Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
My earlier post on the announcement that Unisys will migrate the General Services Administration to Google Apps for Government talked about why the announcement was getting so much attention. Today I want to explore some of the reasons why this announcement is an historic one.
I don’t use the word “historic” lightly. But GSA’s decision to [...]
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Mobile devices and other consumer-driven technologies are set to increase transaction volumes by an order of magnitude. Now is the time to start preparing your data center and enterprise applications for this shift.
But be forewarned: The challenges you will face are not necessarily technical in nature. Technology is the easier part. But before you can [...]
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
This week’s consumerization headlines focus on the transformation of workplaces and the IT industry in response to the newly empowered worker. Read on to learn how the way we do business is forever changed.
CNET discusses real-world examples of companies struggling to separate corporate and personal data on workers’ mobile devices: Putting employees’ smartphones to work
Harvard Business [...]
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Can you imagine a day at work without your state-of-the-art business enabler, be it the BlackBerry Bold, iPhone 4, Android, or another mobile device? For most people I know, it’s a difficult situation to envision. When I don’t have my Blackberry Storm at my fingertips, I can’t get my work done as fast. Any reader [...]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
The recent release of new generation devices like Apple’s iPad, which is expected to sell almost 10 million by the end of this year, has started a new kind of race among the computer manufacturers that we have not seen for a long time. Other news that captured the headlines in the past month was [...]
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