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 Big data helped re-elect a President, find Osama bin Laden, and contributed to the melt-down of our financial system. We are in the midst of a data revolution where social media introduces new terms like Arab Spring, Facebook Depression and Twitter anxiety that reflect a new reality: b...Apr. 7, 2013 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,626 |
 As a CIO, it’s your responsibility to chart the technological course for your organization and to do so in a way that meets business needs while fitting inside a budget. Virtualization is one of the most significant advancements to hit the enterprise, and it can be a tremendous boon... Apr. 7, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,424 |
 Over the past 6 months, CA Technologies has been running IT innovation-related polls on http://www.ca.com/. On average, these 9 polls garnered 660 responses each, and present a stark picture of the challenges and frustrations that come with being an IT leader today.
While some of th...Mar. 3, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,494 |
 Symantec’s 2013 State of Mobility Survey uncovered two distinct groups among businesses that have implemented mobility. One group could be called the Innovators. They are willing to take a chance as early adopters of technology, seeking opportunities to improve themselves and accepting...Feb. 25, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,805 |
 Heavy handed Government Legislation will not lead to a healthier planet. Companies, and indeed consumers, must be given both the choice and the chance to adopt a ‘green’ model that suits their needs and that they can personally engage with on an emotional and fiscal level.
It was form...Feb. 13, 2013 11:36 AM EST Reads: 1,490 |
 For over 30 years, we have successfully run IT organizations. And things (generally) have worked well for IT organizations and the businesses they serve. Best practices were identified, shared and enhanced. Technology evolved and became increasingly more sophisticated. We built the bac...Feb. 8, 2013 04:30 AM EST Reads: 1,176 |
 Many companies and enterprises in 2012 witnessed the proliferation of network data as a huge and growing problem across data centers. Additional data center solutions were needed to access, process, analyze, and deliver it instantly on a global basis to millions of users. Several advan...Jan. 2, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 4,409 |
 If you flat-out asked your resident nerd what gifts they are hoping for as the holidays get into full swing, you might get a response like, “You mean besides for an uncut Blu-ray version of the original Star Wars Trilogy? Hmm, let me think…” But even if the family Jedi is less than hel...Dec. 2, 2012 02:00 PM EST Reads: 5,589 |
 Was there some bias as to what got said on Twitter on the night of the debates?
Twitter needs to be able to handle large volumes and if they can’t, they cannot say that they are providing any accurate public barometer on something as important as a Presidential debate.
On the last ...Oct. 19, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,164 |
 Do we need programming languages? You may think that the answer is no. But, if you go by the recent trend you may need to change your mind. Why is Google working two (GO, DART) new programming languages? Why has IBM (X10), Cray (Chapel) and Red Hat (Ceylon) working on creating a new pr...Oct. 3, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 36,050 Replies: 1 |
 I have been waiting for this book for a long time, so the first thing I would like to do is thank Aya, the author's wife. In the acknowledgements the author thanks her for making him man up and finish the book. The second thing I would like to do is thank the author for listening. A pr...Oct. 2, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,639 |
 Technology companies need to target the enterprise to get big benefits for themselves as well as this customer segment. While there are a number of obstacles, proper messaging will help overcome these hurdles.Sep. 21, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,330 |
 Now that we are a couple of years into the great cloud journey is it pretty clear that the big bang theory of cloud conversion is ain't happening.Yes, ISVs are moving rapidly to the SaaS model and it would be hard to find a software startup who is *not* starting in the clou... Sep. 11, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,498 |
 For those of you keeping score, late last year American Airlines’ parent AMR declared bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 filing of the once largest airline in the world brought to a conclusion the era of disintegration for the legacy commercial airline market. You can argue about the princip...Sep. 9, 2012 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,402 |
 I'm always interested when I hear or read a software vendor or their value added reseller (VAR) or business partner claim that their solution eliminates Sep. 9, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,682 |
 The highly empowered mobile user is a disruptive trend most enterprises have yet to come to grips with. This is causing huge changes in enterprises. Friends at Wikibon, the awesome open research and collaboration site, have produced an infographic that helps capture some key dimensi... Sep. 8, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,862 |
 If everyone else is faking it, here for the money, making it up as they go... Does integrity matter in Social Media? I believe that integrity is critical to success, for our nation, our business and ourselves. It's a slippery slope when we begin to sacrifice integrity for our own perso...Sep. 5, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,796 |
 A few weeks ago, I wrote my pre-show thoughts about VMworld 2012. Much of it was focused on the need for VMware to diversify their technology and business model(s) as customer needs are evolving beyond server virtualization.
Now that the US event is over, I wanted to jot down some tho...Sep. 4, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,236 |
 IDG just published a very concise summary of some of the myths about cloud computing that regularly do the rounds. Written by HP and Intel, it’s a very quick read, but useful reminder of some of the key topics related to the adoption of cloud computing.
Here are the main points...Sep. 4, 2012 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,881 |
 We are now in process of launching our flagship best practices publication, the Cloud CIO guide @ CloudCIO.info. While the technology aspects of Cloud Computing are important, what is actually most noteworthy about the trend is the transformation of the role of the CIO, to become a boa...Aug. 31, 2012 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,933 |
 In case you missed it, Oracle has a ten million dollar challenge (here, Aug. 27, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,570 |
 As every good schoolboy knows: cold showers after cross country running lessons put hairs on your chest; the acceleration of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force acting on that body; and when Juliet cried ‘wherefore art thou Romeo’, she meant WHY not WHERE as s...Aug. 20, 2012 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,142 |
How much flash (or DRAM) based Solid State Device (SSD) do you want or need?
IBM recently took a flash step announcing it wants and needs more SSD capabilities in different packaging and functionality capabilities to meet the demands and opportunities of customers, business partne...Aug. 20, 2012 04:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,350 |
 In the competitive world of cloud-based computing infrastructure, Amazon remains top dog. It’s highly visible, its footprint is almost global, it incrementally adds features or cuts prices to keep competitors on their toes, and it generally manages to meet most people’s nee...Aug. 19, 2012 08:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,348 |
 Prior to 2009, there was seemingly little need for standards within financial services. Continued high turnovers ensured there was little, or no, talk of efficiency, transparency, or passing savings on to customers, and reducing the vast investment on IT integration was a non-issue... Aug. 17, 2012 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,967 |
 Over the years we’ve worked with or talked to a number of law firms and lawyers who needed assistance with their websites, blogs or SEO efforts. Their struggles with internet marketing inspired us to create a stock WordPress theme specifically designed for their industry. This month we...Aug. 16, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,506 |
 A recent report from PwC estimates that between 15 and 30 percent of enterprise IT spending is of the roguish nature. That's a pretty wide range, so we probably shouldn't rely on the folks who put this survey together to land the next probe to Mars; need a bit more precision than that....Aug. 11, 2012 07:47 AM EDT Reads: 1,651 |
 Over at APIEvangelist.com, Kin Lane has a great list of "Successful APIs to look at when planning your API". These include Ebay and Flickr. It's a great list, showing how APIs can be very different from each other. Some are OData-y (Ebay), some still support SOAP as well as REST (e.g. ...Aug. 11, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,912 |
 While the retail store or restaurant is accepted as being “ground zero” of the path to purchase, integrating this critical product selection and purchase location into the “paid-owned-earned” model of media, messaging and engagement has challenged merchants and brands. Now, dynamic loc...Aug. 7, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,666 |
 The technology (specifically IT) world is becoming more complex and challenging every day. I speak with a number of Business Leaders, CIOs, IT leaders and IT staff about this very issue. The subject of IT Transformation is one that keeps coming up. Yet, it seems as illusive as it is al...Jul. 19, 2012 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,750 |
 Companies and government agencies are in even greater need to understand how to balance priorities, leverage existing investments and align their critical resources.
In today’s environment of competing priorities and constrained resources, companies and government agencies are in even...Jul. 17, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,577 |
 The Facebook IPO was arguably the most iconic public offering of the past 5 years. NASDAQ claimed to have tested their systems before the social giant went public, but that didn't stop the platform from faltering in the opening hours of Facebook's IPO. Had NASDAQ tested the structural ...Jul. 11, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,236 |
 As the head of marketing, your most important internal client is the CEO. It is often said that the CEO has to identify with the brand messaging. The brand messaging needs to be in harmony with the CEO at the end of the day. It needs to match the CEO in quality and narrative. Buyer...Jul. 11, 2012 10:01 AM EDT Reads: 2,133 |
 The latest Amazon outage again begs whether or not Amazon’s customers are technology leaders or laggards simply trying to reduce IT costs to their bare minimum. Certainly some enterprises are properly using the public cloud for key projects where a non-critical application or service ...Jul. 5, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,227 |
 There is enough evidence that Agile works – in most cases much better than waterfall. Even when you are working in an enterprise scale, distributed, multi-vendor and strong regulatory environment – agile works better than any other method. Here are some survey and research finding 1. S...Jul. 5, 2012 04:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,309 |
 Don’t ya love all the acronyms we have? So by now, you’ve probably heard that BYOD means Bring Your Own Device – a topic that is getting lots of press these days. The concept of allowing employees to use their own personal device, often mobile, for work related tasks. This ...Jul. 4, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,584 |
 As you may be aware Amazon AWS US-EAST-1 experienced two outages in June that resulted in widespread service interruptions and significant downtime for AWS marquis customers such as Netflix, Pinterest, Istagram, Heroku.Jul. 4, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,458 |
 Microsoft is showing a way to enterprise mobility, albeit via a perilous path for its historic partners and channels.
Where goes Apple, there follows Microsoft. Where goes Microsoft, there follows the enterprise.
And so, the inevitability of mobile work and resulting higher productiv...Jun. 25, 2012 10:43 AM EDT Reads: 2,206 |
 Le Moyne College in upstate New York successfully embraced several levels of virtualization as a springboard to broad client-tier virtualization benefits.
Le Moyne worked with technology solutions provider Systems Management Planning Inc. to make the journey in a structured, predictiv...Jun. 24, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,527 |
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