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
I am starting to see a trend for companies using Radian6 and other social enterprise monitoring products. Companies are responding to people’s complaints or queries directly through social media. Wake up everyone, it’s not the just the 1-800 Call Center anymore. With social enterprise monitoring products, companies look for keywords such as their own company, … Read more
SohoOS, a simple way to manage your micro-business for free. If you have ever ran a small business or worked as a freelance, i.e. had a ‘micro business’, then at any given time you are doing 100 things at once. As a result, when working at your computer, you might have 10 + applications open … 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
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple Tim Cook Named CEO Steve Jobs Elected Chairman of the Board. Yesterday Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple. The Apple Board of Directors announced that Tim Cook, would replace him in this role; and that Steve Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board. Cook … Read more
The hope & dream for the future of cloud-based collaboration tools is underpinned by the notion that we all would effectively work collaboratively, if only we had the proper tools available to us at all times, i.e. when in the cloud. This notion is based on some assumptions which have yet to become reality. The … Read more
Just prior the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, Apple just made several important announcements, one of which is the release of iCloud. This upcoming release encapsulates Apple’s own cloud service release as a competitive response to Amazon & Google, and comes after year-long talks about iCloud being in the making. It’s unclear … Read more
Arik Hesseldahl from New Enterprise department of All Things Digital has a great interview with Parker Harris, the Executive Vice President for Technology of Salesforce.com, and one of the company’s four founders. With the recent earthquake in Japan, my initial thoughts about the company was the new data center. Of course, the well being of … Read more
Gartner Executive Programs Worldwide Survey of More Than 2,000 CIOs Identifies Cloud Computing as Top Technology Priority for CIOs in 2011 Survey Results Show Business Leaders Looking for IT to Drive Revenue Growth CIOs must re-imagine IT to support growth and competitive advantage, based on results from the 2011 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner Executive … Read more