Most enterprise technologists should see a continued payoff of the hard work in planning, architecture, documentation, development and configuration work that has been occurring over the last several years. Enterprise technologists were building Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) long before SOA was over-hyped. And most enterprise technologists I know were investigating constructs of scalable, elastic...
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Six Enterprise Mega Trends to watch in 2010
5 Gadgets that I can’t wait to see in the New Year
2010 will bring a load of new gadgets, technology, and advancements for consumers and enterprises alike. Microsoft is releasing Office 2010, Apple is releasing their new Tablet (iTablet), NVIDIA is releasing their “GeForce 3XX” series of graphics cards, SSD’s will be (hopefully) affordable, and Sprint should have a 4G/3G phone.
Office 2010 – with the...
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An Online Gov 2.0 Conference
On Thursday 10 Dec 2009 O’Reilly media will be providing a free, half day, online event, the Gov2 Online Conference.
From the organizers:
The O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Online Conference is a FREE, half-day event that will show off five examples of Web 2.0 creating greater collaboration, transparency, and efficiencies in government – from solving a budget...
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Flash of the obvious: you are responsible for protecting your data
I really feel sorry for the modern consumer. None of us, even those of us with computer science degrees, can really assess the security of our computer systems (at least not with any precision). We can study historical trends and glean lessons on which operating systems are more secure and we can educate ourselves...
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Great IT change came with a whisper not a bang
I have a thesis I would like to try on you.
In the IT world, like in many other human endeavors, the things that get measured get improved. And the things that don’t get measured are easy to ignore. So, when the world’s largest IT enterprise (the US federal government) starts measuring IT differently we...
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Announcing: The CTOvision.com Technology Titan List
I’ve long sought to track disruptive IT on the CTOvision.com site, and have featured several firms on the CTOvision.com Disruptive IT list. A new feature on the site is the CTOvision.com Technology Titan List, where I’ll more closely track the activities of the Information Technology firms with the largest market cap. This is the...
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Something Wonderful in the Tech Community
I’ve just received word that Dawn Meyerriecks, one of the great’s of American technology, has just returned to federal service. Dawn has delivered real capability into some of the nation’s largest, most complex enterprises. And she has built communities of technologist as she did that, giving many of us someone to look up to...
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The Role of the CTO: Four Models for Success
One of my favorite examinations of the role of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is Tom Berray’s”Roles of the CTO: Four Models for Success. ”
If you are an enterprise CTO or any technologist looking for career context I strongly recommend it to you for its situational awareness and context. Tom writes of CTOs in...
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Cloud Computing vs. SOA: Look for a cross-over in hype
Cloud Computing is one of the many things enterprise CIOs, CTOs and other engineers will master in delivering capability. I believe in the power of new Cloud Computing technologies and concepts and think we should all continue our focus there.
I have said, and still say, the same thing about design approaches like Service Oriented...
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Intel’s Next Generation Chip Architecture
On 21 April 2009 Intel corporation held an “Intelligent Processors” event which highlighted Intel’s next generation chip architecture and the industry leading companies who are incorporating this technology into their products. The event, pulled together by Nigel Ballard of Intel, included demos by companies like Endeca, Cisco, Cray, Dell, HP, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft and...
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