Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
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Why the next app gold rush won't just be on iTunes
- Managing Editor 04 Nov 2011 -
IT Disputes - Better Contracts Will Save You Money
27 Oct 2011 -
One to watch: Code-Breakers
- Managing Editor 27 Oct 2011
As enterprise app stores platforms become more commonplace, CIOs can start to focus more on the core business processes and services that help their firms stand out in the market
On my previous blog, I talked about IT disputes and how they occur. This blog advocates that you spend enough time on the preparation of your contracts so that they are properly negotiated and ...
This BBC documentary is well worth watching, if you are interested in the story of the men behind Colossus, the world's first semi-programmable computer, Narrated by Keely Hawes, Code-Breakers: ...
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VMworld 2011: Listen to Paul Maritz's keynote in Copenhagen
- Managing Editor 20 Oct 2011 -
VMware CEO Paul Maritz admits licensing will change to a consumption model
- Managing Editor 19 Oct 2011 -
ChangeBASE Microsoft Patch Tuesday Report 11th October 2011
- Managing Editor 11 Oct 2011 -
Rethink IT
- Managing Editor 11 Oct 2011 -
IT Disputes - Spotting them Early and Resolving Them Quickly
26 Sep 2011 -
What to Watch Out for When Migrating to Office 365
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Microsoft's Gordon Frazer comment leads to Dutch rethink on US cloud providers
- Managing Editor 21 Sep 2011
In his keynote presentaion at VMworld in Copenhagen, Paul Maritz, chief executive office at VMware, said, "One of the ways to categorise computing is by the type of application. In the cloud, we ...
In a questions and answers session at VMworld in Copenhagen, Paul Maritz, chief executive office at VMWare, responded to a question I posed on the recent, unpopular change to VMWare licensing. He ...
Executive SummaryWith this October Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, we see again a relatively small set of updates. In total there are eight Microsoft Security Updates, 2 with the rating of Critical ...
I recently met up with Dave Aron a Gartner Fellow in the CIO research group, to talk about the future role of the CIO. Aron believes CIOs need to rethink what the role of IT should be in their ...
You might say that you can spot an IT dispute as soon as you see a few emails from your IT supplier to you (the Customer) demanding payment (or some other remedy). You, the Customer, may not being ...
...doing a 'spring clean' and deleting unused or old files and archiving records at the outset will avoid wasted time spent migrating unnecessary data. This also has cost implications, as without ...
On September 5th Dutch Minister Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) responded to questions relating to US cloud companies storing Duth data and the impact of the US Patriot Act. The minister's ...
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IBM third-party maintenance breathes new life into mainframes
- Managing Editor 20 Sep 2011 -
IT Departments as business service brokers
- Managing Editor 19 Sep 2011 -
September 13th Microsoft Patch Tuesday Application Compatibility Report by ChangeBASE
- Managing Editor 14 Sep 2011 -
Accenture Chief Technology Innovation Officer argues the case for disconnecting your IT architecture
- Managing Editor 08 Sep 2011 -
VMWare puts Windows in a browser
- Managing Editor 30 Aug 2011
The European Competitions (anti-trust) Commission has ruled that IBM must publish information on mainframe spares for third party maintainers.It's fair to say the mainframe is not going away. Some ...
The flexibility of the Cloud is changing the dynamics of outsourcing arrangements. Katy Ring of K2 Advisory looks at how CIOs should manage these new opportunities.
With this September Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, we see again a relatively small set of updates in comparison to the lists of updates released by Microsoft in the previous months. In total there ...
A few weeks ago Accenture's Gavin Michael wrote on this blog about making information the key requirement of IT. In the blog post below he calls for a change in how IT thinks about itself. I have ...
At this year's VMWorld, VMWare is killing off desktop computing. Well, it is at least trying to convince the world, that thin client virtual desktop infrastructure is the way forward. There have ...