Blogs
'Journey Management' Becomes Part of CIO Job Description
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-06-17
Fox's CIO outlines his company's ongoing journey to a hybrid private-public cloud infrastructure.
A Microsoft Upgrade Worth Considering
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-06-06
Most of the upgrades Microsoft unveiled at Tech Ed are worth looking at, but the one that seems to offer the most bang for the buck is SQL Server 2014.
Apple, Amazon, Walmart and the Art of the Killer Deal
By Michelle Maisto | Posted: 2013-06-04
As the Apple trial gets under way, the idea of readers being robbed of the opportunity of devastatingly cheap books provides food for thought.
TechEd 2013: Microsoft Backs Development Strategy Built Around Azure
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-06-04
At TechEd in New Orleans, Microsoft showed it is aligning the company's previously on-premise development tools and systems to the Azure model.
SAP Must Make the Most of Its 'Two-Year' HANA Advantage
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-30
SAP should keep in mind that gaining an initial head start doesn't mean it will succeed in getting its HANA enterprise data architecture firmly entrenched before competitors catch up.
Five Big New Responsibilities for Today's CIO
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-27
The 10th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium revealed five trends that will give CIOs new responsibility to bring order to cloud deployments, big data and the bring-your-own-device movement.
Big Data Needs a Steady Management Hand to Give Best Results
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-23
Big data is delivering productivity dividends to enterprises, but the technology also needs new management techniques to deliver the best results.
Interop: Open Compute Project to Tackle Network Switches
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-09
The Open Compute Project says it will turn its attention to developing open-standard network switches, news that won't be entirely welcome with makers of proprietary switches, especially Cisco.
Follow Amazon's Example: Dare to Talk About IT Costs, Prices
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-02
Amazon Web Services is one of the few IT outfits that is willing to spend time at a conference keynote talking about pricing and what customers get for their money.
Five Lessons on Innovative Thinking From DEMO Mobile 2013
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-25
Some truly innovative applications were on display at Demo Mobile in San Francisco April 17. They offered some important lessons about how to come up with hot, new ideas.
'Software Defined' Emerges as an Overused Term With a Kernel of Value
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-12
IT Infrastructure vendors are falling all over themselves to slap the "software-defined" label on their products, even on their hardware.
HP's Moonshot Strategy Requires Enterprise Astronauts Ready for Liftoff
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-08
Enterprises that are prepared to buy into HP's Moonshot server strategy need to learn a new language and be willing to take a new approach to data center design.
Facebook Phones Home to Call a Winning Number
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-05
Facebook Home gives the company a leg up in the mobile space and relieves it of the burden of conjuring up another OS, developing hardware and building sales channels.
IT Resumes: Keeping Them Truthful
By Corinne Bernstein | Posted: 2013-03-15
How truthful are most IT resumes? Not very, one study suggests. Here are some ways for making resumes honest and accurate.
Nexenta Names New CEO, Adds $24M in Funding
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2013-02-27
Nexenta named Mark Lockareff its new CEO, former CEO Evan Powell is moving to chief strategy officer and the company landed $24 million funding.
