The Seamless Enterprise

Let me start off with the facts: I’m not really a big fan of keynote addresses; 8 a.m. is an awful early start time, particularly if you make 30 or so wrong turns in downtown Atlanta on the way to said keynote; and the views expressed here are entirely my own (no one else has any interest in taking credit for them). (more…)

Anyone who doubts Sprint’s 4G prospects should take note of the recent results from its Business Markets Group (BMG), which fueled Sprint’s impressive quarterly financial results last week.

Big business market customer wins helped drive this strong performance. These include a slew of high-profile organizations such as PETCO Animal Supplies and a number of new and renewed federal agency contracts worth more than $500 million. The result: Sprint achieved the best sequential and year-over-year improvement in net postpaid subscriber results in its history. (more…)

You have to love independent surveys. I can stand up in front of customers all day and tell them how good a job Sprint is doing, but they tend to discount what I say since I work for Sprint. You can’t really blame them; they hear that from everybody. So it’s great when a third-party survey – particularly one done by two well-respected organizations – comes along and makes the point. (more…)

I am so pleased to report on part I of a recent interview with William Compton, CIO and VP-Information Management for ConvaTec, a leader and marketer of medical technologies worldwide.

With Americans focusing on the universal healthcare debate in the United States, what an incredible opportunity to talk frankly with a CIO in the healthcare industry. Not only did we talk about William’s perspective on the impact of universal healthcare on IT, we addressed topics such as green IT, unified communications, and cloud computing impacting enterprises in all vertical industries.

As you read William’s point of view, I invite you to comment on the business challenges and IT concerns you deem most relevant to your enterprise in 2010. (more…)

On December 29^th, Information Week announced that a German computer scientist cracked the encryption algorithm that secures 80% of the world’s mobile phones. This means more than 3 billion mobile users, in over 200 countries, could be compromised. That sounds big, but just how big is the threat, and what does it mean to your enterprise? (more…)