Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking.
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- The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?
- This year has been one of relatively grand alliances between emerging cloud computing vendors as they fill holes in their capabilities and try to create appealing one-stop enterprise cloud services. We’ve seen major announcements so far from IBM and Juniper, Cisco/EMC/VMware, and most recently BMC and Salesforce....
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- The 'social enterprise' comes of age
- Social computing has catapulted to the forefront of discussion among enterprise thought leaders. Here's some of the exciting reasons why. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?
- Many enterprise IT investments lead to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches - but often forgotten is the culture of an organization itself. Commentary - While any planned enterprise IT investment leads to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches, too often left out...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I
- (NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog. Â Let's see how that...
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Social computing in the enterprise, part two
- Part two of a video conversation between Forrester analyst Natalie Petouhoff, ZDNet blogger Dion Hinchcliffe, and me on issues around social computing in the enterprise. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Social computing and the enterprise, part one
- Part one of a video conversation between Forrester analyst Natalie Petouhoff, ZDNet blogger Dion Hinchcliffe, and me on issues around social computing in the enterprise. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Who's afraid of the big bad cloud?
- Not even hybrid apps?Right, got it. You hate everybody who doesn't buy your religion, which doesn't even allow for hybrid applications."I ask why I?d entrust sensitive data to a user with a laptop."You're right, companies can't even trust their own employees. Heck, let's send everybody home and dissolve the whole...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
- The proof will be in implementationAll of these lofty goals are one thing. Making it happen in code is quite another. It sounds like they are just giving a laundry list of what people want them to say. I'm in the "believe it when I see it" camp. Good intentions...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed
- Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chatter: Amplified
- Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Reduce Cost and Improve Service Levels with Application Performance Monitoring Simplification
- Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...
- Webcasts 2009-11-19
- Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage
- The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Elastra beefs up automation offering for enterprise cloud computing
- Elastra Cloud Server helps IT organizations leverage the economics of cloud computing, while preserving existing architectural practices and corporate policies. by Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Next year is THE year for cloud computing
- Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010. Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it?s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It?s especially difficult...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost
- Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust. SINGAPORE--The cloud computing revolution and momentum consumers have driven toward technology adoption are helping consumer- or Web-based businesses such as...
- News items 2009-11-12
- Enterprise 2.0: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?
- This week in Frankfurt at the Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT and last week at the inaugural Enterprise 2.0 Conference West in San Francisco has been an good microcosm of the state of the industry. It does appear that we're entering a new stage in the maturity of enterprise social computing. ...
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
- UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays
- Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Social means business
- Social computing is one of Forrester's top 15 enterprise technologies to watch. by Rob Koplowitz
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?
- Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
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