Technology’s Impact on Accounting and Business
I recently participated in a panel discussion—which was (perhaps esoterically) titled “The Relationship Between Information Systems and Accounting In Practice:…
Business Intelligence and Why You Need It
Everybody’s talking about business intelligence (BI), and with good reason. Implementing an effective and comprehensive BI strategy is critical to…
The Economic Logic Behind Tech and Talent Acquisitions
There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology…
SAP Provides Facts over Fiction on SAP HANA and Launches NetWeaver in the Cloud
At the SAP TechEd conference in Las Vegas this week, the global software giant unveiled the latest versions of its technology, platforms…
How the Cloud is Changing the Data Center’s Bad Reputation for Energy Inefficiency
A few weeks ago, a New York Time’s article, the first in a series about cloud computing, The Cloud Factories:…
Big Data Insights Through Predictive Analytics, Open Standards and Cloud Computing
Organizations increasingly recognize the value that predictive analytics and big data offer to their business. The complexity of development, integration,…
Michigan Cyber Initiative Reports ‘People’ as Weakest Link in IT Security
Not sure where I was last year, but I somehow missed the entire Michigan Cyber Initiative launched by the State…
Cyber Summit 2012: Big Data, Small Presentations and Rock and Roll
Last week Cyber Summit 2012: Leading the Way in the Age of Big Data took place in Banff (October 1-3). Last week Cyber…
Industry Analyst Art or Fiction: Questionable Technology Predictions
I recently wrote about how technology vendors attempt to skew analysts’ and influencers’ research from the edit and review cycles controlled in…
Industry Exposé: Technology Vendors Skew Analysts and Influencers
In my more than a decade of writing on the trends and direction of the technology industry, occasionally I have…
