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How Absolute Protects Patient Data At Apria Healthcare

By Louis Columbus on March 26, 2020

Bottom Line: Healthcare providers need to adopt more persistent, resilient endpoint cybersecurity to thwart cybercriminals who are escalating their efforts to steal healthcare records. Motivated by up to $1,000 being offered on the Dark Web for healthcare records, cybercriminals are prioritizing healthcare breaches for financial gain. Endpoint Resilience Is the Cornerstone of Apria Healthcare’s Cybersecurity […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Absolute 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report, Absolute Persistence technology, Absolute Resilience, absolute software, Apria Healthcare, cybersecurity, Dell, Geofencing, Healthcare providers, HIPAA, hp, Lenovo, Louis Columbus' blog

Turns Out, 85% of the World Likes “Contact Me”.  Even Though You Don’t.

Turns Out, 85% of the World Likes “Contact Me”. Even Though You Don’t.

By Jason M. Lemkin on October 23, 2014

I know you are probably like me.  You go to a web service.  What do you do?  Free trial.  Sign Up Now.  The very, very last button I am going to touch is “Contact Me.”  The last thing I want, as a web-centric small customer/user, is some sales rep selling me on some product I just […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Dell, Entrepreneurship, SaaS, SaaStr, sales, software as a service, startups, Web service | 1 Response

Quips: What the Google Motorola – Lenovo Deal Is Really About

Quips: What the Google Motorola – Lenovo Deal Is Really About

By R "Ray" Wang on February 7, 2014

Google Enters China Via Lenovo While Counter Balancing Samsung On January 29th, 2014, Mountain View based Google announced it would sell it’s Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese based Lenovo for $2.91 in cash and stock.  The deal cuts across many spectrum including mobile OS, computing wars, and search.  Here’s 12 talking points: Source: Not sure, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged #mobilebiz, #mobileOS, acquisition, acquisitions, Amazon, Amazon.com, apple, Apps Strategy, BYOD, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Dell, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, ibm, Lenovo, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile enterprise, Mobile OS, mobility, motorola, News Analysis, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, search, Search Engines, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

By R "Ray" Wang on July 1, 2013

Oracle’s recent partnership announcements to supply Oracle technology to key cloud vendors such as Microsoft, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com create serious implications for the market.On June 28, 2013, Esteban Kolsky, Holger Mueller, and R “Ray” Wang discussed the implications  of Oracle’s recent partnerships for: Salesforce customers Microsoft customers NetSuite customers Oracle customers Cloud competitors such as Amazon, Google, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged @ekolsky, @holgermu, @larryellison, #bromance, Azure, benioff, Cloud, Dell, Esteban Kolsky, HANA, Holger Mueller, hp, ibm, Larry Ellison, Larry's Kids, Marc Benioff, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, R, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce, sap, saphana, Software Insider, SoftwareiInsider, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, TeleNovella, Vertica, Zach Nelson

HP and CSC beware: Dell is quietly becoming a major threat to the traditional IT services providers

HP and CSC beware: Dell is quietly becoming a major threat to the traditional IT services providers

By Phil Fersht on June 3, 2013

It is my personal belief that the likes of HP and CSC will be sweating from the oncoming threat from the Austin-based firm’s $8.5 billion services arm in the not-too-distant future, not to mention some of the flagging Indian firms struggling to rediscover their mojoes.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Dell, Enterprise Irregulars, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, Industry-specific Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Michael Dell, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Vendors, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

By Louis Columbus on May 14, 2013

  Evangelizing development on any cloud computing or enterprise platform is challenging, costly and takes a unique skill set that can educate, persuade, sell and serve developers at the same time. The companies who excel at this exude technical prowess and as a result earn and keep trust.  For Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon Web Services, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, Dell, enterprise software, iaas, Infrastructure as a service, Louis Columbus' blog, Magic Quadrant, Rackspace, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:AMZN

Dell in Deal to Go Private

Dell in Deal to Go Private

By Denis Pombriant on February 5, 2013

Just last week I was writing about the importance of sometimes ignoring Wall Street analysts whose focus on quarterly earnings can force a company into neglecting its best interests.  Bowing to the demands of quarterly reporting (and profits) reflects short-term thinking that might prevent long-term success.  Today Dell decided to go private in a $24 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged boomi, Dell, intel, Michael Dell, microsoft, private equity, Sun Microsystems, Wall Street

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04

By Dennis Moore on January 4, 2013

Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past two months (or so): Salesforce.com had a strong Q3. NetSuite had a strong Q3. HP did not. Workday had its IPO. It’s doing well, with a market cap just over $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, analytics, android, apple, BI, Big Data, business intelligence, Cassandra, Cloud, Database, Dell, Dennis Moore, Ensw, Facebook, google, hadoop, HANA, Hewlett-Packard, hp, iaas, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPad, iPhone, IPO, IT, IT Failure, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, mobile, netsuite, NoSQL, Open source, oracle, PaaS, Patent, patent troll, RIM, SaaS, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, SAP AG, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, vc, VMware, workday, Yahoo | 1 Response

Dell Launches Social Media Services Practice

Dell Launches Social Media Services Practice

By Michael Fauscette on December 9, 2012

One of the biggest concerns I hear from companies about social business in general is the lack of services / consulting expertise to help with implementation and operations. There is a skills gap today across all of the functional areas…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Customer, Dell, services, smm, socbiz, Social, social consulting, Social Media | 1 Response

Sustainability, social media and big data

Sustainability, social media and big data

By Tom Raftery on November 1, 2012

The term Big Data is becoming the buzz word du jour in IT these days popping up everywhere, but with good reason – more and more data is being collected, curated and analysed today, than ever before. Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter announced last week that Twitter is now publishing 500 million tweets per day. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged american red cross, Big Data, Dell, Facebook, GE, grid iq insight, Health, Radian6, safety, sandy, Social Media, Sustainability, Twitter

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