Business Process Improvement

SOASTA Session at Cloud Expo "Business Intelligence has focused on providing the actionable information needed to support decision makers in improving business operations. Until now, performance testing tools have delivered plenty of data, but very little decision support," says SOASTA CEO Tom Lounibos in writing about his upcoming session at Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York on Monday, April 19 at 5:30pm Register Today and Save $550 ! Explore Sponsorship Opportunities ! "Performance Intelligence enables test engineers to analyze results on a single timeline, make informed decisions and take action, often while a test is still running," he says. "In this session, Cloud Expo delegates will learn how companies have used cloud testing and Performance Intelligence to gain complete confidence in the performance, scalability and reliability of their websites a... (more)

Cloud Computing Leading "Disruptive Transformation"

Early Bird for Cloud Expo Santa Clara! "At the Cloud Computing Expo one can definitely sense that the IT industry is undergoing a disruptive evolutionary transformation, and that innovative and transformative energy is building up beneath the cap of standardization, governance, regulatory compliance, risk, and security." So writes Ray DePena, a former IBMer and now editor of Competitive Business Innovation Journal. Register Today and Save $550 ! Explore Sponsorship Opportunities ! Ray's report focused on the business-leading aspect of certain presentations at Cloud Expo, and cal... (more)

Marketing Automation Must Support a Business Process

Manticore Technology and Bulldog Solutions have released a new white paper that addresses some misconceptions that B2B marketers may have about marketing automation. As they point out, it's terrific when an application is intuitive and easy to use, but marketing automation must be used in support of a business process if it's going to produce the desired results. More sales and revenues. Process and skillsets are holding marketers back: "Recent Executive Benchmark Assessment data from Bulldog Solutions and Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership company, shows that process is th... (more)

Global Migration - The Move to the Global Citizen

The third driver to the current revolution in business and institutions is shifting demography and not just age, but of culture. Global migration is the least understood and least governed area of globalization. The labor pool and customer base is being shifted in ways that have far reaching implications and you should take note of it. The video from the Economist above reflects migration patterns and economic implications. Theorists sometimes call the movement of people around the world the "third wave" of globalization, after the movement of goods and the movement of money tha... (more)

Moving Data Storage to the Cloud? What’s Your Business Continuity Plan?

Many trumpet increased availability as a reason to move to the cloud but what happens when your cloud provider is no longer available? Some companies are faced with this very question this week as storage provider, EMC  announced its plan to shut down its Atmos Online cloud storage service immediately, according to a posting on its website. EMC launched Atmos Online in May 2009, calling it “Cloud Optimized Storage [with] capabilities that can scale effectively, coupled with security and management tools.”  This placed EMC in direct competition with some of its service provider pa... (more)