Eric Lundquist

What is top of mind for today’s chief information officer? The CIO has many issues contending for top slot. There is the economy, which is uncertain at best. There are compliance issues, which can undo the best-laid corporate plans. There is the environmental movement. And, of course, there is the rapid pace of technology development. […]

I recently had the chance to talk and share a glass of wine or two with some of the top CIOs in the country at the annual Ziff Davis Enterprise CIO Summit in Half Moon Bay, California. Right, tough duty but someone has to do it. What was at the top of their minds? I […]

Thanks to one of my comment posters (that would be hell on my blog posting about five reasons for and five against the HP acquisition of EDS) for reminding me of the close collaboration that had existed between Dell and EDS. Besides both being based in Texas, the two launched what they called an “agility […]

Five Customer Reasons For and Five Customer Reasons Against the HP purchase of EDS For 1. Customers want one stop responsibility for their purchases. HP with EDS will have a longer stack going all the way from printers, through PCs, through data centers and now all the way to IT services. 2. Customers want to […]

What are the tech products or services you need to help you through a difficult economy? A food co-op tied to a social network? An easy way to manage your home’s energy consumption. I came up with ten ideas, but I’d like to hear from you.

Where are the tech products that will help us through these tough economic times? I’m putting this question the hands of you, the reader, as the vendor community has come up short in this regard. Where have the vendors been? Why haven’t they come out with any solutions for helping business executives and consumers deal […]

I’ve become a fan of the recharge stations sprouting at the airline terminals. However, those terminals aren’t everywhere and what should you do when your battery charge indicator is hitting zero while the guy with the 100% charge is hogging the only outlet to be found in JFK? Is there a new set of tech […]

10:00 Benioff (the father of cloud computing? The grand old man of the clouds? Can you describe someone as the grand old man of something about ten years old). He is on tour, made stop in New York but is now on the way to England, Middle East, Asia. 10:15 role we have in the […]

It’s tax time! April 15 is not anyone’s favorite date, but as we scramble to dig out receipts for dinners long past and try to figure out where all the money goes, it is also time to think about some hidden taxes. Did you know that your IT network has lots of hidden taxes? Consider, […]

A week after the big RSA security show, the hackers (or phishers or whatever) are back in the headlines. This time the issue is a new twist on phishing attempts which rather than try to reach the masses with promises of cheap viagra and untold riches waiting to be claimed are aimed at the executive […]