GLG News by IT Infrastructure Software Experts

Oracle is getting close to delivering on their promises about Fusion.  If the final suite of products can match the early previews, they have achieved a “game-changer” in enterprise applications.

1. Paper and Pen are a natural for people when it comes to ideas and creativity 2. Simplicity is important when it comes to design

My experience with EDS goes back to 1962, not because it was day one for EDS, but instead, to tell you how bad I am at predicting success stories.  What I’m good at is predicting failures. 

Riverbed jumped into the WAN optimization market with innovative technology and an effective business plan.  Their success has justified the market, but they face an uphill battle against the big network vendors.  Ongoing innovation gives them some hope, but their long-term viability is at...

The release schedule for Windows 7 effectively means most enterprises will go directly from XP to 7.  Windows 7 appears to be Vista done right, with problems addressed and some nice functionality added.  If delivered as promised it should maintain Windows’ position in the market.

1.  The success of the iPhone is not its touch screen alone but rather the interface 2.  Will the interface of a touch screen work with a blackberry?

First, a few definitions for the sake of context clarity  -  A “solution” is any brand name system offered as an in-house system or outsource service, and driven by the owner of the system, or a third party.The group of 32 vendors includes any company that has customers that rely on that company...

1.  Lawsuits are a reflection that the market competition is very intense. 2.  Craigslist needs to focus on product solutions

Sun has tied its future to open source, but seems clueless on how to monetize open source.  Worse yet, they don’t seem to care!  Meanwhile their core revenue stream continues to dwindle.  Future prospects don’t look good.

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...