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jdodge just created content Pressure on CIOs builds to do more -- and faster

Project cycles have compressed from 3-5 years down to under two. Here's some advice about how to meet the new and tighter deadlines.

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Mon, 02/27/2012 - 14:16

jdodge just created content Sinister programmers, outsourcing trends

Week in Review for Feb. 23 looks at rogue programmers, a study that examines outsourcing trends and the emergence of generation C.

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Mon, 02/27/2012 - 14:11

Asternstein just commented on Each vertical market sector in Security

Each vertical market sector regulatory body have common and unique regulations and preferred practices for their sector and these evolve over time. Standards common across all business sectors are preferable and more able to be implemented and fairly assessed and rated than the current "wild west" situation.

Mon, 02/27/2012 - 10:23

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Mon, 02/27/2012 - 02:05

jdodge just created content CIOs won't exist in five years: study

Here we go again. A study from Getronics in Farnborough, England concludes that CIOs are dead ducks. Even some CIOs think they are doomed.

This is a well-worn, no, tired admonition I do not buy. But even it's off the mark, shots across the bow serve to keep CIOs on their toes.

Before you break out in a sweat, consider who was interviewed for the study: "203 financial decision makers" many of whom were probably CFOs.

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 18:57

Public v. private cloud is not the issue. It's cloud complexity.

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 19:26

More and more articles point to the uptake of cloud in enterprises. And, if I believe the interactions I have with CIOs, it is definitely the case. The big question is whether to go private or public cloud. That, in my mind, is the wrong question. I’ve already mentioned several times that “one size does not fit all” when we talk about the cloud.

把过时应用迁移到云有意义吗？ (Chinese)

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 03:18

原文作者：美国惠普知名博主 Christian Verstraete

在之前的几篇博文中我概括了面向IT云和面向用户云之间的区别。面向IT云是便于应用安装的已经配置好基础设施的云。这包括自动化配置适当数量的虚拟或实体机并通过安全的网络连接到适当的存储中去。安装目标应用也可以是自动化的。但最终您考虑的是为N个用户安装应用程序。

让我举一个我们都熟悉的例子。如果您是IT部门的员工并需要为5000名用户配置一个交换服务器，面向IT云就可以胜任这个工作。它会配置适当数量的虚拟机和实体机，建立数据库和与系统之间的连接，并在合适的地方安装适当的交换模型。

如果您需要使用一个应用系统，现在交换服务器是可用的了，您也可以开始配置用户了。如果您是一位业务经理并且有位新员工周一要开始上班您该怎么做呢？您也许想让他感觉像到家了一样，在他到岗之前为他建立新的邮箱并发送一条欢迎信息。在这个情况下您需要配置一个邮箱。大多数时候您不需要提供更多的硬件设施来安装软件，只需在一个已经配置好的环境中建立邮箱即可。很明显，如果您的请求正好是第5001个邮箱配置，该环境也许需要配置第二个交换环境，但这一切对您来说都是隐形的。您实际上是请求了一个服务。

云，给对的应用一个对的平台 (Chinese)

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 02:37

原文作者：美国惠普知名博主 Christian Verstraete

让我继续跟大家探讨一下我最初在CloudSource上发表的云系列文章中的一些商业观点。

When only a `phablet' will do

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:02

Just read an article “Nokia planning phablet for 2013”. The original information appeared in the Financial Times. Yes they put the word “phablet” into brackets, but everybody seems to know what they mean. Wonderful language that keeps expanding itself.

Car electronics portend the digital future

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 17:29

freedigitalphotos.net The world is increasingly becoming digital and interconnected. At the moment, our main focus is on human interactions, but that is changing quickly. The machine to machine communication is slowly but surely increasing.