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Gartner Agrees on Virtualization and Cloud Computing

|   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.

Cloud Virtualization

|   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, pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure as too logical to be denied.

Designing a New Software Distribution Process

|   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 can execute enough shots per second to compete with film.

Cloud Computing: Gartner Validates Nick Carr -- At Least Partially

|   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 computing and SaaS.

SAP and Oracle Explore Customer (In)elasticity of Demand

|   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 $47,500 per processor for a database license. These increases fly in the face of what is happening to...

Open Source in the Enterprise

|   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 by me in partnership with O'Reilly Research, titled "Open Source in the Enterprise."

Innovation and Web 2.0

|   "No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else" -- Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems

The Desktop of the Future: Windows?

|   I was at OSCON (the O'Reilly Media Open Source Convention) this week and saw the desktop of the future -- and Microsoft should be scared. I know, you think I'm going to talk about how next year will be the year of the Linux desktop -- but I'm not.

BusinessWeek: SaaS and Open Source are Good for Customers ... Unfortunately

|   There's an (unintentionally) funny article in BusinessWeek online today, bewailing the tough business circumstances that SaaS (and open source) face. From the opening paragraph:

Open Source and the War for Talent

|   Despite the angst earlier this decade that every technical job in the country would be sent to Bangalore, today's US tech employment picture is actually quite different.

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