means acquiring VMware -- has been floating around Wall Street for a few months. So like everything else on Wall Street at the beginning of October 20... More >
There is a legal and ethical imperative to keep certain relationships at arm's length when you jointly own a company. Still it's more than interesting that a company partly owned by Microsoft -- msnb... More >

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