IT Management and Cloud Blog

SaaS

Do we need a cloud standard or just one good old IT management standard?

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

It is my belief that what we today call the “cloud” will really just evolve into a complex IT infrastructure of the future, and in the end, will just be referred to as infrastructure. There is no doubt the traditional IT landscape of the last 20 years is going through a substantial transformation on […]

The Mighty Two - Zenoss

Monday, April 21st, 2008

And then their were two…
With Qlusters gone and IMHO, Groundwork feeding off the bottom there are only two commercially viable open source enterprise systems management (ESM) monitoring tools left on the market. Back in Feburary I did a post about Hyperic and now I wanted to get up to speed on the other - […]

Matching the Customer With the Right Cloud (Part 1)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Previously, I created a “Cloud Vendors A to Z,” and I have received a little push back from some of my new Cloud friends (mostly vendors). I put a stake in the ground by categorizing cloud vendors as either level 1, level 2, or level 3. Although I am still refining my definitions, the bigger […]

Cloud Computing Vendors A to Z

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I HAVE A REVISED VERSION OF THIS POST…
Cloud Vendors A to Z (Revised)

Salesforce.com Wasup

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

First, there were rumors about salesforce.com going directly to Oracle to solicit a buy. Now, insider trading reflects that almost 10% of its market cap has been sold by insiders exercising options… Wasup …

Salesforce.com execs cashed out $678 million and you haven’t

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Microsoft Switching Office to SaaS? Makes Total Financial Sense!

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Microsoft Switching Office to SaaS? Makes Total Financial Sense!

IBM: Out with the SAP and in with the SaaS

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Not really…
IBM, however, has recently added a new application on SalesForce.com’s AppExchange called IBM Information Server Pack for Salesforce that could allow IBM a little bit of a hedge if things should go sour with SAP.
IBM is going to make the application available for free in hopes that other companies and independent software developers create […]

Cote’ Takes a Closer Look a Paglo - DaaS

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Paglo Briefing - Search over your IT Junk, and hosted/SaaS too
DaaS = Discovery as a Service (You heard it here first!)

ESM and SaaS

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

An interview with Botchagalupe.
Johnmwillis:  Can ESM and SaaS work?
Botchagalupe:  Absolutely.
Johnmwillis:  Has it ever worked before?
Botchagalupe: No.  There have been a few tries over the years.  The first one I can remember was a company called SecondWave.   These were a bunch of Ex Tivoli execs that started a Tivoli training company.  Then they transformed into a […]

My kids don’t care about SOA…

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

They really aren’t up on the latest industry trends –AJAX, OSS, Web 2.0. They always appreciated the chotchkees I usually bring home from conferences but they never have been excited enough to ask where they came from. However, this time my new friends over at the OpSource booth at OSCON have started […]

Salesforce.com CIO Story

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Salesforce CEO leads charge against software - USATODAY.com
When I read stories about people like Marc Benioff I realize I should be selling shoes for a living.  This guy started his first software company when he was 15.   When I was 15 I was in somebody’s garage playing Deep Purple songs on my Stratocaster (among other […]

SaaS,SOA,OSS, and Green Score High on Top 10

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Top 10 trends in enterprise IT - Business - News - ZDNet Asia
Saas, SOA, Green, and OSS holding in there!