Actian CEO Steve Shine drives company growth to meet big data challenges. Under the leadership of CEO Steve Shine, Actian has become an aggressive acquirer of technology for data management, processing, analysis, and application development. Actian Acquires Versant, Pervasive Software and ParAccel In 2008 Actian bought the core code that became the Vectorwise high-performance database. […]
I’m told by people who would know that Jeff Bezos thinks of Amazon as a software company, not a retailer or an e-commerce company. I’m told by people who would know that Jeff Bezos thinks of Amazon as a software company, not a retailer or an e-commerce company. I have no doubt that large Internet […]
When I was in college I was fascinated by a book called The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology. When I was in college, I was fascinated by a book called The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology. Actually, I was most fascinated by the title. Sociology was not my thing. But now, finally, that thought has […]
You don’t need to put everything into an asset management system. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset and portfolio management from the perspective of the CTO, the effect […]
If you want to know what’s broken, talk to the people who do the work. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEo and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset management and portfolio management from the perspective […]
How do you go about pruning your IT estate? Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset and portfolio management from the perspective of the CTO, the effect and dictates […]
Consumerization is recognition that the footprint of IT has expanded beyond its typical boundaries. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset (Part I) and portfolio (Part II) management from […]
All of the information needed for a pruning analysis should be available as part of managing a well run IT shop. IT pruning is the practice of shutting down applications and systems that are not providing value. As Dan Woods pointed out in “Why Aren’t You Pruning Your IT?”, the largest, richest, most sophisticated companies […]
One of the most important enduring challenges facing CITOs is making sure that the technology portfolio is aligned at all levels with the needs of the business. One of the most important enduring challenges facing CITOs is making sure that the technology portfolio is aligned at all levels with the needs of the business. In […]
What you don’t know just may cost you money – lots of it – when dealing with Oracle. But just six smart steps, taken early, can help position most companies to get what they want out of their Oracle relationship without breaking the bank. Get Your Oracle Spend Under Control What you don’t know just […]
