It's funny when it's Monty Python, but a massive pain in the butt in real life. I received 266 Spam emails yesterday. One day – 266. The problem isn't getting better, it's getting worse. I won't debate the "why does...

HP buying EDS is brilliant. HP needs to up the game and get into high-end corporate board rooms, and at the same time extend its global high-end service capabilities. Problem solved. IBM has run around all alone as a systems...

Why not? We have Software as a Service, Platforms as a Service, and a host of others. How about Service as a Software? That's what all the backup guys are really offering – not Software as a Service. This "asS"...

….of Silicon Valley tech companies, that is. A depressed dollar, a booming Chinese economy flush with more cash than the U.S. has debt (which is a lot, in case you are wondering), a superbly educated, low-cost work force, ultra-low cost...

Is simply smoking hot. The numbers are killer, and I don't care how much you hate them, right now you want to be them. Smoking hot. Annoyingly hot perhaps. What macroeconomic downturn? The hedge strategy they put into effect in...

XIV, Files-X, and now Diligent. It's been a busy month for big Blue. First, allow me to take full credit for calling the Diligent play. I said "Diligent will be the next to go - with the run on bulk...

The story hasn't been told all too well, but the parts fit perfectly. F5 is the king of "useful virtualization" for IT in a Web 2.0/SOA world. Hear me out. F5 has made a living by doing intelligent web load...

Everywhere. Sorry for the blog delay people. I'm in SFO, again, for 28 hours. Red eyes might be the equivalent of cruel and unusual punishment. I'm on American. I used to be someone on American – not anymore. It's ok,...

This comment was posted on an earlier blog trail I started from a gal named Catherine. "Comment: Well I now have proof that the Marshalls (a TJX Company) is screwing over people. I shop at the Marshalls in Redwood City...

Big giant companies bore me normally. They tend to have more bad than good, so they rarely reach their potential. Having said that, since they are giant companies, reaching their potential doesn't usually matter because they tend to make lots...