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Ten HBIs (half baked ideas) on SOA-cloud convergence

Ten HBIs half baked ideas on SOA-cloud convergenceEconomics of the new SOA modelIn April, we presented a webinar on this very topic. http://www.cirrhus9.com/webinars-3.html (if you're interested in viewing it)It's extremely interesting to see how this is falling into place. A lot of the emerging Cloud technologies, and subsequent applications,...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, WOA, SOA, HBI, baked idea, SOA-cloud convergence, SOA-cloud

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

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Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

Google Wave, the new and highly anticipated workflow/group collaboration mashup web application which is in limited alpha test has left me underwhelmed. Over the weekend I became one of the lucky few to receive a Google Wave invite. I was excited, overjoyed, and...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Google Wave, Collaboration, Wiki, Groupware, E-mail, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value

While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-06

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Why open source remains an ideological divide

Oh that was superb.Open Source.Stand for something! :)you are ideological from the startIf you want to remove ideology from the equation your clearly state your needs - functionnal, commercial and technical support ... etc, and compare available solutions.Price might be a key factor and it might not; availability of srouce...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Key elements of health reform already baked-in

maybe you should read the bill ....before writing about it, it has some serious issues beyond cost.http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf"giant databases turning your private pain into useful data"While there are certainly many that misunderstand Health IT and how EHRs and HIEs will transform healthcare there will NOT be "giant databases turning your private...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, reality check, health care, Reality Check

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

SAP unplugged: Vishal Sikka and John Schwarz on deck

Jeff Nolan and Vinnie Mirchandani have done a sterling job in reporting our meeting Vishal Sikka, SAP's CTO and John Schwarz, executive board member in charge of BusinessObjects. To my eternal shame, I was asleep for most of the meeting with Vishal having completely miscalculated the effects of jetlag, turning...

Tags: SAP AG, Leadership, Financial Planning, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Schwarzenegger "terminates" spending: Kindle for every California student?

Governor Schwarzenegger has scrapped funding for textbook contracts in a bid to fill a massive budget gap of $24 billion, and aiming to introduce electronic readers to digitalise the classroom. I couldn't help but use the Terminator quote in this one. The simple fact...

Tags: California, Governor, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-08

With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark?

With Wave, did Google jump the Microsoft shark?From what I've seenwave will only be of interest to bloggers and teenage girls. Others will try it, become bored, and leave it, much as many other so-called innovations long left by the wayside.As far as being Microsoft like, I don't see that,...

Tags: E-mail, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Enterprise student laundry system fails

Enterprise student laundry system failsThe laundry room problem was solved a long time ago.It's called a Quarter.RE: Enterprise student laundry system failsWhat problem is solved by this solution, even in a best case implementation?We had networked laundry at Sacramento State...We had networked laundry at Sacramento State. I [i]hated[/i] them.First,...

Tags: card

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

We meat lovers are so screwed

We meat lovers are so screwedCows do not eat meat!It is also a scientific fact that meat protien is a requirement for brain development in any species. Maybe that is why some of us are as stupid as cows?Correlation does not necessarily beget causationHere's an idea. Just live the...

Tags: Food & Beverage, meat, meat lover, food, salad

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Will half-baked Ubuntu Linux netbooks ruin the OS for consumers?

Will half-baked Ubuntu Linux netbooks ruin the OS for consumers?DELL ...has always fsck'd up ANY thing the have done with *NIX ..... Gawd, I remember that sucky UNIX stuff they did in the 1990's ..... what a WASTE of code ..NopeThis is Linux and always has been. Linux can be...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, half-baked Ubuntu Linux, netbook, operating system, OEM, Ubuntu Linux

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Cisco's expected Unified Computing System splash raises a data center ruckus

Cisco's expected Unified Computing System splash raises a data center ruckusWelcome to the future!I must be in a parallel reality because I've been working in your data center of the future for a while."HP and IBM are likely to enter the networking market"HP has been in the networking market since...

Tags: Data centers, Storage management, NETWORKING, data center, server, Unified Computing System, router, storage, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Interview: Wired’s Chris Anderson on the ‘free’ business model

Interview: Wired’s Chris Anderson on the ‘free’ business modelYou don't compete with the web?I was really surprised to hear this statement, "We do 8,000 word articles with full-page photographs. We don?t really compete with the Web the same way the book doesn?t compete with the Web." I'm sure you don't...

Tags: Channel management, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Strategy, Grievous, Wired Inc., Chris Anderson, Web, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

First reviews of Nvidia's netbook solution

Netbooks powered by Nvidia's Ion platform are nowhere in sight, but that hasn't stopped reviewers from taking it for a spin. These first reviews aren't based on real-world systems-we won't see those until mid-2009 at the earliest. Instead Nvidia has been providing reviewers with a home-baked small-form- factor desktop to...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Netbook, Intel Corp., Ion, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-02-08

Windows XP still powering 71 percent of business PCs

Windows XP still powering 71 percent of business PCsThis fitsEnterprise IT never jumps on new software when it first appears, preferring to wait until it has had a chance to work the wrinkles out. We continued to install Win2K for at least two years after XP came out, which...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), business PC, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

What is American?

What is American?hear hearI agree wholeheartedly, JohnCompletely agree! Great post.I completely agree with your post, John. I hate it when people try to impose what being an American means. Being American means being someone who is willing to learn and word hard to achieve his dreams, not someone who thinks...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

The end of Zune? It's not just the music anymore

The end of Zune? It's not just the music anymoreZune had nothing compelling.I was at WallyWorld, and while cheaper than any iStuff, it was still 30-40% more expensive than creative same size same screen players. The social has an incredibly bad implementation of a good concept. If, at...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-01-09