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Opening Keynote | Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud – Myth or Reality?
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 Social media applications like Facebook walls, Linked-in dashboards and Twitter tweet-boards have inadvertently opened up a new paradigm of pushing data/information to the users. Enterprise IT applications, on the contrary, expect users to navigate to the information using designated U...Apr. 8, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,031 |
 Have you had a chance to review the full inventory of Google's solutions and apps lately? I have been working with many of them this week and am impressed with how Google is enabling enterprises to become true social businesses. It is very interesting how they are not just demonstratin...Apr. 8, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,838 |
 The Open Group’s first conference in Australia will focus on enterprise transformation. Speakers and a variety of sessions will place the transformation in the context of such vertical industries as finance, defense, exploration, mining, and minerals.
As a prelude to the event, Briefi...Apr. 8, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,434 |
 Hibernate is an open source Java persistence framework project. Perform powerful object relational mapping and query databases using HQL and SQL.
In general the widely used libraries are well designed and implemented, and it's very interesting to learn from them some coding best pra...Apr. 7, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,283 |
 Sharing personal information is central to the way people live, work and do business with each other today. And it’s only going to become more so, as the Identity Economy emerges to establish a new paradigm for commercial interactions. This raises a number of interesting questions and ...Apr. 7, 2013 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,760 |
 Two or three times a year, Bon-Ton Stores products are featured on Jill’s “Steals and Deals” segment on the “Today Show.” The products are promoted with huge discounts. As soon as the segment first airs on the East Coast, the “Steals and Deals” site displays the featured products, with...Apr. 7, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,116 |
 The concept of "Just-in-Time" was pioneered in the manufacturing supply chain as a critical way to reduce costs by minimizing inventory. Implementing a just-in-time system that can handle unexpected demand is not a trivial undertaking. It requires the confluence of a number of discipli...Apr. 4, 2013 12:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,722 |
 Last week I watched a presentation recorded at GigaOm Structure: Data conference featuring Gus Hunt, CTO of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In his presentation, he identified SMAC (social, mobile, big data analytics, and cloud) as the culprit for the massive increase in availab...Apr. 4, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,177 |
 A/B and multivariate testing are often used to improve the conversion funnel. What these tools do is randomly place alternative change images, text or other design elements to gather statistics about how these things affect site visitors. Companies have had great success using such sol...Apr. 1, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,017 |
 How many advertisements for automobiles today promote the fact their cars are horseless carriages? None! Why? It is an assumption that your automobile will be horseless. The same is happening today with mobile apps. Who would develop a work order management or scheduling system tod...Apr. 1, 2013 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,542 |
 As much as we try to avoid performance problems, they do happen. It is inevitable. But it is possible to learn to react fast, and in some occasions fast enough that the impact on the end users is negligible. Despite operators’ best efforts, 73% of performance issues are reported by use...Mar. 29, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,791 |
 We’ve all known the person that believed they knew everything there was to know about topic X. In IT this person is so commonplace that I have wondered if there isn’t an advanced cloning device that spits them out on a daily basis. While this self confidence (or bravado, whichever) in ...Mar. 26, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,626 |
 Achmea Holding, one of the largest providers of financial services and insurance in the Netherlands, has made large strides in running their IT operations like an efficient business itself by rearchitecting its IT operations based on clear metrics.
Gardner: Why is running IT more like...Mar. 23, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,328 |
 Having delivered many talks on business architecture over the years, I’m often struck by the common vision driving many members in the audience – a vision of building cohesion in a business, achieving the right balance between competing forces and bringing the business strategy and ope...Mar. 22, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,662 |
 In a constant effort to improve customers’ cloud experience and increase adoption, cloud providers are starting to introduce WAN optimization capabilities into their service offerings. This technology will allow organizations to realize significant performance improvements for cloud ap...Mar. 22, 2013 01:37 PM EDT Reads: 1,947 |
 When the operations team gets an alert about potential performance problems that users might be experiencing, it is usually either the infrastructure or the actual application that is causing those problems. Things get interesting when neither the ISP nor the application provider is wi...Mar. 19, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,758 |
 The article refers to a white paper on operational adoption and emphasizes the importance of collaboration between IT and the business in achieving operational milestones and success in large APM and IT analytics deployments.
The VIP approach matches and leverages natural relationship...Mar. 19, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,130 |
 For most CIOs and IT managers, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) isn’t a new concept. In fact, many of them have dismissed it more than once amid concerns such as ROI, security and user experience.
But it’s time to take a fresh look at VDI because a slew of new technologies have e...Mar. 19, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,567 |
 Managed server hosting refers to a hosting company managing servers for its clients and providing them with the tools and resources necessary to run their businesses. Hosting companies employ full-time administrators that maintain the servers – something that users would have found the...Mar. 19, 2013 06:56 AM EDT Reads: 1,146 |
 SharePoint is a popular choice for intranet applications and therefore it is important that it performs well to ensure employee productivity. Waiting ten seconds just to load the initial dashboard doesn’t necessarily support that. At a recent customer engagement we identified an intere...Mar. 16, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,166 |
 There is a backlash growing against the term "Big Data.” Some of the negativity is just because of hype; people are attaching the name to their company for any reason, absurd reasons, and/or no reason at all.
I recently saw a pitch by a new venture that "creates Big Data for your busi...Mar. 15, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,288 |
 Through the sheer volume of big data bombarding the human mind, a more human delivery and capture of data is coming. Google Glasses will only be one of them, as augmented reality becomes a business multiplier and brings APIs to our eyes.
Augmented reality (AR) is coming, not for fla...Mar. 13, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,931 |
 Many organizations are trying to find the time to do remediation and updates with software such as Windows 7. In some cases it’s taking them 6-8 months just to complete these tasks, especially when complications like Windows 8 are added in. So the question is – are there quick tips tha...Mar. 11, 2013 06:48 AM EDT Reads: 1,341 |
 Over the last few years, increased reliance on IT systems has meant that Change and Release Management has made its way to the forefront of major organizations. However, as far as the end-user base goes, Change and Release can sink into the subconscious as a simple-to-use to-do list, w...Mar. 9, 2013 02:00 PM EST Reads: 2,330 |
 Long-term growth opportunities in government contracting will make for an active M&A market for players with sights beyond the current business cycle. Technological capabilities in areas such as big data, C4ISR and health IT, will drive deals as they will be better funded than some tra...Mar. 9, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 989 |
 In this post, I will cover adoption - one of the key things to be aware of when you're aiming for high adoption levels is that without focus on the aforementioned requirements, adoption will be low. I've been writing these in order for a reason - in order to drive high adoption levels,...Mar. 9, 2013 10:15 AM EST Reads: 1,303 |
 I love movies. There is just something about them that can teach us a lot about life. One of my favorites is “Groundhog Day.” The construct of this movie is that the main character Phil, played by Bill Murray, is trapped having to live the same day over and over again. This is what it ...Mar. 8, 2013 10:15 AM EST Reads: 1,824 |
 The IT stacks we saw and worked with until recently are almost things of the past now. This change, of course, can be mainly attributed to the Internet evolution and the way IT is being leveraged these days especially with the blurring of lines between personal and work-related IT use....Mar. 6, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 3,581 |
 Many organizations that are looking at implementing a new network infrastructure for cloud computing; a new building being built; or any other network capability, better look closer at their network designs.
Why? All the cabling needed to build the network should fit the lifespan of t...Mar. 6, 2013 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,838 |
 I have had the opportunity to lead dozens of software development projects which I love doing. I have also had the opportunity to watch dozens of software development project from the sidelines, while working on my own project, or in place as a consultant to accomplish something other ...Feb. 25, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 2,107 |
 When people think of "compliance" from a Microsoft SharePoint perspective, it can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. Every organization will have different considerations for compliance: Essentially, which regulations they need to comply with according to their specific...Feb. 25, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,545 |
 The networking industry has gone through different waves over last 30+ years. In the ’80s, the first wave was all about connecting and sharing; how to connect a computer to other peripheral devices and other computers. There were many players who developed technology and services to ad...Feb. 19, 2013 06:30 AM EST Reads: 8,548 |
 It’s common knowledge that the subscriber growth enjoyed by wireless Communication Service Providers (CSPs) over the last several years is tapering off. The CSPs really need new sources of revenue to deliver the required growth. Over-The-Top (OTT) players on the other hand are moving q...Feb. 18, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 3,180 |
 Load testing, perhaps more than any other form of testing, is one of those activities that you either choose to do well or risk a result that leaves you worse off than not doing it at all. Half-hearted attempts at load testing yield “results,” but too often those results are inaccurate...Feb. 11, 2013 05:00 PM EST Reads: 2,200 |
 The implementation of EA means that an organization adopts processes for the development and governance of EA artifacts and deliverables.
The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA) was developed in the 1980s with a strong focus on the information systems landscape of organizations...Feb. 11, 2013 07:15 AM EST Reads: 2,696 |
 No matter which team you were cheering for (or if you even watched the game at all), Super Bowl Sunday 2013 was more than a football game. Since the late 1990s, Super Bowl advertisers have tried to successfully link their TV ads to their online properties, sometimes with mixed results....Feb. 10, 2013 04:00 PM EST Reads: 2,158 |
 SharePoint Gone Wild: When Governance Lacks Training will give a look into how training requirements - or lack of them - can affect governance for SharePoint.
So far in this series, we've looked at business requirements that drive governance - including accountability, quality, approp...Feb. 8, 2013 09:15 AM EST Reads: 1,332 |
 Ultimately, CIOs decide how best to manage their IT infrastructures to guarantee a quality of service to end users while staying within the allocated budget. Using a shared services approach for APM fits best in line with these goals. This approach can provide quality of service to all...Feb. 7, 2013 01:00 PM EST Reads: 2,164 |
 Managing complexity is difficult in any growing business. As companies innovate, add new business lines, expand their global reach, cater to increased volume, or adopt new regulatory rules, processes proliferate and the discipline surrounding them goes out of the window. Moreover, the ...Feb. 7, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 2,723 |
 If I was going to use one word to describe this book, it would be 'masterpiece'. This is one of the most well put together books I have ever read. It is in full-color, covers a wide variety of topics, and covers them in depth.
This book goes well beyond simply teaching you how to us...Feb. 7, 2013 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,076 |
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