Big Data: A Great Goal But CIO’s Can Stumble   AVOA CIO Strategic Advisor Tim Crawford consults worldwide with CIO’s and senior management . He offers insight on how he advises his clients on the opportunity to organizations for increased customer enga...

 Enterprise After-Taste from Google Reader's Demise Forbes columnist Ben Kepes published a recent article Can Google Be Trusted As A Cloud Infrastructure Vendor? . He joins SDRNews in a followup discussion on why Google Cloud Services might have diffi

Interaction of Technology and Workstyle CIO Advisor Tim Crawford brings a great deal of industry perspective to the discussion of business video Conferencing, and it's increasingly value in the mobile and distributed workforce environment. Using the Lifes

 Mid-West Must Attend Event The Chicago VMUG user group is the must attend event if you are anywhere in the Chicagoland area or drive-able Mid-West. It is a single day event (Oct 22, 2013) at the Rosemont Convention Center, just adjacent to / a shuttle b

The Power of Toolsets: Web Video,Web Conferencing, and  Teleconferencing In this series we develop a better understanding of the role of web video, conferencing with simple tools such as Skype or GoToMeeting and the range of teleconference options availa

The Consumerization of Video Conferencing An interview series  -- by Andy McCaskey, SDRNews Look what's also changing! Mobile devices, cloud computing, and the access to high quality video connectivity at rock bottom (sometimes free) price points have re

Ben Kepes on VMware's New Reality for VMware Partners     In a blog post VMware New Reality and the Carnage to Come, New Zealand pundit Ben Kepes offered some direct commentary on a number of VMware partners including Cisco, EMC, and others. Character

VMware Challenges - the Next 12 Months   Noted industry analyst Dana Gardner offers his opinions on the recent VMworld, event, shifting market positions and strategy, and also discusses his new Cloud focused Flipboard publication. Dana is President and

VMUG Demo Days, VMWorld, and VMUG Chicago Chris Wahl, owner and producer of the WahlNetwork site and YouTube Channel provides a quick summary of the VMWare User Group Demo Days #6 conference in Indianapolis, and looks forward to VMWorld coming up in San F

HP's Support of Industry Blogging and New Media   SDR News Senior Producer Courtney Wallin gives us a walking tour and glimpse into some of the equipment and preparation that's required to stream video coverage of HP Discover 2013 from Las Vegas. A grou