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- To the Moon: The Integrators
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Big Blue delivers strong fourth quarter, a rarity these days
- Updated: IBM delivered a strong fourth quarter--a rarity in the technology industry these days. Big Blue handily beat Wall Street estimates while it was at it. After the closing bell Tuesday, IBM reported net income of $4.4 billion, or $3.28 a share, on revenue of $27 billion....
- Tags: Revenue, Tax, Sales, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Is Command & Control Management Inefficient?
- When most people think of how businesses are organized, they visualize command and control management: the pine tree visual with the leaders at the top. Since we are entering the Western festive season here are some appropriate images to illustrate this. The traditional 'Christmas Tree'...
- Tags: Fractal, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up
- HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP's services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista
- The Linux computing crowd smells blood and wants to make a run at Microsoft's Vista operating system. Coinciding with LinuxWorld, IBM, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat issued a joint statement promising "Microsoft free" desktops across the globe. I doubt it...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- HP packs two independent servers on a blade
- HP can now pack two servers one blade and cut energy consumption by 60 percent based on its calculations. HP was set to announce its new blade set-up on Wednesday. The server twofer--dubbed the HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 right--is the first of its kind and is part...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, BL2x220c G5, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom
- The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe
- Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM's business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBM's leadership team. Ashe's role day to day hasn't changed too much....
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Big Blue delivers big profits; Ups 2008 outlook
- IBM on Wednesday handily topped Wall Street estimates with net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.65 a share, on revenue of $24.5 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Wall Street was expecting a profit of $1.45 a share on revenue of $23.7 billion. IBM got help from a...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Shell farms out IT, telecommunications to EDS, AT&T, T-Systems for $4.2 billion
- Royal Dutch Shell said Monday that it will farm out its technology and telecommunications infrastructure in three deals valued at about $4.2 billion. The outsourcing arrangement is notable given that big deals are rare. Shell said in a statement that it will outsource its telecommunications and networking...
- Tags: T-Systems, Information Technology, AT&T Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Shell, Outsourcing, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Telecommunications, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Networking, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Assessing the Role of IT in BPO Success: 2008 Market Study Update
- Business Process Outsourcing BPO is typically viewed - as the name implies - as a "Business" initiative. It is EquaTerra's position, however, that information technology IT, both as an organizational unit and a collective set of applications and systems, is a critical component of the success of any BPO effort....
- Tags: Business Process, Market Study, BPO, Information Technology, EquaTerra, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Operational Planning, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- White papers 2008-03-17
- HP: No tech slowdown here
- HP on Tuesday quelled a lot of worries by delivering stronger than expected fiscal first quarter earnings and raising its outlook for the second quarter. The IT giant, viewed as a proxy for enterprise spending, delivered net income of $2.1 billion, or 80 cents a share, on...
- Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating Profit, Earnings, Software Business, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Printers, Finance, Sales, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Who'd benefit from Ubuntu Dell rigs costing $225 more than Windows rigs?
- Who'd benefit from Ubuntu Dell rigs costing $225 more than Windows rigs?Paying retailAny comparison based on listed costs is going to have little to do with the actual costs to the seller. And Dell in particular rotates incentives with the same value. Meaning you can save the same...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, benefit, Hewlett-Packard Co., Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Windows rig, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Does private equity mean a boon for offshore outsourcing?
- Patni Computer Systems, an Indian outsourcing company, plans to aim its services at private equity firms in a move that makes a lot of sense given the acquisition barrage in the U.S. To wit: On Monday, TPG and Goldman Sachs bought Alltel for $25 billion. Last week Cerberus Capital Management...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- BAE Systems CIO: Robert Fecteau - Transcript
- Dan Farber: Bob, thanks for joining me.Bob Fecteau: Dan I'm glad to be here, thank you for having me.Dan Farber: Now the majority of your customers are purely defense agencies?Bob Fecteau: We are totally a defense contractor. Very little commercial operations. We do, inside of customer solutions, have some commercial...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- BAE Systems CIO: Robert Fecteau - Transcript
- Dan Farber: Bob, thanks for joining me. Bob Fecteau: Dan I'm glad to be here, thank you for having me. Dan Farber: Now the majority of your customers are purely defense agencies? Bob Fecteau: We are totally a defense contractor. Very...
- Tags: Security, BAE Systems Plc., CIO, Mobile, Blog, Government System, Peer-to-peer Computing, Government, Portals, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Editor
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- 2007: The year enterprises open their SOAs to the Internet?
- Those that follow the trends on the Internet and the trends within the enterprise have long noticed a very similar direction in both spaces for a while now; a push to move their software to a real services model. The reasons for this push seem straightforward: easier integration between...
- Tags: ATOM, Enterprise Mashups, REST, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), RSS, SOAP, Orchestration, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Web services, JSON, Governance, Convergence, Business Process Management, Lightweight Service Models, SOA, Mashups, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, Web 2.0, SaaS
- Blog posts 2007-01-05
- Seven areas of opportunity around SOA, circa 2007
- SOA is a challenge, but abounds with opportunities -- not only to streamline a process, but to change the way a business is managed. Technology -- along with SOA evangelization --may be the catalyst that could bring an organization out of its creaky, hidebound corporate culture and begin to seize...
- Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, Business ROI, General, SOA
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- The CIO Agenda 2006
- On April 26, the Churchill Club held a panel discussion, "The CIO Agenda: Building the New IT" podcast here. The panelists include four CIOs--Lars Rabbe of Yahoo listen to my separate podcast interview with Raabe, Geir Ramleth of Bechtel Group, John Johnson of Intel and Randall Spratt...
- Tags: CIO, McKesson Corp., Information Technology, Bechtel Group, Outsourcing, Randall Spratt, Strategy, Intellectual Property, Change Management, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Tools & Techniques, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2006-04-30
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