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SOA, IT and cloud governance converge into 'total services governance'

Is it time to govern the cloud?  Should it be the same governance we're working so hard to apply to service oriented architecture?  These are the questions tackled at Dana Gardner's latest BriefingsDirect analyst podcast, in which I had the opportunity to chime in. (Full transcript available here.) ...

Tags: Governance, Information Technology, SOA, Service, Ron Schmelzer, David Kelly, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), B2C, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-17

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Fax proves a lingering business process communications point in need of automation

This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Sometimes, no matter how much some things change, others stay the same. Take the example of the fax machine. The first fax patent...

Tags: Business Process, Fax Machine, Esker S.A., Automation, Esker DeliveryWare Solution, Fax, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Compuware refocuses: optimization, performance, portfolio management in -- Quality out

This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Well, okay, maybe that headline is misleading, but the details aren’t. Detroit-based software giant Compuware isn’t really dropping the quality of its products,...

Tags: Performance, Optimization, Borland Software Corp., Micro Focus, Compuware Corp., Portfolio Management, MicroFocus, Mainframes, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-06

When Woz speaks who listens?

Attendees of the Macworld Expo San Francisco next week will get the chance to see Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on the show floor. A company that makes tablet versions of the MacBook hopes that his appearance in the booth will help sell the product. Good luck to them with this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Steve Wozniak, Apple Inc., Woz, Axiotron, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-12-31

Free New York City 1.0.3.949 (Mobile)

New York City is one of the foremost tourist destinations in the US and the center of capitalism, industry and culture. 'Free New York City' offers over 85 listings of free or almost free activities from museums and galleries, to walking tours of historical neighborhoods and national landmarks. The guide...

Tags: New York City, Phone, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Raza Shaikh, Digital Music, Digital Media, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-10

5 tips to prevent IT extinction

Here are 5 tips to help IT avoid extinction. I pose this question to IT departments everywhere: "Is your department evolving upwards or fading away on a seemingly-inevitable tide of outsourcing?" If the latter, I suggest you study these points carefully. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Blogger Kate Carruthers, Commenter, Blogger Kelly Shaw, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Testing for SOA and the tools available in the market

Service Oriented Architectures become more important each year as large enterprises leverage them to integrate wide arrays of disparate systems into a cohesive whole. SOA can reduce the cost, risk, and difficulty of replacing legacy systems, acquiring new businesses, or even extending the life of existing systems. SOA makes it...

Tags: SOA, Tool, ITC Infotech, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2008-01-31

Encyclopedia of American Cinema. FREE first chapter in the trial version (Mobile)

This illustrated Encyclopedia includes biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards. FREE first chapter in the trial version.Features Fully illustrated. Search for words or phrases. Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page Add Bookmarks Text annotation...

Tags: Cinema, Mobile, Biology, Director, MobileReference, American

Software downloads 2007-09-27

MusicMarker

We've all experienced it: listening to the radio, we hear a song we like, but we missed the DJ's introduction (or--more likely--he never said it). Or you're out shopping, and the tune coming over the speakers catches in your head and drives you crazy ("what is it?!?"). The solution is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, MusicMarker, MusicMarker Now

Product reviews 2007-07-02

First thoughts on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

First thoughts on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty FawnYour feedback is important to their success[i]Ubuntu is nice, it's solid, it's fast and it's robust so far anyway, but it's also way too geeky in spots. Don't get me wrong, overall Ubuntu is nice, friendly and convivial. But there are dark...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-04-20

Intel vs. AMD, Adobe's Apollo mission and more on the Dan and David Show

This week on the Dan & David Show, David and I are both in the same place San Francisco at the same time for a change. We hook up in the ZDNet broadcast studio in our nice suits, the professional look, for a video version of the show, thanks to...

Tags: Adobe, Adobe Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Broadband, Dan &, David Show, Dan Farber, General, Government, Hardware Infrastructure, Intel, Intel Corp., Legal, Microsoft, Telecommunications, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Best business and technology books of 2006

Last week, I reported what retailers were saying about what the hot gifts this year, as well as some ideas of my own. Giving the gift of a good read is a great option for family and friends, but particularly for colleagues who you have to think with every day.The...

Tags: marketing, Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2006-12-03

DHS privacy chief: Is he qualified?

How committed is the Department of Homeland Security to privacy protection? Judging by the department's selection of DHS associate general counsel Hugo Teufel III, not very, privacy advocates tell the San Francisco Chronicle's David Lazarus. "He may be a great lawyer," said Caroline Fredrickson, director of the Washington...

Tags: Teufel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Blog posts 2006-07-27

The remedy for spyware--not anytime soon, part II

Updated 5/16: Yesterday I blogged the early morning session of the CNET Download.com-hosted spyware event (MP3 files of all the panel discussions are here--registration required), concluding that the two sides--adware/spyware purveyors and their antitheses--are not far along in formulating a truce that would reduce at least the non-rogue/organized crime induced...

Tags: Claria Corp., adware

Blog posts 2005-05-04