GLG News by Asset Management Software Purchasers and Evaluators

Cloud computing will increase productivity, reduce technology burdens, and improve cash flows as monthly subscriptions/utility services.  While we are at the forefront of a new technology generation, SaaS/cloud computing will evolve and as it does, client installed software, locally stored data...

Metro WiFi is a model that at first sight made sense except that everyone forgot about the one key requirement.  Revenue!  I once heard a quote that said "The definition of insanity is vision without funding"  There are two models for WiFi from my perspective.  Pay for service or...

Desktop virtualization has always been an enticing proposition, but it was never able to overcome the practical limitations, and more importantly never gained acceptance from the user base.  However, the proliferation and acceptance of browser based applications, proliferation of...

Security issues + poor keyboard form factor + lack of Exchange 2003 compatibility + high cost all equate to lack of adoption by businesses as RIM replacement.

The most recent round of virtualization technology has been highlighted by the dynamic emergence of VMware as one of the hottest products around. Of course virtualization has been around a long time both on the mainframe (IBM) and the desktop (Citrix). But why has this latest round of products grabbed...

The big will continue to get bigger; there is very little doubt about that trend continuing. The question will be who does it better? Financial institutions prefer to buy technology from large established providers. The SOX requirements to demonstrate a significant effort on vendor management drives...

•     Onus on VMWare, XenSource, etc. to comply with Microsoft software, not the other way around •     Microsoft has virtualization software of their own •     Expect Microsoft cooperation today, competition tomorrow

Salesforce fills its niche very well.  It remains true to its original cause and has a large and loyal customer base.  Its not all things to all people, not does it make sense in all CRM opportunities, but there is no competitor out there that is as robust at what it does.  As long as...

Yahoo seems to be fading in the rear-view mirror of Google, yet has some features that loyal users still favor.Google's got its sights on the corporate desktop, so how does Microsoft intend to maintain its dominance.Can this combination squeeze Google out of its explosive growth path?  I don't...

Video conferencing has always been a nice idea.  Early experiments prior to 2000 were interesting novelties, but really not very practical.  Over the past several years, only the largest global corporations have had some success using video conferencing in limited scenarios.Is video conferencing...