Anyone who’s ever gone for a fine dining experience knows it’s not all about the food. Sure, the chef may be the hottest in town with his or her three-Michelin-star restaurant, but the appeal is everything that comes with being there. It’s about servers in white tuxes, a sommelier recommending the perfect wine, and the overall impression that you are being treated to an elite experience. I tend to think about the fine dining … Read More …

It is a continuing source of professional satisfaction for me to see my company committed to helping customers transform their thinking and their IT infrastructure to focus on generating true business value. As a result, I couldn’t help but notice when the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently introduced the Health IT Value Suite. I’m taking this as a positive sign that, unlike many other industries, the healthcare sector has decided it’s time … Read More …

How the ecommerce site has turned its own infrastructure into a lucrative revenue source – and what it traditional storage vendors can learn from Amazon's cloud model. In these early days of cloud computing, I’m seeing an interesting trend emerge as companies look for business opportunities presented by this new model. It seems that the businesses that are most successful are the ones that are already operating in the cloud in some manner or using … Read More …