SpringOne 2010 – the shody trip-report – Quick Analysis
Earlier this week, I was at VMWare’s SpringOne conference, covering announcements and new work from their SpringSource division. They launched an integrating cloud-based software development suite of tools, several technology partnerships with Google, and started to outline new integration needs from the social, mobile, and database world.
Who should be in charge of Enterprise 2.0?
Social media is used inside about three quarters of enterprises today. Yet is still only scratching the surface of how it can enable better communication, collaboration, and bottom-line results. Where are Enterprise 2.0 leaders coming from that are d…
Forrester’s Services Procurement Wave — Do the Means Justify the End? (Part 1)
I’ll be the first to admit: I can’t stand forced vendor rankings by third party firms, analyst or otherwise. Ever since I spent sleepless nights on the vendor side pulling together RFP responses from questionnaires that often show…
Integrating BPM and Enterprise Architecture
Michael zur Muehlen presented this morning on integrating BPM and enterprise architecture, based on work that he’s done with the US Department of Defense. Although they use the DoDAF architecture framework in particular, the concepts are applicable to other similar EA frameworks. Like the Zachman framework, DoDAF prescribes the perspectives that are required, but doesn’t […]
Ariba Supplier Network Alternatives: Hubwoo (Part 1)
Hubwoo delivers an alternative capability to the Ariba Supplier Network through what it describes as its Collaboration Hub offering (the name should come as no surprise). This part of Hubwoo’s business continues to realize significant growth and has doubled in size for each of the past two years, owing to greater penetration of existing buyer […]
