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- Spike in enterprise 'events' spurs debut of Event Processing Technical Society
- The recent growth -- and expected spike -- in business event data in enterprises has led a group of IT industry leaders to form the Event Processing Technical Society EPTS, designed to encourage adoption and effective use of event processing methods and technology in applications. Among the...
- Tags: Event, Podcasts, Utility Computing, Internet, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Are SOA-related business concerns outside the IT 'comfort zone'?
- Those folks at Burton Group really know how to rattle our cages. A few weeks back, Anne Thomas Manes declared that she has yet to see any solid SOA success stories, and reportedly is still looking for one. When the subject of SOA business value came up,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Business, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Twitter is useful
- It's not often I call out my fellow Irregulars we usually have those arguments in our Google Group but on this occasion, Mike Krigsman has got this notion that 'Twitter is dangerous' wrong to the point of scaremongering. Mike uses the example of confidential information leaking...
- Tags: Twitter, Mike, E-mail, Homeland Security, Strategy, Online Communications, Government, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Agile development, early warning, Darwin, and failure
- Some IT projects are destined to fail due to haphazard planning, poor execution, or unexpected changes in the business or technical environment. Given the high incidence of failure, innovative methods for uncovering weak projects are always welcome. If discovered in time, risky projects can be fixed or killed; of course,...
- Tags: Software, Project, Information Technology, Failure, IT Success, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-25
- The state of Enterprise 2.0
- Industry analysts, CIOs, and business leaders around the world are continuing to try to read the industry tea leaves in 2007 when it comes to the subject of Enterprise 2.0, the increasingly popular discussion of using Web 2.0 platforms in the workplace. The primary topic of interest? Whether Enterprise...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Social Bookmarking, Enterprise 2.0, Worker, FLATNESSES, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- For SOA ROI, all you need is a 'just-good-enough' number
- For SOA ROI, all you need is a 'just-good-enough' numberSOA ROI is Not Relevant, Your Business Customer is!Lets get real!If your goal is to get your SOA project funded, then what you really need is the people who provide the funding the business side behind you. You do that...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, SOA ROI
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Another view: Don't expect SOA to fix ERP quagmire
- Another view: Don't expect SOA to fix ERP quagmireEPR quagmireI can't agree more when you say that ERP's are delivering the business benefit that they were supposed to deliver. The reason is the Enterprise Software is trying to be the silver bullet for every requirement of the organisation. This attampt...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, Web services, Middleware, SOA, ERP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-18
- Web 2.0 in the enterprise: language matters
- As we approach the second Office 2.0 I find myself troubled by the lack of concrete examples of how Web 2.0 technologies are impacting the enterprise. There are a good number of small, tactical case studies out there but you have to ask if anything is really changing. Dave...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, CIO, SAP AG, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Technology strategies and applications
- Technology strategies and applicationsThis should be easy[i]"Over the course of the next few weeks I’d like to sketch out three sets of business requirements and then ask which technologies, ... would be best for each."[/i]Err... Solution 1) SunSolution 2) SolarisSolution 3) Sun Ray:-)Sorry Murph - couldn't resist that!! ...
- Tags: Workforce management, Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCF, training
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Revisiting the Oracle 11g upgrade decision (and 400 potential ROI cases)
- Oracle has officially launched its 11g database and the software giant has taken an interesting approach with positioning--almost each feature can be aligned to an ROI case. Earlier today I asked the question that everyone is asking in relation to new software upgrades these days: When will customers upgrade? I...
- Tags: General, Oracle, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- ERP at the Speed of Light
- Clients who are implementing Enterprise Resource Planning software for the first time tend to be initially intimidated by the time and cost of an implementation and seek to accelerate the go-live date. Such acceleration, when accomplished with the right strategy and tools, can be of tremendous benefit, including a reduction...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Acceleration, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Change Management, Productivity, Benefits, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-06-01
- One Office Suite please. Hold the mayo (I brought my own)
- One Office Suite please. Hold the mayo I brought my ownCongratsLooks like another well thought out article.Google apps is looking better all the time for small businesses. What agreat way to get up and running for a fraction of the cost. Also saves a ton of labor, with users focused...
- Tags: Google Apps, Gross Revenue, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Suite, Microsoft PowerPoint
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Will voice make Second Life more business friendly?
- Phillip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Second Life, said Tuesday that the company plans to roll out 3D voice applications in the next few months. And more business applications could arise with voice in Second Life. According to Rosedale, Second Life is developing a voice application that will...
- Tags: Gartner Symposium, General, IT Management, Second Life, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Churchill Downs CIO: Jay Rollins - transcript
- Dan Farber: Jay thanks for joining me.Jay Rollins: Glad to be here Dan.Dan Farber: Now you're the CIO at Churchill Downs, the venerable racing track, home of the Kentucky Derby, and I hear that you were brought in as a "Mr. Fix-it� to come in and deal with some of...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Churchill Downs CIO: Jay Rollins - transcript
- Dan Farber: Jay thanks for joining me. Jay Rollins: Glad to be here Dan. Dan Farber: Now you're the CIO at Churchill Downs, the venerable racing track, home of the Kentucky Derby, and I hear that you were brought in as a "Mr. Fix-it�...
- Tags: CIO, Partnership, Stock, Information Technology, Business Structures, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Finance, Administrator
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Why Microsoft should open-source SQL Server and SharePoint
- Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again. This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its crown jewels, including SQL Server and SharePoint. And hes got a few reasons that might make even...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, Corporate strategy, Legal, SharePoint Server, Linux, Stephen Walli
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero-distance between thinkers and technology
- It took about an hour before I finally switched from thinking that my initial experiences with Second Life were a waste of time -- to actually finding them being productive in new ways.I was one of a 3D flurry of invited "VIPs" on Friday to enter an IBM pavilion inside...
- Tags: IBM Corp., SOA, Software Development, IBM, Web Services, SaaS, Sun Microsystems, Virtualization, Internet, Second Life, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-15
- IT Consolidation: The ultimate less is more -- or how to get a grip of your assets
- Read a transcript of the podcast.Broadly dispersed datacenters are a huge and growing expense to enterprises -- yet the demands for more applications delivered fast and reliably is mounting. Can enterprises have it both ways: Fewer datacenters and better performance? Can they cut operating costs in doing so, and protect...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, asset, consolidation, information technology, data center, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT consolidation
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Customer Priorities in a Competitive Identity and Access Management Marketplace
- The purpose of this White Paper is to detail the range of customer functional requirements that may need to be addressed by the organization's choice of Identity and Access Management (I&AM) solution, highlighting those of greatest importance and business benefit, along with other ownership considerations that Butler Group believes customers...
- Tags: Open-source Software, Access Management, Identity, Datamonitor, Open Source
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Knowledge Powers the Service Desk
- Knowledge Management KM has enjoyed something of a chequered history in the corporate arena, with many early implementations failing to live up to full expectations. This is perhaps unsurprising given the high hopes for KM and the practical difficulties that many organizations experienced when trying to effectively create, capture, organize,...
- Tags: Service Desk, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Data Management
- White papers 2006-11-01
White Papers and Webcasts
In this podcast Intel's Malcolm Harkins and HP's Manny Novoa chat about the latest issues in security technologies, notably the emergence of hardware assisted virtualization.
Tasty Baking’s new LEED factory
0:57
Tasty Baking CIO: Brendan O’Malley
Balancing act: innovation vs. reliability
1:28
Facebook VP of technical operations: Jonathan Heiliger
Securing data at E-Loan
1:47
E-Loan CIO: Jay Shah
When crops are scarce
1:47
Del Monte Foods CIO: Marc Brown
