In the course of an interesting conversation on a different topic, I heard a rumor that could have a significant effect on the perception of open source. The person I was speaking with mentioned that certain agencies in the US Department of Defense and Intelligence communities were thinking of biasing their procurement policies toward open [...]
Entries from September 2008
Rumors and rationale
September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Open Source
As usual, Nick is right on
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Linked Data: Turning Stovepiped Data Into a Web of Data
Tags: Uncategorized
The constant struggle to agree
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
I have had several conversations this week with organizations that are struggling with SOA. In all cases the challenges were the result of a difference between the scope of agreement they were able to achieve, and the one that they had organized around.
Most organizations, when starting SOA, figure that they services they build will [...]
Tags: SOA
My Picture
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Oh, and it is always embarrassing to meet someone you have been speaking with online and not recognize them in person. So just in case you and I will be in the same place, here is what I look like.
See you at Symposium?
Tags: Uncategorized
Gartner Blog Network is Active
September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
This is my first post to the Gartner blog network. There are still quite a few technical things to work out (like figuring out how to delete that “hello world” post right there ) ,but we are mostly good to go. Looking forward to it
Tags: Uncategorized