The basic idea of a product or a platform in enterprise software is to create a system that can meet many needs. The best products offer some sort of simplification or ease of use so it is possible to get a powerful result without having to master lots of complexity. The best platforms allow many […]
Given the state of the cybersecurity landscape here’s an interesting thesis: Managed Services firms will lead the creation of broader, integrated cybersecurity platforms. This idea came out of the podcast interviews I’ve done at RSA 2020 in San Francisco. After talking to Esentire, Reblaze, Tempered, and Sonrai Security, I have made a ton of progress […]
What’s Blocking Comprehensive Platforms for Cybersecurity? Here’s my research topic for RSA 2020 in San Francisco. Enterprise software goes through a predictable cycle in which point solutions are gathered into suites and then many suites are unified in platforms. For many domains, this offers customers the benefits of a broad set of integrated capabilities that […]
Every Oracle customer should pay close attention to the way that our friends in Redwood Shores have reorganized their support model to address a variety of forces that will reshape the enterprise software landscape in the next decade. There is a model that has been around for a few years, but has received little (if […]
On this episode of Early Adopter Research’s (EAR) Designing Enterprise Platforms podcast, Dan Woods, principal and founder of EAR, spoke with Rick Tracy, the chief security officer of Telos. Their conversation centered on the EAR research mission called “Creating a Balanced Cybersecurity Portfolio.” Tracy has significant hands-on experience as a chief information security officer executive, […]
Dan Woods brings the context of more than 25 years of experience in technology and journalism to his speaking engagements. Having interviewed more than 1,000 technology experts and authored more than 20 books, Dan adapts his vision of making technology work to virtually any context.
If you are facing a thorny IT problem, Dan Woods can probably solve it. Dan’s background as a CTO and his 25 years in the technology industry enable him to create new technology architectures and debug organizational problems while allowing everyone to be heard.
