Mobile Security: How Safe is Your Data?
According to a recent Gartner study, smartphones accounted for 297 million (19%) of the 1.6 billion mobile phones sold in…
Cloudy with a Chance of Wrecking Your Business Model
Cloud computing is changing the manner in which consumers and businesses buy, manage and use technology. However, the impact of…
SAP Aims to be More Cloudy and Mobile in 2012 and Beyond
I attended the annual SAP Influencer Summit (Twitter #SAPSummit), at which executives from SAP meet with analysts and customers from…
Cloud ERP Comments
The use of cloud ERP technology and is growing. Over 50% of companies plan to increase their cloud spending over…
What Cloud and SOA Will Bring in 2012: Seven ‘Half-baked Ideas’
The year 2011 has been an interesting year in terms of SOA-cloud convergence, and the next year will see even…
‘Garbage in, garbage out’ — with a 2012 Twist
GIGO — or ‘garbage in, garbage out’ — has been the programmer’s mantra since the dawn of computing, with meaning…
The Elders of the Internet Have A Message for the U.S. Congress
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) was founded in 1990 as a donor funded non-profit with a focus on fighting for…
How to Share Bad Project News
In the spirit of the holiday season, I just wanted to bring some levity to the blog. I’ll leave it…
The Sum of All Fears: From Vulnerability to Exploit, the Importance of Patch Management
Why is patch management so important? If your servers aren’t updated and managed properly, your data and applications are left…