Security certificate maintenance – there must be a better way
Over the last few years, I’ve seen numerous instances where will maintained systems that are run by organizations with good operational records have fallen over, caused by security certificate expiration. Just last week, Google Mail went down for a significant time when their security key chain broke (note Google’s use of SHA-1 internally – but that’s […]
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Takes New Role – What Does it Really Mean?
Just prior to Oracle’s Q1 FY15 earnings announcement hitting the wire, the company made an announcement about changes in the Oracle executive suite. Something of a surprise to many, but perhaps not really that much of a surprise, Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO for 37 years steps out of that role to assume the role […]
Accenture makes a significant As-a-Service move by bringing together Operations, Cloud and Infrastructure
The services world has already started to change – and those who are only just realizing this may already be too late
A Tale of Two Bridges
If anyone is wondering why I’ve been quiet lately, I’ve been away on holiday. I just returned from the trip this week and I was thinking about a story that I heard over the past weekend from a tour guide, as we explored the Scottish West Highlands. Actually we were in Edinburgh, and on the […]
Social Business Intelligence: Positioning a Strategic Lens on Opportunity
Recently I’ve been tracking the growth of social analytics and the means of delivering well on it. Connecting it to the needs of the business is the next step beyond basics of collating, aggregating, and identifying patterns in what the world is doing that affects your organization. On ZDNet recently, I explored the rapidly growing trend of big data. Collectively, big data represents a set of highly innovative new ways that companies are developing to distill value from the sheer scale, richness, and complexity of today’s vast networks of people and their data, of which the Internet is just the biggest example. It is social media in particular, however, where big data and business value intersect.
