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Here's why text-based content access and management play crucial roles in real-time BI

For businesses looking to do even more commerce and community building across the Web, text access and analytics forms a new mother lode of valuable insights to mine. by Dana Gardner

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Blog posts 2009-11-09

Role of governance plumbed in Nov. 10 webinar on managing hybrid and cloud computing types

Increasingly, governance of hybrid computing environments establishes the ground rules under which business activities and processes -- supported by multiple and increasingly diverse infrastructure models -- operate. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Governance, Webinar, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-05

HP takes converged infrastructure a notch higher with new data warehouse appliance

HP isn’t just betting on a market whim. Recent market research it supported reveals that more than 90 percent of senior business decision makers believe business cycles will continue to be unpredictable for the next few years â€" and 80 percent recognize they need to be far more flexible in...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Hewlett-Packard Co., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-04

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Aster Data architects application logic with data for speeded-up analytics processing en masse

When both data and applications reside in the same system, they are independent of one another, but both execute as "first-class citizens" with their respective data and application management services. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Analytics, Application Management, Application Performance Management, It Services, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Survey: Virtualization and physical infrastructures need to be managed in tandem

Virtualization is seen as a key enabling technology. But on its own it does not address the most important operational and management challenges in a shared infrastructure. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Survey, Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-03

You'll be far better off in a future without enterprise software

All the enterprise software that could be sold has been sold, and the reasons for buying or implementing new licenses are few and far between. Invest in enterprise architecture over enterprise software, services over customizations, and clouds over costly and unpredictable infrastructure -- and you’ll be better off. by Dana...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Internet performance management makes data center consolidation possible

Fewer data centers means longer distances between servers and users. Network services and Internet performance management therefore need to be brought considered to produce the desired effect of topnotch applications and data delivery to enterprises, consumers, partners, and employees at far lower cost. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Data Center, Performance, Data Center Consolidation, Data Centers, Internet, Performance Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-30

Separating core from context brings high returns in legacy application transformation

A widening cost and productivity division exists between older, hand-coded software assets and replacement technologies on newer, more efficient standards-based systems. Somewhere in the mix, there are also core legacy assets distinct from so-called contextal assets. There is legacy wheat and legacy chaff. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Asset, Legacy Application, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Linthicum's latest book: How SOA and cloud intersect for enterprise productivity benefits

SOA is the way to do cloud. It's really about breaking down your architecture into a primitive state of several components. Then, it's figuring out how to assemble those in such a way that you can use those components to resolve problems as your business changes over time. Cloud computing...

Tags: Benefit, SOA, Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Application transformation case study targets enterprise bottom line with eye-popping ROI

The ongoing impact of the reset economy is putting more emphasis on lean IT -- of identifying and eliminating waste across the data-center landscape. The top candidates, on several levels, are the silo-architected legacy applications and the aging IT systems that support them. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Information Technology, ROI, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Global study: Hybrid model rules as cloud heats up, SaaS adoption blazing

Nine months ago, 61 percent of respondents indicated that they were using only internal IT systems and today, that number has dropped to 41 percent. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Dana Gardner, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid

Because when failure is not an option, you have to have the best tools, especially when the going gets tough. The sad part is that Apple does so well when so many are not. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-21

SOA user survey defines latest ESB trends, middleware use patterns

We're seeking to uncover the latest trends in actual usage and perceptions around these SOA technologies -- both open source and commercial. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Trend, SOA, Survey, SOA User Survey, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Speaking of SOA: Are services nouns or verbs?

Understanding which capabilities belong in Entity Services and which belong in Task Services is a critical part of the best practice approach to SOA. by Dana Gardner

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-19

What's on your watch list? Forrester identifies 15 key technologies for enterprise architects

Forrester Research has tried to sort things out with a new report, “The Top 15 Technology Trends EA Should Watch.” And, if even limiting the selection to 15 sounds like a lot to keep your eye on. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Making the leap from virtualization to cloud computing: A roadmap and guide

What’s really positive is that the top-down service perspective that says virtualization is great, but the end point is the service. On top of that virtualization, what do I need to do to take it to the next level? And, for many people now, that next level they are looking...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Oracle's Fusion Apps finally come out from behind the OpenWorld curtain

While ERP emerged with and was designed for client/server architectures, Fusion has emerged with a full Java EE and SOA architecture; it is built around Oracle Fusion middleware 11g and uses Oracle BPEL Process Manager to run processes as orchestrations of processes exposed from the Fusion Apps or other legacy...

Tags: Client-server, Oracle Corp., Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-15

CEO interview: Workday's Aneel Bhusri on advancing SaaS and cloud models for improved ERP

The thing that Dave and I both took away from PeopleSoft is that you have to stay on top of innovation, and that's what Workday is doing. We are innovating where the large ERP vendors have stopped. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Workday, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Engine Yard draws funding as it ushers more developers onto the Ruby services train

The latest reminder of the strength of grassroots markets in the developer sector is Engine Yard’s securing of $19 million in C funding last week. The backing comes from some of the same players that also funded SpringSource. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Developer, Ruby, C/C++, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-13