Caffeine Headaches
A good thing can quickly go bad with excessive popularity. Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies Management takes a look at how Java’s popularity, which led to its acquisition by Oracle, may lead to its demise in this post to the SandHill.com Blog on Megavendor Watch.
A Better Way to Anticipate Downturn
Credit markets, though harder to follow than equity markets, provide clearer signs of looming economic decline. Learn more in this article from The McKinsey Quarterly.
Tech Execs: Join a Dinner Briefing in Palo Alto on Nov. 18
To meet enable businesses to work more virtually and efficiently, companies must build a roadmap for their internal and external constituents that is innovative and transformational and does more with less. Join Cognizant and SandHill.com on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto, Calif. for the third annual executive dinner briefing to discuss “A Roadmap for Next-Generation Technology Solutions.”
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Top Stories from the Past Week
- New Research Gives Hard Numbers on How Cloud Computing Improves Environment (eWeek)
- Oracle’s Larry Ellison Takes Stand in SAP Case (SFGate)
- Global CIO: Top 10 Stories of 2010: New Strategies, Platforms, & CEOs (InformationWeek)
- RightNow spurns Oracle for NetSuite (ZDNet)
- The Seismic Shift in the Enterprise (CIO)
The Latest Software Business News on SandHill.com
All Headlines: IBM launched new grant program that will provide technology to help solve demanding challenges in 100 cities.
VC Activity: VC spending falls but funnels investments in software.
M&A Deals: Oracle to continue acquisitions with ATG.
Executive Moves: Cloud-based business analytics provider Anametrix named John Burke Chief Financial Officer.
Quote of the Week
“The study's findings confirm what many organizations, large and small, have already discovered: Cloud computing is more economical and IT resources are used more efficiently when business applications such as these are run in a shared environment.”
- Accenture Manager of Cloud Services Manager James Harris on the carbon footprint of cloud computing
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