vivek ranadive Resources on ZDNet

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

ZDNet Resources

TIBCO puts infrastructure pieces in place for cloud compute-caliber SOA: TIBCO Software founder, chairman and CEO Vivek Ranadive used his keynote presentation at the opening of the TUCON user conference today to describe the need for an "event cloud" to support the demands on next generation of enterprise infrastructure. Such an elevated level of cloud management would...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SOA, Vivek Ranadive, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Performance Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Part 2 of passage to India - New Delhi transforming from government to IT: [This is an account of my first trip to India, traveling as a guest of Tibco Software, an SVW sponsor. Vivek Ranadive, the CEO of Tibco is launching his business IT strategy book "The Power to Predict" in India, and he invited me to come along as he meets with politicians...; Tags: Mr Ranadive, information technology, TIBCO Software Inc., Vivek Ranadive; Blog posts 2006-10-30

Additional Resources

Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day?: What is event processing and how could it make a difference? Here is one example of where it could take us: Scientists are talking about the possibility of an in-body network that could detect heart attacks or diabetic collapses and alert emergency services. A typical company deals...; Tags: Event, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Goodbye real-time era, hello 'event-driven' era: Goodbye real-time era, hello 'event-driven' eraThis all sounds very whiz-bang......but I think I would prefer my financial information be "locked in a silo."Also, "transaction" is a noun. "Transact" is the verb you seek.It's not whiz-bang and it's not newRanadive and others META Group back in the day, have been promoting...; Tags: Storage, real-time era; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
Goodbye real-time era, hello 'event-driven' era: If banks are so smart with their terabytes' worth of customer information, why do you have to keep reminding them what language you speak every time you interact with them? 100 million events a month, but few are tied to data in databases Speaking...; Tags: Bank, Event, Storage, ATM, Databases, Financial Services, Networking, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-06

Tibco Software And Silicon Valley. . .: I rarely get to write about Tibco Software, one of the oldest Silicon Valley companies, and one of my favorite companies. The reason I rarely write about Tibco is that Tibco has been my most loyal supporter and sponsor for what I've been doing the last three plus years, publishing...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Accounting, Pricing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Finance, Marketing, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-01
What now for the remaining integration players?: Now that CapeClear has been scooped up by Workday, what of the handful of credible independent players left in the integration and business process management market? Fellow Irregular and investment fund manager Jason Wood had this to say: Go back and look at how TIBCO was talking up Matrix...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-02-08
A cancer-resistant mouse?: University of Kentucky researchers have created a cancer-resistant mouse by introducing a tumor-suppressor gene called 'Par-4' into an egg. The 'Par-4' gene, discovered in 1993, kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. It was originally found in the prostate, but this gene also can lead to the death of a...; Tags: Mouse, Gene, Par-4, Cancer Cell, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-27
Palm: Centro will nibble at Treo sales: Palm says its new Centro smartphone is likely to cannibalize some Treo sales and bring the company's average selling price down for the quarter ending Nov. 30. The company reported its fiscal first quarter results on Monday and delivered a net loss of $800,000, or...; Tags: Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Sales, Centro, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-02
TIBCO hits skids on weak financial service markets: TIBCO has hit the skids as its 26 per cent revenue trading exposure to weakening financial services markets led to a squeeze on deal closures in the latest quarter. Details of TIBCOs miss suggest that revenue is expected to come up short in the range of $3-9 million with license...; Tags: Revenue, TIBCO Software Inc., Financial, Financial Service, SOA, TIBCOs Position, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-09-06
RIM: Canary in the enterprise spending coal mine?: There's a bit of a tug of war over Research In Motion's prospects. First, Bear Stearns cuts RIM from "outperform" to "peer perform" in a move that's largely based on the theory that RIM shares are too expensive. But the one notable item is that Bear...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Andy Neff, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-04
Netgear's Ready NAS: On the show floor at Interop 2007 Las VegasZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind talks with Netgear's VP of Marketing, Vivek Pathela about Netgear's latest NAS appliance. For more information go to: tinyurl.com/readynas; Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Home networking, NetGear, NAS; Videos 2007-05-29
Tibco and why IT really does matter again: I really should spend more time with my sponsors of SVW. I spent most of Tuesday at Tibcos user conference, catching up with the the companys business strategy team and having some great conversations, and thinking I really should spend more time with my sponsors. Tibco, Infineon Systems, Intel, Edelman...; Tags: Enterprise IT, Disruptive, Business strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-02
TIBCO ramps up on data analytics strength with Spotfire purchase: TIBCO announced today the acquisition of privately held Spotfire Inc. for $195 million, a quick way for TIBCO to provide greater insight into business activities through improved data analysis.The move follows Oracles recent purchase of Hyperion and further underscores the importance of business intelligence BI for service oriented architecture SOA,...; Tags: BI, business intelligence, IT Management, management, Oracle, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Infrastructure; Blog posts 2007-05-01
Password Generator by Vivek Narayanan (zip): Password Generator is a Java 6 platform based Password generator. It works across all java-supported platforms. It generates 6 and 8 digit passwords which are easy to remember but yet unique. They have been made easy to remember by adding vowels in between. There are 98,706,816 possibilities for a 6...; Tags: Password, Password Generator, Digit Password; Software downloads 2007-04-12
H-1B debate: Immigrants key to tech startups: H-1B debate: Immigrants key to tech startupsA different conclusion from the referenced study...The article itself says 75% of tech startups are started by domestic talent. Seems to me the real "key" is domestic talent and every attempt should be made to entice, train and employ domestic workers that are...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Redstone, Bright Future, H-1B, tech startup, worker, domestic talent, job; Discussion threads 2007-01-04
H-1B debate: Immigrants key to tech startups: Indian and Chinese immigrants are a huge part of the technology startup story. Everybody knows this intuitively. Now a study from UC Berkeley and Duke researchers finds that fully 25 percent of tech and engineering companies launched since 1995 had at least one foreign-born founder. According to the study, immigrant-founded...; Tags: immigrant, H-1B, Congress, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Palm whistles by the elephants in the room: Palm is trying to dance around a bunch of elephants in the room--increased competition, inconsistency and the need to expand--but its getting difficult. To wit: Palm made a big deal about the sellthrough of 617,000 for its smartphones on its fiscal second quarter earnings conference call. Arguably it had no...; Tags: Palm, Mobile, Personal Technology, General, Palm Treo, palmOne Inc.; Blog posts 2006-12-20
Palm's woes: Blame the management: Palm blamed its second quarter shortfall on the delay of the Treo 750, but analysts reckon management is merely using the device as an excuse for poor execution. On the surface, the Treo 750 delay doesnt seem all that bad--after all it takes time to get devices...; Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Treo, Palms, smart phone, Cingular Wireless, Treo 750, Palm Inc.; Blog posts 2006-11-28
Microsoft's Ozzie: Vista, Office adjusting to Web: Microsoft's Ozzie: Vista, Office adjusting to WebThe web is too publicThe web is too public to Windows can re4main very private on the desktop.Web and Applications?The fact that I am from India should justify what I say. In India, I would reckon that over half of the web users are...; Tags: Channel management, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Development tools, .NET, Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Ozzie, multi-core, Web 2.0; Discussion threads 2006-11-09