Innovation Incubating in Emerging Economies

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By Mike Anderson I read an interesting blog post by Microsoft exec Fernando de Sousa about technology change in Africa and how it presents investment opportunities. A contention was that Africa is an incubator for innovation that will be a source for change affecting the rest of the world. Innovation Enablers One great point was that [...]

Cloud: Is your Cloud Vendor ready for You?

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By Jim Lundy You can’t read a technology blog today without getting hit with Cloud. The question that asked most often is: Are you ready for the Cloud? I’d like to suggest that you flip it and see if your vendor’s Cloud is really ready for you and your needs.  The problem with Cloud, Applications [...]

Cisco Live Summarized in Four Words: Execution, Network, Cloud, Jabber

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By Jim Lundy Cisco held its annual Cisco Live Networking Education Event this week and we were in attendance at the San Diego Convention Center. Cisco had over 17,000 customers and partners in attendance as well as a number of Industry Analysts. Chairman and CEO John Chambers gave a compelling business update on Cisco’s progress over [...]

Enterprise Social Networking – Moving at Cloud Speed

By Jim Lundy Enterprise Social Networking was a hot topic this week as I was out and about in Silicon Valley. The conversation with many users was about picking up the pace of business. Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), when implemented correctly, can allow people to communicate and collaborate faster, particularly people who are geographically dispersed. [...]

Cloud Collaboration With Google Docs

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By Mike Anderson Google docs has been in the stable of my workplace tools for about a year. Having been one of the hundreds of millions of Microsoft Office users, my startup was characterized by a few fits and starts. While it is simple enough to get basic things like creating a new file done, limitations [...]

BYOD, Mobile & Cloud – An Afternoon With UT Dallas

By Mike Anderson Yesterday was Friday the 13th, and I had the good fortune to spend the afternoon with Dr. Michael Savoie of UT Dallas. Michael is Director of the Center for Information Technology and Management in the School of Management. The “An Afternoon With …” program provides a two-hour forum to address prominent IT topics. [...]

Cloud Trends Panel with Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon

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By Jim Lundy At the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s 16th annual Intergovernmental Technology Conference (ITC), I moderated the opening panel on Trends  in Government Cloud Computing. It featured the biggest names in Cloud and a few others. The panelists were mainly regional executives from Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon from the Mid-Atlantic area. It was great [...]

Social Network Analysis Just Got Better with Saba DNA

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issue:  How will social software technologies evolve? Summary: Saba announced a robust social network analysis tool that works as part of its Saba People Cloud social platform. Event: At its Saba Global Summit user group event in Miami, Saba announced its Dynamic [...]

SuccessFactors Jams with its Learning Customers, Expands Cloud Focus

To view a PDF of this Aragon Research First Cut, click here. Summary:  On October 17th, SuccessFactors held its Insights Customer and Analyst Event in San Diego, where it unveiled Jam, its social collaboration and learning platform. Event: Event: At SuccessFactors’ learning focused user conference, it unveiled its updated Social platform called Jam and promised [...]