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CUL8R Active Directory

CUL8R Active Directory

By David Meyer on November 10, 2014

The 1200 baud modem was sweet in its day, but now we have broadband. The fax machine and beeper transformed businesses, but now we have smart phones, messaging apps, and near field technology. And while Active Directory is still used by 95 percent of the Fortune 500 today, with the rise of the cloud, it […]

Posted in Technology, Your POV | Tagged active directory, ADFS, cloud, CUL8R, google apps, identity, onelogin

What's in a name in open source?

What’s in a name in open source?

By Mårten Mickos on October 16, 2014

What does community mean to you?
Community is an overloaded word, it can mean anything. Community can mean just people who use your product. Or maybe it’s those who build your product, or maybe it’s the business partners who are using it. Or maybe it’s…

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged android, eucalyptus, mysql, Open Handset Alliance, open source, red hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Keys to turn your open source project into a business

Keys to turn your open source project into a business

By Mårten Mickos on October 14, 2014

Broadly speaking, there are two types of open source software. The free software, which has a reciprocity requirement in it. Open source software which doesn’t.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged linux, mysql, open source, red hat

Open source history, present day, and licensing

Open source history, present day, and licensing

By Mårten Mickos on October 1, 2014

This article is part of my talk, Open-Source Business Models. You can see the full transcript and the video of my talk on Heavybit.com. My name is Marten Mickos and I’m the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. As Tom mentioned, I was the CEO of MySQL for eight years. I was de facto the only CEO […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged eucalyptus systems, hewlett packard, marten mickos, mysql, open source, openstack

Mobility and the Cloud: No new trend but an ever-evolving issue

Mobility and the Cloud: No new trend but an ever-evolving issue

By Dean Wiech on September 22, 2014

The trend that’s continuing to surge for workforce employees is mobile, on-the-go work and work from home despite some pull back from large organizations, like Yahoo! In the last six years telework grew a staggering 73 percent . In addition, one of four U.S. employees works remotely at least some of the time. These statistics […]

Posted in Application Software, Your POV | Tagged access rights, cloud mobility, Dean Wiech, Password management, remote employees, Tools4ever

How to Measure Employee Engagement with Data Analytics

How to Measure Employee Engagement with Data Analytics

By Cameron Graham on July 10, 2014

According to a recent Gallup poll, 72% of Americans are either disengaged or actively disengaged from their work. The study stated, “Over the past several decades, business and psychological researchers—including Gallup—have identified a strong relationship between employees’ workplace engagement and their respective company’s overall performance. It is likely that organizations with engaged employees experience positive […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts, Your POV | Tagged business analytics software, data analytics, employee engagement, retention | 2 Responses

Technology and Business Speed has Changed--So Must Identity and Access Management

Technology and Business Speed has Changed–So Must Identity and Access Management

By David Meyer on June 26, 2014

Compelled by competitive pressures and user demand, companies have embraced mobility and cloud. And even if companies haven’t embraced cloud, their employees have. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is now commonplace, and the average mobile worker carries an average of3.5 mobile devices, each accessing multiple applications that connect to protected corporate information, or that serve […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Security, Your POV | Tagged cloud, Identity and Access Management, information security, mobile, Security | 1 Response

Using Big Data Make your Business More Competitive – 4 Great Tips

Using Big Data Make your Business More Competitive – 4 Great Tips

By Deepak Singh on June 26, 2014

Big data is data and that too lots of it, structure and unstructured. Big Data is hugely important for businesses, provided they are able to access the right data sets, analyze them and use it to their advantage. Go about it in the right way and your business can exploit the insights provided by big […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Your POV | Tagged big data, Business Process Management

Excel-based reporting and ERP

Excel-based reporting and ERP

By John Donagher on May 28, 2014

Excel-based reporting solutions are becoming a bigger feature of the suite of Business Intelligence (BI) tools offered by midrange ERP vendors. It’s a trend that seems to make sense given the ubiquity of Excel, but could there be a downside? The rise of Excel-based reporting tools I’ve recently attended system demos for MS Dynamics NAV […]

Posted in Application Software, Your POV | Tagged Analytics, biznet, enterprise applications, Epicor, erp, excel, jet reports, microsoft | 1 Response

Top Cloud Computing Security Issues and Solutions

Top Cloud Computing Security Issues and Solutions

By Gilad Parann-Nissany on May 5, 2014

Businesses large and small are realizing the benefits that come with cloud computing.  The scalability that allows you to easily grow (or shrink) your operation, the agility that enables you to make quick changes, the cost-effectiveness that can save you money: the cloud seems like a no-brainer.  However, with increased cloud adoption rates come increased […]

Posted in Security, Your POV | Tagged cloud computing, cloud encryption, cloud security, data security best practices | 3 Responses

What's Your Cloud Type?

What’s Your Cloud Type?

By Vineet Jain on March 6, 2014

In the 1940’s a psychologist Dr. William Sheldon came up with a classification of body types – endomorphs, who have a high percentage of bodyfat; mesomorphs, who are muscular and ectomorphs, lacking either much fat or muscle tissue. While this was intended as a general framework Dr. Sheldon also stated most people were a mixture […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts, Your POV | Tagged capex, cloud computing, cloud type, cloud-o-phobic, cloud-o-phoric, opex, Sheldon | 2 Responses

Optimizing the Use of Big Data in 2014 – 4 Essential Tips

Optimizing the Use of Big Data in 2014 – 4 Essential Tips

By Mary Prescott on March 3, 2014

According to 2014 IDG Enterprise Big Data Research, the average investment enterprises plan to make in big data initiatives in 2014 is $8 million. Also, 49% respondents are already implementing big data projects or have plans to implement them in the future. Businesses have realized the importance of leveraging big data and converting it into […]

Posted in Your POV | Tagged big data, Predictive analytics | 1 Response

Cloud, DevOps and Herding Cats

Cloud, DevOps and Herding Cats

By Guest Authors on February 11, 2014

The conventional wisdom is that 2014 is that year that enterprise IT finally “rolls up the sleeves” and gets serious about cloud adoption. But what does this really mean? Basically we’re seeing the era of cloud pilots and proof-of-concepts in the enterprise drawing to close, especially around IaaS and to a certain extent PaaS. CIOs […]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts, General, Infrastructure, Marketing, Technology | Tagged Amazon Web Services, aws, CIO, cloud, cloud computing, devops, iaas, paas, salesforce.com | 2 Responses

Thwarting the Mobile Data Security Threat

Thwarting the Mobile Data Security Threat

By Gilad Parann-Nissany on February 7, 2014

Mobile usage is up in the work force – and it is not about to go down. Check out these statistics: Mobile broadband subscribers are forecasted to grow dramatically from 1 billion in 2011 to over 5 billion globally in 2016. By 2015, more Americans will have mobile access to the internet than desktop PCs. […]

Posted in Security, Your POV | Tagged cloud encryption, cloud security, data security | 2 Responses

Cloud Reviews from Real Customers: EC2, Azure, App Engine, Heroku and More

Cloud Reviews from Real Customers: EC2, Azure, App Engine, Heroku and More

By Russell Rothstein on December 30, 2013

Choosing the right PaaS cloud for your application can be a confusing process. There are literally dozens of cloud providers, large and small, that offer the basic set of services you need to run your app. I founded IT Central Station to help enterprise tech users find the best service by offering hands-on reviews by […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Your POV | Tagged amazon ec2, google app engine, ITCentralStation, Microsoft Azure, paas, reviews

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