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Analyst Commentary: Siebel - the first business software Goliath to be felled by SaaS entrants?

Could it be that Siebel is going to be the first major victim of the shift to more Web native business applications?
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Huddling up to secure the enterprise from 'shadow IT'

K2 Advisory's Katy Ring syncs up with Huddle CEO Alistair Mitchell.
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IBM, Cloud ecosystems and the CIO

Cloud platforms and service catalogues are potentially game-changing for CIOs, the IT service delivery they oversee and the organisations they serve.
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Salesforce as your strategic Cloud platform?

CIOs are realising that Cloud delivery makes it very much easier to develop, make available and consume application and business services.
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Will Google be one of the first G-Cloud winners?

As the first application services to be made available from the G-Cloud App Store are to be unveiled in March, the prospects are looking good for Google.
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Bearing gifts, but not this year

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The development of Cloud service ecosystems is not on many CIO "to do" lists this year.
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The enterprise application estate - the death knell for SaaS?

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The death knell for ERP as we know it may be ringing out too early...
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Teaching the public sector elephant to dance

Does the UK national ICT strategy depend too heavily on the G-Cloud part of the plan?
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Hybrid computing models - too expensive to take seriously?

Enterprise IT budget will go to vendors that can provide pre- integrated or easily integrated SaaS solutions.
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Government Cloud - from the what to the how?

The Government is establishing a G-Cloud Authority as a government-wide entity for commodity commissioning and direction of procurement as a "Cloud First
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Government ICT lessons from the US

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Obama's Cloud guy has some sound advice for the UK public sector as it drifts towards the Cloud.
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K2 Advisory: Infosys and a confluence of Cloud and global delivery models

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Infosys customers are discussing issues such as Cloud and mobility while offshoring is simply considered part of the delivery capability.
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Of US Patriots and the EU

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One issue that has been causing a great deal of interest amongst CIOs considering Cloud delivery from external providers is the issue of the US Patriot Act.
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G-Cloud - "alive and kicking"

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Any grand ambition for national first-mover advantage around Cloud skills fostered by govt investment in a Cloud First policy for IT, is not yet in sight.
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Dell - the missing link for enterprise SaaS

Now that Moul and Boomi are part of Dell, strategic Cloud conversations are opening up with larger enterprise accounts.
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CSC does the Biz with new private/public Cloud

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CSC's new private Cloud offering brings with it some of the benefits of the public Cloud model.
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Public Services Network needs to turn up the volume!

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Will changes to the Public Sector Network lead to complications in the Cloud?
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HP: packing its bags for the journey to Cloud delivery

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HP is developing a compelling enterprise-grade Cloud capability to support CIOs looking to add new Cloud delivery models to their existing capabilities.
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How is Cloud changing IT outsourcing?

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What's the relationship between IT outsourcing and Cloud Computing?

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