Many of us face challenges associated with the rapid growth in mobile application opportunities.

Many of us face challenges associated with the rapid growth in mobile application opportunities.

The onslaught of mobile devices into the office is no surprise. It has been going on for years, with workers bringing their PDAs, BlackBerrys, and smartphones to work, and, most recently, their iPhones and iPads.

It's worthwhile (I think) to have clear language established and agreed upon for any discussion.

It's worthwhile (I think) to have clear language established and agreed upon for any discussion.

Cutter colleague Jens Coldewey recently published a very incisive Advisor entitled "Pitfalls of Agile

Developing software in a way that enables reliable, repeatable deployments should not be a radical idea. Like many named concepts, devops makes formal the practices of many successful teams. This is also true of software development practices for agile and lean, and devops shares some values with agile -- especially a focus on delivering value to the business.

Most successful IT executives grasp the minimal appeal of business-alignment metrics focused on application downtime, system uptime/availability, speed of endpoint provisioning, mean time to repair

Most successful IT executives grasp the minimal appeal of business-alignment metrics focused on application downtime, system uptime/availability, speed of endpoint provisioning, mean time to repair

Lately, interest has been shifting from the physical layer of the Internet of Things toward a more abstract layer of a Web of Things (WoT),

Success with enterprise architecture depends on strategy, rather than on existing business processes.

There has been a lot of talk lately about Hadoop and MapReduce in the role of analyzing "big data."1 Our research shows, however, that use of Hadoop and MapReduce in traditional enterprises (i.e., non-Internet-based companies) remains quite limited compared to

In a 2010 Executive Update, I talked about the transition from a document-centric approach to knowledge management (KM) -- with its emphasis on content management systems (CMSs) and search engines -- to "social KM," in which, to quote the title I gave that Update: "It's not (just) what you know; it's who you know." 1

In a 2010 Executive Update, I talked about the transition from a document-centric approach to knowledge management (KM) -- with its emphasis on content management systems (CMSs) and search engines -- to "social KM," in which, to quote the title I gave that Update: "It's not (just) what you know; it's who you know." 1

In a 2010 Executive Update, I talked about the transition from a document-centric approach to knowledge management (KM) -- with its emphasis on content management systems (CMSs) and search engines -- to "social KM," in which, to quote the title I gave that Update: "It's not (just) what you know; it's who you know." 1

Software Development

Software Development

"Finally, I can get out from under the tedium and challenges of IT operations and simply harness cloud computing to meet my organization's computing needs."

"Cloud computing is more complex than the marketplace acknowledges. Before I do anything with third-party cloud services, I'd better do my homework."

"Finally, I can get out from under the tedium and challenges of IT operations and simply harness cloud computing to meet my organization's computing needs."

"Cloud computing is more complex than the marketplace acknowledges. Before I do anything with third-party cloud services, I'd better do my homework."

Cloud computing is truly one of the major technology shifts of our era. It's natural for a technology solution as pervasive and beneficial as cloud computing to be oversold to users with inflated expectations.

A healthy debate is going on about the relative merits and risks of the cloud computing model. Consultants are learning and writing about this, aggregating knowledge and opinion for the benefit of our clients and readers.

A healthy debate is going on about the relative merits and risks of the cloud computing model. Consultants are learning and writing about this, aggregating knowledge and opinion for the benefit of our clients and readers.

A lot has been said about cloud computing this year in the press and especially in marketing campaigns, much of it hype. It never ceases to amaze me how people continue to believe in silver bullets. One such popular perspective, illustrated in Figure 1, is particularly dangerous to the enterprise and to CIOs.

Cloud computing fits the classic modus operandi of emerging technologies inasmuch as it has been around for a long time -- at least 10 years -- waiting for the technology resources to become available. In the case of cloud, these would be broad network access and smart handheld devices. Without these technologies, it is possible to adopt cloud computing, but with severe limitations. With them, cloud computing becomes much more viable as a business resource.

Cloud computing fits the classic modus operandi of emerging technologies inasmuch as it has been around for a long time -- at least 10 years -- waiting for the technology resources to become available. In the case of cloud, these would be broad network access and smart handheld devices. Without these technologies, it is possible to adopt cloud computing, but with severe limitations. With them, cloud computing becomes much more viable as a business resource.