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May 30, 2008

Pros and Cons of Sole Sourcing

Recently, I was asked to comment on a large institution that has specified Cisco in an RFP for networking and telephony gear. I got the call because there had been what appeared to be a similar insta... More >

May 27, 2008

EMC: Rethinking How to Measure Quality

Last week, I was one of the analysts at EMC World . This is EMC's big event for customers, press and analysts; they get to see the current EMC product line and get updates from a number of top execu... More >

May 22, 2008

Will HP buy Alcatel-Lucent?

HP is one of several firms aggressively doing acquisitions. Its latest, EDS , takes it one big step closer to being able to build a cloud-based IT outsourcing business, likely catching most of its ... More >

May 16, 2008

In Search of the Next Google

I took a meeting with a company called Apture the other day and while I was listening to what the company was doing and what it planned to do, I wondered if I would be able to tell if it could grow... More >

May 13, 2008

HP + EDS vs. Microsoft + Yahoo: Lower Degree of Difficulty, Better Execution

HP has announced its intent to buy EDS and the process is already in stark contrast to the failed one Microsoft used on Yahoo. IBM is the competitive target for the HP acquisition and HP moved ahea... More >

May 12, 2008

Apple iPhone 2.0 vs. RIM Bold: Hold for Bold

In an attempt to avoid what likely would have been significant erosion to its installed base, RIM announced its BlackBerry Bold this week. Information is leaking out, but we know less about the s... More >

May 9, 2008

The ClearCube Split and the Apple Breakup Conundrum -- Will It Work This Time?

Since the beginning of the personal computer market, one argument was defined by an initial disagreement between Apple and Microsoft about whether PC hardware and software needed to be closely couple... More >

May 5, 2008

Why Linux Doesn't Work on the Consumer Desktop

In my last post, I wrote of Google's apparent intention to put Microsoft out of business. One of the folks posting on the piece asked a question about why Linux isn't more frequently used in the ho... More >

May 2, 2008

Google's Strategy to Kill Microsoft

In a way, this is almost like deja vu for me, as in the early days of the computer business the talk of one vendor trying to kill the other was what kept you fired up, particularly when it was you th... More >

May 1, 2008

An Alternative to Microsoft vs. Apple

I spent the first two days of this week at a Microsoft event covering virtualization and management tools. This is a group that, if nothing else, has its act together, based on the customers I inte... More >

Data Deduplication

Data manipulation strategies that make data stores more manageable and reduce the need for storage capacity and its associated costs.

Data Loss Protection

Data-loss prevention tactics, technologies and best practices to protect your sensitive and valuable company data.

Laptop Security

Answers to the ongoing challenges of the mobile office: to work anywhere, securely and efficiently.

Data Management

Data management tips and techniques that insure ease of access, comprehensive security and absolute privacy for your invaluable company information.