Microstrategy vs Cognos—Face Off
Microstrategy Review vs Cognos Review Check out the new Face Off on IT Central Station for Business Intelligence (BI) tools. Each solution has more than 28 real user reviews … Read more
CIOs Leading IT Infrastructure and Cloud Management with BYOD
Remember when IT employees received company-paid-for goodies—like a PalmPilot, Blackberry, and a chunky—usually Dell—laptop with carry-on case? These items were issued by a dedicated IT Help Desk … Read more
Cost savings are not always compelling (enough) . . . from Gartner’s IT Research Director
Gartner’s Rob Addy gives us a run down of why VPs of IT Operations [CIO, CTOs] and Data Center Managers hesitate to purchase IT infrastructure improvements: Cost … Read more
CIOs and Hybrid IT—Clouds and Services
Now more than ever, CIOs must manage Hybrid IT environments. Just when you have a smooth—what seems like a perfect IT infrastructure—now you need to cut … Read more
CIO’s Agenda—Hunt and Harvest in a Digital World!
Gartner’s CIO Digital Agenda requires hunting and harvesting on top of tending to current end-user demands. CIOs need to get more from existing IT infrastructure systems and … Read more
QlikView vs SAS Business Intelligence—Down River Regatta
A down river regatta typically entails a competition where sailing teams battle a common river using various techniques to get to the finish line. Everything counts—the weight … Read more
Get to Class!—Server Virtualization Refresher Tips for CIOs and IT Decision Makers
CIOs and IT Decision Makers need savvy IT infrastructure planning to be cost-effective and satisfy increasing expectations for end-user experience. Guess what—or who doesn’t know this—you betta get yer Server Virtualization … Read more
Are You Surprised by Who’s Kicking Butt on Social Media?
[If you clicked here, probably not] One of the hottest social media trends is now for B2B customers. Barry Levin at the CMSWwire has a nice run … Read more
IDC on B2B Social Marketing and Crowdsourcing
Leading analyst firms now pay more attention to the impact of crowdsourced reviews and social media marketing on B2B, tech-buying processes. Earlier in the year, … Read more
Suggestions for Collaboration and Tableau Server
This week’s guest blogger is Larry Keller. Larry has been involved with data visualization and analysis for over 10 years. Larry worked on a team … Read more
CIO.com—8 Tips and Questions for Choosing Software Vendors
In a recent post for IT Central Station’s Executive Interview Series with Diane Schwarz, we took an in-depth look at specific tech buying decisions for a specific industry. Now let’s take a look … Read more
Crowds for IaaS Clouds—on the Platform at IT Central Station
CIO, CTOs, and IT Decision Makers have more choices than ever before for cloud-based infrastructure solutions for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). We need a … Read more
Big Data Matters—CIOs Taking Charge!
Did you know that Big Data and BI [Business Intelligence] analytics has moved from fad to favor in 2013? Absolutely, of course you have! Most of … Read more
Got Server Virtualization Strategies?
You’ve heard the vendor sales stuff about Server Virtualization—a lot to consider for IT Decision Makers now—virtualized servers, hosts, and apps running around without clothes on—jeez, maybe the whole … Read more
Is the New York City Subway Gartner’s New Magic Quadrant?
Just a few months ago, Gartner introduced its new magic for digital marketing—not a replacement for the Magic Quadrant, but a way to identify the landscape for digital … Read more
Predictions for CIOs from Gartner, IDC, and More—and the Winner Is . . .
[CIOs] How to manage complexity whilst transforming the entire IT stack on the fly . . . “With cloud, social, mobile and big data changing … Read more
Forrester and Forbes Chime in on B2B Social Media
Last week Forrester wrote about IT Central Station and B2B social media in its new report, “The Social Media Habits of B2B Customers.” Forrester writes that, “…the most popular social communities … Read more