:: Rob Enderle ::

One of the things that an economic collapse promises is change. We may love to anticipate it, but when it comes to changing the way we do things, we loathe it. This is one of the reasons PCs really haven’t changed all that much even though viruses and botnets are running wild, and every month […]

I’m a firm believer that layoffs should be the last resort of competent management and that doing them early or badly is one of the signs of incompetent management. In the case of Sun, I don’t think, given its recent $1.7 billion loss, management had much choice, but the execution of this layoff will likely do more damage than […]

I was at the Phoenix Technology Strategy 2009 conference for the last two days and, as you would expect, the vendors who attended are very concerned about the future. It is interesting to note that Phoenix actually is putting together what might be termed a PC Application Store, which could grow to be similar to what […]

Last week I was speaking at a Digital River event and, as you might expect, the companies that were there were very concerned about making money during the fourth quarter and getting the most out of the available demand.
Digital River focuses on creating Web sites and logistics systems for firms that want to market and sell […]

The U.S., with the monumental election of Barack Obama, will soon get not only the first president who appears to be technology savvy, but one who has promised to bring the U.S. into the current century by hiring a CTO. I meet with a lot of CTOs and only one stands out as capable of addressing […]