Microsoft’s Open Pose

On November 5, 2014, Microsoft announced that it would make Office available for free on mobile devices, including android devices. According to the announcement, customers can sign up for a preview today and the product will be availability in early 2015. This...

Open Beats Closed

At some point in every business school student, undergraduate business major, or for that matter, any executive begins to understand the short term value of customer lock-in. By preventing your customers from being able to switch to a competitor, then you are at a...

As Big as Big Data Can Get

As an analyst, I’m often asked to make predictions as if I have a crystal ball on my desk or know some special magic. Magic seems to feature heavily in the analyst part of the IT ecosystem. But that’s another story… I do feel confident in making this...