Just this past June, HP’s Project and Portfolio Management product made the “Upper Right” of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. I must say that I nice to be working on a product that dominates its space. Here is the full report. Read more

I’ve gone through several cycles of trying to get a startups going. The most recent attempts have been trying to get an enterprise software product to market since that has been a bulk of my experience. I have to say that I wouldn’t recommend focusing on enterprise software for the following reasons: Cost and Time… Read more

Everyone has gone through it, transitioning into a new boss. This is happening to me at work. My boss has taken on huge responsibilities running the overall division within the company. He’s the right guy for the job and I’m glad he was selected. He decided to appoint an internal candidate for the position and… Read more

It may seem from my blog that I am this Google zealot and I am not. I am a fan of “things that add value”. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that Google has slowly started to take over my desktop. I’m using more and more web based Google applications and my Microsoft OS… Read more

Below is a recent article that I stumbled upon on the product that I am currently working on. It’s well written and some very interesting data points about the size of the space and opportunity. Here are a few interesting pieces:   Fueled by multiple business drivers, IT governance has gone from something of an… Read more

HP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq: OPSW), a market-leading data center automation software company, through a cash tender offer for $14.25 per share, or an enterprise value (net of existing cash and debt) of approximately $1.6 billion on a fully diluted basis. [Press Release] Very interesting… Read more

The latest buzz for companies these days is going “Carbon Neutral”. Yahoo, Salesforce.com, and others have announced their commitment to become carbon neutral. Basically, the idea is that if you’re going to be producing carbon dioxide, offset the production by engaging in efforts that reduce carbon dioxide. The David Suzuki Foundation describes as follows: Climate… Read more

I really got a kick out of this clip from Conan O’Brian. He was in San Francisco a few weeks back and visited the ILM campus. It reminded me of those clips when the “for me to poop on” dog went to the Star Wars movie openings. Very funny stuff. Read more

I finally got around to checking out the “Search History” link at the top of my Google homepage and I soon found out that Google has been checking me out since February 7th, 2006. On that day, I searched for the following items. This just seems so evil that there is a trail of all… Read more

Back in the day during the dot com boom, my wife and I were living in San Francisco and working long hours at a technology consulting firm called Scient. After a long day of coding, our co-workers and I would stumble out the office usually past 10pm and headed towards Chinatown. The normal first stop… Read more

I’m pretty new to the world of hyper-large corporate companies. Hewlett-Packard is the largest company that I have worked for with about ~150,000 employees worldwide. I joke that my HP employee number has more digits than the social security number. Well, there was an article posted on Slashdot today that outlines Palmino’s (CEO) LEAN plan… Read more

Just like a child having a temper tantrum, the users of digg.com fell to the ground and slammed their hands and feet in anger. There was a online revolt this past week on the very popular news site in response to the site yielding to the Motion Picture Association of America. The above hex code… Read more

I really enjoyed this post on startupping.com on the 15 Startup Commandments. Your idea isn’t new. Pick an idea; at least 50 other people have thought of it. Get over your stunning brilliance and realize that execution matters more. Stealth startups suck. You’re not working on the Manhattan Project, Einstein. Get something out as quickly… Read more

If you can’t beat them, aggregate them! Loopster.com is a new social networking website that helps you manage all of your social networking website accounts. Here is excerpt from their website, Loopster was founded on the idea that managing relationships online is often a tedious chore. Back when your friends were defined by the people… Read more

Borland Software announced this week that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas. Cupertino, Calif. – Apr 16, 2007 : Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL, http://www.borland.com), the global leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), today announced that it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Cupertino, California to Austin, Texas. The company… Read more