Many of us use Twitter, a free cloud-based service, to market ourselves and conduct one-to-one business development. Unfortunately, hackers brought Twitter down several times already this month with Denial-of-Service attacks. This begs the question, “when should we invest in obtaining our own clouds—vs. sharing free crowds with others?”…
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This week was the first Open Government & Innovations (OGI) conference in Washington, DC. What was special about this was that it combined the Obama Administration’s push for Transparency & Open Governance with the momentum to adopt “All Things 2.0.” It was a great conference. However I came away with some second-level observations that...
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I know this post is a little more promotional than my standard posts. However, the SIIA just validated (again) the business and technical design principles I often speak about at The Corner Office...
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I will be a panel speaker the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Interactive Media initiative next month discussing how Web 2.0 is creating new challenges for CxOs in how they manage technology. To prepare, I am starting a series of posts on the challenges I face day-to-day on this (and how they are different from...
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Many intermingle the terms "Application Service Provision (ASP)" and "Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)." However, these can be very different. It is important to confirm what your getting when you buy and ASP-based solution to ensure you avoid surprise costs...
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The launch of the enterprise application market was a great step forward for software. It significantly reduces the risk of using software to enhance enterprise operations and provided much-needed standardization that allowed CIOs and CTOs to acquire knowledgeable staff and adopt best practices. However, it takes a careful approach -- and a...
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I could title this, "Confessions of a Serial In-house Build-over-buy Guy" as I was guilty of doing this many, many times. Regardless of how good your team is (I have been privileged to lead some of the best) and how unique your requirements are, it will ALWAYS be more expensive to build "it"...
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Regardless of your political orientation, the wrap-up of 2008 has clearly not been what we all hoped for in terms of the economy. The recent free-fall in the economy has affected much more than the financial capital markets--it has hammered the IT and software capital budgets of nearly every business (just ask any...
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