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HP and CSC beware: Dell is quietly becoming a major threat to the traditional IT services providers

HP and CSC beware: Dell is quietly becoming a major threat to the traditional IT services providers

By Phil Fersht on June 3, 2013

It is my personal belief that the likes of HP and CSC will be sweating from the oncoming threat from the Austin-based firm’s $8.5 billion services arm in the not-too-distant future, not to mention some of the flagging Indian firms struggling to rediscover their mojoes.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Dell, Enterprise Irregulars, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, Industry-specific Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Michael Dell, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Vendors, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing | Leave a response

Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

By Louis Columbus on May 14, 2013

  Evangelizing development on any cloud computing or enterprise platform is challenging, costly and takes a unique skill set that can educate, persuade, sell and serve developers at the same time. The companies who excel at this exude technical prowess and as a result earn and keep trust.  For Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon Web Services, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, Dell, enterprise software, iaas, Infrastructure as a service, Louis Columbus' blog, Magic Quadrant, Rackspace, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:AMZN | Leave a response

Dell in Deal to Go Private

Dell in Deal to Go Private

By Denis Pombriant on February 5, 2013

Just last week I was writing about the importance of sometimes ignoring Wall Street analysts whose focus on quarterly earnings can force a company into neglecting its best interests.  Bowing to the demands of quarterly reporting (and profits) reflects short-term thinking that might prevent long-term success.  Today Dell decided to go private in a $24 [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged boomi, Dell, intel, Michael Dell, microsoft, private equity, Sun Microsystems, Wall Street | Leave a response

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04

By Dennis Moore on January 4, 2013

Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past two months (or so): Salesforce.com had a strong Q3. NetSuite had a strong Q3. HP did not. Workday had its IPO. It’s doing well, with a market cap just over $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, [...]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, analytics, android, apple, BI, Big Data, business intelligence, Cassandra, Cloud, Database, Dell, Dennis Moore, Ensw, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, Hewlett-Packard, hp, iaas, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPad, iPhone, IPO, IT, IT Failure, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, mobile, netsuite, NoSQL, Open source, oracle, PaaS, Patent, patent troll, RIM, SaaS, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, SAP AG, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, vc, VMware, workday, Yahoo | Leave a response

Dell Launches Social Media Services Practice

Dell Launches Social Media Services Practice

By Michael Fauscette on December 9, 2012

One of the biggest concerns I hear from companies about social business in general is the lack of services / consulting expertise to help with implementation and operations. There is a skills gap today across all of the functional areas…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Customer, Dell, services, smm, socbiz, Social, social consulting, Social Media | 1 Response

Sustainability, social media and big data

Sustainability, social media and big data

By Tom Raftery on November 1, 2012

The term Big Data is becoming the buzz word du jour in IT these days popping up everywhere, but with good reason – more and more data is being collected, curated and analysed today, than ever before. Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter announced last week that Twitter is now publishing 500 million tweets per day. [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged american red cross, Big Data, Dell, Facebook, GE, grid iq insight, Health, Radian6, safety, sandy, Social Media, Sustainability, Twitter | Leave a response

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-21

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-21

By Dennis Moore on October 21, 2012

Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past week: Lots of activity in the mobility world – Apple seems to have set the date for the iPad mini (this Tuesday, 23 October), Google promoting the Chromebook, rumors of new Google Nexus devices, Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet details announced and pre-orders [...]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged android, apple, Big Data, Chromebook, citrix, Cloud, Dell, Dennis Moore, Ensw, enterprise software, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, Hewlett-Packard, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPad, iPhone, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, mobile, netsuite, Open source, oracle, Patent, RIM, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, SAP AG, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, VMware, Windows 8, workday, Yahoo, YouTube | Leave a response

Workday Rising

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-15

By Dennis Moore on October 15, 2012

Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past few weeks: Workday opens up to a huge, successful IPO ($WDAY) reestablishing the enterprise software and solutions market as an attractive investment space. Microsoft gears up to launch Windows 8. Upgrade to Windows 8 for $70. Upgrade to iOS6 and Android Jellybean 4.1 [...]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged android, apple, Big Data, citrix, Cloud, Dell, Ensw, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPhone, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, netsuite, Open source, oracle, Patent, RIM, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, SAP AG, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, VMware, workday, Yahoo | Leave a response

Howard St. Will be Closed at Third St. for Dreamforce

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-09-15

By Dennis Moore on September 15, 2012

Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past few weeks: Dreamforce, Dreamforce, Dreamforce: Coming this week to San Francisco, Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce show will feature somewhere in the neighborhood of 100K attendees (including 30K in the cloud and 70K on premise), including me.  San Francisco will feature massive lines at restaurants, no available hotel [...]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged android, apple, Big Data, citrix, Cloud, Dell, Ensw, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPhone, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, netsuite, Open source, oracle, Patent, RIM, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, SAP AG, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, VMware, workday, Yahoo | Leave a response

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-08-20

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-08-20

By Dennis Moore on August 20, 2012

Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past few weeks: Many more details emerge about Microsoft’s upcoming “Surface” tablet.  Will Microsoft Office compatibility, plus Windows 8′s distinctive user experience (formerly known as “Metro”) be enough to overcome iOS and Android tablet momentum? HP and Microsoft continue to take hits – are they as [...]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged android, apple, Big Data, citrix, Cloud, Dell, Ensw, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, netsuite, Open source, oracle, Patent, RIM, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, VMware, workday, Yahoo | Leave a response

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