Vera LangAbiResearch today released new research findings today, in a report called “Media Tablets Cannibalizing Netbook Spend with 75% Share of US Ultra-Mobile Device* Shipments in 2011” Ultra-mobile devices (UMD) are mobile computing devices on a continuum, bordered by laptop PCs and smart phones. This market has 4 segments: ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), mobile Internet devices … Read more
Business is increasingly understanding that SAAS is the way ahead for future technology investment. Today, major research firm Gartner Inc. confirmed this, based on its mid- 2011 SaaS study. Here is an overview: SaaS Survey Findings & Conclusions Over 95 % of organizations expect to maintain or increase their investments in software as … Read more
Now reading… "Navigating through the Cloud: A plain English guide to surviving the risks, costs and governance pitfalls of Cloud computing" by Rob Livingstone. Other than the kindle version, who in the tech world would like to read a book about cloud computing? There are about a ‘000 website covering the topic from all … Read more
Five more nights of sleep until f8, Facebook Conference 2011. It’s of interest, not just for developers. It’s a good idea for entrepreneurs and innovators as well. This conference will be all about building a more social web by defining tomorrow’s websites, apps and devices. From a business point of view, not to be … Read more
Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue for 2011 is forecast to reach $12.1 b. This is a 20.7 % more than last year (2010: $10 b), according to the Gartner report "Forecast: Software as a Service, All Regions, 2010-2015. The North American region is forecast to account for 63.6 percent of worldwide SaaS revenue … Read more
"Google Gmail Emerges as a Significant Threat to Microsoft in the Enterprise" is the title and the conclusion of a recent Gartner report on the topic as it has become a reliable alternative to Microsoft in the Enterprise Email Market. After 5 years, Google’s enterprise Gmail has gained cloud with clients who are commercial … Read more
Research Shows Companies Embracing New Growth Opportunities; 45% Expect to Drive New IT-Led Products or Services as Part of Innovation Plans Information Week released its annual InformationWeek 500 honoring the most innovative U.S.-based users of business technology. The rankings and research results were announced Tuesday evening during the annual InformationWeek 500 Conference held at the … Read more
Social Enterprise is taking on a NEW meaning…..: women no longer waiting around, but taking action. How about a marriage proposal during a public online interview just before the Keynote Speech of Dreamforce 11, Salesforce.com’s annual tech conference that has a record attendance this year? This lady did some serious planning: brought the rings along, … Read more
A life audience of 46,000 people just finished listening to #keynote11 of the Dreamforce ‘’11 Conference with their heads in status ‘data overload’. Lots to digest and integrate into the new futures of a many an enterprise. I thought to share with you some take-always: Dreamforce11 META-VIEW: ** It’s audience of 46,000 is even … Read more
Heroku now supports Java on the Heroku Cloud Application Platform, the company announced yesterday. Heroku decided on Java because of its popularity and its solidity as a language for building web apps. It’s the fourth language supported, besides Ruby, Node.js and Clojure. With Java being the world’s most popular programming, this is exciting news for … Read more