Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
Anyone who follows financial analyst coverage of enterprise software no doubt knows the name Brent Thill. While at Prudential Brent has developed a reputation for having deep insight into enterprise software companies and their performance and has consistently performed well from a ratings perspective. I just learned today that Brent is leaving Prudential to lead [...]
07Mar
Posted by Jeff as Open Source, Public Policy
The title of this post more or less reflects the comments of Jesús Villasante, the head of software technologies at the EC’s Information Society and Media Directorate General for the European Union. Link via Mark. Villasante is critical of open source for not standing up and sticking it to the man, apparently he is of [...]
In a comment to an earlier post, Vinnie asked if IBM itself was innovative. I really don’t know the answer to that question, but their initiative to setup a global hub for SOA component assembly (via Charles) is pretty damn impressive if anything because of the shere scale of the initiative. From what I read [...]
Wireless USB sounds great for printers and other large devices, but the primary benefit that I get from USB is the ability to use my computer as a power source. I am assuming that since nobody I have read about has figured out how to deliver power over the air, that wireless USB devices will [...]
IBM is promoting a new term “Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)” and while I don’t normally raise an eyebrow about these things (I really don’t give a crap about titles, it’s what you are able to influence and actually accomplish that matters) I do think this is an interesting idea that I hope more companies pick [...]