Judith Hurwitz on IT-Analysis.com

Is cloud security really different than data center security?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:25:48 +0100

Almost every conversation I have had over the past year or so always comes back to security in the cloud.� Is it really secure? Or we are thinking about implementing the cloud but we are worried... [Read More...]

Unintended consequences of the cloud - part II

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:17:51 +0100

As I was pointing out yesterday, there are many unintended consequences from any emerging technology platform - the cloud will be no exception. So, here are my next three picks for unintended... [Read More...]

What are the unanticipated consequences of Cloud Computing- Part I

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:37 +0100

Maybe I am just obsessed with cloud computing these days. I guess that after spending more than 18 months researching the topic for our forthcoming book, Cloud Computing for Dummies, I can be excused... [Read More...]

Can we free process and data?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:51 +0100

I am still at IBM's Information on Demand conference here in Las Vegas (not my favorite place... but what can you do). In listening to a lot of discussions around strategy and products I started... [Read More...]

Can IBM turn information management upside down?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:35:30 +0100

I am here at IBM's IOD (Information on Demand) conference. The keynote is interesting because of the focus on outcomes. IBM has invested more than $12 billion over the past five years in the... [Read More...]

Is application portability possible in the cloud?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:41:28 +0100

As companies try to get a handle on the costs involved in running data centers. In fact, this is one of the primary reasons that companies are looking to cloud computing to make the headaches go... [Read More...]

Public versus private clouds: why one size does not fit all

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:29:50 +0100

There has been a lot of discussions these days about private and public cloud. More discussion has been generated because�both Amazon.com and Salesforce.com have added a Virtual Private Network... [Read More...]

Musings from VMworld Conference

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:44:56 +0100

I spent longer than I typically do at a conference last week when I went to VMworld. It was quite an active event - lots of customers, lots of cloud technology providers, and lots of... [Read More...]

Ten things I learned while writing Cloud Computing for Dummies

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:10:12 +0100

I haven't written a blog post in quite a while. Yes, I feel bad about that but I think I have a good excuse. I have been hard at work (along with my colleagues Marcia Kaufman, Robin Bloor, and... [Read More...]

What's the future of the virtual conference?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:21:54 +0100

I am in the middle of attending Microsoft's Server Technology Business industry analyst event. I have attended this for many years but this year Microsoft decided that it would be a virtual... [Read More...]

Five things I learned at IBM's Rational Conference

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:41:44 +0100

I haven't been to IBM's Rational Conference in a couple of years so I was very interested not just to see what IBM had to say about the changing landscape of software development but how... [Read More...]

The end of maintenance?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:38:11 +0100

I admit that I didn't read the whole article but then I really didn't have to. I knew what Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com was trying to start. I remember many years ago seeing Marc... [Read More...]

Oracle Plus Sun: What does it mean?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:14:55 +0100

I guess this is one way to start a Monday morning. After IBM decided to pass on Sun, Oracle decided that it would be a great idea. While I have as many questions as answers, here are my top ten... [Read More...]

Sometimes its the little business process mistakes - not the strategy

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:20:48 +0100

As an industry analyst I am always looking at new technology innovations and new approaches that help companies transform their business process. There are some technologies that I have been seeing... [Read More...]

Does IT see the writing on the cloud wall?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:16:12 +0100

For the last six months or so I have been researching cloud computing. More recently, our team has started writing our next Dummies Book on Cloud Computing. Typically when we start a book we talk to... [Read More...]

Why Sun Microsystems can't go it alone

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:25:21 +0100

Like everyone else, I have been looking what would happen if IBM were to buy Sun Microsystems. I actually thought it sounded pretty good. IBM would get hardware, some database, virtualization, cloud,... [Read More...]

Can companies reinvent themselves in a down market?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:55:22 +0100

Many years ago I heard a story about how AT&T redesigned the phone network in the 1950s. It doesn't really matter if it is true or not but it holds a valuable lesson. The story goes like this.... [Read More...]

Where is HP headed?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:58:48 +0100

Every year HP holds an industry analyst summit that includes everything but PCs and printers. While in the past HP has made quite a tidy profit with ink times are changing. The PC industry is also... [Read More...]

Has Service Management become Business Management?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:32:23 +0100

Having just completed Service Management for Dummies (scheduled to be in the book stores in June), I have taken a step back to think about what I learned from the process. When our team first started... [Read More...]

Yes, Virginia, there is a SOA!

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:50:35 +0100

It has been only a few weeks since Ann Thomas Manes wrote her blog stating that SOA is dead.� Since then there has been a lot of chatter about whether this is indeed true and if SOA vendors should... [Read More...]

Why it's hard to build great software companies

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:58:54 +0100

I went to Progress Software's�industry/financial analyst meeting this week.�I have known Progress Software since the 1990s as it migrated from the 4GL database development market to... [Read More...]

Making sense of REST in context with SOA

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:13:29 +0100

I continue to spend a lot of time thinking and researching REST - REpresentational State Transfer. Yes, REST is a set of architectural guidelines introduced by Roy Fielding in his dissertation... [Read More...]

How much should you trust social networking information?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:09:27 +0100

I never really thought about this question until about a month ago when I got a strange phone call from a a collection agency wanting to know when I pay my bill to a major network services provider.�... [Read More...]

What's different about SOA two years later? Why we wrote a second edition of SOA for Dummies

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:24:54 +0100

It seems like just the other day that our team was busily finishing the first edition of SOA for Dummies. But it was two years ago since that book came out. A lot has change in that time. When we... [Read More...]

The ten reasons why software companies lose in a losing economy

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:54:11 +0100

I have been thinking about the software industry and what is going to happen to companies in this really lousy economy. There will clearly be companies that don't weather the storm -... [Read More...]

What's a Smarter Planet (and what does that have to do with technology?)

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:26:25 +0100

So, who could argue that we need a smarter planet. I certainly couldn't. I am at an IBM software analyst meeting. I have been attending this meeting for many years. The focus, as you might... [Read More...]

My Top Eleven Predictions for 2009 (I bet you thought there would be only ten)

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:47:41 +0100

What a difference a year makes. The past year was filled with a lot of interesting innovations and market shifts. For example, Software as a Service went from being something for small companies or... [Read More...]

Will packaged applications sink under their own weight?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:34:38 +0100

I have been researching and thinking about the problem of the packaged application for many years now.� Over the years I have had conversations with many CIOs who are planning to implement large... [Read More...]

Why I think Web Oriented Architecture is phony

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:28:35 +0100

If you are not in the software industry and not conversant in the jargon, you probably think I have lost my mind. What do you mean WOA? It stands for Web Oriented Architecture (WOA).� So, from what I... [Read More...]

What happens to SaaS in a tough economy?

rss@it-analysis.com (Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:29:35 +0100

I participated in a SaaS event this week that was sponsored by IBM.� It was sort of a funny feeling to be at a very good, positive event that focused on SaaS as a platform right in the midst of an... [Read More...]