Lotus Gears Up To Embrace The Web, Rebuild its Developer Story, pwn Social Business
I was at Connect before Christmas, the annual Software Group meetup for industry analysts that follow IBM. See some coverage here by Coté. IBM’s Software portfolio is insanely big these days, so its hard to know where to start. But some interesting things are afoot. As Cote says: “When it comes to pulling in innovation […]
Pace Layering in Software: WebSphere Feature Packs vs Major Releases
One of the biggest challenges for any software organisation is how and when to deliver new functionality. Customers demand new features, yet they also don’t want to do anything to affect the stability of existing applications and services. This Hobson’s choice affects all software companies, as well of course in-house development – the app dev […]
IBM’s IOD Showcases DB2, Informix, InfoSphere. Now, About Marketing….
It was hard to decide where to look first in Las Vegas this year at IBM’s flagship information management event. Coming as it did on the heels of a massive, sprawling Oracle Open World, it was also overwhelming, but distinguished itself immediately by its focus. Whereas Oracle has smashed together hardware systems, apps, middleware, java […]
IBM Shows Broad Mobile Portfolio at Largest Lab
IBM employs 45,000 software engineers worldwide, and like all large firms, has been greatly expanding its overseas contingent, leading some in the US to complain that not enough is being done “back home.” In mid-June, IBM provided an answer with the opening of a new lab facility in the Boston suburb of Littleton, Massachusetts, one […]
IBM Impact 2010: Happy Partners and Cloud Certifications
Last week I was at IBM’s Impact 2010 – which used to be the company’s show for WebSphere customers but is now being rebranded as the “premier conference for business and IT leaders”. The business track was not my cup of Lapsong Souchong, but RedMonk is more about geeks than suits. But did the event […]
Hacking UK Politics with IBM Middleware: open data, mashups, and uh… WebSphere
One of my favourite app of recent times is Ben Marsh’s UKSnow, which uses people as sensors, and twitter as the collection mechanism – to track and visualise snowfall across the UK. So it was cool to come across a similar app of that tracks people’s likely voting preferences in the UK general election. Step […]
