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January 29, 2010
Analyzing the Analytics
There’s a lot of interest in business intelligence these days and analytics specifically. But with that interest comes a lot of confusion over just what business people are looking for in terms of an... More >
When to Apply Cloud Computing
There’s a lot of debate these days about when to use cloud computing and for what types of applications. Given the relatively early days of the concept, that’s understandable. But some people fail to... More >
IBM Enlists Mickey Mouse for Smarter Planet
IBM has recruited Walt Disney World to help educate people about what it means to live on a Smarter Planet . Leveraging a long-standing relationship, IBM will open a Smarter Planet exhibit at the E... More >
January 28, 2010
IBM Migration Factory Aims to Close Down Sun, HP
Now that the Oracle acquisition of Sun is a done deal, IBM is trying to increase the pressure on Oracle, and by extension HP, with a new set of services and software aimed at automating much of the... More >
January 27, 2010
Seeing the Future Through Oracle
There’s a lot of consternation over the long-term viability of the Oracle merger with Sun. Obviously, there is much to be concerned about in terms of execution . But as we look toward where customer... More >
Delivering Information as a Service
It’s no secret that the entire media industry -- whether it’s print, video or music -- is going through convulsions trying to cope with changes in the way content is being consumed in the Internet ... More >
January 26, 2010
Google Lessons Learned
What distinguishes Google from other companies is a culture that starts at the top in terms of encouraging engineers to come up with products and technologies designed to reinvent inherently ineffici... More >
The Coming of Apple
With all the excitement and interest being generated this week by a new “slate tablet” offering from Apple that is expected to be unveiled tomorrow, now may be a good time to think about how Apple ... More >
January 25, 2010
Creating a New IT Compact for Cloud Computing
One of the things that IT organizations need to have a better understanding of is what exactly is being provided to them in the way of a cloud computing service. While everybody is now using the same... More >
The Art of the Cloud Computing Deal
It’s pretty clear that the concept of cloud computing is transforming the way IT organizations think about outsourcing. Outsourcing of IT operations generally has meant that the IT assets associated ... More >
January 22, 2010
Time to Revisit Intent of PCI DSS
While the intentions behind the payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) are probably noble, you have to wonder if the payment services industry is punishing all of its customers for ... More >
Growing Up with E-Commerce on the Web
One of the things that thousands of small businesses have come to realize when it comes to e-commerce after this most recent holiday season is that they need more control over their own destiny. The ... More >
January 21, 2010
Advances in Unified Communications
To say that the whole category of unified communications has had a fractured history until this point would be kind. But every now and again, there is a confluence of events that gives cause for op... More >
Eliminating the Hidden Fees that Destroy IT Budgets
The ongoing maintenance and licensing fees for hardware and software products can wreak havoc on an IT budget. This is how most vendors make their real money, but most customers have little insight i... More >
January 20, 2010
How to Keep Good Ideas Alive
Although no one can say for certain how many billions of dollars have been lost because no one followed up on a good idea, it’s fairly certain that every business can point to at least one major lost... More >
RSA Survey: Online Security Confidence Crisis Coming
It looks like security has finally become a consumer issue. In a survey of 4,500 consumers worldwide conducted by the RSA division of EMC, 65 percent of the respondents said that they are now less li... More >
January 19, 2010
Study Says SaaS Gets Strategic
A new survey published by Avanade shows that not only are business intelligence applications coming of age as a service, they are also becoming a lot more strategic. The Avanade survey, conducted b... More >
Gartner 2010 CIO Survey: A Time of Great IT Transition
After several years of focusing primarily on cost-cutting, the latest survey of CIOs from Gartner Group shows that senior IT executives are once again focusing on the strategic role that IT plays in... More >
January 15, 2010
EMC Acquisition to Enable More Proactive GRC
Much is said and written about governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), but we’re still nowhere near the level of GRC automation that we should be. As GRC products and technologies consolid... More >
Gauging Your Open Source Appetite
One issue that gives IT organizations cause for pause when it comes to open source is the whole issue of support. In particular, when it comes to open source applications, some IT organizations fret... More >
January 14, 2010
The Rise of Business Process Architects
One management maxim that usually holds true is that when people start complaining about something, it’s time to put somebody in charge of it. Given all the complaining that’s been going on about the... More >
Hosting Company Delivers Free Entrepreneurial Stimulus
Under the heading of a little direct action is worth 10 times as much Federal stimulus spending, a hosting company has started accepting applications from entrepreneurs that need access to free exc... More >
January 13, 2010
HP Extends Technology Alliance with Microsoft
Under increasing pressure from IBM, Oracle and Cisco, Hewlett-Packard got a boost from Microsoft in the form of a new three-year technology and marketing agreement valued at $250 million. A core ... More >
IBM CEO Provides Accounting of Smarter Planet
In a speech at the Chatham House in London today to promote the concept of IBM’s Smarter Planet , IBM CEO Sam Palmisano said substantial progress has been made on multiple fronts that has resulted... More >
January 12, 2010
Google Fills Gap between Mobile, Cloud Computing
One of the more painful things about the intersection of mobile and cloud computing these days is the lack of synchronization between various applications. But with Google's announcement that users ... More >
Digital Health Care Advances
The Consumer Electronics Show made clear that beyond being able to entertain us, personal technology can save lives. The keynote presentation of Dr. Paul Jacobs, the CEO of Qualcomm, highlighted ... More >
January 11, 2010
IBM Turns Attention to Smarter Retail Customers
With technology such as smartphones playing a much larger role in e-commerce these days, retailers are starting to think about how to modernize the way they interact with customers. To help drive tha... More >
Motorola Enables Loyalty Programs via Smartphones
Given the fact that potential customers now spend more time looking at the their smartphones than any other device, the smartphone has become a natural delivery platform for retail loyalty programs a... More >
January 8, 2010
Intel Wants to Change Shopping Experience
Intel wants to take those boring directory signs in the store and turn them into interactive displays that make it easy for customers to find what they want. At the Consumer Electronics Show , Intel... More >
Getting in Touch with Your PC
If you are paying attention to the noise level coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show this week, it’s pretty clear that PC vendors want you to start chucking your keyboard. The assumption that... More >
High-Definition Videoconferencing Heads Mainstream
Each of us at some point has taken a needless business trip, and we have been on a phone call when we'd rather talk to the person face to face. High-definition teleconferencing systems, also known as... More >
January 7, 2010
How Social Networks Can Drive a Company Crazy
One of the great things about social networking is that it can give people access to a lot of great information about what people are saying about the company in real time. That’s also one of the wor... More >
Jive Software Acquisition Extends Real-Time Business Hub
One of the things that is gives Jive Software so much momentum within the collaboration space is that it gives diverse users a common framework to share information and thoughts in real time. Unfortu... More >
January 6, 2010
The Compliance Complexity of Social Networks
For the last several years, much of the focus surrounding compliance has been on e-mail. That only made sense given the volume of information moving through these systems. But in the last year, we’ve... More >
January 5, 2010
GRC Convergence Cometh
One of the problems with the whole concept of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) is that it encompasses so much territory. As such, the entire GRC sector is ripe for consolidation, as e... More >
Taking the Complexity out of E-Discovery
Anyone who has been involved in major corporate litigation knows how time consuming the discovery process can be. Although you might think that IT could ease the burden of discoveries, in reality IT... More >
January 4, 2010
The Twitterization of Enterprise IT
One of things that a lot of IT applications need is a way to asynchronously communicate information updates. Of course, the issue is that most of those updates need to be shared across applications f... More >
2010: The Year IT Finally Grows Up
Managing IT has never been easy and yet, to a large degree, the challenges associated with managing IT are of our own making. That's why you hear a lot of talk about IT maturity models and the Infor... More >
