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Fear and loathing in Washington: Why a recent survey found that 92% of government IT leaders have reservations about making the move to the cloud
July 27, 2011
Earlier in June in an article titled GSA $2.5 Billion Cloud Computing Procurement RFQ: Real Opportunity or a Mirage for SME Vendors, I reviewed the opportunity for SMEs relative to the U.S. Federal Government’s announced $2.5 billion cloud computing contracts. While the focus of the article centered on the supplier side of the equation it now […]
The same old song? Former senior government exec provides yet another interesting take on the cloud
June 13, 2011
It’s the same old song, but with a different beat . . . from the hit It’s the Same Old Song by the Four Tops (1965) Ian Burdon, who is the Director of Strategic Business Development at Elcom, and a former senior executive with the Scottish Government, offers the following bitingly relevant take on the […]
Coupa’s VP Service Delivery, Ravi Thakur throws his hat into the opinion ring regarding security in the cloud
June 11, 2011
This week’s series on cloud computing has been one of the most interesting and one of the, if not the most popular series of posts since the Procurement Insights blog was launched in May 2007. Besides your tremendous interest faithful readers, the feedback from industry experts as well as those from the vendor community has […]
Are The New Titans of the SaaS World Highlighted in 2009 Special Suffering From The Oliver Twist Syndrome When It Comes To Market Penetration?
June 10, 2011
Back in June 2009 I had aired a segment on the PI Window on Business titled Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World, which in hindsight is interesting in that at least 2 of the senior executives who participated in the panel discussion represent organizations that are shall we say walking lightly but […]
While the fat versus thin debate is no longer relevant in the cloud, ownership of and accessibility to sensitive data is now the key consideration
June 8, 2011
In their June 6th, 2011 ZDNET article titled Is the iCloud the end of the Linux & Windows desktop?, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols & Paula Rooney openly wondered about the relevancy of the fat versus thin client debate within the virtual realms of the cloud . . . or more specifically, iCloud. For those unfamiliar with […]
April 2009 Segment on Cloud Computing provides an interesting perspective in terms of present day realities
June 7, 2011
One of the things that I like best about the virtual realms of Internet Radio is the fact that all shows are recorded and easily accessed on-demand. Entering our 3rd year since the inaugural PI Window on Business broadcast on March 26th, 2009 on the Blog Talk Radio Network, it never ceases to amaze me […]
The Zimbra Advantage: Do Talking Heads and e-Mail go hand-in-hand in the cloud?
June 7, 2011
According to former Zimbra President and CTO Scott Dietzen, the name for Zimbra is derived from the song “I Zimbra” by Talking Heads. Back in January 2010, VMWare acquired Zimbra for $100 million from Yahoo, who ironically paid $350 million for the groupware product vendor back in 2007. Talk about a deep discount.At the time, […]
What’s really up in the cloud?
June 7, 2011
The majority (60 percent) of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are focused on improving existing IT systems and processes in order to find efficiencies, instead of buying new systems. As a result, says a survey, they have forsaken new technologies built around cloud delivery, for instance. from June 4th, 2011 Computerworld UK article SMBs […]
GSA $2.5 Billion Cloud Computing Procurement RFQ: Real Opportunity or a Mirage for SME Vendors
June 6, 2011
The Federal Cloud Computing Initiative is partnering with GSA SmartBuy and the Defense Department’s Enterprise Software initiative for the cloud services contracts. The contracts are reported to be worth an estimated $2.5 billion over five years. Multiple contracts are expected to be awarded. from May 10th, 2011 Washington Technology article GSA launches $2.5B cloud computing […]
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Socialized Purchasing (Part 2): Calculating the true value of the virtual world
July 27, 2011
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Brands mature to social easily measure efforts within a larger digital marketing dashboard as they natively understand how social, web, sales and marketing analytics work together. They focus less on the fuzzy and less actionable details within platforms they don’t control and instead measure the critical few. Brands immature in social think measurement is difficult […]