Tag: web 2.0

  • Welcome the uber-dense AMD-based Cloud/ HPC machine

    The last couple of Dell Data Center Solutions offerings I’ve talked about, Viking and MDC, have been from the custom side of the house.  Both of these solutions are targeted specifically at a few select large customers. The subject of today’s post however, the PowerEdge C6105 server, is available to anyone running a scaled out…

  • What is ATT up to in the cloud?

    A couple of weeks ago I was in New York to visit customers and attend the co-located Interop and Web 2.0 events.  One of the attendees/participants I got to know there was Joe Weinman, VP of ATT’s Business Solutions.  Joe has been focusing a lot on the cloud lately so I thought I’d put down…

  • “Accessing outside ideas is no longer optional”

    The week before last I attended the APQC’s Knowledge Management (KM) Conference in Houston.  A lot of the discussions focused on web 2.0 technologies as ways of transferring and sharing knowledge and process throughout organizations — wiki’s, blogs, chat and social networks came up a lot. The conference also had a great line up of…

  • A Few Pics from San Francisco

    I love taking pictures of San Francisco, I think its one of the most photogenic cities in the world. I was back in the Bay Area a couple of weeks ago for Web 2.0 and I got a few shots as I was walking around downtown. Pau for now…

  • IBM leverages Web 2.0 for Knowledge Sharing

    Next month I’ll be heading over to Houston to attend APQC’s knowledge management conference.  One of the talks I’m interested in checking out will be given by Bryant Clevenger, the global leader for IBM GBS’s knowledge sharing strategy. On the KMedge blog, Bryant explains what they’ve been up to: At IBM, leveraging knowledge has always…

  • Teaching Social Media at Georgetown

    One of the more interesting people I met last week at Web 2.0 was Gaurav Mishra who is visiting the US from India as a Yahoo! Fellow in Residence.  As a Yahoo! Fellow, Gaurav is doing research and teaching at Georgetown University in the field of social media.  I was able to grab some of…

  • Lew Moorman and Robert Scoble of Rackspace

    Last week Rackspace announced the appointment of Lew Moorman as president of Rackspace’s Cloud Computing Efforts.  As luck would have it, Lew was attending Web 2.0 and I was able to grab a few minutes of his time to shoot a video.  Not only that but as added bonus, recent Rackspace conscript Robert Scoble joined…

  • Talking with Ford’s Head of Social Media

    I’m currently attending Web 2.0 here in San Francisco.  One of the cooler talks I saw yesterday was given by Scott Monty, the head of Ford Motor’s Social Media efforts.  I was so intrigued that I thought I would grab him for an interview.  He graciously agreed and here’s the result.  Enjoy 🙂 To watch…

  • Forrester Report on Blueprint now Available

    A few weeks ago I blogged about the Forrester review of Blueprint that was published in early February. We recently purchased licensing rights to the report, “Vendor Snapshot: Lombardi Blueprint Bridges Gap Between Process Discovery And Execution” and it is now available here. Quotable Quotes Here are some of my favorite quotes from the report:…

  • Forrester Posts Great Blueprint Review

    At the end of last year, Blueprint Product Manager Dave Marquard and I had a call with Forrester analyst Clay Richardson to brief him on Lombardi Blueprint.  The result of that call and a considerable amount of further research was a 6-page report that debuted last Friday — “Vendor Snapshot: Lombardi Blueprint Bridges Gap Between…

  • Experience using Excel, Powerpoint…Lombardi Blueprint… a plus!

    Last night when I was checking my Google Alerts, I came across a job description for a Process Modler/Analyst position.  In the Requirements Section it stated: “Experience with Lombardi Blueprint a plus.”  It looks like Blueprint has arrived 🙂 Blueprint recognized Across the Pond In other Blueprint related news, at the end of last year…