Top Ten Cloud Computing Skills Recruiters Search For
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Bewley and Rachel Ceccarelli of Dice.com regarding the trends they are seeing in cloud computing recruiters’ searched-for terms on their sites. They’re seeing exponential growth in cloud computing-related job listings today and provided an analysis of the top ten cloud computing skills recruiters are searching for. […]
A week of Oracle announcements (so far) and what it means to software buyers
I now christen thee a new alliance partner This week, Oracle announced an alliance with Microsoft. Yesterday, Oracle and Salesforce.com announced a new relationship. Among other things, they agreed that Salesforce would use Oracle’s hardware and 12c database in their cloud datacenters. Additionally, Oracle’s HCM (Human Capital Management) and Financials software would be used internally […]
The Latest Disruption
The stunning announcements that Microsoft and Salesforce.com would become more engaged with Oracle by using its middleware, hardware and associated other products has left many people agape and agog and for good reasons. We are all more accustomed to covering the initiation of trends and their evolution than their resolutions. Initiations have terms associated with […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04
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 $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-21
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past week: Lots of activity in the mobility world – Apple seems to have set the date for the iPad mini (this Tuesday, 23 October), Google promoting the Chromebook, rumors of new Google Nexus devices, Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet details announced and pre-orders […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-15
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past few weeks: Workday opens up to a huge, successful IPO ($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 […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-09-15
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 […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-08-20
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 […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-30
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Apple sales slip as phanboyz wait for a new iPhone. Apple is still, however, generating almost as much cash as the Obama administration is spending on wasteful programs 🙂 More details emerge about Windows 8 and Microsoft’s strengthening product portfolio. Will skeuomorphic (iOS, Android) […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-22
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Two IPOs come out strongly after Facebook IPO disappointment – Kayak and Palo Alto Networks. Google Nexus 7, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is becoming the first general purpose worthy competitor to the Apple iPad. Workday files for IPO, using JOBS Act to avoid […]
