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Rethinking IT Transformation for the Cloud

Rethinking IT Transformation for the Cloud

By Guest Authors on July 16, 2013

As cloud computing matures and success models emerge, enterprises are now getting serious about using cloud to drive IT transformation.  JP Morgan Chase, Toyota, GE and other leading organizations are moving beyond incremental costs savings and are using cloud and next generation platforms to drive innovation, growth and competitive advantage.  Unfortunately many CIOs and their […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, General, Strategy, Technology, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, CIO, cloud computing, cloudstack, dropbox, enterprise software, eucalyptus, IT transformation, openstack, salesforce.com, Strategy | 5 Responses

The Art of Riding the Bubble

The Art of Riding the Bubble

By Bob Warfield on March 24, 2011

People are increasingly asking whether there is a Bubble underway in the tech business.  The answer is that by the time you know there is a Bubble it’s probably too late to do anything about it.  But if all you’re doing is asking whether there is a Bubble, the Bubble is probably not here, yet. […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Your POV | Tagged bubble, Dot-com bubble, Entrepreneurship, Fred Wilson, ipo, PointCast, startup valuation, startups, Strategy, valuation, vc funding, venture, venture capital, venture funding | 1 Response

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Is platform or provider lock-in the future of cloud services integration?

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 3, 2010

Yesterday, Dell bought Cloud Services integration provider Boomi and cloud punditry (including myself) started speculating on Dell’s strategy with this acquisition. My take on the acquisition is that Dell will put Boomi along with Perot Systems in its efforts to reposition the company as a consulting company a la IBM. Today Phil Wainewright wrote a […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged boomi, dell, integrated stack, open architecture, Perot systems, phil wainewright, Strategy, unified stack | 1 Response

Citrix’s Confusing Open Cloud Strategy

Citrix’s Confusing Open Cloud Strategy

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 3, 2010

Early this week Citrix announced their Citrix Open Cloud framework and ever since I am confused both about their name and also their strategy. Part of my confusion is due to the vague information, without any specifics, on their website and seemingly arrogant response on Twitter by some of their top executives when asked to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged analysis, citrix, cloud computing, open cloud, open source, Strategy, virtualization, vmlogix, xen

Amazon Drops EC2 Prices. Can We Expect More Reductions?

Amazon Drops EC2 Prices. Can We Expect More Reductions?

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 2, 2010

Amazon today announced that they are dropping the on demand and reserved prices of High Memory Double Extra Large and High Memory Quadruple Extra Large instances from yesterday. Effective September 1, 2010, we’ve reduced the On-Demand and Reserved Instance prices on the m2.2xlarge (High-Memory Double Extra Large) and the m2.4xlarge (High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large) by up […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged amazon, aws, cloud computing, ec2, price, price reduction, Strategy

Is Google App Engine Silently Gaining Traction?

Is Google App Engine Silently Gaining Traction?

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 1, 2010

When Google released its PaaS offering called Google App Engine, it attracted Web 2.0 developers in big numbers but it didn’t gain much traction like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft platform. In fact, in May 2010, Network World had an article quoting a Forrester Survey which put the percentage of developers using Google App Engine […]

Posted in Platforms | Tagged amazon, aws, cloud computing, elance, GAE, google, google app engine, iaas, paas, Strategy

Software Is The New Hardware

Software Is The New Hardware

By Chirag Mehta on August 20, 2010

Today Intel announced that it is buying McAfee for $7.7 billion. This acquisition made people scratch their heads. Why McAfee? The obvious arguments are that Intel has hit the growth wall and organic growth is not good enough to satisfy the shareholders. But this argument quickly falls apart from margin perspective. Why dilute their current […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged acquisition, cloud computing, Strategy

ThinkPassenger Private Full Service Enterprise 2.0 Communities

ThinkPassenger Private Full Service Enterprise 2.0 Communities

By Mark Fidelman on July 9, 2010

ThinkPassenger’s red velvet rope approach is unique in the industry.  It requires corporations to shed the megaphone approach to customer messaging and to connect with their customers  one on one.  They make it exclusive, fun and rewarding to both company and participant.   It’s typically full service, private and very exclusive.  Think “privileged”.  It begins with […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged ariba, enterprise 2.0, Infographics, jive, lithium, Review, Strategy, thinkpassenger

The Best Google Wave Gadgets, Extensions and Robots for the Enterprise

The Best Google Wave Gadgets, Extensions and Robots for the Enterprise

By Mark Fidelman on April 6, 2010

In large part Google Wave has been ignored by the enterprise due to many factors (I’ve listed them below).  As you’ve probably read, Wave started as a huge splash but has been reduced to a ripple as of late due to the lack of a “killer app”. Yet there are some enterprise-worthy applications for Wave […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged applications, extensions, gadgets, google wave, robots, Strategy, unawave | 1 Response

Twitter is 4 today

Twitter is 4 today

By David Terrar on March 21, 2010

A few months back on the 19th of November 2009 NESTA, as part of their Silicon Valley comes to the UK  sequence of events, televised a discussion called “Social Media: A Force for Good?“.  The panel was  our very own national treasure, actor, QI master and twitterphile  Stephen Fry, Biz Stone the Founder and Chief […]

Posted in General | Tagged blogging, innovation, linkedin, marketing, media, nesta, networking, odeo, social media, Strategy, twitter, web 2.0

Emergent Cloud Computing Business Models

Emergent Cloud Computing Business Models

By Chirag Mehta on March 15, 2010

The last year I wrote quite a few posts on the business models around SaaS and cloud computing including SaaS 2.0, disruptive early stage cloud computing start-ups, and branding on the cloud. This year people have started asking me – well, we have seen PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS but what do you think are some […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged cloud computing, iaas, paas, saas, Strategy

What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup?

What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup?

By Mark Suster on March 11, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?” It’s a tricky question with no clear answer.  There are trade offs. […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Entrepreneur Advice, Entrepreneurship, failure, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice, startups, Strategy, vc funding

Should you put "guru" or "thought leader" in your Twitter bio?

Should you put "guru" or "thought leader" in your Twitter bio?

By David Terrar on March 2, 2010

I’m a Twitter fan from the early days (which is only about 3 years – streuth!).  For me it’s a key source of trusted information, a communication mechanism, and an important way for me to extend my various, overlapping networks of interest (amongst several other things).   In recent weeks I’ve seen tweets from people worrying […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged blogging, gore, guru, social media, Strategy, thought leader, twitter, web 2.0 | 2 Responses

Shift Happens! revisited

By David Terrar on February 19, 2010

Way back in August 2006 a teacher called Karl Fisch at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, USA created an 8 minute PowerPoint presentation with some music.  It aimed to highlight the rate of change of the world we live in, and remixed content from David Warlick, Thomas Friedman, Ian Jukes, Ray Kurzweil and others.  […]

Posted in General | Tagged Creativity, digital revolution, flat world, future, futurestory, generation m, generation y, globalization, innovation, millenials, shift, Strategy, web 2.0 | 1 Response

The Google Buzz Guide for the Enterprise (with Buzz Matrix)

The Google Buzz Guide for the Enterprise (with Buzz Matrix)

By Mark Fidelman on February 18, 2010

There’s been a lot of noise over Google Buzz this past week.  I haven’t seen an article about Buzz’s impact on the Enterprise so allow me to chime in. First, the impact of Buzz has been tremendous.  Compare Google Wave search results with that of Buzz: Buzz (B) and Wave (A) As you can see […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged foursquare, FriendFeed, google buzz, google wave, gowalla, guide, linkedin, matrix, Strategy, twitter

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