The Cloud keeps attempting to disintermediate the CIO
The cloud. It's remarkable. The widely available and rapidly growing source of the greatest computing power and storage capability ever known to man continues to unleash the rapid spread of new innovations. It allows unthinkable productivity miracles to happen anywhere at anytime with a … Read More»
The circus known as Dreamforce and the company behind it: A 2014 Retrospective
Over 150,000 registrants, 5,000,000 online streaming views, and well over 1,000,000 meals to help feed the hungry. The stage(s) featured execs from some of the most recognized organizations in the world, a former US Vice President (Al Gore) and Secretary of State (Hillary Rodham Clinton), the poster … Read More»
Creating Measurable Business Value through Social Collaboration
This post is on behalf of the CIO Collaboration Network and Avaya Well, it's only taken us 3,000 years, but we're finally getting back together. You may be familiar with this story from Genesis. But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If … Read More»
Divergence at Convergence? Is it a Resurgence?
This past week I had a chance to spend some time with Microsoft executives, customers, partners, and industry "influencers" at Microsoft Convergence 2012 in Houston, TX. Perhaps one of the largest announcements at the event was Microsoft's pending support of multiple platforms and multiple … Read More»
Exploring the future of computing: The Hybrid Model
The migration to the cloud is well under way. Like little water drops evaporating, data and applications are heading from the vast ocean of On Premise Servers and databases to the great cumulonimbus in the sky. With guys like Marc Benioff as the flamboyant ringleader, there's no wonder why there is … Read More»