HP and Palm, Beyond Smart Phones
Enough has been written about HP acquiring Palm that I don’t think it’s that newsworthy today… however something has been bouncing around my hamster cage since reading the coverage yesterday that I’m not ready to let it go. Maybe this isn’t about smart phones at all? Put another way, of course this is about smart [...]
News Analysis: Salesforce.com and VMware Up The Ante In The Cloud Wars With VMforce
VMWare and Salesforce.com Battle For The Hearts And Minds Of Cloud-Oriented Java Developers On April 27th, 2010, Salesforce.com, [NYSE: CRM] and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) formed VMforce, a strategic alliance to create a deployment environment for Java based apps in the cloud. The Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering builds on Java, Spring, VMware vSphere, and Force.com. Key [...]
D&B Morphs and Grows Its Overall Supply Management and Risk Strategy (Part 4)
In this final post in this series covering D&B’s Supplier Risk Manager solution (click here for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), I’ll provide additional commentary on how D&B leverages predictive indicators to forecast supply risk, thereby giving as much early warning of impending supplier failures or supply disruptions under ideal (and hopefully less [...]
Microsoft Should Donate PowerPoint to the Taliban
I don’t pretend to be a military strategist, but I’ve figured out how to win the war in Afghanistan. OK, not on my own – The New York Times helped, with an article titled: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in [...]
Avoid Talking to the Lamp Post
In my last post I talked about how the Small and Medium enterprise IT market was fractured based on experience. There are the Newly Born who see opportunity in IT systems, the Reincarnated who have extensive experience with systems and keep bringing their knowledge to the startups they work for, and the Buried, who have [...]
News Analysis: Microsoft Licensing Update – April 2010
Welcome To The First Of A Series Of Posts On Microsoft Licensing Updates. Given the vast array of Microsoft products and licensing categories, an organization may often feel overwhelmed by Microsoft’s policies. While there may be some complexity, these series of posts are designed to provide up to date commentary and analysis on new programs [...]
The Java cloud? VMforce – Quick Analysis
Not exactly the “Java in the cloud” dream, but good looking nonetheless.
Wednesday’s Whispers: People Whispers – April 2010
PEOPLE WHISPERS: MOVES, PROMOTIONS, AND MILESTONES* A very slow moving April as many change and moves were made in Q1. So far the job prospects in tech remain excellent. As always, thanks for your emails and alerts. If you’ve got a change or know of a promotion, keep dropping me a line! If you need [...]
Women in Tech: Susan Scrupski
My friend, and I use that term in its true confidant sense, Susan Scrupski was recognized by Fast Company magazine for being one of the most influential women in technology. I am very proud of her for this recognition but more so for all the hard work she had devoted herself to which this list [...]
