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Archives for January, 2011


New Research: A CIO’s Perspective On Open Source

by Mark Driver  |  January 31, 2011  |  Comments Off

I’ve just published a new research note on a “CIO’s Perspective On Open Source”.  Gartner clients can get the full report here. I’ve included the highlights below but as usual the real ‘meat’ of the analysis is in the full report…. A CIO’s Perceptive On Open Source An open-source governance program is the key to [...]

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New Research On Business Unit Application Develoment

by Mark Driver  |  January 28, 2011  |  Comments Off

I’ve just published a new research report on ‘Business Unit Application Development’ (BUAD) best practices.  Clients can access the full report here but below is short summary of the content as well. Of course, the ‘meat’ of the analysis is in the research note (about 15 pages). Characteristics and Best Practices of Business Unit Application [...]

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Eclipse Announces the Orion Platform

by Mark Driver  |  January 19, 2011  |  4 Comments

On January 11thMike Milinkovich at Eclipse announced the Orion platform.  Here are some of my early thoughts. According to the folks at Eclipse, Orion IS intended to be “the very beginning of an open tool integration platform using the idioms and metaphors of the web”.  There is surprising amount of meat in that short statement. [...]

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