(continued from Part 4 – The World Has Gone Mobile) Internet Browser Friendly or ERP Citadel? Many legacy ERP systems force users to access the full application via a VPN or Terminal Services connection and a heavy application running on…

Cloud Services is just a handy way of marketing the concept of leased application platforms running in a vendor’s data center and accessible over the Internet. Thus, instead of owning and running an application on-premise, in your own data…

MuleSoft is an emerging startup with a fantastic Cloud platform for connecting Cloud Services with other Cloud Services and On-premise APIs. I had the pleasure of being introduced to MuleSoft via a day at Lightspeed Ventures of Menlo Park, Ca with…

When getting ready to ink the normal 3-year deal with your Salesforce rep, you need to safely navigate your Salesforce support options: once you sign then you are locked in for the full 3-year term! That’s right, if you…

Nutanix is a new startup launching a converged data and compute SANless server for advanced data centers. I had the pleasure of being introduced to Nutanix via a day at Lightspeed Ventures of Menlo Park, Ca with eight other CIOs (or…

With the ever-growing number of solid Cloud (SaaS, IaaS) services, one is confronted with more and more SLA contracts which one must be adept at wading through and spotting the pitfalls for the enterprise. Recently I had the misfortune…

PernixData just came out of stealth mode and I had the pleasure of being introduced to them via a day at Lightspeed Ventures of Menlo Park, Ca with eight other CIOs (or senior staffers) from around the San Francisco Bay Area…

Pitching your product or service to a CIO is akin to meeting with that mythical unicorn – plenty of sightings and stories but you never actually get to meet with one! But, if you are lucky enough to get…

I had the pleasure of spending the day at Lightspeed Ventures of Menlo Park, Ca with eight other CIOs (or senior staffers) from around the San Francisco Bay Area interacting with and providing feedback on 10 emerging tech start-ups…

Hiring technical talent is half the battle and the other half is retaining them for the long-term and staying competitive in today’s market. Much like pulling together a mountaineering team to conquer new heights, your technology team is a…