Leaving Java running allows hackers to take over my computer. Keeping it turned off has no apparent downside. Why ever turn Java back on?

Determining that the application is operating effectively requires a monitoring strategy that meets the needs of multiple constituents and goes beyond simply tracking.

CSPs should offer a single Cloud each. If they offer more than one, perhaps they haven't worked the kinks out of their Cloud offering yet.

Beware the snake oil salesman who bills himself (or herself) as a Big Data Expert.

Most Web businesses believe that their web application monitoring efforts are sufficient. Here's why most of them are wrong.

What would it take to consider all the spreadsheets everywhere in your organization as a single Big Data set, so that you can gain intelligence from such a collection?

What do you do if your Cloud Service Provider's Cloud Service Provider breaches their agreement with your Cloud Service Provider?

Next time you’re talking to a software vendor who’s trumpeting that their software will run in the Cloud, ask them what their replication strategy is.

There will always be a Big Data category at the fringe of what our tools can currently handle.

There remains a gap between how businesses think about their processes and how techies think about building software to automate those processes.