Wal-Mart – Duh
It was reported by the Wall Street Journal that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in the midst of changing the way it prioritizes Information Technology …
Continue ReadingBuffett Goes Geek?
In a move that many Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway followers could call… ‘strange’, his company has systematically invested close to $11B in, …
Continue ReadingIs Dell Inc. Becoming a Serious IT Player?
I have been pretty tough on DELL in a past post (re: Acquisition of Perot Systems), but a recent, and very rare, …
Continue ReadingA Divorce of Titans
April 30, 2010 will be the death knell of the longstanding HP and Cisco partnership. For years Cisco has had a contract …
Continue ReadingDell’s Services Play – Quickly Integrated
My previous post consisted of my feeling that the acquisition of Perot Systems by Dell would not work and that the move into …
Continue ReadingProduct Rename-itis – A Pandemic?
Is it me, or has the IT industry recently been afflicted with an extremely bad case Product Rename-itis? Product Rename-itis. (Noun) Def: …
Continue ReadingCloud Computing – Caveat Emptor
I attended a Webcast yesterday that was jointly performed by global IT solutions organization and a global IT hardware and software vendor. …
Continue ReadingThe True Value of IT
This subject has been debated for as long as there has been electronics. Recently, due to the current economy and other external …
Continue Reading“Green IT”
I believe that the popular ‘Green IT’ movement is only a corollary to the increasing pressures of data center over-utilization and server sprawl. Yes, …
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