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The Software Defined Megacorporation - Why IT matters

There's a new business reality that few companies know about. If you want to be a player in global markets you will need a top-notch IT department. It won't be the same as the current one but whatever...

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On Blogging And Bragging: Being Named By LinkedIn As A Top Media Writer And...

I feel very honored to be ranked #4 by LinkedIn as one of the "top 10 media writers of the year" in the debut of its "Top Voices of the year" list that named 80 writers across eight industry sectors.I...

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Silicon Valley Gets On The Same Bus Every Day...

Silicon Valley's pursuit of diversity is skin-tone distracted and gender confused. Diversity is more than a ratio...Silicon Valley's leadership in sourcing innovative ideas is slipping and its feeble...

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Geoffrey Moore: Does IT Matter? Are Apps Important?

 Geoffrey Moore's 1991 book "Crossing the Chasm" was incredibly influential in the tech sector with more than one million copies sold and it gave birth to the Chasm Consulting Group.

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Crunchies Awards: Diversity Ruled The Stage But Silicon Valley Stars Absent

I was excited to be at The Crunchies Awards Monday evening. I was right behind two seats reserved for Mike Arrington (founder of TechCrunch) and my old buddy Om Malik founder of GigaOm.Neither came to...

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Pioneering Silicon Valley PR & Media Research Group SCNR Merges With The...

Around ten years ago I happened to be in the right place at the right time — meeting Jen McClure as she was setting up an extraordinary organization: The Society for New Communications Research...

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#IN2Summit: Is Content Marketing Failing Us? 3 Ex-Journalists Say 'No'

From right: Michael Kanellos, (standing) SanDisk; Scott Lowe, Activision; Stephanie Losee, Politico; moderator Henk Campher Allison+ Partners.The Holmes Report's Innovation Summit in San Francisco...

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Data Masking Saves CIO Jobs And Makes IT Heroes

Working at Delphix, a virtual technologies startup in the heart of Silicon Valley, I've been learning a lot about enterprise software and the challenges facing global corporations as business becomes...

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Intel's Andy Grove Is Dead - Silicon Valley Loses Top Business Leader And A...

1978: Andy Grove, left, with Intel colleagues Robert Noyce (center) and Gordon Moore.Intel yesterday announced that Andrew Grove, its former CEO and Chairman, had died aged 79.Present at Intel’s 1968...

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Enterprise Security: The Easiest Hacks Are The Toughest To Stop With Technology

The challenge of protecting the enterprise from simple email phishing scams.There’s no need to use advanced Black Hat technologies to get access to sensitive corporate data if you have a copy of a...

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The Limits On Big Data On Dating In Building Diversity At Work

Romantic relationships, and a person's relationship with their work, would seem to be too distant and the experience too different to be comparable, yet eHarmony believes its success with the lonely...

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Thursday Event: San Francisco City Execs Talk Social Media Strategy

The Social Media Club meeting this Thursday eve (April 28) looks fascinating. It will feature two San Francisco City and County communications executives: Kathleen Clark, social media manager and...

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The Future of Media: Can Publishers Become Media Platforms?

From left: Vivian Schiller, Christina Farr, Charlene Li, Stephanie Losee.Social media platforms Facebook, Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter, Apple are competing for traditional media publishers to use them as...

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uHoo: Every Breath You Take -- Collecting Data On Your Personal Pollution

Our transition from a rural to an urban lifestyle means we spend far more time inside homes and offices and on the roads connecting them. And that means exposure to a huge number of gases leaking from...

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Gary Bloom Interview: Big Data Driving Booming MarkLogic Sales

When I first met Gary Bloom more than 15 years ago he was second to Larry Ellison at Oracle, and when he jumped to run Veritas, I was one of the first reporters to interview him. Then came a short...

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NetSuite and iCharts: Enterprise Apps As Data Integration Platforms

iCharts founder and CEO Seymour DunckerThe future calls for enterprise apps becoming aggregators of trusted IT micro-services from many sources   — does that mean they can become effective data...

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Hennessy Steps Down As Head Of Stanford University - Leaves Huge Silicon...

John Hennessy, one of Silicon Valley’s most connected and successful businessmen, has ended his 16 years as President of Stanford University and nearly 40 years on the faculty.He greatly expanded...

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Awards for French startups in Silicon Valley

US President George W. Bush is reported to have once said, "The problem with the French is that they have no word for 'entrepreneur.'"The story about President Bush might not be true, but in many ways...

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Intel's Andy Grove Named Silicon Valley Visionary

Visionary Awards: Craig Barrett, center with Tim O’Reilly and Jane Evans-Ryan, Genuity. This year’s Silicon Valley Forum Visionary Awards featured a tribute to the late Andy Grove, the legendary leader...

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Women & Tech: How To Defeat The Gender Gap

Thomson Reuters and Blurb are hosting a special evening Tuesday June 28 in San Francisco, focused on the topic: Empowering women to work in technology.

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