Enterprise IT: Moving CapEx to OpEx

This article is a transcript from a recorded conversation I had with Anatole Tartakovsky and Victor Rasputnis – my business partners at Farata Systems. This conversation took place on the mountain after the day of skiing. Yakov. There are many ways of creating Web applications and creating them for the enterprises is not the same as developing a Web site for a pizzeria in your neighborhood. During the last five years we’ve been using mainly Adobe Flex for development of the front end of Web applications. Flex applications work in a well known and predictable run-time environment called Flash Player. The code is compiled and you have convenient tools for development. Flex is undergoing “Under New Management” transformations these days. Even though Flex remains the best framework for development of Web applications, you can feel the pressure of HTML5. But using just HTM... (more)

Zuora President Shawn Price Joins Datameer Board of Directors

"Hadoop is an enormous opportunity in big data and cloud computing as companies today need to store and analyze massive amounts of structured and unstructured data," stated Shawn Price (pictured left), President of Zuora, as it was announced that he has joined Datameer's Board of Directors. Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, Datameer is a provider of end-user analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop.  It offers a data analytics solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use massive amounts of data.  Price brings to the company a wealth of successful ... (more)

CollabNet Adds Board Member and Senior Executives to Fuel Continued Growth in Agile ALM and Enterprise Cloud Development

BRISBANE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced the addition of Promod Haque, a managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners, as a new board member, and the appointment of two senior executives to its management team. In addition to Haque, CollabNet added Tony Farinaro as senior vice president, worldwide services and Laurence Sweeney as vice president, enterprise transformation. "CollabNet is coming off a record year of growth and success as ... (more)

Big Data Success in Government

On January 19, Carahsoft hosted a webinar on Big Data success in government with Bob Gourley and Omer Trajman of Cloudera.  Bob began by explaining the current state of Big Data in the government.   There are 4 areas of significant activity in Big Data. Federal integrators are making large investments in research and development of solutions.  Large firms like Lockhead Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, SAIC as well as smaller “boutique” organizations have made major contributions. The Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community have been major adopters of Big Da... (more)

Fixmo Announces Advisory Board, Adds to Board of Directors

We have previously written about the Mobile Risk Management leader Fixmo and their relevance to enterprise missions and I have shared my excitement to be on the advisory board of this very virtuous firm (see, for example, Fixmo And Mobile Risk Management For Enterprise and Government Agencies). Fixmo has just announced the full membership of their advisory board plus some additions to their board of directors. Other advisers include: Mr. Wilson “Bill” Livingood. Bill is one of the most interesting (and nicest) human beings I have ever met. He spent 33 years in the US Secret Serv... (more)