Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Like the Buddhist mantras of old, IT vendors appear to be unified in their messaging — the incessant chant of the moment is: “Move to the cloud now.” So should CIOs be listening? Here are ten cloud caveats to consider before embarking upon the journey. 1. Define your terms – Recent IBM prime time ads…
I was in the lobby of a client in Houston, cooling my heels waiting for an appointment, and then I noticed the pattern of phone calls coming into the receptionist: “No, I’m sorry, our CIO [insert name] is in a meeting. Leave your name, number and why you want to talk with him and I…
Just when you thought the iPad could be safely ignored as unimportant to the enterprise, suddenly two related facts have emerged to change our perspective. The first is that a small army of executives now are, dare I say it, proudly, carrying only iPads on business trips. “That’s what I usually do,” said Marc Siry,…
A sense is growing that defenses have gotten stiffer and bad guys are too busy phishing for suckers on Twitter, so what’s the worry? Here it is in boldface, according to Steve Santorelli, a onetime Scotland Yard cybercrime specialist now working for security research firm Team Cymru. “It gets more dangerous for enterprise IT online…
Credit the iPad with this: it has triggered a huge hunger for tablets inside corporate America and, guess what, you cannot ignore this, not now. With Apple selling 3.3 million iPads in just its most recent quarter, suddenly tablet mania has hit the nation. “IT has lost control,” said Patrick Sweeney, vice president of product…
From killers to hoaxes, 2009 had its share of the nefarious and inane―in real life and at the intersection where real life meets the digital world … a still mystifying and mysterious GPS coordinate somewhere in the Twilight Zone. To put things into perspective, we’ve come up with our own Top 10 list of some…
Killers apps will, like most tech innovation today, come from the edge, not the mobile carriers, said Gartner. Its list of applications is arraigned by impact on consumers and industry players and takes into consideration revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration. “Consumer mobile applications and services are no longer the prerogative…
Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. These technologies impact…