The Seamless Enterprise

Used to be that when you talked about a carrier, there wasn’t much doubt what you were talking about. In a lot of ways, the definition of a carrier was simply the “phone” company … or at least the company that provided your company’s data network or WAN. Now that definition has gotten a lot fuzzier. There are so many companies out there that are saying they can transport your voice and data, but they really aren’t a carrier … at least not in the sense that the old definition held. (more…)

Judging from the audience’s positive reaction, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse hit the nail on the head Monday when he presented on wireless technology in the health care industry. He couldn’t have chosen a riper industry. Even beyond all the political noise, this is an industry in transformation. Pressure? You got it–cost cutting and a huge push to increase the quality of care for starters.

Hesse says one key to all of this is wireless. He delivered his keynote address to the HIMSS (Health Information and Management Systems Society) annual conference in Atlanta. (more…)

In my previous blog, I reported on an interview with William Compton, CIO and VP-Information Management for ConvaTec, a leader and marketer of medical technologies worldwide.

After successfully leading a global company through a divestiture, William maintains a keen focus on IT as a business enabler. As there is an abundance of technologies, trends and issues to consider, I asked William to share his point-of-view as companies move forward in 2010. Here is Part II of the interview.

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Watch for the enterprise to drive mobile cloud computing adoption for the short term, before consumer applications help that side of the business catch up and surpass business usage. That was one of the take-aways from a December 10 ABI Research webinar on mobile cloud computing. (more…)

It’s that time of year to look into the crystal ball and make predictions for 2010. One of my favorite forecasts is that by Gartner. What I find most interesting is that it’s the users of technology, who are driving these technology trends in a big way. Did you know…

…that in less than five years, the growth of enterprise data is projected to be 650%! And, 80% of that data will be unstructured. We are sending and accessing data like never before, and enterprises need a way to manage and store this explosion of data. Look to such technologies as virtualization, automated tiering, and data duplication. (more…)