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Dennis Byron
Insights on enterprise software markets to help define smart strategy
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Enterprise Software Sales Is Hardball
Enterprise software pushing products clients don’t need? I hope your arm feels better after all that twisting, but I can’t help glomming onto this building nonsequitur blogo-debate about enterprise software suppliers being out to take advantage of you in licensing and maintenance deals. Sorry --...More >
Carl Weinschenk Data and Telecom“Carriers are desperate for new sources of revenue. In a strange way, the recession is masking the situation, simply because everyone is in the same sinking boat.”
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Alignment, staffing and culture are often more critical than software and apps
04.24.09
Will Outsourcing Clients Pay More for Benefits Beyond Labor Arbitrage?
In regard to pricing, Indian outsourcing companies are now in an uncomfortable position. They are damned if they do (lower prices) and damned if they don't. Earlier this week, I wrote a post in which I shared portions of my recent interview with Peter Allen, TPI's managing director for Global... More >
From regulatory compliance to corporate governance structure, everyone is involved
04.24.09
Obama's Search for 'Copyright Czar' Continues
While the president's acting senior director for cyber space, Melissa Hathaway, spoke on the need for the White House to take the lead in cyber security policymaking and enforcement, Vice President Joe Biden and other lawmakers were speaking at an event sponsored by the Motion Picture... More >
Data center and networking architecture to keep your data safe and moving
04.24.09
OnStor Taps Sun's Zettabyte Technology for Low-End Storage
Small businesses are starting to see some of the high-end, open source storage applications that used to be reserved for large organizations. OnStor recently introduced two new Pantera storage appliances that leverage such goodies as the Zettabyte File System (ZFS) developed by Sun... More >
Observations about Microsoft, the world’s largest software vendor
03.26.09
Some of the Shows Will Go On
Ahead of Interop in Vegas this May , I assigned one of my editors the task of talking with some of the 400-plus exhibitors slated for the trade show about the decision-making process that led them to make the commitment in the face of tight budgets for marketing, travel and the like. We expect... More >
The real truth about technology and IT
04.24.09
How Oracle Could Own Linux and Own the Market
Back when I was a competitive analyst, one of the projects that I enjoyed the most was writing scenarios. We would look into the future, define an event we either wanted to avoid or have happen, and then write how it came about in the past tense. In other words, let's say you were IBM in the 1980s... More >
Begin with business processes and then progress into leading-edge technologies
04.24.09
Twelve Metrics to Monitor for SOA's ROI
Wednesday, I joked that Joe McKendrick had kicked off the quarterly “how to calculate SOA's ROI” discussion with his recent post on how to measure SOA's performance . SOA expert and blogger David Linthicum and Dan Foody of Progress's SOA Infrastructure blog soon followed up... More >
Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
04.24.09
The Explosive Growth of Application Stores
Without a doubt, the highest-profile part of a smartphone is the hardware -- the user interface and the powerful engine within. The real drivers of the new world of super-powerful phones are the applications. In many ways, the way in which these apps are being distributed is as unique as the... More >
Securing your data and network, inside and outside the perimeter
04.24.09
Mozilla Putting out Fires in Firefox
This week Mozilla released 12 security patches for its Firefox browser, version 3.0.9. Of the 12 patches, four were rated as critical, two high, two moderate, and four low. This patch release was the most since December 2008, when Mozilla released patches to fix 13 vulnerabilities. According to ... More >
Managing a business in a technology-driven world
04.08.09
A Little Homework Goes a Long Way in Project Prioritization
One of the dirty little secrets of most development projects, particularly in smaller businesses, is that they often get pushed into the IT pipeline before anybody does any real homework to see if they make sense. Sure, an idea may sound like a no-brainer when you discuss it at the senior... More >
Expert tech insight and advice for small businesses with big goals
04.23.09
SMB Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
I wrote a number of blogs over the last couple of months on the topic of business continuity and disaster recovery. In case you missed some of them, I have compiled the various articles relating to these two important topics below. Feel free to bookmark this page as a reference, or forward the... More >
04.21.09
Oracle/Sun: Vastly Changing the Hardware, Software, Services Landscape
Unbreakable Linux , which initially showed some promise, turned out to be an inside industry joke with Oracle at the butt of it. It just didn't seem to get much traction and the connection to Red Hat, instead of giving it a strong bounce, actually seemed to work against the product. With Sun,... More >
04.24.09
How Oracle Could Own Linux and Own the Market
Back when I was a competitive analyst, one of the projects that I enjoyed the most was writing scenarios. We would look into the future, define an event we either wanted to avoid or have happen, and then write how it came about in the past tense. In other words, let's say you were IBM in the 1980s... More >
04.24.09
Oracle's Hardware Dilemma
Questions are still swirling about the fate of Sun hardware now that the company is about to become a unit of software giant Oracle Corp. Although it's likely that technologies like Sun Fire and Sun Blade, and even the SPARC processors, will live on even if Oracle decides to spin off the hardware... More >
04.24.09
The Explosive Growth of Application Stores
Without a doubt, the highest-profile part of a smartphone is the hardware -- the user interface and the powerful engine within. The real drivers of the new world of super-powerful phones are the applications. In many ways, the way in which these apps are being distributed is as unique as the... More >
04.17.09
Where Outsourcing Fails and Why You Don’t Hear About It
Last week I was part of a get together of technology managers, analysts and influencers. One of the topics was outsourcing failures . What was interesting was that the consensus opinion was that it was generally failing miserably and that much of this failure was currently being covered up by... More >
04.24.09
Twelve Metrics to Monitor for SOA's ROI
Wednesday, I joked that Joe McKendrick had kicked off the quarterly “how to calculate SOA's ROI” discussion with his recent post on how to measure SOA's performance . SOA expert and blogger David Linthicum and Dan Foody of Progress's SOA Infrastructure blog soon followed up... More >
04.13.09
The Growing Danger of Google
I'm becoming increasingly worried about what Google is becoming. It seems like every company goes through phases, but those that get extreme power have a tendency to mix up the word "right." A company has things it has the authority to do, or the "right" to do. But it also has the... More >
04.08.09
The Amazing Acer AspireRevo: Rethinking the Business Desktop
I've been thinking about this a lot. We have netbooks that cost less than $400 and are actually more capable than many of the notebooks we gave to folks three years ago. This week Acer launched the AspireRevo , a desktop product using the Nvidia ION graphics platform, which should sell at... More >
04.23.09
Bring Innovation in Through the out Door
Just yesterday, I wrote about Google's efforts to involve users more directly in product development via its Google Labs site, by adding new features such as an RSS feed, an iGoogle widget, and the ability to comment on and rate projects. this way brings in the kinds of diverse and honest... More >
04.01.09
Microsoft and Monster Collaboration May Result in Better Employees
Like a lot of folks, I started on a path that should have led me to a different career than the one I ended up with. I'd initially targeted HR and much of my education was focused in that are (fortunately, I had several majors). So it was with great interest that I watched the launch of this latest... More >
04.22.09
Google Labs Brings Users into Innovation Loop
A couple of consulting companies recently advised businesses not to neglect spending on innovation when times are tough. This makes intuitive sense. Companies that slow or even halt such initiatives may find themselves at a disadvantage when flush times returm if their competitors managed to... More >
03.30.09
TomTom and Microsoft Settle: Now Back to the Real World
After all the gnashing of teeth and war-like posturing by TomTom and FLOSS, TomTom and Microsoft settled when TomTom agreed to license the technology under dispute. Let's talk about what this means for FLOSS, TomTom and Microsoft. FLOSS: In Search of a War FLOSS, at least some of the... More >
04.06.09
Sun and IBM: The Wedding Is Off because the In-laws Suck
Sunday the proposed marriage between IBM and Sun hit the rocks and the groom, IBM, walked out of the church. The couple had been having problems, which the media picked up as leaks. It appears the bride, Sun, has a family that couldn't keep a secret and had a tendency to share intimate... More >
04.24.09
The Explosive Growth of Application Stores
Without a doubt, the highest-profile part of a smartphone is the hardware -- the user interface and the powerful engine within. The real drivers of the new world of super-powerful phones are the applications. In many ways, the way in which these apps are being distributed is as unique as the... More >
04.24.09
OnStor Taps Sun's Zettabyte Technology for Low-End Storage
Small businesses are starting to see some of the high-end, open source storage applications that used to be reserved for large organizations. OnStor recently introduced two new Pantera storage appliances that leverage such goodies as the Zettabyte File System (ZFS) developed by Sun... More >
04.24.09
Oracle's Hardware Dilemma
Questions are still swirling about the fate of Sun hardware now that the company is about to become a unit of software giant Oracle Corp. Although it's likely that technologies like Sun Fire and Sun Blade, and even the SPARC processors, will live on even if Oracle decides to spin off the hardware... More >
04.24.09
How Oracle Could Own Linux and Own the Market
Back when I was a competitive analyst, one of the projects that I enjoyed the most was writing scenarios. We would look into the future, define an event we either wanted to avoid or have happen, and then write how it came about in the past tense. In other words, let's say you were IBM in the 1980s... More >
04.24.09
Will Outsourcing Clients Pay More for Benefits Beyond Labor Arbitrage?
In regard to pricing, Indian outsourcing companies are now in an uncomfortable position. They are damned if they do (lower prices) and damned if they don't. Earlier this week, I wrote a post in which I shared portions of my recent interview with Peter Allen, TPI's managing director for Global... More >
04.24.09
Obama's Search for 'Copyright Czar' Continues
While the president's acting senior director for cyber space, Melissa Hathaway, spoke on the need for the White House to take the lead in cyber security policymaking and enforcement, Vice President Joe Biden and other lawmakers were speaking at an event sponsored by the Motion Picture... More >
04.24.09
Twelve Metrics to Monitor for SOA's ROI
Wednesday, I joked that Joe McKendrick had kicked off the quarterly “how to calculate SOA's ROI” discussion with his recent post on how to measure SOA's performance . SOA expert and blogger David Linthicum and Dan Foody of Progress's SOA Infrastructure blog soon followed up... More >
04.24.09
Mozilla Putting out Fires in Firefox
This week Mozilla released 12 security patches for its Firefox browser, version 3.0.9. Of the 12 patches, four were rated as critical, two high, two moderate, and four low. This patch release was the most since December 2008, when Mozilla released patches to fix 13 vulnerabilities. According to ... More >
04.24.09
Enterprise Software Sales Is Hardball
Enterprise software pushing products clients don’t need? I hope your arm feels better after all that twisting, but I can’t help glomming onto this building nonsequitur blogo-debate about enterprise software suppliers being out to take advantage of you in licensing and maintenance deals. Sorry --... More >
04.23.09
Carriers Need New Revenue Streams
Though the immediate target of this comment is AT&T and its quarterly earnings report, the analysis could extend to any wireline telephone company and, with some tweaking, to cable and even cellular companies. The writer, Dow Jones’ Newswire Senior Columnist Robert Armstrong, points out that... More >
04.23.09
rPath Expands Cloud Application Environment
Shifting workloads to public or even private clouds is becoming less of a burden with a new generation of tools aimed at bridging the integration issues that applications face across multiple environments. One of the latest solutions is the new version of rPath's rBuilder system , which is... More >
04.23.09
Network Performance on the Cloud
Ask a dozen people what cloud computing is and you're bound to get a dozen different answers. To some, it's all about service levels. To others, data migration and load balancing. Still others like the idea of unlimited resources and anywhere/anytime applications. Most people agree, however, that... More >
04.23.09
SMB Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
I wrote a number of blogs over the last couple of months on the topic of business continuity and disaster recovery. In case you missed some of them, I have compiled the various articles relating to these two important topics below. Feel free to bookmark this page as a reference, or forward the... More >
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Business Intelligence for Business People
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Cost Management
Tips, tools and management strategies on containing costs in your data center.
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CRM
Technology that allows you to sell more, provide better service and significantly improve your bottom line.
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Data Deduplication
Data management and storage strategies that reduce storage costs, improve data protection and increase data access speeds.
HP NNMi: the "i" is for Integration
This white paper discusses the evolution of network node management software with the addition of increased integration capabilities, designed to improve service levels while increasing the efficiency and productivity of an IT staff.
Technology Investment and Growth Patterns: The Conditions and Trends Making Way for Mid-Market Success
This white paper analyzes a powerful partnership between HP and Oracle and outlines how businesses looking to improve business processes can get enterprise-level products and services despite common midmarket budgets and constraints.
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