What Do Analysts (Like Me) Look For?

This is an excerpt from a larger paper (maybe ebook) I’ve been writing on how companies interact with industry analysts. It is especially useful to companies that can’t seem to get traction with analysts. If you think that you can’t get the attention...

New Tablet: Android 1, Windows 0

It was time for a new tablet. Tablets are a little like PCs used to be – the software evolves so quickly that it outstrips the hardware in around two years. In the 1980s and 1990s, I used to buy a PC every couple of years. Usually, the hard drive would fill up...

Cloud providers: AWS, MSFT,GOOG, Alibaba?

I will be honest with you. Attending the Flash Memory Summit (held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on August 5-7) was really for the purpose of connecting with Ben Woo (technically my boss). Since we live on different coasts, having that face-to-face time is...

OpenVMS continues to live! Long live VMS!

Those of you who have known me for a while know that I go back to the ‘old’ DEC days of PDP-8, PDP-11, RSX, RA81, etc. So it was with great surprise and excitement that I read in the Wall Street Journal that HP has paved the way for VMS to live on (at...