Posted on March 12, 2008 by Judith
One of the hardest things for organizations to do is to retire old applications. Unlike hardware that tends to be replaced on a regular cycle, old software sticks around way too long. It definitely over stays its welcome. I remember when I worked at John Hancock decades ago and watching as departments [...]
Filed under: Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, Web 2.0, customer experience, service oriented architecture, software industry | Tagged: Adobe, application modernization, business services, IBM, Microsoft, Nexaweb, RAI, WaveMaker, Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 21, 2007 by Judith
I love the end of the year. I get to sneak out of the office for a few days and stay off of airplanes. I also have a chance to look ahead to the new year. I like making predictions. Sometimes, I am years ahead of the market; other times I am able to hit [...]
Filed under: BEA, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, SaaS, Salesforce.com, Virtualization, Web 2.0, cloud computing, information management, service oriented architecture, software industry, systems management | Tagged: , BEA, cloud computing, data management, EMC, Google, HP, IBM, information managment, management software, Microsoft, Oslo, SaaS, SAP, SOA, Virtualization, VMware, Zoho | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 3, 2007 by Judith
Last week I wrote about WaveMaker and its new Web 2.0 development environment comparing it to PowerBuilder. One of the big problems that someone pointed out to me is that PowerBuilder was proprietary. Because old software never dies, IT organizations are still coping with old PowerBuilder applications that they have to support. [...]
Filed under: Powersoft, Web 2.0, software industry | Tagged: cSharp, Java, Powerbuilder, WaveMaker, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 30, 2007 by Judith
Some meetings are just fun (I can’t always say that..sometimes I just want to run away and hide under my desk). But my meeting today with WaveMaker reminded me of the type of meetings I had in the .com days. I admit I was excited about what I heard. Now a disclaimer — I [...]
Filed under: Adobe, Microsoft, Powersoft, Web 2.0, service oriented architecture, software industry | Tagged: ActiveGrid, Fat Client Syndrome, Jackbe, Kapow, Nexaweb, open source, Powersoft, WaveMaker, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 20, 2007 by Judith
Recently I have been having dejá vu back to the days of PowerSoft. If you are old enough to remember, PowerSoft was the leader in making graphical development practical for the masses—rather than the object oriented gurus. Back in the early 1990s when PowerSoft’s product—called PowerBuilder—was in its heyday, it had been able to achieve [...]
Filed under: Web 2.0 | Tagged: Gupta, Jackbe, Kapow, Nexaweb, Powerbuilder, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
