GLG News by IT Infrastructure Software Experts

1.  Providing services to a customer is the way to grow revenue.  2.  The IT industry continues to consolidate.

Microsoft may never be able to catch up with VMWare’s lead in technology, but if they can produce the “Office” of virtualization they may not have to win the technology war to win the business war.  Providing an all-encompassing suite of virtualization tools at low prices will make a compelling...

 have completed 154 consultations for 67 investment firms in the past two years.  The analysts asked a lot of good questions, and none that I didn’t expect, about the performance of bank tech companies.  However, no one ever asked me about the competence of the sales force.  Not...

LAMP is the future of the Internet; MySQL has a toe hold with good partners; Consolidation, in this case, is good.

Requiring existing customers to completely re-write all existing Oracle applications customizations is a massive barrier to adoption. “Exponential” database growth and reduced performance will be just the icing on the cake, not to mention the inevitable bugs in a totally new software release. ...

Intel will launch their Menlow chipset for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) in H1 2008. This WiMAX enabled chipset will drive device manufacturers to bring their first generation of WiMAX MIDs to market, enabling users to connect to high speed wireless broadband services with a comfortable mobile computer...

The “success” of Vista seems largely tied to the fact it is the default OS on new PCs, particularly for consumers.  Enterprise users have not generally adopted Vista and at this point one must question whether Vista will ever be adopted by enterprises.  Unless Microsoft provides an enterprise-friendly...

New gadgets provide an opportunity for CIOs to show leadership, or not.  While executive toys may seem a trivial distraction to CIOs focused on enterprise-altering projects, they can be critical to the perception of IT within the executive ranks.  Working together with an executive to test...

1.  Hiring top talent and giving them flexibility to create is Key 2.  What are your competitive strengths as an IT organization?

1.  Cool technology now often arrives at corporations from outside of IT 2.  This creates an opportunity for IT professionals to bond with senior management.