In My Dreariness, I Installed Cloud Foundry and extended it with Iron Foundry
Morning! I put together a video late last night based on setting up a Cloud Foundry instance with Iron Foundry extensions. It’s a little long, since I’ve mostly *not edited* it. The instructions have been available for a while but I thought, why not make a video and publish it. In the very near future [...]
Alcatel-Lucent Open Sources its API Management Engine
I remember when OpenStack was announced – the creation of an open source solution in a formerly entirely proprietary area was something of a bomb shell. Regardless of your thoughts around open stack as a product (or, more correctly a series of product), it’s hard to be critical of an initiative that at its core [...]
Adam & Krishan Got Me Motivated Today… to toss the trash conversations
I was speaking with Krishan Subramanian (@krishnan) and Adam Seligman (@adamse) today. I love talking to these guys. They’re both smart, intelligent and upbeat guys. They see the positive things we’re all working toward and accomplishing in the technology space, specifically around PaaS, Cloud Computing and around the cultural implications of stronger technology communities, involvement …
IT Central Station Launches–A “Yelp for Enteprise IT”
This one from the “trying to bring something from the consumer world into the enterprise but failing” category. IT Central Station is launching and billing itself as the first tech product review site for the Fortune 1000. The idea is simple – much like Yelp, people can list and review products – but in this [...]
Marketing Your Collaboration Initiative Internally, a Lesson from Yum! Brands
We underestimate the crucial role that marketing plays when it comes to enterprise collaboration initiatives. I’m not necessarily referring to the marketing department but to how the organization notifies and encourages employees to participate. When companies release a new product or service they spend a considerable amount of time and resources behind marketing, messaging and branding. [...]
B2B Social Networking | What’s In a Name?
The term “social media” clouds our thinking about social networking with advertising concepts. In particular, when it comes to B2B social networking, the term “B2B social media” misses the mark entirely.
