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Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is out

Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is outAnd all the...ABM or at least the people who don't like Microsoft probably just maxed out the volume on their iPods or whatever makes a loud noise and started dancing to Queen's "Another one bites the dust."I want to see the big fish leave!I'm talking...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Desktops, stovepipe, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Open source: Are Microsoft and other holdouts about to crack?

Open source: Are Microsoft and other holdouts about to crack?NO!Microshaft does everything for $$$$$$$$$$$$$!If they can sink opensource they will! Sometimes the best way to sabotage is from within.The Goodness of Time (as in, "All in the Goodness of Time"First, David, thanks for including so many of my thoughts here....

Tags: Quality, Microsoft Corp., Well Let, standards, stovepipe, open source, patent, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

Additional Resources

Seven stages of SOA maturity: from silos to services

Many of you who have visited this site over the years may have noticed somewhat of a bias toward small-scale SOA as the best way to get things rolling within the enterprise -- particularly if there is resistance or benign neglect on the part of management to new ways of...

Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Chris Harding, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-04-29

The Componentware Revolution

Many have serious misconceptions about the capabilities of current software approaches. Based upon surveys of corporate software projects in the United States, the realities of software development are as follows. About one third of all software projects are cancelled. Average projects expend twice as much budget and schedule as initially...

Tags: Software, Software Project, iCMG, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

The end of software...

...as you know it. Right now I'm falling over startup vendors vying for attention in the so-called 'social software' space. The fact enterprise people hate the term doesn't seem to bother those who are bypassing IT as they sell into the marketing departments of companies at departmental budget prices. But...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Enter the socialprise

According to Coase's theory of The Nature of the Firm, enterprises form to avoid the transaction costs of buying services or other inputs from other organizations. But that was in 1937. Modern communications, in particular the Web, have reduced the friction costs of doing business with outsiders at the same...

Tags: Web, Network, Social Networking, Channel Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for business

Earlier this month I had the great pleasure to spend time talking with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in Cambridge, MA. Our wide-ranging dig into the past, present and future of the Semantic...

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Application, Tim Berners-Lee, Business Model, Transcript, Tim, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Grid Computing Now! - Grids and Systems Management

Since the onset of "Open" systems a couple of decades ago, and the resulting industry convergence on a few approaches to networking and device sharing, there has been a steady move away from relatively homogeneous, proprietary computing environments towards more heterogeneous, stovepipe infrastructures. Compound this with a high rate of...

Tags: Quocirca, Grid Computing, Grid, Systems Management

White papers 2007-10-01

Yahoo! targets Exchange, not Office, with Zimbra

A lot of the commentary about Yahoo!'s acquisition of Zimbra has revolved, predictably, around whether this means Yahoo! is now going to move against Microsoft's Office franchise. After all, who isn't gunning for Office? But, although Zimbra provides Yahoo! a platform for doing so should it wish to, I don't...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, Zimbra, E-mail, Exchange, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-09-18

How do we really know when SOA 'fails'?

There's no place to hide when a huge software project hits the skids. Lots of money is invested, but things just don't work. Fingers of blame are pointed in all directions. The business kept on changing the specs for the application. The software was crapware. The vendors acted like schmucks...

Tags: SOA, Failure, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately (and irreparably) stovepipe the Internet?

Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately and irreparably stovepipe the Internet?Obvious answer.Very rarely if ever are you going to get "open and free" from "for profit" companies. There is a strong incentive to build closed, proprietary systems to lock users into thier product offerings.This is not exclusive to...

Tags: Workforce management, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, termination fee, termination, Internet, VoIP

Discussion threads 2007-06-19

News to know: Yang's Yahoo to-do list; Russian hackers; So long Office 2003

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Yahoo's revolving door: Yang in as CEO; Semel out. Yang replaces Semel as Yahoo CEO. Yahoo’s Yang faces daunting to-do list; perception problems. Jerry Yang blog. Techmeme.Is Yang the right guy to run Yahoo?Ryan Naraine: Russian hackers hijack Italian sites to serve exploits. Google releases Safe Browsing...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately (and irreparably) stovepipe the Internet?

All around us, it seems, there are forces conspiring to stovepipe the Internet. That's where there's no single Internet. But rather, a whole bunch of them. To us of course, it looks like one big Internet with all sorts of devices (computers, PDAs, smartphones, etc.) that can connect to...

Tags: General, Legal, Mobile, Telephony, Web technology, Wired &, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-06-18

MonkCast #5: Keeping beer cold in 1300 A.D., Is Safari hot?, eBay vs. Google

On this week's MonkCast a joint production between ZDNet and the IT analysts at Redmonk, I'm joined by RedMonk co-founder and principal analyst James Governor and before we could even get into any analysis of the week's happenings, we landed on a discussion about keeping beer cold in the old...

Tags: Apple, Entertainment, General, Mobile, MonkCast Podcast, Podcasts, Software Infrastructure, Telephony, Web technology, Wired &, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-06-15

The Enterprise Melting Pot: Everyone's a SAS User - They Just Don't Know It

This paper describes the business intelligence effort for the Decennial Census through implementation of SAS Business Intelligence. The intended audience for this paper is organizations that are just beginning to implement common enterprise-wide computing that want insight into the decision process. The paper highlights what worked for them, how they...

Tags: SAS Institute, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2007-05-14

The Role of SOA Quality Management in SOA Service Lifecycle Management

Good governance is the foundation for building a successful Service Oriented Architecture SOA. SOA governance is what enables diverse business unit and IT stakeholders to ensure that the SOA they collectively design is truly cross-enterprise. A lack of appropriate governance makes it very difficult to gain the business process agility...

Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-03-15

Subscriber Data: How Service Providers Can Mine the Gold Buried in Their Networks

For service providers to successfully implement a killer environment, one that supports them in quickly provisioning virtually any application or service, they must have superior knowledge of their customers' information and entertainment preferences. To do this, service providers need to transition from a fragmented view of subscribers by leveraging information...

Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Network, Service Provider, Alcatel, Business Services

White papers 2007-03-01

United States v. Google? The DOJ would be going after the wrong perp

Not that today is pick on Nicholas Carr day or anything see my last blog post. But, while clearing out my RSS reader which I havent looked at in days (thanks to being at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo), I couldnt help but catch Carrs headline United States vs. Google. Eeeek! Antitrust law...

Tags: Google Inc., antitrust

Blog posts 2006-10-12

SMBs should outsource everything and vendors must adjust

SMBs should outsource everything and vendors must adjustIt would be more reliable to pay a service provider to maintain that serverYou even admitted that an inhouse solution would not promise the uptime of externally hosted solutions, then later try to say you can't rely on the internet connection. But, as...

Tags: Data centers, Operational accounting, Outsourcing, Backups, server, outsource, data center, accounting, backup, small and medium business

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

Thou shalt not condemn departments doing their own IT

Thou shalt not condemn departments doing their own ITThere's a word for itIts called Shadow IT (two words?). On the plus side, it fills a need and is innovation at its best. On the other hand, it creates "islands of technology" that are hard to manage and support (and remember,...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, desktop

Discussion threads 2006-04-03