Tomorrow’s Tech Should be on Fire at VMWorld 2016
As I prepare to head out to the Las Vegas desert for this year’s VMWorld conference, I wonder what the future holds.
Yahoo Falls from Tech Boom King to a Piece of Verizon
From the perspective of the late 1990s, it seems almost unbelievable — that Verizon would buy former technology darling Yahoo for just a few billion.
Clouds Are in the Forecast for Network Management
Cloud computing has transformed many areas of business technology. Now it’s the network’s turn.
Microsoft/LinkedIn and the Business of Doing Better Business
According to Aberdeen Group’s Jim Rapoza, the Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn is a great deal, and has the potential to actually affect the way we all do business.
AI Assistants (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Loss of Privacy)
AI assistants, phones, computers, and intelligent devices in general, are potentially always listening to every word that we say. The big question is: Can we do anything about it, or do we even want to?
Don’t be a Looney Tune: With ITSM, Let Users Help Themselves
In Aberdeen’s research, leading ITSM organizations are much more likely to utilize self-service support to reduce overall IT costs and help make end-users more productive.
In the Case of Gmail, Mixing Business Email With Personal is Bad Business
There is one area where people think it’s great to mix personal and business, namely email clients. In fact, the Gmail Android app will allow for full Exchange support. If you ask Aberdeen’s Jim Rapoza, this could be a terrible idea.
Making Wireless Networks Better, Stronger, Faster
Many have started referring to the 802.11ac wireless networking standard with the much more marketing-friendly moniker of 5G WiFi. But no matter how you refer to it, are businesses rushing to adopt this new wireless networking technology?
Andy Grove and the Rise of the Computing Engine
With the passing of Intel’s Andy Grove, we reflect on his biggest accomplishment, which wasn’t in the technology, but rather a marketing move with the “Intel Inside” campaign.
Playing Russian Roulette with Your Infrastructure Can Lead to Big Downtime
In enterprise IT, businesses are betting on a 33% chance that they will experience no significant downtime in the course of a year, while ignoring the 33% possibility of downtime that will lead to losses of over $2 million.
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