Chapter 5 of The Semantic Dialogues, The Data Integration Dialogues (Part II), is available now. Here's an excerpt: "Sanjiev, Patrice and Jerry are reaching...

Looking at things from the perspective of how software is evaluated and brought into the enterprise, it's no wonder cloud computing is dramatically changing the landscape. Combine that with the trend of software vendors looking to compliance to shore up revenues, and customers pushing back to...

Last week I got a last minute invite to speak at the Silicon India BI conference (last minute for a good reason I guess... me & BI? Hmmm... :-) My database background notwithstanding!). Initially I...

David Linthicum touched upon a very prevalent problem of technology not living up to its expectations set during the hype curve! He says, "With cloud computing, SOA, or whatever we...

Chapter 4 of The Semantic Dialogues, The Data Integration Dialogues (Part I), is available now. Here's an excerpt: "There's a new kid on the block,...

I'm reviewing a customer case study, and there was a comment from a sales guy that I'd like to share. It brought up a funny visual for me. Did I mention, this came from a sales guy?

Chapter 3 of The Semantic Dialogues, The Enterprise Architecture Dialogues, is available now. Here's an excerpt: "Sanjay believes that enterprise architecture is the...

We have just wrapped up the latest TM Forum Team Action Week in Lisbon.  This semiannual event is unusual as conferences go – no exhibits, no keynote addresses, no marketing – just a couple of hundred people...

Last Thursday was analyst day at Progress Software, and while I wasn't there, I followed some of the activity on

How many times do you see Progress on this screen shot? (Answer below)

Coincidentally to analyst day, I was doing some research in preparation for...