I've been saying for some time now that in order for Hadoop to really make it in the mainstream enterprise, it needed to provide better support for traditional SQL-based data management and analysis tools and offer the kind of interactive functionality that business users have come to expect from their BI environments.

I've been saying for some time now that in order for Hadoop to really make it in the mainstream enterprise, it needed to provide better support for traditional SQL-based data management and analysis tools and offer the kind of interactive functionality that business users have come to expect from their BI environments.

A few years ago, I wrote an Advisor titled "As the 'Net Kills Newspapers, Who Pays for Free?" about the problems that serious newspapers and magazines all over the world face from the Internet and electronic media.

"Disciplined Agile" may sound like an oxymoron and has certainly been controversial for some in the Agile community, but it is essential for sustained success. Discipline does not mean "heavy-handed" -- we all know that too much management, overplanning, overdesign, and overly large projects are not effective. However, undisciplined teams that use Agile as a justification to avoid doing what is necessary are also not effective ... and, by the way, are not Agile.

Given the rapid expansion of social and mobile technologies, organizations have increasing opportunities to connect with customers.

Given the rapid expansion of social and mobile technologies, organizations have increasing opportunities to connect with customers.

This is the final Executive Update in a three-part series examining a compelling and rapidly growing trend at the intersection of mobile, Web, and cloud technologies (among others): augmented reality (AR), which is enriching the physical world with digital information.

This is the final Executive Update in a three-part series examining a compelling and rapidly growing trend at the intersection of mobile, Web, and cloud technologies (among others): augmented reality (AR), which is enriching the physical world with digital information.

This is the final Executive Update in a three-part series examining a compelling and rapidly growing trend at the intersection of mobile, Web, and cloud technologies (among others): augmented reality (AR), which is enriching the physical world with digital information.

For established firms, the large-scale market trends of the past 20 years have brought myriad challenges due to the still-increasing rate of change.

In case you missed it, Doug Engelbart, one of the great thinkers of the computer age, passed away recently.

In recent Advisors I have explored the differences between product and project thinking in software development and the importance of long-term thinking to sustain an economically successful software system (see "On Projects, Products, and Gaming Theory" and "Software As an Asset").

While there have been numerous attempts to develop Agile metrics through the years, it remains a difficult issue as we explore in this Executive Update. This is as much due to the "rules" of agility as it is to the nature of Agile processes themselves.

Business architecture helps portfolio managers prioritize IT-based projects by mapping projects to a business capability architecture (BCA). A BCA can aggregate what's important, urgent, and doable in an organization, and this aggregation can then be used to prioritize projects.

Several weeks ago, I discussed how collaboration by Silicon Valley tech companies with the US National Security Agency (NSA) in its data gathering program (i.e., "Prism") could pose problems for US-based cloud companies (see "US Cloud Companies and the NSA's Data Col

Several weeks ago, I discussed how collaboration by Silicon Valley tech companies with the US National Security Agency (NSA) in its data gathering program (i.e., "Prism") could pose problems for US-based cloud companies (see "US Cloud Companies and the NSA's Data Col

Companies are now using business intelligence in concert with active wireless RFID tags deployed on company equipment and personnel in order to better track, monitor, and manage such assets in real time.

Companies are now using business intelligence in concert with active wireless RFID tags deployed on company equipment and personnel in order to better track, monitor, and manage such assets in real time.

Companies are now using business intelligence in concert with active wireless RFID tags deployed on company equipment and personnel in order to better track, monitor, and manage such assets in real time.

Software running on mobile devices has grown to a level in which it has earned major status on the overall system's usability, capabilities, and performance.

In The Art of Agile Practice, I discuss why organizations should embed the values and practices of Agile within their existing planned and formal approaches and how they can go about doing so.

As the role of enterprise architecture widens in scope, the number and variety of stakeholders increases. And as the complexity of the EA landscape increases, requirements become more fluid and difficult to define.

With over 2,000 collaboration vendors offering solutions, is it hard to determine which is the best one for your organization? Or is that the wrong question?

Big Data is having important effects upon infrastructure requirements, particularly as we move into a need for real-time analysis and prediction.

Big Data is having important effects upon infrastructure requirements, particularly as we move into a need for real-time analysis and prediction.