If innovation is to become the next core competency, it must become a truly collaborative discipline. Isolated R&D departments and ivory tower product strategies, unlinked from the market dynamics and abstracted from the actual capability to deliver, cannot handle the demand for innovations.

If innovation is to become the next core competency, it must become a truly collaborative discipline. Isolated R&D departments and ivory tower product strategies, unlinked from the market dynamics and abstracted from the actual capability to deliver, cannot handle the demand for innovations.

IT strategy

IT strategy

When you write about trends in software, you quickly realize that software ideas go through cycles and count their lives in years. They don't necessary die within a few years, but are more likely simply set aside like some senile grandparent that everyone ignores.

The time has come for IT leaders to plan for their next generation of supported remote Internet access, particularly as more mainstream end users are increasingly likely to attempt to use one or more of the various connection options, raising the probability of security lapses, creating new support issues, and increasing the cost of inaction.

The time has come for IT leaders to plan for their next generation of supported remote Internet access, particularly as more mainstream end users are increasingly likely to attempt to use one or more of the various connection options, raising the probability of security lapses, creating new support issues, and increasing the cost of inaction.

The time has come for IT leaders to plan for their next generation of supported remote Internet access, particularly as more mainstream end users are increasingly likely to attempt to use one or more of the various connection options, raising the probability of security lapses, creating new support issues, and increasing the cost of inaction.

The time has come for IT leaders to plan for their next generation of supported remote Internet access, particularly as more mainstream end users are increasingly likely to attempt to use one or more of the various connection options, raising the probability of security lapses, creating new support issues, and increasing the cost of inaction.

When you write about trends in software, you quickly realize that software ideas go through cycles and count their lives in years. They don't necessary die within a few years, but are more likely simply set aside like some senile grandparent that everyone ignores.

When you write about trends in software, you quickly realize that software ideas go through cycles and count their lives in years. They don't necessary die within a few years, but are more likely simply set aside like some senile grandparent that everyone ignores.

I've been hearing more and more about companies forming data integration competency centers (ICCs) in an effort to get a handle on their overall integration needs. What's fueling this trend is an increasingly competitive business environment, a proliferation of data, compliance issues, and an ever-growing demand for data integration capabilities across the enterprise.

I've been hearing more and more about companies forming data integration competency centers (ICCs) in an effort to get a handle on their overall integration needs. What's fueling this trend is an increasingly competitive business environment, a proliferation of data, compliance issues, and an ever-growing demand for data integration capabilities across the enterprise.

I've been hearing more and more about companies forming data integration competency centers (ICCs) in an effort to get a handle on their overall integration needs. What's fueling this trend is an increasingly competitive business environment, a proliferation of data, compliance issues, and an ever-growing demand for data integration capabilities across the enterprise.