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Debating failure and the cloud

Debating failure and the cloud

By Michael Krigsman on November 29, 2010

Following a recent panel discussion, that I moderated, on the broad impacts of cloud computing, Salesforce.com executive, John Taschek, conducted a video interview/debate with yours truly.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, defragcon, enterprise software, salesforce.com

Cloud impact: A state of the art discussion (podcast)

Cloud impact: A state of the art discussion (podcast)

By Michael Krigsman on November 19, 2010

As part of the Enterprise Irregulars track at this week’s Defrag conference, I moderated a panel of experts discussing the cloud. Enjoy this thoughtful and entertaining podcast.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, conferences, defragcon, Enterprise Irregulars, Marc Benioff, Podcast, Steve Mann

Online Privacy: You’re Doing it Wrong

Online Privacy: You’re Doing it Wrong

By Maggie Fox on November 17, 2010

Today I delivered a keynote at Defrag 2010, one of the best and most interesting conferences I am lucky enough to be able to attend (their tagline is “accelerating the a-ha moment”). I was pretty anxious about this presentation because it was in the “big room”, in front of all attendees, and they’re a smart, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Blog, defragcon, Privacy, Search and seizure, security, Social Media Conferences, TSA

The Cloud Economics : Emerging Signals

The Cloud Economics : Emerging Signals

By Sadagopan on November 17, 2010

Over the weekend, I finished reading the recently released Microsoft paper on the “Economics of the cloud”. As I head to Denver today for participating in the defrag panel on the impact of cloud computing in the enterprise irregulars track, I just…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Clouds, conferences, data center, defragcon, economics, Emerging Models, software as a service | 5 Responses

Defrag: Cloud economics, cultural change, and other exciting stories

Defrag: Cloud economics, cultural change, and other exciting stories

By Michael Krigsman on November 16, 2010

The cloud is pushing profound shifts in computing, the enterprise, and even our culture. Economics has an important to play in these changes.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud economics, conferences, Defrag, defragcon | 2 Responses

Follow the EI blogs?  Well Social Network With Us in Person! Oh, and Free Tix to Defrag...

Follow the EI blogs? Well Social Network With Us in Person! Oh, and Free Tix to Defrag…

By Steve Mann on November 1, 2010

The Enterprise Irregulars will be @ Defrag (Nov. 17-18 outside of Denver) this year, presenting a track on platform shifts.   We have five, yup five free passes to Defrag to give away.  But to get a free pass, ya gotta ask us a question.  The five people who pose the most interesting, most thought- provoking […]

Posted in Business | Tagged conferences, defragcon | 1 Response

You cant handle the truth

You cant handle the truth

By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 13, 2010

Hurricane Earl was whistling by the East Coast the week prior. Oracle OpenWorld comes up next week where I am sure we will be bombarded with talk about Exadata and other analytical tools. I am thinking ahead to my keynote on data and analytics at Defrag. Given all that, in the last few book events […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, BI, Black Swan, defragcon, Jack Nicholson, truth | 1 Response

The Enterprise Irregulars and Defrag

The Enterprise Irregulars and Defrag

By Zoli Erdos on September 6, 2010

(We don’t typically publish guest posts here, as this blog is meant to be a selected aggregation of our Members’s writing.  But I am making the exception now, fully quoting Eric Norlin’s post – you’ll see why.) I’ve long been a fan of the Enterprise Irregulars – and if you aren’t, you should be. The […]

Posted in Business | Tagged conferences, defragcon, Enterprise Irregulars | 3 Responses

The Chaos of BYOW (Bring Your Own Wi-Fi)

The Chaos of BYOW (Bring Your Own Wi-Fi)

By Zoli Erdos on June 15, 2010

It all started as an innocent joke: Robert Scoble was sitting in the front row @ Apple’s WWDC conference while I was following the tweetstream from home.  Little did we know out joke would soon turn serious, as Steve Job’s keynote demo crashed…

Posted in Business | Tagged byow, chaos, conferences, defragcon, evo, google i/o, hotspot, HTC, iPhone, mobility, Wi-Fi, wifi, Wireless, wwdc

Follow the Twitter Stream from the Defrag Conference

Follow the Twitter Stream from the Defrag Conference

By Zoli Erdos on November 12, 2009

The title says it all… just click the image.  Update: Defrag is now over, and so is our live stream.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged conferences, defragcon, Twitter

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