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Bob Evans, TechWeb's Senior Vice-President and Content Director, is responsible for content strategy across TechWeb's online, live event, and print brands. In this role, he oversees not only all content operations but also Audience Development and Software Development. He was editor-in-chief of InformationWeek during its years of massive growth, and has also been Editorial Director for InformationWeek and Techweb. He's an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and speaks at many business and technology events.
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Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers
InformationWeek, November 18, 2009 If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say. Global CIO: IT-Led Opportunities Abound, So Stop Sniveling InformationWeek, November 14, 2009 Lose the Depends and ask yourself why you find it so hard to believe when so many before us have given us so very much to work with. Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: 500 Reader Suggestions! InformationWeek, November 13, 2009 The CEOs of HP and IBM say "cloud computing" is a lousy name, so we asked you to come up with a new term--and your 500 responses tell us a lot about ourselves. Global CIO: SAP Tells Oracle To Free Java But Keeps Own Software Closed InformationWeek, November 12, 2009 SAP's CTO argues that Java is so vital to global IT that it must be in public domain. So does the same hold true for SAP systems that manage 65% of global GDP? Global CIO: Why Oracle's Larry Ellison Will Tell The EU To Pound Sand InformationWeek, November 11, 2009 Larry Ellison wants to compete head-on against IBM. He needs Sun to do that. The EU stands in his way. The popinjays better be sure to buckle up their chinstraps. Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million? InformationWeek, November 09, 2009 HP, IBM, and Oracle say "cloud computing" is a bad name, so we're asking you to come up with a replacement name. You might (hah!) win $100,000,000. Global CIO: Oracle Trapped By EU Politics As Sun Employees Suffer InformationWeek, November 06, 2009 As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO InformationWeek, November 05, 2009 In a rare and exclusive interview, the man who transformed IBM speaks out on business analytics, cloud computing, and the emerging Smarter Planet. Global CIO: IBM's New CIO Sheds Light On Priorities And Plans InformationWeek, November 04, 2009 After two months as IBM's first company-wide CIO, Pat Toole talks about battling 80/20, a massive data-center consolidation, cloud initiatives, and cutting 11,500 apps. Global CIO: Juniper Attacks Cisco Head-On With Help Of IBM And Dell InformationWeek, November 02, 2009 Sensing Cisco is distracted with its non-networking ventures as CIOs are growing unhappy with rising network costs, Juniper is going after Cisco full-bore with key new products and partners. Global CIO: SAP Eliminates All-Up-Front Payment Requirement InformationWeek, October 30, 2009 In a striking move, SAP is extending to 580 very large customers a plan allowing them to spread payment across multiple years instead of making one big capital-expense payment up front. Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's Hurd Says Bad IT Means A Bad CEO InformationWeek, October 29, 2009 Hurd offers a startling observation about how the roots of bad IT almost always reside in the corner office, and he explains how HP attempts to address the needs of both the CEO and the CIO. Global CIO: Greenpeace Shakedown Targets Google, Microsoft, And IBM InformationWeek, October 28, 2009 Greenpeace is mounting a major assault on the business practices of not just those three companies but the entire IT industry. They will lie to get what they want--and here's the proof. Global CIO: Why Are Microsoft, Oracle, And HP Bashing IBM? InformationWeek, October 27, 2009 Mark Hurd, Larry Ellison, and Steve Ballmer have all recently taken some fairly empty shots at IBM. But if Big Blue is such a loser, why do those three CEOs keep talking about it? Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard CEO Hurd's Strategy: The Infrastructure Company InformationWeek, October 26, 2009 Promising that HP can combine massive scale and innovation, CEO Hurd says it will separate itself from IBM and others by having a complete end-to-end line of hardware, software, and services. Global CIO: Informatica Joins Ranks Of Elite Enterprise Software Companies InformationWeek, October 23, 2009 Informatica CEO Sohaib Abbasi says cloud computing presents an enormous opportunity for the data-integration specialist, whose latest financial results topped all analysts' predictions. Global CIO: New Tech Firm Hiring Hundreds In U.S. To Take On The World InformationWeek, October 22, 2009 Two offshore-services execs and a prominent American CIO plan to open IT-services centers across the U.S. as low-risk and and price-competitive alternatives to offshore providers. Global CIO: Can Oracle's Larry Ellison Keep MySQL From EU Whiners? InformationWeek, October 21, 2009 Want to know the real cost of the drawn-out dithering of the EU and its fawning groupies? Sun has to lay off 3,000 employees because its acquisition by Oracle is still under review. Global CIO: SAP Preps For Cloud Future Via New Intel Partnership InformationWeek, October 20, 2009 SAP's enhanced research alliance with Intel will accelerate its move into cloud computing and SaaS and strengthens the set of SAP partners trying to shape the future of enterprise software. Global CIO: In Oracle Vs. SAP, IBM Could Tip Balance InformationWeek, October 19, 2009 The big IT players are realigning and while Oracle's love-fest with Salesforce.com is nice, Oracle will need a whole lot more friends than that to compete against not just SAP but also IBM. Global CIO: IBM CFO Refuses To Comment On Corporate IT Spending InformationWeek, October 16, 2009 CFO Mark Loughridge noted big improvements in IBM's Q3 business, but declined to comment on the outlook for corporate IT spending--probably because he thinks it's still lousy. Global CIO: Oracle's Larry Ellison Gets Served By Netezza CEO Jim Baum InformationWeek, October 15, 2009 At Oracle Open World, Ellison got called out by Netezza's CEO who told him to start focusing on the priorities of the people whose purchases fuel Oracles' $25 billion in annual revenue: CIOs. Global CIO: As IBM Preps For Justice's Probe, Who Started This Nonsense? InformationWeek, October 14, 2009 The bureaucrats at the Justice Dept., the European Commission, and a trade group called CCIA are looking to take from IBM what their supposed "victim" could not earn in the free market. Global CIO: Suicide Strategy For CIOs: Aligning IT With The Business InformationWeek, October 13, 2009 CIOs won't survive if they accept the back-bencher status that "align IT with the business" mandates. It's time to bury such CIO stereotypes and start connecting deeply with customers. Global CIO: Will U.S. Protectionism Blunt Outsourcing's Next Wave? InformationWeek, October 12, 2009 Several top Indian IT-services companies want to step up into the world of broad-based, run-it-all outsourcing. Will the White House penalize them in an attempt to protect "our jobs"? Global CIO: Oracle-Salesforce Shocker As Benioff To Speak At Oracle World InformationWeek, October 10, 2009 They've spent the last year ripping each other's strategies, belittling each other's approaches, and gloating over competitive wins. So why in the heck are they now trying to make nice? Global CIO: IBM Is Being Railroaded By Our Clueless Justice Dept. InformationWeek, October 09, 2009 Just last week, a federal district court tossed out the flimsy claim of a would-be competitor whose basic demand is for IBM to be forced to give up its hard-earned IP. So why is Justice butting in? Global CIO: SAP Is Testing Flat-Rate Pricing For Large Enterprises InformationWeek, October 08, 2009 While the details are still unclear, flat-rate pricing is expected to allow large enterprises to have access to as much SAP software as they want for one fixed price, leading to more focus on value. Global CIO: SAP 2.0 Promises Business Value Over Products: Can It Deliver? InformationWeek, October 08, 2009 If SAP can deliver on the vision of its Chief Value Officer, it will make available to CIOs best practices, benchmark metrics, and breakthrough thinking and innovation. Global CIO: Why Hewlett-Packard Must Articulate Its Enterprise Strategy InformationWeek, October 05, 2009 Mark Hurd has cranked up HP's operational excellence but HP has yet to reveal an equally compelling external strategy to the world: what is HP's core strength? What does HP do best? Global CIO: Will Oracle Or SAP Blink First On 22% Maintenance Fees? InformationWeek, October 02, 2009 As a new investment report and an article in Barron's question the sustainability of the inflexible annual fees, we offer three scenarios for how this extremely important situation will play out. Global CIO: Accenture Should Start Buying—Here's A Shopping List InformationWeek, September 30, 2009 Where is it written that IT services companies have to sit back and wait to be acquired by IT product companies? Accenture has the power to reverse that trend and offer new value to CIOs. Global CIO: Ballmer Blasts IBM For All The Wrong Reasons InformationWeek, September 29, 2009 Days before launching Microsoft's "New Efficiency" strategy, Steve Ballmer took some swipes at IBM and its strategy, which is bizarre because Ballmer's taking Microsoft down a path IBM's already on. Global CIO: An Open Letter To Oracle CEO Larry Ellison InformationWeek, September 28, 2009 Oracle customers hear a lot from you about your competitors, but rarely do they hear how you feel about them and what your vision and strategy for them is. You're missing a huge opportunity. Global CIO: Bill Gates Blasts China Over Corporate Software Piracy InformationWeek, September 25, 2009 Gates blasted Chinese companies for using software they don't pay for and described how profits from companies that DO pay for software have allowed him to help millions of children around the world. Global CIO: IBM Exec Says India Will 'Lead Second Wave Of IT Adoption' InformationWeek, September 24, 2009 Indian companies were much less likely to slash IT budgets during the recession than other firms, and an IBM exec says that makes those Indian firms "more forward-looking." Is that the case? Global CIO: Oracle And SAP Race For Mid-Market Opportunities InformationWeek, September 23, 2009 As SAP and Oracle rush to court mid-market customers, are they missing the real contest: the traditional on-premises model versus hard-charging SaaS? Meanwhile, don't count out Microsoft. Global CIO: Dell-Perot Cashouts And The Media's 'Windfall' Idiocy InformationWeek, September 22, 2009 Ross Perot started Perot Systems 21 years ago with his own name, his own money, and his own ambition. So why are media ninnies calling his take from the Dell deal a "windfall"? Global CIO: Apple's Next Billion-Dollar Idea: The Enterprise Mobility iCloud InformationWeek, September 21, 2009 Apple has a massive opportunity--and unique qualifications--to connect hundreds of millions of mobile workers with enterprise data and information through Apple's Next Big Thing: the iCloud. Global CIO: Where Do Oracle's Profits Come From? InformationWeek, September 18, 2009 Oracle's quarterly numbers show all of its profits came from "software license updates and product support"--aka 22% maintenance fees--and only 20% of its revenue came from actual software sales. Global CIO: SAP Jilted Again By Siemens: Isolated Case Or Deep Problem? InformationWeek, September 17, 2009 Unhappy with the value it was getting in return for its 17% annual fees, and looking to innovate with SaaS, Siemens has bypassed strategic customer/partner SAP twice in the past few months. Global CIO: Oracle Dumps HP After Co-Creating 'Most Successful Introduction Ever' InformationWeek, September 16, 2009 Oracle president Charles Phillips said a new product co-created with HP had generated the biggest new-product pipeline he had ever seen. Despite that, HP is out and Sun in on Exadata 2. Global CIO: Why CEOs Must Tie CIO Pay To Customers And Growth InformationWeek, September 14, 2009 If 40% of your compensation were tied to customer experiences, wouldn't that tend to sharpen your focus on customer outcomes? It's an idea whose time has come. Global CIO's Friday Update: Hair On A Wooden Leg InformationWeek, September 11, 2009 In this week's Hair On A Wooden Leg: firewalls go Hollywood, broadband bumbling, striking tweeties, up from Lehman, Microsoft culture shift, and CIO town-hall-a-palooza. Global CIO: IBM's Massive Study Says Future Belongs To High-Growth CIOs InformationWeek, September 10, 2009 An unprecedented study of CIO outlooks, objectives, and behaviors will rapidly and dramatically raise expectations for CIO performance in driving growth and business value. Global CIO: Microsoft Opens $500M Data Center Mothballed In January InformationWeek, September 09, 2009 Now that Microsoft's massive Chicago data center has been delayed, mothballed, purchased, and finally opened, it's time for the $500 million drama queen to grow up. Global CIO: Oracle Nailed By EU Protectionism As HP And IBM Raid Sun InformationWeek, September 08, 2009 The European Commission says it's investigating Oracle's acquisition of Sun to protect consumers. That's nonsense--they're doing it for one and only one reason: because they can. Global CIO Friday Update: Hair On A Wooden Leg InformationWeek, September 04, 2009 Welcome to Global CIO's new Friday roundup of quirky and always-interesting news for CIOs. Today: radioactive supply-chains, NFL twits, airline pay-toilets, spinning wheels of death, throne-sniffers, Ethel Merman disco, and more. Global CIO: Citrix CEO Templeton On Killing IT Inertia Before It Kills You InformationWeek, September 03, 2009 As CIOs search for ways to increase business agility and lower IT costs, Citrix CEO Mark Templeton says that "traditional enterprise computing is collapsing under the weight of its own complexity." Global CIO: HP And IBM To Add 4,000 U.S. Jobs In Three Small Towns InformationWeek, September 02, 2009 HP and IBM will open heavily subsidized customer-support centers in three small towns across the U.S. that will eventually employ 4,000 workers. The jobs are wonderful--but was the price for them fair? |
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