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Friday, June 12, 2009 7:13 AM/EST

How Enterprise Software Will Evolve in the Cloud

There's a lot of talk about the impact that cloud computing and software-as-a-service is going to have on enterprise software, but most of it is overly focused on the financial impact to the providers of such software. It's become...

Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:04 AM/EST

Synchronizing the Backup and Recovery Process

If you're goal is to speed the recovery process, then maybe it's time to rethink how you handle backup in the first place. That's the reasoning behind a GoodSync Enterprise offering from Siber Systems that saves files and documents...

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:42 AM/EST

Revenge of the Business Systems Analyst

One of the most frustrating things for anybody tasked with being in charge of integrating various systems is that they can pretty much easily see what needs to be done, but the amount of work that goes into making...

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:01 AM/EST

Gaining Virtual Visibility

One of the problems with virtualization these days, especially in large organizations, is that there is often a disconnect between the people overseeing the virtual machine environment and the folks tasked with running the physical servers. As a result,...

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:54 AM/EST

Self-Service Can Leave Customers Feeling Empty

The thing about anything involving self-service is that it's not usually particularly gratifying. And yet, all over the Web we see companies trying to reduce their customer support costs by deploying self-service applications that are all basically designed to...

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:16 AM/EST

Backup and Recovery Via the Cloud

When it comes to cloud computing in the enterprise, the first place this approach makes the most sense is the backup and recovery process. After all, backup and recovery is a thankless task that requires a lot of additional...

Monday, June 08, 2009 1:02 PM/EST

Simplifying the Compliance Process

Everybody knows that compliance is something that needs to be dealt with, but nobody is exactly sure how to best go about it. Unfortunately, the pressure to do something about builds daily. It's pretty clear by now that current...

Monday, June 08, 2009 6:55 AM/EST

Ken Olsen and the Rise of Cloud Computing

For those old enough to remember Ken Olsen, the iconic founder of Digital Equipment Corp, (DEC), these must seem like very odd times indeed. One of the things that led to the demise of DEC was Olsen's insistence that...

Friday, June 05, 2009 1:15 AM/EST

Microsoft's Ozzie Damns Google Wave with Praise

The launch of Google Wave represents an admirable attempt to advance the state of collaboration on the Web, but as a complex application Google's latest attempt to move into the application space is so complex as to be "anti-Web."...

Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:36 PM/EST

Time to Overhaul the IT Management Process

It's nobody's particular fault, but the way most IT organizations think about managing their daily operations is in the need of an overhaul. Over the years the way IT organizations manage applications and servers haphazardly evolved largely because so...

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