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This week I attended and presented at the May meeting of the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) in New York City. The WSTA was founded in 1967 and is a not-for-profit association that focuses on providing a forum for financial industry technology professionals, vendors, service providers, and consultants to connect on technologies, operational approaches, and business issues. With over 2600 members WSTA is a great place to get insight and discuss some of the most popular trends impacting the financial services industry. At the event I attended, the focus was on modernizing and accelerating application delivery in the context of new technologies such as cloud and mobile. As I rounded out a productive morning at the event, I think as I knew going into the ... Continue reading →

Our first Quick Read analyzes the hottest three issues during the past month. Print it out, take it with you and read it on the plane or anywhere when you're on the go (preferably not while driving, please!). This month, I reviewed CIO viability, the converged cloud and multi-sourcing (speaking of multi-sourcing, check out our current CIO Question of the Week).Follow me on Twitter. Continue reading →

The world changed. A boy was born in White Plains, New York in 1984 and 28 years later he would float his social networking company on the stock exchange at a point at which most people in the English-speaking world had at least heard of Facebook -- if they were not in fact a personal member in their own right.Away from Mark Zuckerberg’s not inconsiderable headline-making ability, his vision for social interconnectivity has of course permeated the business world too. Today we see that “enterprise social platforms” are now an important element in the IT-driven business transformation journey that firms of all sizes currently find themselves travelling on.The social (enterprise) network is impacting firms’ IT procurement and deployment decisions at the front end and in ... Continue reading →

Re-reading a book I received a couple years ago, I found this expression “walk the escalator”. The book is titled “Jump the Curve, 50 essential strategies to help your company stay ahead of emerging technologies” and written by futurologist Jack Uldrich. He points out that, despite the fact the escalator was created to help us reach the next floor faster, most people stand on the escalator, actually taking longer to get there. It’s a great analogy for cloud and the adoption of cloud by the CIO and the IT department.The cloud is a fact, according to Mark Thiele it’s not a tactical solution but rather a corporate strategy. So, why are so many CIO’s slow in adopting it? What is holding them back?Is it job ... Continue reading →

In a cool three way Internet interview, HP chief cloud strategist Christian Verstraete and Bristol Morgan President Steve Prentice explain what's important in picking the right cloud and the right cloud vendor. Enterprise CIO Forum community manager John Dodge moderates.Follow John Dodge on Twitter. Continue reading →

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What cosmically ominous message was being sent when my wife Ann was beaned at Fenway Park on the 100th anniversary of the venerable baseball venue? To the day! Was she there in another life on April 20, 1912? And did she sneak in? Was it a warning to stay away from Fenway and the atrocious 2012 Red Sox? Sox greats Kevin Millar and Pedro Martinez regaling Red Sox Nation on the 100th... The bizarre event happened in the middle a losing effort to the Yankees (nee the Highlanders in 1912…bet you didn’t know they started in Baltimore) when we were returning to our seats. She was barely through ramp opening when “PFFFFWAP!” A foul ball came screaming down, smashed into the foot-thick concrete and glanced ... Continue reading →