Category Archives: Technology

Blog More …

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin

I was told I have to Blog more — i’m not sure if that is an indication someone feels I have more wisdom to share or my small readership has more time to spare. Anyway, I find blogging a hard … Continue reading →

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Family Innovation

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

My son has been working off and on over the last few months to develop his own app for the iPhone. He started programming at the ripe young age of 10 with Visual Basic and now has evolved to building … Continue reading →

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Competing with On-Line

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

Kids are exposed to the vast and unconstrained world of on-line from an early age, finding it harder and harder to want to spend time in the real-world, as it just does not stack up. You can see this perhaps … Continue reading →

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Rising Stars

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin

I attended and spoke at a technology entrepreneur conference in California this week — aside from the group witnessing the unique event of the Toronto Maple Leafs winning an away game (I admit they played well), i also had the … Continue reading →

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Customer Advisory Councils to Affirm Product Strategy (“don’t let the tail wag the dog”)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by admin

Many companies attempt to set up customer councils or advisory boards to help direct product strategy. One of the many challenges is to find customers (or other potential partners or users) who both have the time to participate, but more … Continue reading →

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PlateSpin Changes Hands Again

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

It’s hard not to comment on what has happened this week to the PlateSpin assets.  As Novell completes its transformation through the sale process to Attachmate, i can’t help but wonder if Novell is analyzing what went wrong. Why couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Is Cloud Computing Cloudy?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

The IT industry is famous for creating nebulous trends that consumers, even the most technical, are unable to digest. Cloud computing may be the pinnacle of this as the centerpiece catalyst to change the way IT is used. No one … Continue reading →

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Run Your Own SAS Model

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin

I have increasingly fallen in favor of companies exploring entering the SAS market — i don’t mean just selling their solutions to ISPs/SAS, etc but becoming a SAS vendor themselves. Many products in the systems management arena lend themselves well … Continue reading →

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Workload Portability – is it the Backbone of The Cloud?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

For those who know the history of PlateSpin, the term Workload Portability is synonymous with much of its product strategy. An idea that surfaced almost 10 years ago, came to fruition in the height of PlateSpin’s success, is enjoying a renaissance at … Continue reading →

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