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Tue, Sep 9, 2008 13:59 EDT
Gartner Agrees on Virtualization and Cloud Computing
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in Best Practices Topic: InfrastructureBlog: The Open Source
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Gartner echoes my posting of Friday on Cloud Virtualization. Except they haven't got it quite right -- they don't quite reach the logical implications of their statements. In the article reporting
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Cloud Virtualization
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in Best Practices Topic: InfrastructureBlog: The Open Source
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As I noted last week, Gartner calls cloud computing the next big thing. I characterized the ability to move from talent-constrained, capital intensive data center management to inexpensive,
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Designing a New Software Distribution Process
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in Best Practices Topic: Partner/Vendor ManagementBlog: The Open Source
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In reading this month's Wired Magazine (not yet online unfortunately) I found its article about the new Red digital movie camera fascinating. Based on a new chip, it shoots at very high pixels and
Read more »Mon, Aug 25, 2008 12:39 EDT
Cloud Computing: Gartner Validates Nick Carr -- At Least Partially
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in News Topic: InfrastructureBlog: The Open Source
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Gartner released a report last week on 2008 IT spending that spotlights the next big thing: "per-use service-based models." This is a catch-all term that subsumes both cloud
Read more »Fri, Aug 15, 2008 14:13 EDT
SAP and Oracle Explore Customer (In)elasticity of Demand
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: The Open Source
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Recently, both SAP and Oracle announced significant (20%) price increases in their offerings: SAP on maintenance fees, and Oracle on license fees. The numbers are significant: Oracle now charges
Read more »Thu, Aug 7, 2008 21:36 EDT
Open Source in the Enterprise
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in News Topic: Enterprise ManagementBlog: The Open Source
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There's more open source in the enterprise than most people think. And there's data to back that up. Two weeks ago, at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, O'Reilly Radar released a Report, written
Read more »Wed, Aug 6, 2008 16:00 EDT
Innovation and Web 2.0
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Posted by: Bernard Golden in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: The Open Source
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"No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else" -- Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems Innovation is the topic du jour in many companies. Competition from
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