CIO Ceiling, Social Success and Exposures
According to a Gartner Inc. survey, CIOs are not valued as much as other senior executives and most will have hit a glass ceiling. Meanwhile a Spredfast Inc. social engagement index benchmark report...
View ArticleThe State Of Linux — How Even Apple Is Going Open Source
Summary This article addresses the evolution of Linux and the indirect adaptation of open source. Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation opened with the keynote in San Diego for the...
View ArticleVMware Gets A New Boss – Paul Maritz Turns Over Job To EMC COO Pat Gelsinger
Summary In a recent “symbolic” on-stage move, Paul Maritz turned over the job of VMware CEO to EMC’s COO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld. The many challenges that Gelsinger will deal with are: Strategic...
View ArticleCalifornia – Gone Too Far Again
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into laws Assembly Bill (AB) 1844, which restricts employers' access to employees' social media accounts, and Senate Bill (SB) 1349, which restricts schools'...
View ArticleMainframe Survey – Future is Bright
According to the 2012 BMC Software Inc. survey of mainframe users, the mainframe continues to be their platform of choice due to its superior availability, security, centralized data serving and...
View ArticleHP's Strategy and Struggles
Earlier this month Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman disappointed financial analysts when she revealed her plan to turn the company around was on track but that the restructuring will not be complete...
View ArticleSurvey Good News and Bad
A new report from Navint Partners LLC finds large enterprises are seeing mostly positive results from their cloud computing efforts while an InformationWeek study on how business perceives IT reveals...
View ArticleBanks Suffer From Cyber Attacks – More to Come
Starting on Sept. 18, 2012 eight major U.S. banks -- Bank of America, Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Regions Financial Corp., SunTrust Banks, and U.S. Bancorp. – were bombarded by...
View ArticleDouble Digit Gains and Losses
Netsuite Inc., SAP AG, Tata Consulting Services Ltd. (TCS), and UNIT4 NV posted double digit gains for their latest quarterly financial results. On the other hand, Nokia Corp. posted a double digit...
View ArticleTech Titans Tumble
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and VMware Inc. reported disappointing third quarter 2012 financials. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. posted similar substandard results...
View ArticleMobile and Security Update
Lenovo Group, Ltd. introduced a refresh for its ThinkPad brand that makes use of more streamlined and updated style elements. Elsewhere, findings presented last week at Black Hat Europe 2013...
View ArticleHybrid Clouds and the Software-Defined Data Center
EMC Corp. and VMware Inc. held a Strategic Forum last week for financial analysts in which it announced corporate visions and plans for delivering software-defined data center (SDDC) offerings and a...
View ArticleSecurity Threats and Risk Report
IBM Corp. released its X-Force 2012 Annual Trend and Risk Report. The report point out the frequency of data breaches and incidents continues to increase. Mobile devices, especially bring your own...
View ArticleOracle and Research in Motion – On the Cusp?
Oracle Corp. reported disappointing third quarter revenues, especially on the hardware side; additionally, the company announced two new lines of Sparc servers. In other news, Research in Motion Ltd.,...
View ArticlePC Sales Fall Off the Cliff
The precipitous drop in PC sales is taking its toll throughout the supply chain as Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., and virtually all of the hardware manufacturers saw revenues and profits tumble nastily....
View ArticleDisruptive Changes
Amazon Inc. and Microsoft Corp. lowered their pricing for certain cloud offerings in attempts to maintain leadership and/or preserve customers. Similarly, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) launched its...
View ArticleTroubling IT Financials
EMC Corp. and VMware Inc. reported solid first quarter 2013 revenues but lower earnings while IBM Corp. failed to meet expectations on both sides. Focal Points: EMC reported first quarter 2013 revenues...
View ArticleCEOs CIOs not in Sync
According to a post on the Harvard Business Review blog CEOs and CIOs are not in sync when it comes to the new challenges and issues CEOs are facing. Study findings point to the fact that CIOs do not...
View ArticleSoftware and Cloud Up, Hardware Down
Dell Inc. and NetApp Inc. reported revenue declines and general weakness in sales while CommVault Systems Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. saw record growth in revenues. Focal Points: In what may be the...
View ArticleHP’s Comeback Continues, Low-end Wants to Be Mainstream
Hewlett-Packard, Co. announced quarterly performance slips that were in line with projections and generally viewed as inroads in the company’s return. Elsewhere, tablet sales are on track to outpace...
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