The Seamless Enterprise

In December I had the pleasure of being a guest blogger on Pulver.com. One of the issues I addressed related to technology groundwork necessary to effectively support social media in the enterprise. Because many of our followers were on holiday and may have missed the posting on Pulver.com, I thought it would worthwhile to revisit this subject here on the Seamless Enterprise. (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…)

Jeff Pulver made what I thought was an interesting observation in a recent conference call. We were talking about my guest blog over at Pulver.com, and he happened to comment about how in his pre-social media guru days, he was an IT guy at a brokerage house. (more…)

I too, have been listening to the banter around 4G. The discussions are everywhere, and everyone has an opinion. The fact is, WiMAX is here today, and the timing is especially good as Gartner anticipates a 650% increase in enterprise data growth over the next five years calling it the data deluge. As good as 3G networks are, they were not designed for this much data. The 4G WiMAX network on the contrary, is especially designed for the high demands of data delivery and access in a mobile environment. And it is clearly the speeds in which data is downloaded, the low latency, and the accessibility that is making the promise real today.  For enterprises, there is much that can be done on the WiMAX network.  (more…)