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IBM Interconnect expectations, a CIOs perspective

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon March 19, 2017March 19, 2017in Business, CIO, Cloud1 Comment

This week is IBM’s annual cloud conference in Las Vegas. Quite a bit has changed in the past year for IBM and at this year’s IBM Interconnect there are a few things I’m looking for. Each of them centers in…

Google Next Expectations, A CIO’s Perspective

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon March 6, 2017March 6, 2017in Business, CIO, CloudLeave a comment

This week is Google’s Next conference in San Francisco and all eyes are on Google to gain insights to their direction, activities and plans around cloud. That being said, there are a few specific things I am looking for here…

SAP Cloud Platform is not your typical ERP software

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon February 28, 2017in Business, CIO, CloudLeave a comment

I had the opportunity to join SAP (NYSE: SAP) executives recently for SAP’s Capital Markets Day at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Before talking about my perspective on SAP and the SAP Cloud Platform, I would be remiss mentioning…

Amazon drives cloud innovation toward the enterprise

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 6, 2017January 6, 2017in Business, Cloud, DataLeave a comment

Amazon continues to drive forward with innovation at a blistering pace. At their annual re:Invent confab, Amazon announced dozens of products to an audience of over 30,000 attendees. There are plenty of newsworthy posts outlining the specific announcements including…

My top most used business tools and applications when traveling

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 2, 2017January 2, 2017in Business, CIO, Cloud, Mobile, Social1 Comment

What better way to kick off 2017 than to talk about the tools I find to be most useful? I wrote a post back in 2012 that outlined many of the tools I used back then. As many of you…

The five most popular posts of 2016

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon December 29, 2016in Business, CIO, Cloud, Edge1 Comment

While 2016 is quickly coming to a close, it offers plenty to reflect on. For the CIO, IT organizations and leaders who work with technology, 2016 offered a glimpse into the future and the cadence in which it takes. We…

Three things to look for at Amazon’s upcoming AWS re:Invent conference

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon November 23, 2016in Business, CIO, Cloud, EdgeLeave a comment

As folks in the US prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, those of us in technology are looking to Amazon’s annual cloud confab AWS re:Invent the week after Thanksgiving in Las Vegas. In preparation for the sold-out conference, there are a…

A Proposal to Save Social Media and Twitter

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon November 1, 2016November 1, 2016in Business, Data, SocialLeave a comment

Back in May of 2014, 30 months ago, I penned the piece What Happens if Twitter Goes Away? It was a provocative look at the decline of one of Social Media’s darlings and suggesting potential value between free and paid…

Is HPE headed toward extinction?

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon October 10, 2016October 16, 2016in Business, CIO, Cloud, Data1 Comment

The first question might be, why does a CIO care if any one vendor comes or goes? It matters if you are invested in that company’s products or services. The vast majority of enterprises have invested in a number of…

HPE clarifies their new role in the enterprise

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon June 15, 2016in Business, CIO, Cloud, DataLeave a comment

Last week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) held their annual US-based Discover conference in Las Vegas. HPE has seen quite a bit of change in the past year with the split of HP into HPE & HP Inc. They shut down…