Y2K was the tipping point. Extraordinary innovations in processing power, storage capacity, networking capability and software applications had driven a growth phase in Enterprise technology that suddenly came to a screeching halt. Innovation ceased and many Enterprises faced the reality that Y2K hysteria, combined with an overreaction to the first phase of the web had [...]
Category: Technology
“This Isn’t Social. This is Only Business”
Have always found it fascinating when people use the expression, ” This isn’t personal. This is only business”. Business is highly personal. It is a means of self expression and self discovery. This isn’t to say that you don’t have to balance the needs of “the business” with the needs of “the individual” and as [...]
Enterprise Social Networking is an Oxymoron
Enterprise social networking sounds like one of those ghastly team building initiatives that otherwise well intentioned companies launch to facilitate employees getting to know each other. Posters with cute slogans, a series of awkward events with people standing around and someone leading the groups through an “ice breaker” exercise or two. The early stages of [...]
Oprah, The Kindle & InformationWeek
Oprah, The Kindle and InformationWeek. These are three brands that typically don’t get mentioned in the same sentence very often. The fact that they are just might suggest that there really is something going on with the growth of The Kindle. You may have heard this week that Oprah Winfrey endorsed the Kindle raving about [...]
The Kindle Matters
Blogging about media and technology feels trivial at a time when our global economy is in free fall and we Americans are preparing to select the next President of the United States in what seems like one of the most important elections in our lifetime. If I felt I had any unique insights or value [...]
The Biggest 10 Year Old I’ve Ever Seen
Earlier this week I attended a dinner at the Corporate Ecoforum. The event, founded and produced by our friend MR Rangaswami, software and venture veteran and cofounder of SandHill Group, draws together senior executives from across functions and industries to review successful state-of-the-art eco strategies and their implementation. Eric Schmidt the CEO of Google gave [...]
Chrome, Cloud & Convergence
My recent post on Google’s launch of Chrome generated a lot of discussion. My “unofficial editor” David Berlind (as a journalist I make a great media exec!) rightfully noted my referring to Chrome’s features; speed, multitasking and advanced security, as open source features was misleading. These desktop operating system and application like features represent the [...]
Nothing Like a Little Chrome
Ok. Stop ruminating about the travails of the Republican VP candidate and pay attention to something that is truly revolutionary. Google launched a new browser today called Chrome. Calling Chrome a browser however is like calling the iPhone a telephone. Chrome represents a fundamental shift. A final statement that the center of gravity in computing [...]
The iPhone Really is That Big of a Deal
Ok by now we’ve all been inundated with iPhone news. Breathless reports about the new 3G iPhone, including videos and photos of people waiting in line to buy it are all over the media. Heck I’ve even seen multiple blog posts about the traffic that iPhone blog posts are getting. Look under Job’s leadership Apple [...]
It’s About InfoWare
Is Microsoft buying Yahoo? Can Yahoo survive without a sale that aligns them with a larger company? Is Microsoft in a death battle with Google for control of web traffic? Is this a fight for eyeballs or actually something else? What is the strategy for “Microhoo” if indeed a deal ultimately goes through? Not that [...]
