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IBM: concern about SOA maturity is sooo 2004: Some analysts say SOA has yet to prove itself. However, the two biggest IT infrastructure vendors say SOA has moved well beyond the "prove-it" stage. IBM, which sometimes can be very tepid about ballyhooing some of its most well-respected technologies think iSeries and AIX appears to be anything but...; Tags: General, Vendor Watch; Blog posts 2007-05-23
IBM sets up SOA as the major brand consolidator of the age: IBM's SOA Impact event this week in Orlando has turned into a much larger gab-fest than I was expecting. This 4,200-attendee-strong, "SOA comes of age" milestone gathering might not be Burning Man for CIOs, but it's as close as you can get with your clothes on.And who would have thought...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, IT Service Management, IT Management, IBM; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Steve Mills on IBM's ERP strategy: Steve Mills on IBM's ERP strategyMore software IBM is ignoring?The article today about Exchange included a prediction that Microsoft would increase revenues at the expense of Notes. Presumably my guess because IBM was not investing to keep up with the features Microsoft will be providing.This article notes a software...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, IBM Corp., ERP Strategy, Steve Mills, software, ERP; Discussion threads 2006-11-30
Steve Mills on IBM's ERP strategy: Monkchip James Governor is at an IBM Software event in Stamford, Connecticut, and posted on IBM software chief Steve Mills comments on why his company doesnt get into the ERP applications business. Mills said: "Were a huge multibillion dollar ERP company. We just dont sell ERP applications, but services, systems...; Tags: ERP, Steve Mills, IBM Corp., Web Technology, General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure; Blog posts 2006-11-30
IBM's Mills touts managed clients: [Updated 08/15/05] Steve Mills, IBM's top software executive, sent a clear message during his keynote this afternoon at LinuxWorld that IBM's is ready to take on Microsoft with its Workplace managed client. He said the Linux on servers was maturing and that the next frontier for Linux is the client,...; Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, Steve Mills; Blog posts 2005-08-10

Cisco's Giancarlo and IBM's Mills: Actually, a certain amount of complexity can be 'worth it': Gartner Symposium/ITxpo - San Francisco, CA - The main attraction on Day 2 of Gartner's semi-annual confab was what Gartner calls a Mastermind Panel. These sessions are where one or more of Gartner's rock star researchers go on the big stage to put vendor executives on the hot seat...; Tags: Charlie Giancarlo; Blog posts 2005-05-17
IBM: a leader, but at what cost to you?: I’m at the AO2004 conference, listening to IBM software chief Steve Mills give an overview of IBM’s on demand strategy, which he calls a “state of business.” At the core of IBM’s strategy is providing software infrastructure/middleware. To that end, Mills said that IBM has acquired 35 software companies...; Tags: IBM Corp., Steve Mills; Blog posts 2004-07-14

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EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook: On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...; Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Ready for real Indian medicine?: Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Microsoft buys DATAllegro: Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...; Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending: Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...; Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer played online-services pitch man during his opening keynote at Microsoft's annual Financial Analyst Meeting FAM, explaining why Microsoft believes it must continue to invest heavily in search and advertising to remain competitive in the coming years. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Advertisement, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kevin Johnson, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space: Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space: Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer. by...; Tags: Phone, PC, Steve Ballmer, OEM, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Telecom & Utilities, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...; Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins JuniperAlso.....Is he really the "face" you want for Vista? Let's be honest here Balmer is not loaded with charisma or well anything that makes one want to buy from him. Stay away from him maybe but buy? heh heh heh Just saying.....Pagan...; Tags: Sales strategy, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Vista! Hurrah, product people, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Juniper Networks Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Facebook gets serious about app quality: Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24