Archive for December, 2009
Small companies with limited resources spend far too much time and effort attempting to "win" marquee accounts way too early - and it often kills them.
Within enterprise technology, society has been built based on misguided perceptions of success, which died the way the Soviet Union did, but are perpetuated in ...
In 2010 and beyond, it is likely that laptops, desktops, servers, and enterprise storage systems will also come with cryptographic processors as part of their standard configurations. Ubiquitous encryption is a bit of a mixed blessing. While data confidentiality and integrity may be enhanced, enterprises better ...
If we want to save the planet from global warming, prevent terrorists shutting down our economy and prevent catastrophic failure of our power distribution systems, this is the template of what we need to do and why.
-- Steve O'Donnell, Managing Director and Senior Analyst, ESG EMEA
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There are 3 core "legs" a business must stand on to survive, and hopefully, thrive. They are Sales, Engineering, and Marketing. There are a ton of other important areas within a business, of course, but these stick out as keys to life or death, in my experience. Rarely does someone ...
How cool is that?
Go to the App Store and search ESG.
—-Update: Try not to be confused about the other ESG – rap group Everyday Street Gangsta. I don’t think they know jack about IT.
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In 2010, the identity management discussion is likely to become far more pervasive. VMware and Citrix will talk about trusted identities for virtual machines. Financial services firms will aggressively offer customers authentication tokens to protect their identities and financial assets. OpenID and similar technologies will gain ...
To quote former President Gerald Ford,”our long national nightmare is over.” After his famous Cybersecurity policy speech in late May, President Obama has finally tapped Howard Schmidt to become the nation’s first Cybersecurity Coordinator. Schmidt will report to the National Security Council (NSC) and National Economic ...
The laws of the land protect the opinion of people. You can’t legislate what people think. This, in essence, is Gartner’s defense, and ultimately why it will most likely prevail in this matter.
What is more interesting is that in its defense, Gartner exposes what everyone in the ...
Here is a video from my friend Professor Masood Amin @Massoud_Amin who is the world authority on Smart Grid. If we want to save the planet from global warming, prevent terrorists shutting down our economy and prevent catastrophic failure of our power distribution systems. This is the ...
Server virtualization is consistently listed among the top initiatives with significant influence on IT infrastructure purchase decisions, especially networked storage offerings like iSCSI technology. In fact, in a study of current iSCSI users, ESG found that more than one-third of respondents identified server virtualization support as the initial driver behind ...
