Defrag: Cloud economics, cultural change, and other exciting stories
The cloud is pushing profound shifts in computing, the enterprise, and even our culture. Economics has an important to play in these changes.
Managing Integration In a Hybrid Cloud Environment
Listen to my conversation with Rick Nucci, co-founder and CTO of cloud integration Boomi, in a podcast interview recorded in the week before the vendor’s acquisition by server manufacturer Dell. Previous conversations with Rick were SaaS Integration, Simpler through Sharing, in April 2009 and Why Your Cloud Applications Should Be Multi-tenant last February. In this [...]
Facebook has an Opening for Messaging, But This Ain’t It (Plus: What Should Google Do?)
There’s quite a bit of back and forth about the Facebook Messaging announcement. Since a little time has passed, people have settled in and we’re slightly past the hype. Time for my two cents: Facebook has an opening based on at least two value propositions that I can see. There is value in a single inbox, though at [...]
Accenture Closes Ariba Services Acquisition
Earlier today, Ariba announced that it closed the sale of its consulting (process, operations consulting/sourcing services, not technology implementation) assets to Accenture. Ariba and Accenture are positioning the deal as “givin…
What Does SAP Think of Social Business?
Next in our series of opinions on Social Business is SAP. Interested in the previous ones? Check out Oracle, Attensity, Fuze Digital, and Moxie Software. 1. Where is the Social world going in 12 months? In 24 months? Over the next 12 months, I envision the social world continue to grow rapidly into various avenues both [...]
Facebook Adds Email
This innovation in social media is simply a new solution looking for a problem to solve…Facebook and Zuckerberg have proven adept at this so it’s likely prudent to reserve judgment.
Facebook Messages is not just Email. Nor is Gmail. What’s new?
Let me start out by pointing out the obvious – Facebook has been nothing short of a revolution in how we live our online lives. It connects me better to my friends, family and co-workers. It has inspired changes in how our work lives are changing. Facebook Email Will Be Successful But That Doesn’t Mean [...]
