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Book Review: Idea Man by Paul Allen, Co-founder of Microsoft

April 25, 2011

Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. ~ Howard Aiken That seems an appropriate quote for microcomputer’s early days and the challenges that faced Paul Allen. I received Paul Allen’s book, “Idea Man” four days ago and finished it yesterday afternoon. Maureen Cole at […]

Your Roadmap To The Clouds – III

March 14, 2010

Transforming the Enterprise to Support Dynamic Innovation In part 2, we discussed some of the initiatives to abstract the enterprise and create a virtual enterprise presence in the cloud. In part 3, we will take a look at Business and Technology Integration Transformation Initiatives to support the Next Generation Enterprise Transformation and Dynamic Innovation. What […]

Your Roadmap To The Clouds – II

March 11, 2010

Next Generation Enterprise Transformation In part I, we began our journey towards next generation enterprise transformation. In part II, we will discuss some of the initiatives to abstract the enterprise, and create a virtual enterprise presence in the cloud. Last time, we spoke of undertaking initiatives, but what kind of initiatives? Executive level, leadership initiatives, […]

Your Roadmap To The Clouds – I

March 10, 2010

Next Generation Enterprise Transformation Thank you for your patience while I gathered my thoughts on positioning the enterprise for cloud computing. In the article, “Silicon in the Cloud“, we discussed the influence of semiconductor innovation, particularly multi-core developments, on systems virtualization, and the resulting business model innovation seen in cloud computing. And in the 3 […]

Top 25 Cloud Service Providers Gaining Mind Share

February 15, 2010

Cloud computing continues to gain steam, and it has been some time since we first asked, who is gaining your mind share? As previously noted in the 4Q09 article, this list is a subjective impression of Cloud Service Providers (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) on the cloud computing radar. As usual, large technology companies like AT&T, Dell, […]