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Dana Gardner is president and principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions, an enterprise IT analysis, market research, and consulting firm. Gardner, a leading identifier of software productivity trends and new IT business growth opportunities, honed his skills and refined his insights as an industry analyst, pundit, and news editor covering the...
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- Oracle Fusion 11g Middleware: Executed according to plan
- Oracle largely stuck to the previously announced roadmap for convergence of BEA products, with the only major surprises being in the details. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Oracle Corp., VOIP, Middleware, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Aster targets mid-market with budget-conscious, massively parallel data warehousing appliance
- Aster is seeking to level the playing field on the data warehousing entry front, and that message should resonate well with companies that need an entry-level solution that doesn’t compromise on power. Aster â€" and it won’t be alone -- clearly sees a sweet spot with companies that are value-conscious...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Aster, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Oracle closes in on 'any'-ware with debut of middleware behemoth 11g suites family
- With the spoils of the BEA acquisition now fully baked into the mix -- and with anticipation for what the pending Sun Microsystems buy brings -- Oracle is well on its way to obviating the middleware moniker. Perhaps we should call it "anyware." by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Oracle adds zest to SQL Developer with standalone data modeling tool, stirs the SQL market pot
- The whole SQL databases and associated tools and modeling ecosystem is ripe for tumult. My best guess is that Oracle's pending Sun Microsystems purchase will provide offense via MySQL, and the associated community, to target the Microsoft SQL Server franchise. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Developer, Oracle Corp., SQL, Tool, Modeling, Research & Development, Programming Languages, Databases, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- IT Financial Management solutions provide visibility into total operations to reduce IT costs
- You can't well fix what you can't well measure. And so the true cost -- and benefits -- of complex and often sprawling IT portfolios too often remain a mystery, shrouded by outdated and often manual IT tracking and inventory tasks. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Cost, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- In 'Everything as a Service' era, quality of services and processes grows paramount, says HP's Purohit
- IT's job is evolving to make sure all services really work deep inside of business process -- regardless of their origins and sourcing. Quality of component services is therefore assurance of quality processes, and so the foundation of general business conduct and productivity. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: QoS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Service, Purchasing & Procurement, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- HP adds new consulting services to smooth the enterprise path to cloud adoption
- The HP Cloud Discovery Workshop is designed to help enterprise IT organizations learn about the cloud as a strategic service delivery option and how to leverage it as part of a broader IT service delivery strategy. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Consulting Service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Consulting, HP Cloud Discovery Workshop, Strategy, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Cloud and upgraded computing future brightens despite overcast economy, Microsoft-sponsored survey finds
- Seeing the downturn as an opportunity to upgrade, nearly two-thirds of 1,200 IT professionals surveyed in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan plan to invest in new infrastructure technology, according to results released this week. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7
- 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. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- SaaS delivery of IT lifecycle and quality management functions evolves toward an IT service-delivery solutions approach
- As interest in cloud computing ramps up, the ability to deliver more aspects of IT lifecycle and quality management, along with broader project and portfolio oversight values, is also ramping up. Yet a missing ingredient for IT innovators has been how to begin and how to organize these sourcing changes...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Information Technology, Quality Management, Quality, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Web data gains some due respect as Kapow eases it into mission critical enterprise uses
- More than ever, web-based content plays an essential role in many business processes and analytical presentations. Doing operational and business ecology business intelligence BI requires fast and easy integration of web-based content and data assets. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Web, Channel Management, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Platform applies HPC lessons to 'private' cloud creation, operations, efficiency
- Expect Platform ISF to be used on business intelligence workloads early on, with J2EE, and PaaS to follow close on. Oh, and we ought to expect more HPC loads and requirements to be make via public-private tag-team clouds too. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, J2Ee, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Compuware spruces up IT portfolio management with Changepoint refresh
- Any organization managing numerous projects, dynamic business environments, limited investment resources or the need for more effective and efficient decision-making processes may find significant value in portfolio management. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Changepoint Corp., Information Technology, IT Portfolio Management, Decision-making, Compuware Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Eclipse plug-in puts TOGAF 9 into IDE collaboration mode for architects
- I can hardly wait for what we've seen so far with Google Wave to come into prime time. Combining what Google Wave, the Eclipse IDE and TOGAF 9 does will make for a powerfully productive future. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Google Inc., IDE, Eclipse Plug-in, Plug-in, Development Tools, Collaboration, Groupware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- HP's Andy Isherwood on running IT like a business, with an eye to transforming IT's role
- The financial situation at the moment is driving a more intense look at those sourcing options and what it does from a financial point of view for that particular organization. ... SaaS is a great offering. We’ve been in that business for nine years and we have 700 customers. So,...
- Tags: Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architects
- Is EDS, in fact, a cloud provider? And how will IT departments properly factor their decisions on what to keep on-premises in data centers versus placing assets and workloads on someone else's cloud infrastructure? by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Spectrum, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Winning the quality war: HP customers offer case studies on managing application performance
- Quality early in application development sounds nice, but actually making it happen brings significant cost savings, repeatable quality assurance processes, higher user satisfaction, and shorter development cycles. The results reward developers, end users, and IT operators alike. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., QA, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- HP Software marketing head Anton Knolmar delves into creating new IT economies of performance
- How do IT departments and companies approach this problem? How will cloud computing and "fluid sourcing" options help or hinder the process? And how can IT budgets slide while expectations rise that new architectural approaches can be adopted with low risk? by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Who's Architecting the Cloud?
- Will the cloud succumb to the same short-sighted, market pressure that doomed the ASP model and still plagues SaaS approaches? It’s not up to vendors to answer this question. It’s up to you … the enterprise architect. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Scripting Languages, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations
- LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-16

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