10Nov
Quantum is not around the corner
A few more scientific and technical breakthroughs are needed before quantum computing starts becoming an industry. It might be five or twenty years ahead.
26Oct
It’s not the analysts, stupid!
Key Findings In interviews with 30 analyst relations professionals (ARs), we learned about their challenges, priorities, and professional development needs. Challenges – AR bandwidth is strained Changes in the advisory model are creating confusion Managing internal relations is the biggest AR challenge Priorities – Creating value Managing analyst engagement Leveraging technology and services With respect…
26Oct
Improving the Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Last week was Splunk‘s 2021 event .conf21, held virtually for the second year and generally offering a great experience and a wealth of content for most people who should be interested in Splunk’s products. I say generally as the video stream slowed down at one point while the platform provider worked out what was happening. This put Splunk’s…
27Apr
Rages like Sea Shanties and Banks for Teens Won’t Last
I had no idea that sea shanties were all the rage again. It all started with one guy, Nathan Evans. The gift of TikTok is that the video doesn’t just go viral – other users can add their own touches. Which is how Nathan Evans kicked off the sea shanty trend worldwide. If you spend 15 minutes…
11Dec
Data Privacy: Key Terms
Many people celebrate Merry Christmas on December 25th of each year but not the Eastern Orthodox. They celebrate on January 7th. The reason is discrepancies between the Julian (46 BC) and Gregorian (1582) calendars due to leap years and seasonal equinoxes being omitted. This difference is analogous for many businesses and service providers. As they…
27Nov
“You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it! (Scott McNealy, 1999)
Merriam-webster.com defines oxymoron to mean a combination of contradictory or incongruous words, such as, jumbo shrimp or lead ballon. We enjoy oxymorons so much: many websites exist just to collect examples that enable us to use these figures of speech to illustrate irony, sarcasm or the unexpected, such as, Mike and Phil as leaders are…
27Oct
Deep Dive into Splunk .conf20
Splunk started as a logfile analysis tool, a category that has now been gentrified into the SIEM category. That is how it works, but what it does is best captured by one of the company’s famous t-shirt slogans: looking for trouble. The latest evolution of the Splunk product offers timely and necessary tools that further that goal,…
16Oct
Reporting from Slack Frontiers
This was my first time attending Slack’s annual event, and of course the 2020 edition was the first virtual version of the event. This was the best virtual event I have attended so far this year by a long way. It was both a superb experience and a great source of insight. Let us look…
23Sep
Cloud Cost Management: How Much is That Puppy in the Window?
We were recently asked by the press to address the question: What’s the most effective method that can be used to gain control over cloud spend? Our take: Assessing Cloud Costs Requires Context and Perspective. Cloud spend must be managed within the context of the entire IT cost ecosystem. And the costs need to be…
23Sep
Analyst Methodology
First note that the below is not meant to be anything that is sanctioned or even practiced by the other members of The Analyst Syndicate. This is how I conduct research. Consider it a continuation of the guidance provided in Curmudgeon. When I first joined Gartner in 2000 my only experience with its research was…