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Technology: Google's Innovative Data Center

By Dick Weisinger

Apple and Google are two companies that come to mind when you think innovation. Google’s recent patent for a waterborne data center is another great example in innovation. SaaS and Cloud computing has pushed the necessity for companies like Amazon,…

SaaS: The End oF Maintenance Fees

By Dick Weisinger

Salesforce.com has long used the slogan: “the end of software”. Now Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is calling for “an end to maintenance fees”. While the idea is similar to their longstanding slogan, the emphasis may be changing slightly in Salesforce’s…

SOA: Experiencing Turbulance, But Seeing Healthy Growth

By Dick Weisinger

SOA is on a path to grow from the current $3.3 billion to $10.3 billion by 2015 — that amounts to a 17 percent annual growth.  That’s the result of a report by Wintergreen Research. While many have been critical…

ECM: The Chemistry Behind CMIS

By Dick Weisinger

CMIS (Content Mangement Interoperability Services) is a relatively new ECM proposal to specify a common interface for document library services capabilities of a repository.  The specification covers core ECM functionality and the goal is for it to become a standard…

SOA: Determining the Right Metrics

By Dick Weisinger

Proponents of SOA have long argued the benefits of the SOA for IT. But this year has seen a backlash on SOA and a general questioning of its ROI. Joe McKendrick and David Linthicum suggests that ROI can only be…