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  • Goodbye Kodak, Hello FujiFilm

    IT Project Failures Blog RSS | ZDNet
    Michael Krigsman
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:15 pm
    I originally wrote this as a guest post on Vinnie Mirchandani’s blog, called New Florence. New Renaissance, which discusses innovation and technology. You can also see a gallery of other photos.————–After 131 years great American photographic icon, Eastman Kodak, filed for bankruptcy. Some might say that Kodak never made a successful transition from traditional film to digital cameras, but that’s not exactly correct, because American inventor, Steven Sasson, created the first digital camera for Kodak. I think the Economist put it more accurately,…

  • Rooting The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:11 pm
    Updating the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 7 isn't as complicated as you might think. BYTE's David Chernicoff shows us how.

  • Futuristic Clinical Decision Support Tool Catches On

    InformationWeek Software News
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:34 am
    IndiGO healthcare software, which predicts which patients will develop chronic conditions and the best interventions to head off disease, signs users.

  • VMware Vs. The Old School: Data Center Management Battle

    InformationWeek Infrastructure News
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:08 am
    With vCenter Operations Suite 5, VMware takes steps to manage the burgeoning virtual machine environment in a more advanced manner than traditional management tool vendors can.

  • IBM Aims To Be First With OpenSocial Embedded Apps

    InformationWeek Business Intelligence News
    16 Jan 2012 | 2:38 pm
    Next release of IBM Connections to implement open programming interface for embedding apps in a social media activity stream.
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    IT Project Failures Blog RSS | ZDNet

  • Goodbye Kodak, Hello FujiFilm

    Michael Krigsman
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:15 pm
    I originally wrote this as a guest post on Vinnie Mirchandani’s blog, called New Florence. New Renaissance, which discusses innovation and technology. You can also see a gallery of other photos.————–After 131 years great American photographic icon, Eastman Kodak, filed for bankruptcy. Some might say that Kodak never made a successful transition from traditional film to digital cameras, but that’s not exactly correct, because American inventor, Steven Sasson, created the first digital camera for Kodak. I think the Economist put it more accurately,…

  • CIO view: Three truths that bridge the great divide

    Michael Krigsman
    20 Jan 2012 | 7:26 am
    Photo credit: "Conversations in Silos" by Michael KrigsmanUpdate 1/20/12: Thanks to Carlos Francavilla for translating this post into Spanish!!This post summarizes my remarks to a group of senior government leaders embarking on an innovative and ambitious plan to improve health care delivery in their state. A key issue is fostering communication and collaboration between business stakeholders and IT.Statistics tell us that almost 70 percent of IT projects are late, over-budget, or fail to deliver expected value (the worst fate of all). Numbers like these make clear there is a…

  • A brief gadget detour

    Michael Krigsman
    16 Jan 2012 | 9:37 am
    Although not in Las Vegas, I closely followed the mirrorless camera announcements at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show. Over at ZDNet’s flagship blog, Between the Lines, I wrote up some thoughts you might enjoy reading.Just for fun, here’s a video clip of a news interview I recorded, talking about the latest cool technology and even discussing whether Microsoft is relevant in today’s world:

  • Cotton candy and little enterprise deceptions

    Michael Krigsman
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:19 am
    Cotton candy photo by Michael KrigsmanWhile browsing the instruction manual for a professional cotton candy (PDF download) machine, the following phrase jumped off the page (emphasis added):Many experienced operators prefer to lift the ring out of the pan and, with a flick of the wrist, turn the ring into a figure eight and whip it around the cone. This leaves giant air pockets and makes it appear that you are serving a larger portion.Of course, sales people want to minimize weaknesses in their product or service offerings, so this kind of presentation happens all the time in every sphere of…

  • Predicting 2012: Rapid implementation in focus

    Michael Krigsman
    30 Dec 2011 | 8:05 am
    The world of IT failure is bizarre. Despite outrageous statistics that affect virtually every major enterprise software vendor and customer, from ERP to CRM and beyond, mere mention of the topic terrifies many in the industry. As a result, IT failures have become an accepted, almost expected, part of enterprise life. The time for this unfortunate situation to change is long overdue.IT failures arise from a confluence of factors such as misunderstanding technology, poor judgment, lousy project management, politics, conflicts of interest among the Devil’s Triangle, to name just a few.
 
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  • Rooting The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:11 pm
    Updating the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 7 isn't as complicated as you might think. BYTE's David Chernicoff shows us how.

  • Stolen iPhone Saved By iCloud

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pm
    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police follow Find My iPhone directions to nab a suspect and recover an iPhone in the space of four hours. InformationWeek's RSS Feed is brought to you by The next level in education with NEC   We bring you tailor-made solutions built on an in-depth understanding of your unique needs. Learn how NEC?s solutions and expertise in voice and data communications, networks and data storage can elevate your performance at www.nec.com/education www.nec.com/education Ads by Pheedo

  • Google And Privacy: Nothing To See Here, Move On

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pm
    If you use Google services you're already trusting it to manage your personal information responsibly. Nothing has changed.

  • Twitter Country Blocks: 10 Key Facts

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Twitter says functionality aims to help the company better respond to legal requirements. What restrictions already exist and what's next?

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    27 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pm
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  • Why you can't afford to resist the cloud

    Phil Wainewright
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm
    While many are still digging in their heels against moving to the cloud, they’re finding it harder and harder to do so. Not only because the business case becomes stronger every day, but also because cloud platform providers are acting to address the objections that used to slow or stymie adoption. This week saw Amazon provide another hook between its AWS cloud and enterprise data centers with the launch of its Storage Gateway appliance, which makes S3 storage look like just another iSCSI interface in the data center. Yesterday VMWare announced multi-cloud capability for its Cloud…

  • Opening enterprise collaboration to the world

    Phil Wainewright
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:06 pm
    Cloud collaboration platform Huddle is seeking to cement its enterprise appeal with the launch today of a new unlimited user edition and a 99.9% total uptime guarantee. The UK-headquartered, venture-backed start-up is less well known than US rivals such as Box, Dropbox, Jive and Yammer but it believes it has a unique market opportunity because of its focus on external enterprise collaboration.“Traditional collaboration was very inward-looking,” CEO Alastair Mitchell told me when we met last week in Huddle’s offices overlooking London’s ‘Silicon Roundabout‘…

  • The cloud is forked

    Phil Wainewright
    22 Jan 2012 | 3:44 pm
    There’s a huge variety of different definitions of cloud floating around. Some are just plain wrong, while others are only valid in specific circumstances — cloud strategies that are right for certain organisations at certain times aren’t necessarily right for others (or even for the same organisation later on in its evolution). It’s tough for any enterprise decision-maker to figure out the right path.While pondering this conundrum, I recently found some insightful perspectives in a blog post by Randy Bias. Despite our previous disagreements over…

  • Shock as tech news site researches own story

    Phil Wainewright
    18 Jan 2012 | 6:46 am
    Kudos to InfoWorld for researching and breaking its story about the sudden-death vulnerability built into every Oracle database. This is a classic piece of technology journalism, researched over a two-month period during which the editorial team “conducted our own tests, verified information with sources we believe to be reliable, and consulted extensively with Oracle itself.”Such in-depth and professional journalistic research is so rare in today’s instant-gratification world of Techmeme-fueled technology reporting that Business Insider found it hard to grok exactly what…

  • 2011: the cloud has landed

    Phil Wainewright
    27 Dec 2011 | 12:54 pm
    Looking back on 2011, what stands out most of all is that the cloud became mainstream. Cloud computing even got its own Gartner hype cycle, and while some aspects of the technology are still deemed to be in the early wave of the cycle, others are far beyond any hype. Indeed, SaaS is so well established today that Gartner positions it firmly on the ’slope of enlightment’, well on the way to achieving productive enterprise adoption. No wonder Oracle rushed to purchase RightNow as the year drew to a close, swiftly followed by SAP’s acquisition of Successfactors.It’s…
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  • More Innovation

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:35 pm
    on the New Florence blog SpaceX and spacecraft reusability The Virtual Sky Turn wood into sugar The OnLive Desktop: MS Office on iPads

  • The new benchmarks

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:47 pm
    I am helping review for a client competing proposals from several consortia of software vendors and systems integrators/outsourcing firms. The range of on-premise versus SaaS, onshore versus offshore talent, opex, capex, EBITDA calculations of license, hosting, maintenance, implementation etc. is...

  • Zach Nelson: A Decade in the Clouds

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:20 pm
    Zach Nelson is a really interesting tech executive. He has a wide rolodex (over 20 pages in my last book, The New Polymath came from interviews with Zach and several others he introduced me to), diverse interests (numerous relationships with...

  • More New Renaissance

    24 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pm
    on the innovation blog Click first, Focus later Electronic Noses The future of war Next-gen Cruise Life Boats

  • The technology news supply chain

    23 Jan 2012 | 10:09 pm
    My friend Brian Sommer recently pointed out “On 5/14/2012, SAP, NetSuite, Plex Online, Host Analytics and other vendors(?) are all having their user conferences.” Clearly, that will be a busy news week. But it made me think about the news...
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  • From Product to Service: Key Operational Changes for Software and Cloud Companies

    21 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Switching to a software-as-a-service model involves major changes in the way a software company operates.Here are five ways building and running a cloud company is radically different from running a traditional software company. Keep on reading: From Product to Service: Key Operational Changes for Software and Cloud Companies

  • Zenga Media Profile: The Difference between Startup Winners and Losers

    21 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    In this article, Zenga’s co-founder and CEO, Shabir Momin, discusses startup funding, employee qualities that can’t be cultivated or taught, and what makes the difference between becoming a winner or a loser. Keep on reading: Zenga Media Profile: The Difference between Startup Winners and Losers

  • Understanding Cost and Talent Characteristics in the Global Technology Talent Pool

    21 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    This article presents findings from Zinnov's recent study of cost characteristics and macro economic factors of the global tech talent pool. Keep on reading: Understanding Cost and Talent Characteristics in the Global Technology Talent Pool

  • How to Start Using Customer Intelligence to Optimize Revenue

    16 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    This paper discusses how to think about using existing data as customer intelligence, learn from it, and then incrementally improve on it over time – an evolutionary approach rather than a revolution. Keep on reading: How to Start Using Customer Intelligence to Optimize Revenue

  • Options for Handling Your HR Function

    16 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    What could be better than taking a set of duties – which although a necessity, are not a core competence – off your plate? You entered into business to build a lasting legacy, deliver great products or services, and generate revenue doing what you do best. So why not outsource HR? Keep on reading: Options for Handling Your HR Function
 
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    Hu Yoshida

  • More to Storage Efficiency than Capacity

    Hu Yoshida
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:45 pm
    In response to my last blog, Jon Toigo was kind enough to post a training piece that he wrote last year, reminding us that capacity is only one part of storage efficiency. In addition to capacity allocation efficiency, which most of us are addressing with thin provisioning, Jon points out the need for capacity utilization efficiency, storage performance efficiency, data protection efficiency, and storage energy efficiency. Expanding on his thoughts, I have added storage management efficiency. Capacity utilization efficiency is about the placement of data on the appropriate tier of storage,…

  • Storage Efficiency: Switch It On III

    Hu Yoshida
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:46 pm
    The greatest tool for storage efficiency is storage virtualization, which enables the extension of other storage efficiency tools like tiering and thin provisioning to existing storage systems that do not have that capability. It also reduces operational costs by providing a common pool of dynamic shared resources under a common set of management tools. In view of Gartner’s recent prediction of a 5% to 20% increase in disk prices and shortages due to last year’s floods in Thailand, Hitachi Data Systems will extend and enhance the Switch It On III promotion that reduces the cost of…

  • A Consensus on Storage Efficiencies

    Hu Yoshida
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am
    Since I posted my trends for 2012, I have been looking at what other bloggers have been predicting. The most common theme is the explosion of data, and the need for storage efficiencies. Jon Toigo says that 70% of the capacity on every disk today doesn’t need to be there–40% should be archived and the other 30% should be reviewed and probably deleted. Joe Kovar of CRN predicts that growth in storage capacities decline as users implement more storage efficiencytechnologies like thin provisioning, deduplication, and cloud. An optimistic prediction is that the impact of the Thailand floods…

  • HDS Places in FORTUNE’s 100 Best Places to Work with Innovation and Trust

    Hu Yoshida
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:52 am
    I have been working for HDS for almost 15 years, so, needless to say, I am very proud that we have been recognized as one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 best companies to work for in the United States in 2012. This recognition helps to validate one of our stated company goals, which is to be the employer and partner of choice. FORTUNE worked with Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in Corporate America. While this survey applies to the United States, we have similar results across Hitachi Data Systems globally. The Great Place to Work Institute ranked HDS…

  • The Tipping Point for Hard Disk Prices?

    Hu Yoshida
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:13 pm
    Q1 2012 marks a major turning point in the storage industry. After 50 years of price declines in the magnetic disk industry, we are seeing what most analysts predict to be a 5% to 20% increase in disk prices due to the catastrophic floods in Thailand, which has had a major impact on the disk supply chain. While the manufacturers are hoping to get their capacity back on line to ease the supply shortages by the second half of this year, the cost of rebuilding their manufacturing capabilities will impact prices for some time. This additional cost will also impact the investments required to…
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    Andrew McAfee's Blog

  • Race Against…: The Dead Tree Version

    Andrew McAfee
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:12 am
    Just a quick note that our book Race Against the Machine is now available in paperback from Amazon and CreateSpace (a print-on-demand company). It’s more expensive than the ebook ($14.99 vs. $3.99). We’re not deliberately engaging in price gouging; this is near the minimum price CreateSpace will let us charge. The content of the physical book is exactly the same, links have been replaced by endnotes, and graphs are in color. It’s an ideal complement to the ebook, and it also stands on its own. Especially when ordered in huge quantities…  ;)

  • Can Normal Companies Provide Good Jobs? Yes.

    Andrew McAfee
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    In Race Against the Machine, Erik Brynjolfsson and I  highlight that median household income in America has actually declined in recent years, even as total US GDP has risen a great deal. Our explanation for this phenomenon is that the average worker is being left behind in our economy, due to technology, trade, and other factors. We are hardly the first to point out that a lot of workers, even those with full-time jobs, aren’t keeping up. There’s a great tradition of work, both scholarly and journalistic, looking at the lives and jobs of the working poor and lower middle class.

  • Recent Trends in Labor Intensity. Or, the History (and Future?) of Steady Work in the US

    Andrew McAfee
    17 Jan 2012 | 9:39 am
    When I’m trying to understand something, I start drawing graphs using whatever data’s available; pictures help me more than tables of numbers or regression coefficients. So here’s a picture I drew to see recent trends in US labor productivity — how much more output the American economy gets from its workers over time. Instead of looking at productivity as output per hour worked (the usual measure) I instead looked at output per worker. And I inverted the usual measure, so I’m looking at workers per output — how many workers it takes each year to generate a…

  • Adjustably Loud and Surprisingly Free

    Andrew McAfee
    10 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am
    The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has a podcast series called “Surprisingly Free” that discusses topics with “an eclectic mix of authors, academics, and entrepreneurs at the intersection of technology, policy, and economics.” Guests have included Nick Carr,  Tyler Cowen, Kevin Kelly, Evgeny Morozov, William Powers, Clay Shirky, Danny Sullivan, Tim Wu and many others. They’ve just posted my conversation with host Jerry Brito about the ideas we lay out in Race Against the Machine. Jerry did a great job, asking excellent questions and…

  • Let’s Get a Couple Things Straight…

    Andrew McAfee
    6 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    There’s a new story in Bloomberg BusinessWeek by David Lynch called “It’s a Man vs. Machine Recovery.” It’s about technology’s recent impact on wages and employment, and includes quotes from Race Against the Machine, the ebook Erik Brynjolfsson and I published recently. I like the piece overall, but want to correct an impression or two that it leaves. Lynch writes: But with more than 20 million Americans still jobless or underemployed, others worry that something fundamental has changed. “What’s different now is the speed and scale of what’s…
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    The Enterprise System Spectator

  • Geography More Important than Industry in IT Salaries

    Frank Scavo
    17 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Over at Computer Economics, we've just published our 2012 IT Salary Report, as we've been doing for over 20 years.The headline this year is that IT workers in the U.S. will only receive a 2.8% pay increase, at the median, as shown in the Figure nearby. Even organizations at the 75th percentile are budgeting for only a 3.0% wage increase for IT professionals. That lags well behind the 3.4% rise in the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period through November 2011.A short summary of these top line trends can be found a post on the Computer Economics website.Influence of Industry Sector on…

  • Enterprise IT Buyers: Don’t Listen to Financial Analysts

    Frank Scavo
    18 Dec 2011 | 9:24 am
    When it comes to enterprise IT decisions, I have come to the conclusion that buyers shouldn’t read the financial press. There are industry analysts and there are financial analysts, and they address two distinct audiences.Exhibit A is this Business Insider post, entitled, The Awful Economy Is Really Going To Hurt SAP. Here’s the post’s lede:SAP's hot new software, HANA, has been a relative flop, said BofA Analyst Chandra Sriraman this morning.HANA was hailed as groundbreaking when it was introduced about a year ago. It sits in a computer's memory so it literally runs while the computer…

  • SAP in Transition on Mobile, Cloud, and In-Memory Computing

    Frank Scavo
    15 Nov 2011 | 4:17 pm
    I attended two days at SAP’s SapphireNOW conference in Madrid earlier this month, at the end of a month-long trip to Spain and Italy. The trip to Madrid gave me a good opportunity to catch up with the latest developments with SAP since the Sapphire conference last May in Orlando.Jim Hagemann Snabe gave the Wednesday keynote, which I found tighter and more balanced than similar messages delivered in Orlando. Back then, the keynotes seemed to overly emphasis HANA, SAP’s new in-memory database technology. Although HANA is still hugely important to SAP, the message is now more balanced…

  • Cutting Through the Fog of Cloud Computing Definitions

    Frank Scavo
    6 Nov 2011 | 1:30 am
    In recent years, the term "cloud computing" has been used and abused by vendors and their marketing groups to denote just about anything the vendor offers other than on-premise systems. Analysts too have piled on, each offering their own definition of cloud computing. This 2009 Wall Street Journal article outlined the confusion. The result has been fruitless arguments over what is "true cloud" or "false cloud," as in the recent tit-for-tat speeches by Larry Ellison and Marc Benioff during Oracle Open World.Such debates are likely to continue, but now there is at least one official source for…

  • How to Become a Chief Innovation Officer

    Frank Scavo
    28 Oct 2011 | 6:01 am
    I had a real treat this week: I was invited to give a presentation to 25 CIOs at Infor's European CIO Advisory Council meeting, in Maranello, Italy. If you are not familiar with Maranello, it's famous as the town of the headquarters of Ferrari, which is an Infor customer. More on Ferrari at the end of this post.Infor's Integration StrategyThe event was kicked off by Infor's CEO, Charles Phillips, who came into the top job last December, from his previous position as Oracle's co-President. It was a good opportunity for me to see how Charles deals up close with Infor customers, some of whom…
 
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    Digital Landfill

  • Today We Released Andy McAfee's 3 reports on Social Technologies and Business Process

    John Mancini
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:44 am
    The three reports can be downloaded directly from the AIIM web site (you need to login, but they are free) at THIS LINK.   Here's the press release... New Research Shows That Enterprise Social Technology Gets Work Done Research scientist Andrew McAfee and the AIIM Task Force track the adoption rate of social business and reveal social business/Enterprise 2.0 best practices for three key business engagement models   Silver Spring, Md.,January 25, 2012 -AIIM, the global community of information professionals, today announced the release of a three-part white paper series, titled…

  • Why we need Information Professionals

    John Mancini
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am
    Per IDC's Digital Universe report, "Although the amount of information in the Digital Universe will grow by a factor of 44, and the number of containers or files will grow by a factor of 67 from 2009 to 2020, the number of IT professionals in the world will grow only by a factor of 1.4." That's why we need Information Professionals.     New Information Certification View more presentations from Atle Skjekkeland

  • A Primer on #BPM and #KM -- It's Free -- Pass the Word

    John Mancini
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm
    Here's a short primer on BPM and KM from our Information Certification educational videos (they're free! -- and feel free to embed them on your own web site!) Process Improvement Techniques -- http://youtu.be/Z4rsOXi1Xp0 Relating Process and Information Management -- http://youtu.be/cT245WLRKxM Analysis Techniques -- http://youtu.be/XqZL5FLWRkI Process Auditing -- http://youtu.be/4tvl2Na4UwU Routing by Roles and Responsibilities -- http://youtu.be/-nHg2uy_9aE BPM and BPR -- http://youtu.be/f8L4N5-z0xs KM Principles, Practices, and Primary Tools --…

  • #AIIM and #IBM on the Future of Social Content

    John Mancini
    21 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    Had a fun time with this conversation with Ken Bisconti from IBM (NYSE:IBM) and well-known tech columnist Lenny Liebmann (who did a great job, BTW) at Lotusphere this week.  The focus was on the future of social content. Kudos to them for getting all these videos out 2 days after they were done - amazing turnaround given the amount of content. We also spend a bit of time talking about the AIIM Certified Information Professional program. Details here. Per Ken on the CIP program, "Anyone in IT or in an information related discipline today should be thinking about…

  • User ID-10-T error by Editor

    John Mancini
    21 Jan 2012 | 9:14 am
    For those Digital Landfill subscribers who get my weekly email update, my apologies that the last few issues have had the same subject line. I would like to say this is because of some complicated issue, but the simple truth is that it was a User ID-10-T error by the editor relative to some Mail Chimp settings (the email host). Thanks!    
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    Schneier on Security

  • Password Sharing Among American Teenagers

    schneier
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am
    Interesting article from the New York Times on password sharing as a show of affection. "It's a sign of trust," Tiffany Carandang, a high school senior in San Francisco, said of the decision she and her boyfriend made several months ago to share passwords for e-mail and Facebook. "I have nothing to hide from him, and he has nothing to hide from me." "That is so cute," said Cherry Ng, 16, listening in to her friend's comments to a reporter outside school. "They really trust each other." We do, said Ms. Carandang, 17. "I know he'd never do anything to hurt my reputation," she added. It doesn't…

  • Evidence on the Effectiveness of Terrorism

    schneier
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am
    Readers of this blog will know that I like the works of Max Abrams, and regularly blog them. He has a new paper (full paper behind paywall) in Defence and Peace Economics, 22:6 (2011), 583–94, "Does Terrorism Really Work? Evolution in the Conventional Wisdom since 9/11, Defence and Peace Economics": The basic narrative of bargaining theory predicts that, all else equal, anarchy favors concessions to challengers who demonstrate the will and ability to escalate against defenders. For this reason, post-9/11 political science research explained terrorism as rational strategic behavior for…

  • Federal Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

    schneier
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm
    A U.S. federal judge has ordered a defendent to decrypt her laptop.

  • Supreme Court Rules that GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant

    schneier
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm
    The U.S Supreme Court has ruled that the police cannot attach a GPS tracking device to a car without a warrant. EDITED TO ADD (1/26): It seems I was wrong when I said that the ruling forces the police to get a warrant before placing a GPS tracking device on a car. The ruling is much more complicated and nuanced.

  • Research into an Information Security Risk Rating

    schneier
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:44 am
    The NSF is funding research on giving organizations information-security risk ratings, similar to credit ratings for individuals: Existing risk management techniques are based on annual audits and only provide a snapshot of a partner's security posture. However, new vulnerabilities are discovered everyday and the industry needs a solution that enables a business to continuously monitor changing risk posture of all its partners and proactively manage assumed risks. The Phase II research objective is to build a scalable fully-automated ratings system. The research will focus on identifying and…
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    Content Management Connection

  • UN Secretariat Building, Trump World Tower, Bloomberg Tower, 5:30PM

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:57 am
    Photographed from the roof deck of 440 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn (Schaefer Landing North). Permalink

  • JackBe Presto Provides Self-Service Business Intelligence on a Mobile Basis

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:05 am
    I have writtten about JackBe several times over the past few years and watched their evolution from a mashup provider to using their technology to support a new wave of business intelligence (see for example, JackBe’s Presto provides Real-Time Intelligence...

  • Links for 2012-01-26 [del.icio.us]

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:22 am
    What It's Like to Live in a Universe of Ten Dimensions | Brain PickingsAIIM Industry Watch: Social Business Systems - success factors for Enterprise 2.0 applicationsWhen Social Meets Business Real Work Gets Done

  • Lotusphere and IBM Connect 2012 Highlights – Back to Basics of Conferences! #ls12 #ibmconnect

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    As more and more blog posts are starting to come along sharing further insights on some of the major highlights from the recent IBM Lotusphere and IBM Connect 2012 events held last week in Orlando, Florida, I guess it’s now time for me to start sharing my two cents on what both events were like, [...]

  • Hey Look! I am on the TV!

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    Last week I had the privilege of joining Scott Liewehr on CMS Connected, a web television show about content management. The topic was “2011 WCM Year in Review” and we covered a lot of ground: mobile, engagement, and the cloud. Tom Wentworth, from Ektron dropped in on Skype for a cameo appearance too. I had [...]
 
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    Confessions of an eBiz Junkie

  • 2012 - The Year of the Ant

    Len Devanna
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Readers of this blog know that my passion for the digital realm, and the business transformation that it enables, is simply insatiable. Where real-estate on the web was once reserved for big brands with deep pockets, the social web of today has leveled the playing field. This digital revolution is fundamentally changing the rules of business, and brands that embrace this change will command a significant competitive advantage in the years ahead. This is a transformative journey that requires a fundamental re-wiring of tired and traditional business models. So when the opportunity arose to…

  • A New Year, A New Opportunity

    Len Devanna
    16 Dec 2011 | 10:13 am
    I've been very fortunate to be a part of the EMC family for the past twelve years. During that time, I've had the opportunity to do some truly amazing things, directly influencing EMC's digital presence and also the overall corporate culture. In 2007, we formally embarked on our journey to become a true social business. The transformation of the brand has been nothing short of staggering, and has fundamentally changed how we engage across audiences. It's easily been the most fascinating thing I've ever been a part of. All of this, plus my strong affinity for the 48k folks that make up the EMC…

  • EMC Fights Cancer

    Len Devanna
    11 Oct 2011 | 1:20 pm
    It's one of the things I love about EMC's culture - the seemingly insatiable desire to make the world a better place.Each quarter, we take on a new cause, and harness the power and passion of our global employees to make a difference. Earlier this year, we set our sights on fighting hunger. We sure did have an impact, collecting over 40,000 pounds of food and helping over 20,000 individuals across the globe. In fact, we doubled our goal. This quarter, we take on something that's touched just about all of us in some way or another - Cancer. There are no shortage of organized activities taking…

  • What's Your Social Media Strategy?

    Len Devanna
    15 Sep 2011 | 2:10 pm
    It was an honor to see EMC's approach to Social Media cited in the July issue of the Harvard Business Review. The article is well worth the read, if you haven't seen it already. Be sure to read the healthy and provocative comments from the community. What's most interesting to me in reading this piece is the fact that no one size fits all. The authors call out four basic approaches - The 'predictive practitioner', 'creative experimenter', 'social media champion' and 'social media transformer'. While it's true that we (EMC) continue to embrace the notion of experimenting, our journey has…
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  • Standing Desk 2.0

    netsecpodcast@mckeay.net (Martin McKeay)
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:59 pm
    If you follow the blog, you may remember several months ago that I built myself a standing desk out of some cheap lumber and plywood I had in the garage.  It took an afternoon to build and was a proof of concept as to whether or not I’d actually like working at a standing desk.  The funny part of the project was that it took me longer to draw it up in Google SketchUp than it did to actually put the desk together itself.  After several weeks of working on the desk I decided I really liked it and wanted a more permanent version of the desk that I could feel was an actual…

  • Kill pcAnywhere right now!

    netsecpodcast@mckeay.net (Martin McKeay)
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
    If you haven’t already heard, the code base for Symantec’s pcAnywhere was stolen in 2006, and bad guys are now using that code against the installed base of users in the wild.  This sort of compromise really isn’t anything that new or different.  But what is different is that Symantec is now telling users to flat out disable pcAnywhere until a fix is released.  Which is a good, smart move, but a better move would be to remove pcAnywhere and never, ever start it up again! I remember the first time I used pcAnywhere; I was working my first helpdesk job and they…

  • Network Security Podcast, Episode 265

    netsecpodcast@mckeay.net (Martin McKeay)
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:04 pm
    Unless you were hiding under a rock the last few weeks you’ve probably heard about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Protect IP Act (PIPA) and their even more evil brother Anti-counterfiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).  Many sites went dark last week, including Securosis, in protest and SOPA/PIPA were at least stalemated for the moment, if not entirely defeated.  And since it’s a big story, we decided to discuss it at great length, probably saying many things that have been said by much smarter people than us.  At least we hope it’s the smart people we’re agreeing…

  • SOPA was only an opening salvo

    netsecpodcast@mckeay.net (Martin McKeay)
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:41 am
    I generally try to stay out of the political arena on the blog, mostly because politics is such a contentious topic in and of itself.  And I’ve been staying away from SOPA in particular because there’s been so much coverage that one more voice added to the choir wouldn’t have done anything.  The music and movie companies once again tried to introduce legislature that made pirating content a crime and gave the entertainment industry incredible power to police the internet and block any site they felt *might* link to copyrighted content.  But we, the Internet,…

  • Network Security Podcast, Episode 264

    netsecpodcast@mckeay.net (Martin McKeay)
    10 Jan 2012 | 6:10 pm
    As Zach prepares for his jaunt down to Miami Beach, Rich waxes paranoid about his newfangled Microsoft-powered car — and the prospect of Martin remotely hacking throttling the engine.  It’s hard to imagine a few of Rich’s ‘friends’ won’t try hard to get their hands on his new remote and the system port on his car. (Also, check out our nomination in the Social Security Bloggers Awards — and vote if you’re eligible to do so!) Network Security Podcast, Episode 264, January 10, 2012 Time: 37:31 Show Notes: Exploit Code Released for ASP.NET Flaw…
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    Martin Fowler

  • Rebecca and I will be Keynoting at QCon London

    Martin Fowler
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:24 am
    QCon invited Rebecca and I to do a keynote at QCon London (March 7). Over the last year or so we’ve been seeing more and more of a change in how organizations think about data, so that seems a natural choice to talk about. Our clients are seeing larger volumes of data, that they need to analyze more quickly and more cleverly. We’re seeing different technologies for data storage that have loosened the vice-like grip of relational databases. And we find our profession needs to start thinking about what our responsibilities are in managing all of this information.

  • Rebecca and I talk about DSLs on Software Engineering Radio

    Martin Fowler
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am
    I’ve long been a fan of the podcast series Software Engineering Radio. The team there have built an excellent series of podcasts on various aspects of software development and I often listen to them while taking my afternoon walk. So I’m glad to get a spot on there myself. In this episode I’m on the program with Rebecca Parsons, my colleague and co-author of my DSL book to talk about DSLs. We talk about what DSLs are, the differences between internal and external DSLs, and when you should (and shouldn’t use DSLs). The episode is hosted by Markus Völter, who, of…

  • Bliki: CharityCodeJam

    Martin Fowler
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am
    Over the last couple of years several of my colleagues have been organizing code jam[1] events where developers get together to write software for charitable causes. A good example is a regular code-jam in New York that works on RapidFTR. Chris George, a ThoughtWorker based in New York, helped organize a one-off event in New York in August 2010. The group didn't get as much done on the day as they had hoped, but in a bar afterwards decided to try to get together more regularly. Since then they've been meeting every week. It's a small group, still mostly ThoughtWorkers and friends, with a core…

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    22 Jan 2012 | 6:49 pm
    Boston, MA

  • Bliki: AggregateOrientedDatabase

    Martin Fowler
    19 Jan 2012 | 8:11 am
    One of the first topics to spring to mind as we worked on NosqlDistilled was that NoSQL databases use different data models than the relational model. Most sources I've looked at mention at least four groups of data model: key-value, document, column-family, and graph. Looking at this list, there's a big similarity between the first three - all have a fundamental unit of storage which is a rich structure of closely related data: for key-value stores it's the value, for document stores it's the document, and for column-family stores it's the column family. In DDD terms, this group of data is…
 
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    PGreenblog

  • Blog Carnival: The ROI of Social Media is The CRV of Revenue Impact

    Paul G.
    24 Jan 2012 | 6:01 pm
    This post is part of the Social ROI Blog Carnival at Think Customers: the 1to1 Media blog. Visit the blog carnival post “Calculating the ROI of Social Media" to check out the full lists of posts from... The award winning, edgiest CRM blog on the planet. The industry, the concepts, the news from CRM at the Speed of Light author Paul Greenberg

  • Social Business in Atlanta: The Opening Gun Fired by Brent Leary

    Paul G.
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:42 pm
    (PG: This is straight out of the pen of Brent Leary. Brent for those of you who don’t know him is….oh, wait, everyone of you knows him so I don’t have to explain. He is hosting the first ever... The award winning, edgiest CRM blog on the planet. The industry, the concepts, the news from CRM at the Speed of Light author Paul Greenberg

  • CRM 2012 Forecast–The Era of Customer Engagement Begins– Part II

    Paul G.
    26 Dec 2011 | 5:01 am
    To understand why I’m saying this, please go to Part I on my ZDNet blog here. Gamification becomes Serious Business No matter how old you are, human beings never lose their desire to play. Play makes... The award winning, edgiest CRM blog on the planet. The industry, the concepts, the news from CRM at the Speed of Light author Paul Greenberg

  • The Voters Speak! CRM Idol 2011 Announces Winners Who Voted

    Paul G.
    7 Nov 2011 | 9:00 am
    Alright, I'm not going to keep you in any kind of suspense. I'm going to let you know from the get go who won. Though please go to the CRM Idol website for more coverage of the winners. The Winners... The award winning, edgiest CRM blog on the planet. The industry, the concepts, the news from CRM at the Speed of Light author Paul Greenberg

  • CRM Idol 2011: The Polls Are Now Officially Open

    Paul G.
    23 Oct 2011 | 9:49 am
    Okay everyone, I'm going to have this as my only post or at least the one at the top of the page for the next 10 days through 6pm on October 31, 2011. What you see here is the 4... The award winning, edgiest CRM blog on the planet. The industry, the concepts, the news from CRM at the Speed of Light author Paul Greenberg
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    EMC Blogs

  • Plus-2 Visibility: The Fifth Habit of Effective Intrapreneurs

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pm
    This is the sixth in a series of articles that describe the unique traits of a corporate intrapreneur. The previous habit (3-box time management) described the first step required to deliver upon an idea in a large corporation. The next habit is an unusual and counter-intuitive technique that enables an intrapreneur to continue the delivery of their idea. Visibility management (often referred to as visibility avoidance) is depicted below as the next step in the cycle. Visibility avoidance – not actively publicizing one’s talents – seems to be incongruent with climbing the corporate…

  • Big Data Hits The Big Time in Davos

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm

  • Lightning strikes!

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:42 pm
    Guess what? Data doesn't just exist on the storage array. And neither does EMC. The 6th of February. Here.

  • What Does Branding Have to do with Culture, or *Gasp* Human Resources?

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pm
    I scratch my head to this day that my professional life currently sits at the intersection of  brand, culture and human resources.  How did a business-centric, brand relations pro get caught up in HR? Luck, mostly.  But I'm convinced that those three elements, together, are key to making a major impact in the modern organization. With social-everything, the power of your company brand is in the hands of "the people" more than ever. Are your people and your culture included in your brand strategy? They better be. Branding, and what your brand shouts, needs to start in the heart…

  • The Channel, unleashed.

    25 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Joe said it on the earnings call, the Direct Sales Force & the Channel are EMC's primary routes to market. To prove how important the Channel is and to kick Dell square in the nuts, (Though I'm sure that's entirely coincidental and an unintended side effect) in the UK & Ireland EMC's Direct Sales Force is transferring an addressable market of $3B+ in more than 850 customer accounts straight to Channel partners. Possibly the largest value unlock in the UK&I IT space for a long long time.  EMC plans on keeping 150 customers as direct accounts for now but that number will fall…
 
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    NetApp - Analyst Reports

  • Analyst Reports Full Library

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:49 am
    View the entire NetApp Analyst Reports Library

  • Evaluator Group: NetApp’s Open Solution for Hadoop

    24 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am
    An overview of NetApp’s Open Solution for Hadoop.

  • Architecting Storage for the Internal Cloud: One Step at a Time

    13 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Enterprise organizations are considering internal clouds to increase operational efficiencies, improve business agility, and drive down cost. In this Gartner guidance document, Research Director Matthew Brisse examines storage integration for the internal cloud and its transformation into a service-centric storage infrastructure.

  • Demartek: NetApp Multi-Protocol Storage Evaluation

    12 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am
    NetApp commissioned Demartek to evaluate its FAS3240, one of the members of its full line of unified storage solutions, for its ability to handle a full load of mixed traffic types simultaneously.

  • The Total Economic Impact™ Of NetApp Storage For Desktop Virtualization

    10 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am
    This study highlights the benefits and costs of deploying NetApp storage in conjunction with desktop virtualization software across the enterprise of a sample Organization (see Sample Organization Description section). The findings in this study are in large part based on in-depth interviews conducted by Forrester with four NetApp customers currently using NetApp storage for desktop virtualization. The study examines the estimated ROI for the sample Organization and presents the aggregate findings derived from the interview and analysis process as well as our independent research.
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    Oracle Bloggers

  • Tab Sweep - GlassFish patch, is PaaS Middleware over IaaS, NetBeans tips, JCP updates, ...

    alexismp
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Note: if you're reading this using a feedreader, please make sure you've updated to the updated TheAquarium feed. Recent Tips and News on Java, Java EE 6, GlassFish & more : • GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 Patch 15 (GlassFish for Business) • PaaS is not Middleware over IaaS (Reza) • Sneak peak at Java EE 7 - Multitenant Examples with EclipseLink (Markus) • Building and testing ADF applications with Maven, JSFUnit, Arquillian and Embedded GlassFish (Dablomatique) • NetBeans 7.1 IDE: Shelve and Un-Shelve Changes (John) • NetBeans 7.1 IDE: Inspect and Transform…

  • Driving Operational Efficiency with eTOM

    Sanjeev Sharma
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 pm
    The distinction between network operator Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and virtual CSPs e.g. MVNOs is decreasing by the day driven by industry deregulation and proliferation of IP based networks that have lowered barriers to entry. This hyper-competition is creating continuous pressure on CSPs to shorten time-to-market cycles for PLM and FAB (fulfillment, assurance and billing) processes to differentiate. The pursuit of this goal though, is hampered by the complex organizational structure with silos aligned to customer segments. service types or service bundles. Consequently,…

  • 7u4 Developer Preview is now Available

    user9148787
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:51 pm
    The early access build of Java SE 7 Update 4 (7u4-b09) is now available for download.Please report any bugs to http://bugreport.sun.com and share your comments with us at our Java SE Snapshots: Project Feedback Forum. You may subscribe to our Java SE Developer News feed or if you prefer emails, enter your email address here:

  • 6u32 Developer Preview is now Available

    user9148787
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:49 pm
    The early access build of Java SE 6 Update 32 (6u32-b01) is now available for download.Please report any bugs to http://bugreport.sun.com and share your comments with us at our 6uN Early Access Forum. You may subscribe to our Java SE Developer News feed or if you prefer emails, enter your email address here:

  • ATG Live Webcast: Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite

    BillSawyer
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Do you need to improve your hardware utilization, speed-up provisioning, improve end-user satisfaction, increase the productivity of your E-Business Suite system administrators? If so, you need to attend the next installment of our ATG Live Webcast series on Feb. 2, 2012: Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite Join Ivo Dujmović, Director, Applications Development, for this wide-ranging discussion on the topics virtualization and cloud deployments of Oracle E-Busienss Suite. The agenda for the Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite webcast…
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  • Tab Sweep - GlassFish patch, is PaaS Middleware over IaaS, NetBeans tips, JCP updates, ...

    alexismp
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Note: if you're reading this using a feedreader, please make sure you've updated to the updated TheAquarium feed. Recent Tips and News on Java, Java EE 6, GlassFish & more : • GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 Patch 15 (GlassFish for Business) • PaaS is not Middleware over IaaS (Reza) • Sneak peak at Java EE 7 - Multitenant Examples with EclipseLink (Markus) • Building and testing ADF applications with Maven, JSFUnit, Arquillian and Embedded GlassFish (Dablomatique) • NetBeans 7.1 IDE: Shelve and Un-Shelve Changes (John) • NetBeans 7.1 IDE: Inspect and Transform…

  • Driving Operational Efficiency with eTOM

    Sanjeev Sharma
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 pm
    The distinction between network operator Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and virtual CSPs e.g. MVNOs is decreasing by the day driven by industry deregulation and proliferation of IP based networks that have lowered barriers to entry. This hyper-competition is creating continuous pressure on CSPs to shorten time-to-market cycles for PLM and FAB (fulfillment, assurance and billing) processes to differentiate. The pursuit of this goal though, is hampered by the complex organizational structure with silos aligned to customer segments. service types or service bundles. Consequently,…

  • 7u4 Developer Preview is now Available

    user9148787
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:51 pm
    The early access build of Java SE 7 Update 4 (7u4-b09) is now available for download.Please report any bugs to http://bugreport.sun.com and share your comments with us at our Java SE Snapshots: Project Feedback Forum. You may subscribe to our Java SE Developer News feed or if you prefer emails, enter your email address here:

  • 6u32 Developer Preview is now Available

    user9148787
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:49 pm
    The early access build of Java SE 6 Update 32 (6u32-b01) is now available for download.Please report any bugs to http://bugreport.sun.com and share your comments with us at our 6uN Early Access Forum. You may subscribe to our Java SE Developer News feed or if you prefer emails, enter your email address here:

  • ATG Live Webcast: Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite

    BillSawyer
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Do you need to improve your hardware utilization, speed-up provisioning, improve end-user satisfaction, increase the productivity of your E-Business Suite system administrators? If so, you need to attend the next installment of our ATG Live Webcast series on Feb. 2, 2012: Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite Join Ivo Dujmović, Director, Applications Development, for this wide-ranging discussion on the topics virtualization and cloud deployments of Oracle E-Busienss Suite. The agenda for the Virtualization and Cloud Deployments of Oracle E-Business Suite webcast…
 
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    JT on EDM

  • First Look – Zementis Update

    James Taylor
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    Copyright © 2012 http://jtonedm.com James TaylorI spoke to Zementis back in June of 2011 and got an update on their Universal PMML Plug-in among other things. Since then they report growing client interest with a particular focus on real-time decision-making using real-time scoring in fraud detection for instance. They have also been updating their products. ADAPA, their analytic decision deployment infrastructure, has been expanded and they have just released ADAPA 3.5. This includes support for model ensembles, segmentation, chaining and compositions – multiple models used together as a…

  • First Look – KNIME Analytics Workbench update

    James Taylor
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am
    Copyright © 2012 http://jtonedm.com James TaylorKNIME is an open source data analytics product based in Zurich, Switzerland that I last wrote about a couple of years ago. They have been working away on the product since then (having started development in 2004 and released their enterprise components in 2010) and have been refining their business plan at the same time. They now have 9,000 registered users/organizations and over 500,000 downloads. About 50% of these are in life sciences and 50% in BI and analytics – this represents a significant increase in non-life sciences usage. As an…

  • New White Paper: Managing the Next Best Activity Decision

    James Taylor
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    Copyright © 2012 http://jtonedm.com James TaylorI have recently finished a new white paper on Managing the Next Best Activity Decision, sponsored by KXEN. Every interaction with your customers is an opportunity to build your relationship. It could be a personalized marketing offer or proactive customer service. To make sure this interaction maximizes the value of your customer relationship, many organizations are developing Next Best Activity (NBA) programs. NBA allows organizations to optimize each and every decision across the customer lifecycle – from customer acquisition to cross and…

  • Here’s how focusing on decisions aligns analytics and business

    James Taylor
    17 Jan 2012 | 4:39 pm
    Copyright © 2012 http://jtonedm.com James TaylorIn a recent article over on All Analytics – Analytics-Business Alignment Needs Work – Beth Schultz discussed a set of Gartner predictions written up by Doug Laney. In particular she highlights Gartner’s finding that companies cited …aligning BI initiatives with corporate strategy and objectives nearly three times as often as they called out technology-related issues This is a problem I see regularly across both BI and other analytics efforts. I think the primary driver of this is an abject under-definition of the…

  • Check out my Information Management Column

    James Taylor
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
    Copyright © 2012 http://jtonedm.com James TaylorI have recently begun writing a column for Information Management magazine and a new one just published. The magazine is now completely online at www.information-management.com/ and you can follow their twitter feed @infomgmt. Here are my columns so far: Requirements for Advanced Analytics How to use decision management techniques to effectively gather the requirements for data mining and predictive analytic projects Four Principles of Decision Management Systems Highlights of the critical principles described in my new book, Decision…
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    Development & Integration Blogs

  • Great Statistics Book for "Data Science" Self-Learner

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm
    A "Head First Statistics" book is an easy read and a great starting point for learning of the fundamental Statistics topics, and it is best suited for those interested in learning on their own.                                                   

  • Project Management Lite: Model for Project Team Organization

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Typically an organization chart is used to create the design and reporting structure of a project team.  It identifies the roles that may be required within a project, as well as the areas within the consulting service provider that can provide ...

  • Universal business computer 6: Gaining value

    23 Jan 2012 | 9:34 am
    This would be in direct competition with other well-established approaches - including nearly every web application technology.

  • Project Management Lite: A PM’s Responsibilities

    22 Jan 2012 | 10:07 am
    Management principles are put into practice by applying them to human relationships. The Project Manager is concerned with relationships on a number of levels: responsibility to himself, management, the Acceptor, and the delivery team. With respect t...

  • Project Management Lite: Partnership

    18 Jan 2012 | 5:12 pm
    When entering into a contractual relationship, the customer and Consultants share common objectives. The customers expectations of the Consultants are that they will provide; •    a quality product •    a fair pr...
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    TakingAIIM

  • ECM: The Future is Here and it is Cool, Sexy and Exciting

    Carl Frappaolo
    6 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pm
    It’s no secret, I am an ECM geek, and with good reason. ECM continues to evolve in powerful ways, and permeates every aspect of every business and our personal lives as well. Ok, let me repeat, as I have in many previous blog posts, I apply a very broad – but realistic – definition to ECM. You may not all call it ECM, but the intersection of “content”, community and context (i.e. ECM) – no matter the application - is ripe with endless and amazingly powerful (and mundanely useful) possibilities.  [Note, I placed the  word content in quotes because (another popular Frappaolo…

  • "[Not so] Elementary My Dear Watson"

    Carl Frappaolo
    7 Nov 2011 | 11:37 am
    After 20+ years of  immersion in ECM and KM,  I still find myself in awe and amazed.  As I have commented before, ECM and KM are forever changing in ways that astonish.  Managing “stuff” that seems to defy management, and mimicking the human brain’s ability to infer meaning, spot associations and discover insights locked away in words and pictures, is not an easy thing to do. We have come light years from the 1960s when IDI’s BASIS and IBM’s STAIRS heralded the ability of software to mine content from a library of documents. But, excitingly so, we have a long way to go. Perhaps…

  • Lest We Forget

    Carl Frappaolo
    8 Sep 2011 | 7:52 am
    In the days leading to the 10th anniversary of what is now simply known as "9/11", it is difficult not to encounter media reliving that moment and/or looking back on its aftermath. The focus of this blog has never been political, and I will not start now. But, in today's Metro, I read an article that, while focused on 9/11 had a ECM undertone to it, perhaps only picked up by enterprise content management (ECM) geeks such as myself.  The article, "The US Lexicon: New Words for a Changed World", provides an interesting overview of the effects of 9/11 on the American…

  • ECM - We've Come So Far, But Some are Still Stuck at the Gate

    Carl Frappaolo
    24 Aug 2011 | 10:47 am
    Wow – it has been a while since my last blog post (at least on this blog). Being not just a consultant/analyst but practitioner of ECM and KM sure is a full time job. It leaves little time to pontificate on market conditions. But a few weeks ago, something occurred in my personal life that thrust me into the world of ECM, and I was so surprised by what I witnessed, that I felt compelled to blog about it. In this case, I was not a consultant or practitioner, but end-user of ECM, (or lack there of.) You see, I refinanced my home.   As many of you know, over the  last 2 decades I have worked…

  • This year's Enterprise 2.0 Conference is "Right ON"

    Carl Frappaolo
    1 Jul 2011 | 3:54 pm
    Last week I attended the  Enterprise 2.0 Conference, and for me personally, it was marked by many firsts. It was the first time I did not keynote or hold a session. It was the first time I did not attend for the majority of the time, and, it was the first time I attended as a full-fledged member of the user community and not an analyst.  The latter two "firsts" had an impact on my observations and how I will blog about the event. Being a full-fledged member of the user community was fundamental in a changing perspective – so much so that I am going to save those reflections for…
 
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    StorageMojo

  • SSDs and the TPC-C top 10

    Robin Harris
    19 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm
    If SSDs are so great, shouldn’t we see the results in TPC-C benchmarks? They are, and we do. But there are some surprises. Cost Looking at the TPC-C top 10 performance results showed the dramatic impact SSDs have had on the cost per thousand transactions (tpmC). There are no top-10 disk-only results after 2009. The most expensive top-10 SSD result is some 15% cheaper than the least expensive disk-based result – and the other SSD results are much less. No top-10 results posted during 2009 – the depth of the great recession. Capacity The conventional wisdom has it that disks…

  • Gridstore snags Geoff Barrall

    Robin Harris
    10 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am
    BlueArc and Drobo founder Geoff Barrall has a new perch: Gridstore, one of the companies I’ve been following for almost 3 years. Geoff is the new executive chairman. Formal announcement is expected this week. Gridstore’s concept is a low-cost scale-out NAS appliance designed for office environments. Each box is a small, low-power node with a couple of TB. Stack ‘em for as much redundancy, capacity and performance you want. Think of it as the consumerization of hyper-scale technology. Nutanix writ small. Gridstore details Gridstore is offering a low-cost, scale-out network…

  • Learning from customers

    Robin Harris
    7 Dec 2011 | 2:05 pm
    EMC’s Chuck Hollis blogged about The Vendor Beating a couple of months ago. The unspoken question in the post is “how do we understand what customers are telling us?” He writes As an employee of a large IT vendor, I’ve been at the receiving end of a reasonable number of vendor beatings. Occasionally it’s richly deserved. But, sometimes, it’s masking a deeper set of issues that have very little to do any vendor whatsoever. Unhappy customers, like unhappy families, are all unhappy in their own way. This customer appeared to be overstaffed, under-skilled and…

  • How fault tolerant are SANs?

    Robin Harris
    7 Nov 2011 | 10:11 am
    Reader Kyle asks a good question: SANs are advertised up the wazoo as having lots of internal redundancy such as redundant power, redundant controllers, etc. I’ve spent enough time with redundancy to know that having two pieces of hardware often doesn’t cut it. I was wondering what the real story is from someone who has spent a lot of time in the storage space. Do complete SAN failures really pretty much *never* happen or are they just on the rare side? If so what are the common points of failure? Perhaps people, the OS, non-redundant hardware parts? Please, SAN folks, tell…

  • Ask StorageMojo: 80,000 mailboxes need help

    Robin Harris
    2 Nov 2011 | 11:00 am
    A StorageMojo reader has a problem. Can you help? Our mail hub (80,000+ mailboxes) is virtualized with vSphere 4.1 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x64 and Dovecot 2.0 [an open source IMAP/POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems]. We are using HP LeftHand Networks P4300 iSCSI storage in a “network RAID10 setup of RAID10 storage” for Dovecot indexes and multiple “networks RAID1 of RAID5 storage” for actual mailboxes. This is my take: our Dovecot indexes are getting hammered with lots of small I/O requests, about 8,000 IOPS continuous during 8-working-hour days, 75%…
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    Network & Infrastructure Blogs

  • The 2011 Master the Mainframe Contest has come to a conclusion

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    (Posted January 27, 2012) And the results keep right on improving...  we have a very smart kids out there with good futures in the world of computers should they choose to go the direction.  To paraphrase Darth Vader (Star Wars): “The Mainframe is strong with this g...

  • Robert Heinlein, Makerbot, and the Pirate Bay

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    Back in the 1960’s and 1970’s one of the interesting items in the Robert Heinlein universe was an item called a “Universal Pantograph” that would replicate almost any physical item you could think of. Makerbot Industries makes a 3D printer that will replicate just about any object that it has a CAD/CAM drawing for. The Pirate Bay has now started sharing/releasing public domain 3D drawings that will

  • No more Danger Will Robinson

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:56 pm
    This is really dating myself now but growing up as a child one of the most influential shows I watched was Lost In Space. That show captured my imagination and was the main reason I became interested in space and science/fiction. I never forgot that show and even revisited that series as an adult and watched the whole series again, every show, to make sure I didn't miss out on any episode :) It

  • Project Management Lite: Model for Project Team Organization

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Typically an organization chart is used to create the design and reporting structure of a project team.  It identifies the roles that may be required within a project, as well as the areas within the consulting service provider that can provide ...

  • The "2012 DB2's GOT TALENT Contest" is almost here! Have you entered?

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:11 pm
    (Posted January 25, 2012) Have you ever been listening to a presenter at a conference or user group meeting thinking to yourself “I could do that”.   Well, here’s your chance to let the world (or at least the Db2 community) that YES you really can that.   ...
 
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    Data Management Blogs

  • The 2011 Master the Mainframe Contest has come to a conclusion

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    (Posted January 27, 2012) And the results keep right on improving...  we have a very smart kids out there with good futures in the world of computers should they choose to go the direction.  To paraphrase Darth Vader (Star Wars): “The Mainframe is strong with this g...

  • Nested Tables 101

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:55 am
    From An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology   A nested table is much like an associative array but you do not determine the index. The index grows by using the extend command and the index is always an incrementing integer

  • The "2012 DB2's GOT TALENT Contest" is almost here! Have you entered?

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:11 pm
    (Posted January 25, 2012) Have you ever been listening to a presenter at a conference or user group meeting thinking to yourself “I could do that”.   Well, here’s your chance to let the world (or at least the Db2 community) that YES you really can that.   ...

  • Be careful how you define your partition-by-growth universal table space

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    (Posted January 25, 2012) I recently had a conversation with a friend about the additional work they may have made for themselves by misinterpreting one sentence for a keyword when they creating a whole pile of their partition-by-growth universal table space.  I looked...

  • January 2012 (RSU1112) service package is tested and available

    24 Jan 2012 | 9:15 pm
    (Posted January 25, 2012) Testing for the latest service package RSU1112 (3rd Quarter 2011) is complete. This addendum contains PE resolution or HIPER/Security/Integrity/Pervasive PTFs and their associated requisites and supersedes through November 2011.
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    An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology

  • Nested Tables 101

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:55 am
    From An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology   A nested table is much like an associative array but you do not determine the index. The index grows by using the extend command and the index is always an incrementing integer value. You can use the DELETE attribute to delete individual elements so you will always want to

  • Record Types 101

    19 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am
    From An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology     A record type is a simple structure that combines multiple datatypes into a single package.   DECLARE TYPE r_person IS RECORD ( fname VARCHAR2(30), lname VARCHAR2(30), age NUMBER ); v_person r_person; BEGIN v_person.fname := 'Lewis'; v_person.lname := 'Cunningham'; v_p

  • 2011 in Review and 2012 Goals

    10 Jan 2012 | 3:59 am
    To get where you want to be in life, you need to have goals. It doesn't matter if you want to advance professionally, improve a hobby or lose weight, goals help you achieve your desires.   I think it's important to look back at the previous year and see how you did as far as your goals. When I see how realistic my previous year goals were, then I can decide how to set my goals for the current year. Unfortunately, I didn't list my goals for 2

  • For those in the US - Stop SOPA!

    30 Dec 2011 | 6:59 am
    From An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology   I rarely, if ever, bring up politics. Currently the US Congress is considering legislation that I think is reprehensible. I really can't believe that we, as a nation, have come to this. I have been reading about this for a while. I guess I have been in denial that it would really happen.   Have you heard of

  • Associative Arrays 101

    19 Dec 2011 | 7:00 am
    From An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology   An array is one way to store multiple variables in a collection. In PL/SQL we will often refer to an array of objects as a collection. If a record is a way to think of a specific row in a table, a collection type can be thought of as the rows in the table.   The original pl/sql table that was offered in pl/sql is the index by table also
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    Enterprise Back Office Blogs

  • The 2011 Master the Mainframe Contest has come to a conclusion

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    (Posted January 27, 2012) And the results keep right on improving...  we have a very smart kids out there with good futures in the world of computers should they choose to go the direction.  To paraphrase Darth Vader (Star Wars): “The Mainframe is strong with this g...

  • Oracle Agile PLM Integration and Business Process Orchestration Using Non Fusion Middleware Platforms

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:10 am
    For product lifecycle management solutions, selecting a middleware solution that is future proof is of particular importance. The integration platform needs to be capable of adapting integration flows across a series of changes in underlying technologies, application versions and organizational shifts. In addition, the vendor should take a collaborative approach to implementation, training and provision

  • Project Management Lite: Model for Project Team Organization

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Typically an organization chart is used to create the design and reporting structure of a project team.  It identifies the roles that may be required within a project, as well as the areas within the consulting service provider that can provide ...

  • The "2012 DB2's GOT TALENT Contest" is almost here! Have you entered?

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:11 pm
    (Posted January 25, 2012) Have you ever been listening to a presenter at a conference or user group meeting thinking to yourself “I could do that”.   Well, here’s your chance to let the world (or at least the Db2 community) that YES you really can that.   ...

  • Be careful how you define your partition-by-growth universal table space

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    (Posted January 25, 2012) I recently had a conversation with a friend about the additional work they may have made for themselves by misinterpreting one sentence for a keyword when they creating a whole pile of their partition-by-growth universal table space.  I looked...
 
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    MSRC

  • January 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A

    MSRCTeam
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:49 pm
    Hello, Today we published the January Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded nine questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included those questions and answers on the Q&A page. We invite our customers to join us for the next public webcast on Wednesday, February 15 at 11am PST (UTC -8), when we will go into detail about the February bulletin release and answer questions live on the air.

  • January 2012 Security Bulletins Released

    MSRCTeam
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Hello. As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing seven security bulletins, one of which is rated Critical in severity, with the remaining six classified as Important. These bulletins will address eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Customers should plan to install all of these updates as soon as possible. For those who must prioritize deployment, we recommend focusing first on the sole critical update: MS12-004 (Windows Media Player): Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player Could Cause Remote Code Execution. This…

  • January 2012 ANS is released

    MSRCTeam
    5 Jan 2012 | 11:50 am
    Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the January security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10. This month’s release includes seven bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Developer Tools And Software. As always, we recommend that customers review the ANS summary page for more information and prepare for the testing and deployment of these bulletins as soon as possible. We’ll release all seven bulletins on Tuesday, January 10 at approximately 10 a.m. PST. Revisit this blog on Tuesday for our…

  • December 2011 Out-Of-Band Bulletin Release: Q&A and Webcast

    MSRCTeam
    30 Dec 2011 | 5:00 pm
    Hello, Today we published the December 2011 Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 41 questions on the subject of MS11-100 . There were four questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included those questions and answers on the Q&A page. We invite our customers to join us for the next public webcast scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 11 a.m. PST (UTC -8), when we will go into detail about the January 2012 bulletin release and answer questions live on the air. Customers can register to attend at the link below:…

  • December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A

    MSRCTeam
    30 Dec 2011 | 4:50 pm
    Hosts:              Jonathan Ness, Security Development Manager, MSRC                           Pete Voss, Sr. Response Communications Manager, Trustworthy Computing Website:         TechNet/Security Chat Topic:     December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Release…
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  • No respect: NUMA affinity meets query parallelism

    Linchi Shea
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pm
    What happens when NUMA affinity meets query parallelism? It gets no respect! SQL Server allows you to affinitize a TPC port to a specific NUMA node or a group of NUMA nodes. Books Online has an article on How to: Map TCP/IP ports to NUMA Nodes . And this BOL article discusses various NUMA affinity scenarios. Recently, I have been playing with NUMA affinity on various servers with hardware NUMA, such as those with Intel X5690 and Intel E7-4870, running SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM (10.50.1600) and SQL Server...(read more)

  • T-SQL stored procedure for finding/replacing strings in a text file. Really?

    Linchi Shea
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:33 pm
    I know people have been doing all sorts of things with T-SQL, and I have absolutely no issue with people trying to push the limit of what T-SQL can do, or what you can use it to accomplish, especially when it’s for demonstration or pedagogical purposes, or as an intellectual exercise. But then I bumped into an article on writing a T-SQL stored procedure to find and replace strings in a text file. That really unsettled me! Sure, when you are in a hurry, you need to grab a tool--any tool--to get the...(read more)

  • Bad Habits to Kick : Thinking a WHILE loop isn't a CURSOR

    AaronBertrand
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm
    I see a lot of people suggest while loops instead of cursors in situations where row-based processing is required (or, at least, where folks think that row-based processing is required). Sometimes the justification is that constructing a while loop is simpler and more straightforward than constructing a cursor. Others suggest that a while loop is faster than a cursor because, well, it isn't a cursor. Of course the underlying mechanics still represent a cursor, it's just not explicitly stated that...(read more)

  • Optimize Table and Column Size in #PowerPivot and #BISM #Tabular #SSAS #VertiPaq

    Marco Russo (SQLBI)
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:54 pm
    When you create a PowerPivot workbook or a BISM Tabular model (new in Analysis Services 2012), you store data by using the VertiPaq engine, which is an in-memory columnar database. Instead of considering the row of a table as the main unit of storage, it considers every column as a separate entity and stores data for every column in a separate way. This makes it very fast to query data for a single column, but requires a higher computational effort in order to retrieve data for several columns of...(read more)

  • Thoughts on Test Driven Database Development

    jamiet
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am
    Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a software development practise that has been around for a few years. Wikipedia describes it as: Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: first the developer writes a failing automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces code to pass that test and finally refactors the new code to acceptable standards. Kent Beck, who is credited with having developed or 'rediscovered' the technique, stated in 2003 that TDD encourages simple designs…
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    MySQL Performance Blog

  • MySQL Configuration Wizard Updated

    Baron Schwartz
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pm
    We’ve released an updated version of the MySQL Configuration Wizard we announced at the end of last year. If you don’t remember that announcement, here’s the short version: this is a tool to help you generate my.cnf files based on your server’s hardware and other characteristics. We’ve gotten really good feedback on this tool, including this nice mention on Stack Exchange: Percona just built a tool to do just that called the Configuration Wizard. I tested it out once just to see what it would return and the results were pretty darn close to what we were using on…

  • How to recover a single InnoDB table from a Full Backup

    Miguel Angel Nieto
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:50 pm
    Sometimes we need to restore only some tables from a full backup maybe because your data loss affect a small number of your tables. In this particular scenario is faster to recover single tables than a full backup. This is easy with MyISAM but if your tables are InnoDB the process is a little bit different story. With Oracle’s stock MySQL you cannot move your ibd files freely from one server to another or from one database to another. The reason is that the table definition is stored in the InnoDB shared tablespace (ibdata) and the transaction IDs and log sequence numbers that are…

  • Schedule for MySQL Conference 2012 is Published

    Peter Zaitsev
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:17 am
    I am pleased to announce the schedule for Percona Live: MySQL Conference And Expo 2012 is now published. This is truly great selection of talks with something for MySQL Developers, DBAs, Managers, people just starting to use MySQL as well as looking for advanced topics. We have talks about running MySQL on extremely large scale in a Web as well as running MySQL In the Enterprise Environments. Some speakers have spent over decade pushing MySQL to its limits, others have in depth experience working on MySQL Code. We have many talks which are covering Oracle MySQL, and forks such as MariaDB,…

  • linux.conf.au 2012 roundup

    Stewart Smith
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:31 pm
    I spent last week at linux.conf.au in Ballarat, Victoria (that’s the Victoria in Australia, not wherever else there may be one) which is only a pleasant two hour drive from my home town of Melbourne (Australia, not Florida). I sent an email internally to our experts detailing bits of the conference that may interest them – and I thought that it may also interest our wider readers who are interested in all levels of the software stack. For those that don’t know: linux.conf.au is one of (if not the) most awesome technical conference in the free software space. It…

  • Preventing MySQL Emergencies Webinar

    Espen Braekken
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pm
    On the 25th of January at 10 am PST, I will present a webinar on preventing MySQL emergencies titled “Preventing Downtime in Production MySQL Servers”. The material I will present is based on in-depth research done by Percona across many production servers.  We analyzed more than 150 emergency cases and categorized our findings to help you learn ways to avoid production downtimes. Join us to learn more about why emergencies happen (it may be different than what you think) and what you can do to avoid them. Sign up for the webinar now by visiting our webinar page…
 
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    ProjectVRM

  • Toward a new symbiosis between Demand and Supply

    Doc Searls
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm
    I’m listening and watching with fascination to Keith Scovell‘s Shopper Power videos. In these Keith describes progress being made in a VRM direction by retailers and their upstream suppliers, detailing efforts made by Starbucks, Hallmark, CVS, Tesco/Homeplus, Frito-Lay, Reese’s and other companies — all recognizing that customers’ range of control over interactions in retail environments is increasing dramatically, and will increase a great deal more. I haven’t watched all of Keith’s videos yet, but I’m taking notes as I do, and I recommend that…

  • SOPA and Customer Commons

    Doc Searls
    18 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    Imagine that Customer Commons had been created a year ago. To guide that imagining, here is the copy that matters from the placeholder page: Customer Commons is about us. We are a com­mu­nity of customers. We are funded only by customers. We serve the inter­ests and aspi­ra­tions of customers. We are the 100% Customer Commons is the successor organization to ProjectVRM. Think of ProjectVRM as the launch pad and rocket for getting VRM development and research into orbit — and of Customer Commons as the rest of the universe. So the future is wide open. SOPA, however, is about enclosing…

  • Customers are personal, cont’d

    Doc Searls
    17 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm
    There are so many excellent comments and questions following my last post, Consumers are social, Customers are personal, that I decided it would make more sense to address them in a new post than in comments under that one. So here goes. Joshua Marsh, the CEO of Conversocial, writes, I’m interested in your comment that social media is only semi-personal – could you expand on that point? I think what you could be getting at is the current lack of tie up between social identity and customer records, which is a challenge (but one that can be overcome), and one we are working on. Or do you…

  • Consumers are social, Customers are personal

    Doc Searls
    14 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am
    Social media are a partial and temporary solution at best to a pair of linked problems that are essentially personal: dysfunctional customer relationship management on the vendor’s side; and minimal vendor relationship management on the customer’s side. In the absence of solutions to both problems, vendors still see customers as consumers, and that too is a problem that hasn’t yet come to a head, because we still don’t fully grok the difference between consumers and customers. As a result, we think social media looks like a the good answer rather than a better…

  • Occupying the Internet

    Doc Searls
    2 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am
    As he so often does, Dave Winer nails it, this time with The Un-Internet. Some pull-quotes: At issue is this: Control. For whatever reason, the people who run the tech companies want it. But eventually the users take it. Either the companies learn how to take the lead from their users, or they will be sidelined. Unless the laws of technology are repealed, and I don’t think laws like that can be repealed. It’s the Internet vs the Un-Internet. And the Internet, it seems, always prevails. The Internet is each and all of us. It is no more reducible to the companies that try to control…
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    Symantec Connect

  • DLP agent doesnt show in add remove programm

    vats_manish
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:54 am
    I need a solution i had installed my dlp agent by using bat file. i checked it in my add remove programm but here it does not show dlp agent installed. So how I remove it from my client pc..?

  • SSIM 4.7 Disaster Recovery

    Avkash K
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:45 am
    I need a solution Hi,   I have a few questions regarding the above mentioned topic..   Backup and Recovery   1. After backing up from one SSIM, to recover on a different SSIM, does the machine specs required to be the same as the original machine? The configuration of the 2nd SSIM must also match with the first SSIM before initiating the recovery process..correct?   At the moment, I do not have any guidelines/documentation for backup and recovery. I would appreciate it if anyone will be able to pass a copy of the above documentation.   Disaster Recovery   1. At…

  • DeDupliaction Folder Memory Warning - 1.5GB per TB of Storage

    KeirL
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am
    I need a solution Hi All Can someone give me an insight into the underlying reasons for the warning that Backup Exec 2010 R3 gives when a deduplication backup to disk folder is created on a large volume? I'm absolutley bought into the fact that deduplication is horrendously CPU and Memory intensive and so recognise this is a somewhat silly question, but I kind of have a couple of peripheral questions: If this warning is ignored how to problems manaifest themselves?  Do jobs fail or just take ages to complete? If a server has 12GB and a 20TB lun for deupe (which will cause this…

  • Exchange SAN based backups

    speedfreak
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:43 am
    I need a solution Hi all Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG MBX1 (NBU SAN media Server 7.1) MBX2 (NBU SAN media Server 7.1) HNC1 HNC2 NBUmaster (NBU master Server 7.1) HP LTO5 autoloader 2 drive 4 MBX db DB1 active on MBX1 / Passive on MBX2 DB2 active on MBX2 / Passive on MBX1 DB3 active on MBX1 / Passive on MBX2 DB4 active on MBX2 / Passive on MBX1   Backup policy selection: DAG (active copy only) We have STU Group consisting of both MBX server STU and set to prioritized as STU selection When backup starts, bpresolver resolves active copies of MBX2 and STU of MBX1.  which causes my backups…

  • Mail trigger from the SEPM server for live update failure

    kaalpesh
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:40 am
    There should  be mail trigger from the SEPM server for live update failure via notifications. This notification need to add in SEPM server to check the SEPM server is updated or not.   Regards, Kalpesh Y
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  • Numbers of Mass Distraction: Part 2

    JP
    19 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Some years ago, incensed by the jiggery-pokery of the “copyright industries”, I wrote a post seeking to expose the way they went about making the most outrageous claims when it came to the volume of illegal downloads prevalent. I described them as Numbers of Mass Distraction. It is clear that recent events surrounding SOPA do not represent the end of the war waged by the copyright industries; at most it’s a skirmish they will concede, albeit very grudgingly, as lost. Judging from the experiences we faced in the UK with The Digital Economy Bill (I covered some of those…

  • The joy of writing about things that don’t matter

    JP
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    ….because sometimes they do matter. I’ve been fascinated by what people share, when they share it and how they share it for some time now. And for even longer, I’ve been thinking about why we share what we share. [Those of you who’re interested may want to read some of my earlier posts. Why We Share: A sideways look at privacy and Musing About Sharing And Privacy are two that come immediately to mind. Take this post. The trigger for my writing it was StumbleUpon (I’m a fan!), who wrote to me saying they thought I’d like a particular set of sites. One of…

  • Thinking about learning. And SOPA and PIPA and stuff like that

    JP
    14 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    I love being human. And I love human beings. I’m constantly amazed by human ingenuity. How our brains appear to work. How we construct mental models of things. How we observe, imitate, learn. How we repeat that cycle to augment learning. How, once we learn something, we show the capability to extend that learning in new ways. How we share what we do, how we use feedback loops from the people around us to adjust, to improve, to refine. To learn. I read somewhere that human children spend the most dependent on their parents and guardians, when compared to the offspring of other creatures.

  • More on know-how and know-why versus know-what

    JP
    9 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Thanks for all your comments and tweets re my earlier post. Some of you solved the “unGoogleAble” question. Others commented on what they’d been doing with the Prime Numbers in Arithmetical Progression question. And a number of you engaged in conversation with me across a variety of platforms. It helps me think. And learn. For which I’m grateful. I hope it’s been of some use to some of you. I want to touch upon a few of the answers and comments, to see if that helps me articulate where I was going more effectively.   First, Nicole Simon’s question.

  • Musing gently about filter bubbles and trends

    JP
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Here’s what’s trending on Twitter right now: And here are the top stories on Google News: Here’s what the BBC News site has at top billing: I tried to even the field. So the twitter trends were set to “Global”, I finally overrode Google’s very irritating attempts to point me towards google.co.uk rather than google.com, and I left the BBC News homepage untouched. Zero connection between Twitter and Google, even though technically soccer stories made in on to both. One story in common between Google and BBC News. Just something to bear in mind. There’s…
 
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    Enterprise Irregulars

  • IPad, Mercantilism and the Chinese Plantation

    Denis Pombriant
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald This is not a post about CRM. If you could apply Fitzgerald’s definition of a first-rate intelligence to a thing or group endeavor—always a dubious proposition—Exhibit A might be the New York Times.  This week the Grey Lady published two contrasting pieces that demonstrate the conflicted nature of our economics and the ways we think about globalization. First up is Thomas Friedman’s opinion piece about Apple and its…

  • Good On You

    Denis Pombriant
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:58 am
    My Aussie friends have an interesting saying that seems part complement and part benediction.  Good on you.  They pronounce it with an accent on the second word so that the phrase becomes a single word in the mouth, more like goo-don you.  At any rate, good on you. Last week’s smack down of the PIPA and SOPA legislation designed to build a back door to controlling the Internet was both instructive and fun to watch.  It showed the power of social media and of regular people coming together to let their voices be heard.  As the New York Times reported, it was something of a coming out…

  • Basware Acquires First Businesspost: Supplier Network Consolidation Continues

    Jason Busch
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:56 am
    Last week, Basware announced it had acquired First Businesspost, GmbH (1stbp) , a German e-invoicing supplier network operator and software provider. Peter Smith initially covered the news over on Spend Matters UK/Europe, including calling out some of the highlights of the deal including that 1stbp appears “particularly strong in the automotive sector with customers including Audi, BMW, Daimler, MAN and Volkswagen.” And “they’ve also got a decent customer base in retail,” Peter suggests. Yesterday, Spend Matters had the chance to briefly catch up with the Basware…

  • Zach Nelson: A Decade in the Clouds

    Vinnie Mirchandani
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:20 pm
    Zach Nelson is a really interesting tech executive. He has a wide rolodex (over 20 pages in my last book, The New Polymath came from interviews with Zach and several others he introduced me to), diverse interests (numerous relationships with the Oakland Athletics baseball team, part owner of the Omaha Nighthawks football team, golfer), and he is entering his tenth year as CEO of the cloud computing pioneer, NetSuite. Every conversation with him veers in many fascinating directions. I recently had a chance to listen to him reminisce about his decade at NetSuite. Given your big company…

  • Goodbye Kodak, Hello FujiFilm

    Michael Krigsman
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:15 pm
    I originally wrote this as a guest post on Vinnie Mirchandani’s blog, called New Florence. New Renaissance, which discusses innovation and technology. You can also see a gallery of other photos. After 131 years great American photographic icon, Eastman Kodak, filed for bankruptcy. Some might say that Kodak never made a successful transition from traditional film to digital cameras, but that’s not exactly correct, because American inventor, Steven Sasson, created the first digital camera for Kodak. I think the Economist put it more accurately, explaining that Kodak had become a…
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  • More Innovation

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:35 pm
    on the New Florence blog SpaceX and spacecraft reusability The Virtual Sky Turn wood into sugar The OnLive Desktop: MS Office on iPads

  • The new benchmarks

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:47 pm
    I am helping review for a client competing proposals from several consortia of software vendors and systems integrators/outsourcing firms. The range of on-premise versus SaaS, onshore versus offshore talent, opex, capex, EBITDA calculations of license, hosting, maintenance, implementation etc. is...

  • Zach Nelson: A Decade in the Clouds

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:20 pm
    Zach Nelson is a really interesting tech executive. He has a wide rolodex (over 20 pages in my last book, The New Polymath came from interviews with Zach and several others he introduced me to), diverse interests (numerous relationships with...

  • More New Renaissance

    24 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pm
    on the innovation blog Click first, Focus later Electronic Noses The future of war Next-gen Cruise Life Boats

  • The technology news supply chain

    23 Jan 2012 | 10:09 pm
    My friend Brian Sommer recently pointed out “On 5/14/2012, SAP, NetSuite, Plex Online, Host Analytics and other vendors(?) are all having their user conferences.” Clearly, that will be a busy news week. But it made me think about the news...
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    Chuck's Blog

  • Big Data Hits The Big Time in Davos

    Chuck Hollis
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm
    If you're a rock musician, you know you've "made it" when you get inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If you're a societal mega-trend, you know you've hit the big time when you've become the main show...

  • Change Is In The Air: CIO Magazine Poll Results

    Chuck Hollis
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:46 am
    If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I've been writing extensively on IT transformation - where IT decides it needs to compete for internal IT business, and organizes appropriately. Why? It's a really big deal. As a...

  • Analytically Enabling The Enterprise via BI As A Service

    Chuck Hollis
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm
    Many amazing things being done in our EMC IT group these days. The original premise was that -- once we had made enough progress on transitioning to an ITaaS model -- the value-added strategic IT initiatives would start to come...

  • The Daunting Challenge Of Mobilizing Your Enterprise

    Chuck Hollis
    18 Jan 2012 | 4:50 pm
    Around the globe, IT strategists are starting to grapple with the rapidly emerging challenge of mobilizing their enterprises. Call it the end of the PC era, call it what you will -- but the trends are undeniable. People prefer a...

  • Creating Actionable Intelligence: The Brave New World Of Information Security

    Chuck Hollis
    17 Jan 2012 | 8:14 am
    If you've been paying attention in the security world, you'll probably sense that a sea-change is well underway. The forces behind the "perfect storm" are assembled and quickly gathering strength. More information in more places. Higher-value information targets. And an...
 
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    Going Social Now

  • Two steps forward, One step back

    11 Jan 2012 | 5:36 am
    Working with very large brands in large organizations means not knowing whether you're taking two steps forward, one step back or one step forward and two steps back in any given moment. We all like to say that there's light at the end of the tunnel but working within a marketing organization versus in an agency, the tunnel is much longer and sometimes the light can seem much further away. You're thinking about how decisions you'll make today will effect your brand three or four years hence.Yes, we absolutely live in a real-time world and we have to be hyper-quick. But at the same time…

  • TV Ads' New Digital Role, HBR Piece

    12 Nov 2011 | 3:38 pm
    Television advertising has undergone significant changes in the last 30 years. However, it is arguably on the verge of its greatest changes ever. From where I sit as the Global Head of Digital at PepsiCo Beverages, charged with navigating our brand's foray into the digital world, I see three big changes:The value we put on an advertisement will change as we seek to account for engagement metrics in the pricing.The narrative arch will change as we think of the advertisement as a trailer versus the whole story.Location-aware technologies will force a greater degree of engagement on a format…

  • Physio-Digital + Cause + Shopper Marketing

    27 Oct 2011 | 10:29 pm
    Probably one of the most exciting parts of working at PepsiCo Beverages is in seeing the physical and digital worlds come together especially as the whole cause marketing space gets more directly integrated with brand marketing. This PepsiCo 7-Eleven program is a perfect example of that and one that I find to be awesome. For every 20 oz. Pepsi product bought from 7-Eleven, we will donate five cents to the good cause. If the person also checks in using Facebook Places, we will double that donation. Feeding America provides emergency food assistance to those who are food insecure. Its network…

  • A Love Letter from Brand Marketers to Silicon Valley (republished from Ad Age)

    26 Oct 2011 | 8:40 pm
    For too long, the digital industry has looked at brands like Pepsi simply as a monetization strategy. What's worse is that sometimes our digital friends view us as being uninformed members of the digital ecosystem - something akin to prey. Not only is that perception misinformed, its going to start impacting the bottom-line of many companies in the digital ecosystem.On the brand side, marketers cannot afford to play that role anymore. We need to show a much stronger return on all our marketing investments just as we recognize that traditional forms of marketing (ie banner ads) aren't as…

  • Marketing in Steve Jobs own words. From 1997

    7 Oct 2011 | 10:49 pm
     Enough said. Via Ad Age. 
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    Smart SaaS

  • 5 Tips For Starting a SaaS Business

    Kevin Dobbs
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:18 am
    At Montclair Advisors I work with many different types and sizes of software firms that are jumping into the SaaS business model for the first time.   Here are a few tips that I would tell a new client who is looking to get into the SaaS business in 2012. Think “Whole Product” A SaaS offering is more than just software, it is also the services to get the product up and running, training, support, the infrastructure and security. For most SaaS firms, they really view their platform as synonymous with their company’s overall brand, which includes more than just the…

  • SaaS Predictions for 2012

    Kevin Dobbs
    29 Dec 2011 | 2:36 pm
    As it turned out I was right about 50% of my predictions last year, so here’s my educated guesses for what is going to happen to the SaaS market in 2012: #10  Oracle will buy Netsuite. I know this isn’t much of a surprise since Larry Ellison owns approximately 65% of Netsuite, but with the RightNow acquisition, this type of move makes more sense as part of coordinated Cloud acquisition strategy. #9  SaaS IPO window remains open. There are a number of SaaS firms who have either filed, like Eloqua, or are seriously considering going public in 2012, like Workday, Dropbox, Box, and…

  • SaaS Business Profile: Eloqua

    Kevin Dobbs
    6 Dec 2011 | 1:45 pm
    Company:          Eloqua Started:             1999 Located:            Vienna, Virginia Geography:       Global Market:              Revenue Performance Management Products:         Marketing Automation platform and Revenue Performance Management applications that help growing businesses align their sales and marketing teams, identify and nurture revenue opportunities and measure marketing and sales effectiveness Customers:       Adobe, AON, Dow Jones, ADP, Fidelity, Polycom, and National Instruments Website:           Eloqua Blog:              …

  • SaaS Momentum – Major Funding Announcements

    Kevin Dobbs
    21 Nov 2011 | 1:03 pm
    Over the past few months SaaS companies have continued to announce very large funding rounds as they are demonstrating the power of their subscription-based business platforms.Many of these firms are deciding to do large private rounds before filing to go public. Here is a quick round-up of some of these firms: The company has raised an amazing series B round of $250 million.Dropbox is the Cloud storage company that is very popular with mobile phone and iPad users.They have about 70 employees and have secured more than 40 million customers in the past 12 months.This round put the company’s…

  • Interesting 2011 Oracle OpenWorld

    Kevin Dobbs
    11 Oct 2011 | 6:29 pm
    For the SaaS world, Oracle’s OpenWorld has lately been all about hardware and the Exastack products.These offerings have limited appeal to all but the largest SaaS ISV’s.   The good news is that there were some new announcements though that were much more interesting for the SaaS community at last week’s Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco.  Here is a quick summary of the news and drama: Oracle Public Cloud This was a welcome move by Oracle, to finally embrace their vision of the Cloud.Oracle is re-packaging many of their assets including the Exastack, Java, and the Oracle Database…
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    CA on Security Management

  • DLP as a process

    Henk van der Heijden
    18 Jan 2012 | 6:38 am
      I read with interest recently a paper from Forrester called ‘Rethinking DLP' by John Kindervag. John made two observations about DLP strategies today: 1) strategies treat DLP as a product rather than an embedded function or process 2) most strategies focus on financial data such as cardholder information or personal identifiable information such as social security numbers in the...  

  • What I learned at the 12th International Common Criteria Conference (Part 2)

    Joshua Brickman
    20 Dec 2011 | 7:35 am
    In October, I wrote about the issue that the "Common" in Common Criteria is at risk of disintegrating, which was the first of two main themes from the International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As promised, in this post, I cover the second main theme: supply chain integrity.  This year I introduced the rather small Common Criteria (CC) community...  

  • CoIT part 2: Security of Mobile Users - Does it Differ from Security for non-Mobile?

    Sumner Blount
    13 Dec 2011 | 2:35 pm
    A few months ago, I posted a blog on Consumerization of IT (here) where I explored some of the causes and impacts of this important trend (wow....has it really been that long since I last blogged?  What have you been doing all this time, Sumner?).  I mentioned in that blog that there would be a follow-up blog on some of the security implications relating to CoIT.  Well, here is...  

  • Need to Manage the Identities for an Entire Country or Small City? There’s an App for That!

    Merritt Maxim
    6 Dec 2011 | 7:55 am
    Traditionally, identity management solutions were deployed internally to support employees and other third party users like partners.  These identity management solutions (from multiple vendors) are currently in use in organizations or all sizes across all vertical markets around the world, generally dealing with user populations in the thousands.  But in today's increasingly...  

  • CA World 2011: What Happens in Vegas at CA World Shows Up on this Blog

    Merritt Maxim
    5 Dec 2011 | 10:39 am
    This blog would not be complete without a recap of our recently concluded CA World.  And even though several weeks and the Thanksgiving holiday have passed since we wound down CA World, several impressions are still fresh in my mind.  I spent most of time at CA World in customer meetings or on the show floor and found the dialogue and interest in our current Content-Aware IAM solutions...  
 
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    Jeff Nolan - Venture Chronicles

  • Link Post (weekly)

    Jeff
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    » Consumers are social, Customers are personal ProjectVRM the gist… stop treating customers like demographic groups. Customers are people first, their behaviors map not to trends but unique traits that exist at the intersection of values and needs. tags: blog The Secret To Pinterest’s Astounding Success: A Brilliant Sign-Up Process You Should Copy tags: blog What newsrooms should learn from Kodak | yelvington.comLot’s of experts like to point to Kodak as a case study for business disruption, what is missed in the analysis is that Kodak did exactly the right thing, they…

  • Gadgets – Cuisinart Soup Maker and Blender

    Jeff
    22 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pm
    Despite having a well documented affection for the kitchen, and being a geek at heart, I do not have much of a gadget streak when it comes to kitchen appliances. In fact, it’s safe to say that I am a skeptic when it comes to kitchen appliances and have a pretty high bar to overcome in order for something to show up in my kitchen. I have had the same blender for about 15 years and decided it was time to retire it while upgrading my capabilities. I wanted something with more capacity primarily and when I took my wife shopping yesterday I made a trip into Bloomingdale’s appliance…

  • The Creeping Utility of Camera Phones

    Jeff
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:17 am
    I remember the first time I saw someone take a picture of a whiteboard, thinking at the time how clever it was but also how it rendered the expensive whiteboard printing devices we had utterly useless by comparison. Over the years the creeping utility of the camera phone has permeated so many aspects of my day to day life that it’s hard to imagine life without one. Tonight I was involved in an accident, the driver of the other car ran into me at a stoplight, while I was stopped, and did some pretty significant damage to my vehicle. Almost immediately I began snapping off pictures of the…

  • Flash Sale Sites On a Roll in Retail

    Jeff
    18 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
    Gilt Groupe was one of the pioneers… the concept is simple, create scarcity for highly desirable merchandise in a time or unit limited online sale that relied on social channels for promotion. Wham. Slam dunk. It’s been all the rage in online retail and shows no sign of abating. Gilt has expanded into multiple categories… HauteLook quickly followed (and then got acquired). Amazon launched their MyHabit site with sales starting at 9am PST every day and quickly selling out of the most popular sizes. American Express launched VentePrivee, which is probably better described as a…

  • When Fraud Detection Hinders Rather Than Helps

    Jeff
    9 Jan 2012 | 11:22 am
    I’ve had a long relationship with Patelco Credit Union, they were the first financial services company I became a customer of when I first entered the work force and even though my needs have exceeded the services they offer I do rely on them for a credit card that I use almost exclusively. I like the idea of community banks and have tried to support them over the years. A few months ago I started having problems with my credit card where transactions were being declined and only after calling the bank did I learn that a fraud block had been placed on my credit card. After having this…
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    David West's Blog - Stop the Data Management Insanity

  • Ringing in 2012 at NASDAQ

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am
    On January 9th, CommVault's chairman, president and CEO Bob Hammer rang the NASDAQ Stock Market opening bell, which was a major milestone for our company and a great way to start 2012!

  • 2012: IT Pros Walking A Tightrope Between Resources and Data Growth

    13 Dec 2011 | 7:30 am
    High wire acts can be nerve wracking. Being able to balance so well and get from one side to the other, while performing somersaults and other daring acrobatics, is a tremendous feat and the victory applause at the end, so well deserved. Perhaps that's why I think of IT storage pros a little bit as tightrope walkers, balancing the need to drive projects to fruition with the budget, operational and IT demands they face day to day.

  • CommVault Would Like To Hear Your "Tales of Achieving Oneness." Contest kicks off today!

    16 Nov 2011 | 7:30 am
    Not long ago, CommVault introduced Achieve Oneness­, a phrase that best describes the unique value of our Simpana® software and our approach to solving today's data management woes. We have captured this message in the myriad of customer case studies we've published in the last year. We're proud of our customers' stories and delighted that we can share how Simpana software's unique single-platform architecture has helped IT solve the challenges they face in managing their data. Every day I speak with customers who are eager to join their peers in sharing their experiences with…

  • Big Data Causing Chaos - It's the Wild West Out There

    17 Oct 2011 | 7:30 am
    One of the big topics here at this week's Gartner Symposium is Big Data. In thinking about today's data center trends - the growth of unstructured data, the universal adoption of virtualization and increasing consolidation - an interesting paradigm is developing. Big Data brings with it a lot of good in terms of potential business value, but also a lot of bad when it comes to the challenges of data management, most notably risk, complexity and cost that can result if it isn't done right. So how do companies wrangle Big Data?

  • VMworld 2011: Protecting Virtual Servers in the Real World

    31 Aug 2011 | 7:30 am
    In preparation for our trip to this year's VMworld conference here in Las Vegas - yes, we made it despite Hurricane Irene's best efforts to throw a wrench into our plans - CommVault conducted its annual end user virtualization survey to gauge how our customers are managing virtual environments and how virtual server technologies are affecting their data protection strategies.It's no surprise that the adoption of server virtualization technology is continuing to accelerate as enterprise organizations consolidate critical applications on VMs. It's a technology trend that cries out for a modern…
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    The Enterprise Architect

  • Blog overview 2011

    9 Jan 2012 | 9:56 am
    In good tradition hereby the blog overview of last year. A bit late this time, but for good reasons (see the overview of the month december). This year I expect to write a bit more. The subjects will stay the same, and as you could sense from the posts of last year my focus will be on all phases of the application lifecycle. So, Model Driven Development will still get attention, but also cloud and Platform-as-a-Service, as well as requirements capturing, social, and agile. As my first (and only) post with video material was the second popular post last year, I will try to post more video…

  • Enterprise Agile: 3 characteristics

    16 Nov 2011 | 2:54 pm
    No, this is not a typo... I really mean Enterprise Agile, not the subject of some of my previous articles about Agile Enterprises. I hear you sigh: do you really need to put the enterprise moniker in front of everything? Although this is a fair question I think enterprise agile is not just a buzz word. Agile on a bigger scale, in a big enterprise, is different from agile in a small isolated team. I do not care if you call it enterprise agile, enterprise-class agile, agile at scale, or something else. My point is: there is a difference between an agile team in a start-up (or enterprise!),…

  • Managing your application landscape: engineered or emergent

    24 Aug 2011 | 4:05 pm
    Companies often have more applications than the business needs. This means IT is spending resources on legacy applications instead of focusing on business innovation and growth. This years Application Landscape Report published by Capgemini concluded: One of the top priorities of today's CIO is to build closer alignment between IT and the business. However to achieve this goal, IT first needs to deal with its own inhibitors to change. We have found that today's application landscape is often more an obstacle to successful business and IT alignment than a testament to it. As a result, first…

  • The Platform-as-a-Service for the Agile Enterprise

    19 Jul 2011 | 2:41 pm
    If you have been wondering why I was a bit quiet lately... it was for the good cause! Today we launched the third major release of the Mendix platform, which is quite a memorable moment. My team did an awesome job and when I look at the result I can only feel proud! As I have been sharing a lot of my thoughts last years, I want to take the time to explain to you what Mendix 3.0 is all about. If you remember one of my posts a couple of months ago, you could have seen the first glimpses of our focus with this release. In my article / presentation "Why there is no future for MDD" I…

  • Making Model-Driven Software Development live up to its promises

    9 Jun 2011 | 5:04 am
    Model Driven Development proponents see a lot of advantages of using MDD techniques. Higher development speed, increased quality, more cost-effective, empowering less-experienced developers, just to name a few. If you look at these promises the question arises why the whole world isn't using MDD right now? Why don't we hear a lot of MDD success stories? In a recent article I wrote about some of the main concerns which prevent people to use MDD, as mentioned in this StackExchange thread "Why aren't we all doing Model Driven Development yet?". This article triggered quite some…
 
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    Exchange Server Pro

  • Exchange 2010 Boot Camp Update

    Paul Cunningham
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    I wanted to give you an update on how things are going with the Exchange 2010 Boot Camp. Since I last mentioned it here I’ve been overwhelmed by the response. At last count 831 people from all over the world have registered their interest in this online training. To me that is just amazing. So, here are a few new bits of information about the Exchange 2010 Boot Camp. I’m going to open up registrations on Thursday 26th at 10:00am AEST (that’s GMT+10:00). An email will be sent out to everyone who registered their interest. The first set of registrations will be limited to 50…

  • Register Your Interest for the Exchange 2010 Boot Camp

    Paul Cunningham
    9 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Update: over 700 people have now registered their interest. If you’d like to skip the back story and register as well just scroll down and fill in the email signup form below. Earlier today I tweeted a brief message to see if anybody was interested in an Exchange 2010 online training course that I’m calling the Exchange 2010 Boot Camp. There was a very strong response with a lot of people immediately expressing their interest. So I’ve already begun making preparations to create the training, but I need to know a little bit more about the people who are interested in…

  • Happy Holidays from Exchange Server Pro

    Paul Cunningham
    19 Dec 2011 | 4:34 am
    2011 is coming to an end, and Exchange Server Pro will be going quiet for a few weeks while I take a break to enjoy the holidays. I will still be watching for questions in the comments or forums, but won’t be posting new articles until January. I hope you’ve gotten value from Exchange Server Pro this year, and I look forward to delivering even more useful content in 2012. Thank you to everyone who emailed, commented or tweeted your feedback to me throughout the year. I also wish you all a safe and happy holiday. See you next year! Related posts:Exchange 2010 Boot Camp…

  • Exchange 2010 FAQ: Are Wildcard SSL Certificates Supported?

    Paul Cunningham
    19 Dec 2011 | 12:36 am
    Question: can I use a wildcard SSL certificate on my Exchange 2010 server? Answer: Yes, you can. Often people ask me whether wildcard SSL certificates can be used with Exchange Server 2010, because they have heard that they are either unsupported, not secure, or just not recommended. What is a wildcard SSL certificate? From Microsoft TechNet: A wildcard certificate is designed to support a domain and multiple subdomains. For example, configuring a wildcard certificate for *.contoso.com results in a certificate that will work for mail.contoso.com, web.contoso.com, and autodiscover.contoso.com.

  • Error: Outlook Was Unable to Recover Some or All of the Items in this Folder

    Paul Cunningham
    14 Dec 2011 | 4:13 am
    While attempting to restore items from the Outlook recoverable deleted items you may encounter the following error message. Outlook was unable to recover some or all of the items in this folder. Make sure you have the required permissions to recover items in this folder, and try again. If the problem persists, contact your administrator. The error may occur when you attempt to recover a folder that contains a large number of sub-folders or mail items in it. On the Exchange Server you may see a corresponding Application event log entry similar to this: Log Name: Application Source:…
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    The Future of Work

  • Employee Retention via the Power of Recognition

    Terra Khachooni
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:52 pm
    Although the concept of recognition is not a novel one, the degree of its value in the workplace is still being weighed and under debate. CNN’s Fortune noted yesterday that those still contesting the importance of employee recognition may be putting themselves in a dangerous space for losing the top 10% of their best workforce. As Gary Stern explains, in the early 2000′s people were just happy to have a paycheck. Those waiting nervously to see if they got through the next round of layoffs were certainly appreciative of their jobs. But as 2012 emerges, we are already seeing a…

  • Socialcast Webinar: How to Improve Employee Engagement Through Recognition

    Mark Horton
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:52 pm
    Join us for a live webinar on Thursday, February 2nd at 10:00 AM PST to learn how Socialcast is helping companies improve employee engagement through recognition. According to the Globoforce Workforce Mood Tracker report, 77% of respondents would work harder if their efforts were better recognized and appreciated1. When an employee is recognized for their efforts, they tend to have an improved sense of well-being and engagement in their work. During this webinar, Alexi Robichaux and Jonathan Chang from Socialcast will discuss: The power of peer-to-peer recognition on employee performance and…

  • Another Great Collaborative Place to Work: FactSet

    Carrie Young
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:41 am
    A cupcake truck, free lunches and an in-house gym – that’s our kind of work environment! These are just a few of the more “fun” reasons that FactSet, a company that has been using Socialcast for nearly two years, was just named one of Fortune’s Best Places to Work (for the second year in a row, actually). We’re starting to see a trend – companies being recognized for their employee programs and excellence in workplace culture are launching enterprise social networks. There seems to be a correlation between better collaboration and a better workplace.

  • Respect and a Social Network: Ingredients in SAS Institute’s Formula for Success

    Carrie Young
    6 Jan 2012 | 11:08 am
    The employee-employer relationship is more challenging than ever. Research has shown that employee engagement is trending downward (see our infographic on this subject here), and retaining top talent is a challenge as high performers seek out better work environments that give them freedom, flexibility and a say in how things work. In a market where some companies are struggling to keep productivity, morale and engagement high, SAS Institute seems to have found the winning combination. Named Fortune’s #1 place to work for two years in a row, SAS gives employees what they need to be…

  • How Humana Leverages the Socialcast API for Custom Apps

    Carrie Young
    22 Dec 2011 | 11:04 am
    What if your company encouraged you to turn work into a game? That’s exactly what happened at Humana when they launched Socialcast. Read Write Web gave Humana the chance to contribute a post today about their social endeavors and app-building expertise (read the full article here). Using the Socialcast API, a team of Human Resources employees conceptualized and developed a suite of apps and game-like activities with the goal of strengthening the community. Humana’s goal was to make Socialcast – or “Buzz,” as it’s called internally, into an engaging and…
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    Process Cafe

  • 7 Ways KPIs Can Make Your Process Worse

    13 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    (Today's post is a guest post from Bernie Smith from madetomeasurekpis.co.uk. In it he lists seven ways in which the use of Key Performance Indicators can make your processes worse). Most people nod vigorously and agree that KPIs and measures are a "good thing". Used sensibly they are, but many organisations are actively undermining their process improvement through the poor use of measures.  Here are some of the most common pitfalls and some ideas on how to tackle them. 1. KPIs that show you only part of the picture.  Even if your measures and KPIs are set up properly, you may be…

  • More reasons to document your 'As Is'

    11 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    The 'As-Is' process: Much maligned and quite divisive? Or a necessary piece of BPM work?  Regular readers of this blog will know my opinion when it comes to documenting the As Is process (TLDR: Do it), and I was encouraged to see a note from Scott Cleveland on his blog which, basically talks about the same thing. He brings up a number of other points which I think are relevant: First, companies that have improved processes have followed this tried and true process: Document the process; Check to be sure you have it documented properly; Measure how long that process takes today; Improve…

  • Holiday Greetings from The Process Cafe

    23 Dec 2011 | 10:00 am
    Wherever you are, and whatever your denomination, I would like to take the opportunity of thanking all my readers, subscribers, Twitter followers and Google+ circlers, and wishing you all the best for the New Year.  Thank you.  Gary The Process Cafe

  • The System is not the Process. The Process is not the System

    19 Dec 2011 | 10:00 am
    (In the style of Seth Godin) It is well worth remembering that when you design a process it should be designed independently of the underlying system that will support it. That's what procedures are for. Designing a process based on a specific piece of software means that when the software changes the process needs to change as well. You don't want that. Reminder: 'The Perfect Process Project Second Edition' is now available. Don't miss the chance to get this valuable insight into how to make business processes work for you. Click this link and follow the instructions to get this book. All…

  • Levels of Detail.

    16 Dec 2011 | 10:00 am
    I've spent a lot of the last month or so in process facilitation sessions with different departments of a specific company. It's been a very interesting set of sessions. I've learned a lot of the particular business area (probably more than I really wanted to know), but I've also learned a lot about peoples attitude when it comes to the world of 'process'. Let me see if this scenario rings true to any of my readers: (In the style of Adam Deane) Me: So what I want to do is understand, at a high level, what are the main chunks of work you do from a process point of view Attendee 1: Right, well,…
 
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    Panorama Consulting Solutions

  • ERP for Manufacturing

    Brevard Neely
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    The manufacturing industry has long used ERP systems to provide order and efficiency to their everyday operations. Though recent signs point to growth in manufacturing in the U.S., most shops are still operating as leanly as possible, which means their ERP software must not only be utilized effectively but also offer a strong ROI. However, there are issues that prevent some manufacturing companies (and indeed all companies) from achieving the returns they need — and expect — from their software. Chief among these are inadequate standardization across different sites, inadequate…

  • Oracle Completes Acquisition of RightNow

    Oracle Corporation
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:41 pm
    Adds Leading Customer Service Cloud Capabilities to Power Great Customer ExperiencesCompanies need to deliver a unified, personalized, and relevant customer experience to their customers throughout the marketing, selling, support and service phases of the customer journey to maximize loyalty, advocacy and repeat business.RightNow’s leading cloud-based Customer Service offering helps organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences across the web, social networks and contact centers, and will be a key component of the Oracle Public Cloud.The combination of Oracle’s leading…

  • Plex Systems Grows by 30-Percent in 2011

    Plex Systems, Inc.
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:33 pm
    Company Continues to Expand, Adds 45 Customers and 41 EmployeesPlex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, today announced its financial results for the year ending Dec. 31, 2011. Plex Systems achieved recurring revenue growth of 32-percent compared to recurring revenue in 2010. Total revenue grew by 30-percent year over year.Note that as a private company, Plex Systems does not release dollar values for its revenue and profitability figures.In 2011, the company added 45 customers and 41 employees. The company also appointed S. Craig Huke as chief financial…

  • ECi Software Solutions Achieves Record Year in 2011

    ECi
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:26 pm
    Year-over-year growth, major acquisitions and a successful national conference contribute to successECi Software Solutions, a leader in industry-specific information technology solutions, today announced strong results for 2011, achieving a 25% growth rate over 2010. Continual investment in technology and a commitment to customers and the industries ECi serves fueled the success of 2011. More than 670 new companies joined the ECi family during the year, including the 150 new customers announced by ECi Acsellerate earlier this month.“Technology is always changing,” says Mike Gibson, SVP of…

  • Back in the Saddle Again: Getting Your ERP Implementation Back on Track

    Eric Kimberling
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Unfortunately, ERP implementations still aren’t any easier than they were 15 years ago when I started in the ERP world. Despite the enterprise software industry’s best intentions to mitigate risk with cloud ERP systems, implementation accelerators, and other tools, ERP failure rates are still high and most projects still take more time and money than expected. For example, our 2012 ERP Report, which will be released next week, shows that nearly half (44-percent) of all ERP implementations fail to deliver at least half of their expected business benefits.The even more troubling trend…
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    Back Office Mechanics

  • Back in the Day…

    Nancy Wu
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:09 pm
    Here is a story of what people used to do with Excel, back in the day… (here’s the full article) Forgive me if I now divert into telling you a quick story about my time spent on the Microsoft Excel team way back in 1991. (Yes, I know you were not born yet, but I assure you that computers had been invented. Just hop up here on my knee and shut up.)  Everybody thought of Excel as a financial modeling application. It was used for creating calculation models with formulas and stuff. You would put in your assumptions and then calculate things like “if interest rates go up by 0.00001%…

  • Be Less Ambitious and Surprise Yourself

    Nancy Wu
    1 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm
    The New Year is a time for resolutions and hopeful transformations.  But before setting super ambitious goals to overhaul the close process, consider this 2011 study of finance executives from 150 companies – probably echoing some of your own sentiments around the close process.  General highlights: Finance professionals would like to close twice as quickly as they do now. The #1 factor that continues to make the close process a challenge is the abundance of manual activities and undocumented (or not standardized) processes. Finance professionals spend between 11% and 30% of their time on…

  • Christmas Card

    Nancy Wu
    23 Dec 2011 | 9:11 am
    I admire families that can get themselves cleaned up in time for professional pictures on Christmas cards.  For me, there is never a moment when everyone’s hair is right.  Plus, how do people keep track of addresses? But I AM thinking of you.  Merry Christmas.

  • BOM Featured in eHow.com! (…five months later)

    Nancy Wu
    7 Dec 2011 | 12:18 pm
    The article referencing this blog went up a few months ago in eHow’s Money section, but I just came across it now.  Hooray!

  • Change Resistent (and an Oops Moment)

    Nancy Wu
    5 Dec 2011 | 7:29 pm
    I am in Santiago Chile, working to introduce our product to Latin America.  Imagine how honored we were to be invited to present to one of the most well established and reputable Chilean companies in Santiago.  Like go-getters, we did exhaustive research, presented a polished pitch to demonstrate how our capabilities can enhance their core competitive strategy, and even kept the PowerPoint slides to a minimum (so considerate).  It wasn’t until after the presentation did we consider the fact that the other side may not speak English.  We were right. The term “resisting…
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    Elemental Links

  • Active Info: Football and Weekend Data Warriors

    brenda michelson
    19 Jan 2012 | 9:12 am
    This week on Active Information, I expanded on a random thought that popped into my head while watching the Patriots-Broncos game. Go Pats! Football and Weekend Data Warriors Fantasy sports is an $800 million business, attracting 29.6 million players in the US. That’s 30 million people investing leisure time in the study and application of data analytics… [read the post] Related posts: Active Info: If only there were an algorithm for that… Active Information: Data Scientists, Moneyball, Competitive Analytics & Big Data Definition Active Information: Data, rather than…

  • Active Info: If only there were an algorithm for that…

    brenda michelson
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:20 am
    This week on Active Information I riffed on a WSJ article that riffed on Daniel Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, which led me into the data scientist shortage and analytics-as-a-service. Alas, as I didn’t lead with any of those buzzwords in the title, the post is sadly under-read. Anyway, the link and blurb follow. I’m off to hone my buzzword skills. Rationality, delivered. Quite possibly, we will find ourselves in a “there’s an algorithm to decide that” world. But, until the talent shortage is stemmed, we’ll need to get our rationality…

  • Link Collection — January 8, 2012

    brenda michelson
    8 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am
    Event Processing at the Large Hadron Collider | Complex Event Processing (CEP) Blog Paul Vincent on events and Higgs boson: “Earlier this month Dr Neil Geddes gave a fascinating presentation at the BCS on “Data Processing at the Large Hadron Collider”, describing how LHC experiments create 1 Billion events per sec of which they can record in detail 100 events per sec.” tags: event_processing tibco higgs-boson Predicts 2012: Information Infrastructure and Big Data I would edit this to be: “Make event-driven architecture and complex event processing first-class…

  • Active Information: Streaming through Computational World, Changing change via experimentation platforms

    brenda michelson
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    My latest posts on the HPIO Active Information blog: Streaming through a Computational World — (most popular post to date) To take advantage of the computational world, or the nearer term internet of things, we need to infuse smarts throughout our data collection networks.  We need to employ up-front and intermediate filters, traffic cops, aggregators, pattern detectors, and intelligent agents.  We need to get over being data hoarders, and have the astuteness to leave data behind. Busting cultural resistance via experimentation platforms — (changing change) Culture, mistrust of…

  • Link Collection — December 18, 2011

    brenda michelson
    18 Dec 2011 | 5:30 am
    Five big data predictions for 2012 – O’Reilly Radar FINALLY! –> Streaming data processing: “Over the next few years we’ll see the adoption of scalable frameworks and platforms for handling streaming, or near real-time, analysis and processing. In the same way that Hadoop has been borne out of large-scale web applications, these platforms will be driven by the needs of large-scale location-aware mobile, social and sensor use. For some applications, there just isn’t enough storage in the world to store every piece of data your business might receive: at some…
 
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  • Overwhelmed by Vendor Hype? Head for the Exit Before It’s Too Late

    Larry Blitz
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:59 am
    Frustrated with all the hype and buzzwords that software vendors throw around? You’re not alone. TEC senior copywriter Larry Blitz and managing editor David Clark take a (mostly tongue-in-cheek) look at software providers’ major language crimes. And what you can do about it. (more…) Share This

  • Women in BI: Are You a “Data Geekette”?

    Jorge Garcia
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    Recently around the office we’ve been talking about the increasing role of women in most areas of information technology (IT). I’ve had the pleasure to know and work with excellent database administrators (DBAs) and application programmers, as well as IT managers and executives—both women and men. Of course, as a business intelligence (BI) analyst I quickly got hooked on the idea of developing a data-based perspective of the role women play in the BI space: What are women working on in the BI space? Do any patterns emerge in terms of whether they are doing data visualization, coding,…

  • Getting a More Exact Picture of, Well, Exact Software Americas – Part 1

    P.J. Jakovljevic
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    In the early and mid-2000s, I had a fairly close relationship with Exact Americas (at that time called Exact North America). As a result, there were two in-depth TEC article series on the vendor from 2004 and 2006. At the time of the first series, the avant-garde collaborative Exact e-Synergy platform was introduced to the local market (meanwhile, the product has been renamed Exact Synergy). At the time of the second series, the Exact Software parent launched its global ERP offering Exact Globe, while its American division acquired Vanguard Business Analytics, which is now the Exact…

  • How to Unbalance Your Scorecard to Better Measure Business Performance

    Jorge Garcia
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    The Balanced Scorecard is one of the most popular methodologies for measuring business performance, with a view to enhancing it. First made popular in the early 1990s, this performance management framework was intended as a tool to provide managers with a more complete and “balanced” view of their organization’s performance by including nonfinancial metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) in their assessments. Despite this excellent approach to the state of an organization—previously viewed from a purely financial perspective—some organizations are still struggling to achieve…

  • New Manufacturing Solution in the Cloud: Exact Macola On Demand

    Gabriel Gheorghiu
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:44 am
    Exact Software has recently released a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) offering in the cloud. Headquartered in the Netherlands and with offices in North America serving 100,000 customers worldwide, Exact offers two global P products (Globe and Synergy), as well as other local products (Macola, MAX and JobBOSS for the Americas, Exact Financials for the Netherlands, etc.). The company exclusively markets its products for small to medium businesses (SMBs) spanning many industry segments, with a focus on manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, and professional services. Having just had…
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    Pretzel Logic - Social and Collaborative Business

  • [Video] What Social Business Really Entails.

    Sameer Patel
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am
    Information Week contributing editor Lenny Liebmann and I had a chat at IBM’s Lotusphere 2012 / IBMConnect event in Orlando last week. Lenny wanted to dig deeper into Social Business and get into the ‘why’s’ and ‘how’s’. We talked about a decisive approach to connecting customers, employees and partners and covered a number of topics including: The implications of todays increasingly social, vocal social customer on business and why Social CRM matters to customers and to the sales enablement process. Why building and connecting vibrant employee and…

  • IBM Lotusphere 2012: The Old Lotus Has Wilted

    Sameer Patel
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:47 am
    +1 for Social Business. IBM is in. Whole hog. 6000+ faithful Lotus attendees and 100s of Lotus Partners got fed IBM’s ebusiness equivalent play for the 21st century. Simply put, that they are betting their entire portfolio of collaboration solutions, both old and new on Social Business. One fat caveat before I put my thoughts here. Connections Next, IBM’s enterprise social software offering that was the star of its presentation won’t be here until later this summer. But given the play it got at Lotusphere 2012 and IBMConnect, it’s too large a bet on IBM’s…

  • Work, Richly.

    Sameer Patel
    5 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    I’ve always been a bit of a closet branding nut with specific interest in tag lines. Something about meaningful one-liners that express the essence of an institution. How well they live up to it is another matter but there’s something about winnowing it all down to a single sentence that expresses your raison d’être. “Live Richly”, the tag line adopted by Citi years ago was always one my favorites. More so than even Apple’s “Think Different”. Within seconds, Live Richly made you re-think personal money management from one of a die-rich strategy…

  • Rypple and Salesforce.com: It’s about Identity.

    Sameer Patel
    16 Dec 2011 | 9:00 am
    Salesforce.com announced that it has acquired Toronto-based Rypple – a social performance management provider. Given my preference for fix-a-problem social software, I’ve always appreciated that Rypple injected the needed context to illustrate why collaborative approaches and in turn, social software mattered to core enterprise process.  No head scratching on use cases when you saw the product for the first time, here. Here’s what Rypple does: Designed to build a transparent, results-driven work culture, Rypple replaces the traditional performance review with an easy,…

  • Why I’m Optimistic about 2012

    Sameer Patel
    27 Nov 2011 | 1:17 pm
    TechCrunch quotes a warning of sorts by Venture Capitalist Josh Kopelman who basically says 2012 will be more like a correcting 2008, as opposed to a euphoric 2011. Lots of good for and against arguments on the VC investing front by the likes of Dave McClure and others in the comments on TC. Regardless of who is right, I’m optimistic on the enterprise front. In 2003, in the midst of the dot bust, I founded a consulting firm that had a singular value proposition. Work with CIOs and LOB leaders at large organizations to help them with a specific strand of operational efficiency. The…
 
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    Improving It

  • The end of RIM is nigh

    23 Jan 2012 | 8:19 am
    Image via WikipediaI remember using a Blackberry for the the first time. My boss at the time was driving to meet a client, and I was riding shotgun. Of course, he had no idea where he was going, so he handed me the blue device and said "look in my email, you'll find their phone number". Without fear, I found the little thumbwheel thing did just what I expected. A big block moved up and down and pointed to just what I needed. The device was more intuitive than I could have imagined. Even when it came to opening a browser to find the elusive phone number, then just clicking the link to call it.

  • Aspen QR Code review - 100% fail!

    9 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    I had the pleasure of spending Christmas and the New Year in Aspen, Colorado, skiing. It was a great place, although Mother Nature could have lent a hand with some more snow. While I was there, I picked up some of the local free papers and glossy magazines, with the intention of testing my theory that advertisers and marketers are starting to understand the value of QR Codes and the importance of mobile friendly landing pages and websites. Aspen is a pricey place. Consumers are wealthy and many have ample free time to spend a small fortune. Extracting some of this fortune is the top priority…

  • QR Code Blunders #2: Heinz Ketchup - Our Turn to Serve

    2 Dec 2011 | 9:56 am
    This is the second in the series of QR Code blunders, which I think is not as bad as the first, but a little unfortunate given the worthy goal. This time around, Heinz Ketchup features a QR Code on restaurant squeezy bottles of ketchup, which can be scanned to quickly help you support veterans. The idea is that you scan the QR Code, and either 'like' Heinz Ketchup on Facebook or send a veteran an electronic postcard, and Heinz will make a 57 cent donation to the Wounded Warrior Project.Here is a photo of the bottle, sitting on the bar at a local watering hole. There is a nice blurb about…

  • QR Code Blunders #1: Beck's Vier Ireland

    14 Nov 2011 | 5:34 pm
    I've been meaning to start this series of blogs for ages, and tonight I realized that I had too big a blunder to miss. This is a QR Code blunder that is just too big to pass up. I'm currently in Dublin, Ireland, a land where competition for beer consumers could be considered to be large. Very large. So seeing a QR Code on the beer mat pictured here, I had to go with it.The QR Code on the beer mat could be considered to be a smart marketing ploy (it is one I have suggested in the past and actually have a small, regional client in the UK doing). Imagine this following scenario. Think of grown…

  • Go Mobile, Global

    3 Nov 2011 | 12:10 pm
    Google is finally shouting about mobile websites. They have released GoMo and are putting on a mobile event in Alabama to start pushing businesses to convert their regular websites to a smartphone-friendly format. At Consected, we feel we need to crash the party, although we're not going to Alabama. We're not even going on the road. Read on to find out about our global party-crashing plans...Google probably feels it can focus on mobile websites having reached a milestone with the Android platform, overtaking Apple and the iPhone as the operating system the majority of…
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    OSS Line

  • Ericordia/Telicsson - Ericsson Completes Purchase of Telcordia

    James Pullen
    12 Jan 2012 | 10:29 am
    Back in June, after several month of speculation, news broke that it was Ericsson that intended to buy Telcordia. That deal has now completed, just a few weeks later than expected. Celebratory Ericsson-branded mugs all-round for the Telcordia team. According...

  • Comverse up for Sale

    James Pullen
    24 Nov 2011 | 11:31 am
    Is Comverse looking for a buyer of their BSS software? Globes has a story about Comverse looking to sell their telco billing unit. This comes a few days after a number of people in the industry received invitations from investment...

  • NetBoss Acquires Sidonis

    James Pullen
    15 Nov 2011 | 8:17 am
    News from Management World Americas last week: NetBoss has completed acquisition of Sidonis, the start-up doing clever stuff in service assurance. Sidonis are a small team (I could count them on my fingers) based in Bath, UK, who have developed...

  • iCloud and The Death of the Asynchronous Network Model

    James Pullen
    24 Oct 2011 | 6:23 am
    Something else to blame on the over-the-top service providers (yes, those guys who actually make money from comms). New Cloud services are breaking the content-consumption model that ADSL, and network planning in general, is predicated on. iCloud is not the...

  • Some More Tribold Investment

    James Pullen
    17 Sep 2011 | 5:03 pm
    Yesterday, Tribold announced a funding round of Some Money for strategic investment purposes. This follows $11 million back in January 2009 from Intel, DFJ Esprit and my local VC, Eden Ventures. This time the value of the investment has not...
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