Even though today’s crowning ceremony in Amsterdam enjoyed some modest sunshine, the temperatures across Europe are at an all time low. A more reliable indication that spring has started, are the annual Cool Vendor reports being published.
For the first time this series includes a note dedicated to cloud activity...
The spring of 2013 is off to a cool start
by Gregor Petri | April 30th, 2013
The Travesty of Security Questions: +1
by Craig Roth | May 20th, 2013
Jack, I think you’re on to something with your post on The Travesty of Security Questions. In addition to yours, I have my own issues with security questions. Life is complicated and doesn’t offer easy answers to these questions. First is one you touched on, which is the ambiguity built...
The Travesty of Security Questions
by Jack Santos | May 20th, 2013
It used to be a good idea. Ask something that was immediately obvious and only knowable by YOU or a very few people – and make it the last line of defense for a password reset or some other high-security function. Mother’s maiden name. City you were married in. Make...
Yahoo Goes Big and Buys Tumblr
by Allen Weiner | May 19th, 2013
In what has been a relatively slow year for big acquisitions in the tech world, Yahoo’s board has approved a billion-dollar-plus layout to buy Tumblr, a blogging platform that has over 100 million blogs as of mid-May 2013. For Yahoo, the Tumblr purchase represents its first big move under Marissa...
Acoustic Mirrors and Contextual Communications
by Hank Barnes | May 15th, 2013
This past weekend my daughter (who I have referenced in several posts) graduated from NC State University--Summa Cum Laude and Phi Betta Kappa and heading on to UNC Chapel Hill for Medical School(proud parent addition of information irrelevant to this story). During the weekend, she took several out of town...
Announcing: Cool Vendors in Consumer Goods, 2013
by Don Scheibenreif | May 17th, 2013
At Gartner, one of our favorite reports as Analysts is the Cool Vendors report each team does every year. By definition, Cool Vendors are small vendors that offer innovative products or services. The innovation may be in how the product works or in what can be accomplished by those using...
Reminiscing on AADI London 2013
by Eric Knipp | May 17th, 2013
I am heading back to Germany after a few fun days in London at the Gartner AADI conference. We had a good show, with a high level of attendee enthusiasm and interaction. I had good 1-on-1s and a very engaged (if small) set of workshops on .NET in the cloud,...
Order From Chaos: Creating A Standard For Mobile App Management And Secuity
by Phillip Redman | May 17th, 2013
If there's one thing the mobile industry is known for is standards. There's a lot of them. In networking technology you have multiple Wi-Fi standards in use, 80.211 a, b, g, n, ac. In wide area wireless there are GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE. And for mobile OSes you have iOS,...
Two Inconvenient Truths about IT Compliance
by Erik Heidt | May 17th, 2013
I am very pleased to announce that my first document Achieving IT GRC Sucess has published this week and is now available to Gartner for Technical Professionals subscribers. The research and writing process led to many interesting conversations about governance, risk management and compliance with clients and colleagues. Let's examine two...
What Every Digital Brand Manager Should Embrace – Right Now
by Richard Fouts | May 17th, 2013
Amplifying your story over digital media is what branding in the 21st century is all about – and it’s been a hugely disruptive trend.
When Larry Light was CMO of McDonalds he found parallels between marketers, editors and writers. Just as writers collaborate with their editors to develop the many...
So long and thanks for all the fish
by Mark P. McDonald | May 16th, 2013
This all started back in January 2009 and 718 posts latter with more than 3,700 comments it is time to conclude this blog. During the past four years, the blog has sought to present and share ideas about technology in the enterprise, the role of the CIO and the changing...
