Executive Advisory Briefs

Confluence Four page technology briefs for the executive. A quarterly Burton Group publication.

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• Market Insight: Provisioning 2009
  Topics: As we head into the last months of 2009, indications are that the worst of the economic crisis is behind us. Employment figures have yet to recover, but the markets are achieving highs not seen since 2008.
  
  

• Winter 2009 Executive Brief
  Topics: This quarter’s Executive Brief is dedicated to cloud computing, Burton Group's recently added coverage area. We focus on the definition, business drivers, benefits, and risks of cloud computing.
  
  
• Fall 2009 Executive Brief
  Topics: This quarter’s Executive Brief is dedicated to cloud computing, Burton Group's recently added coverage area. We focus on the definition, business drivers, benefits, and risks of cloud computing.
  
  
• Spring 2009 Executive Brief
  Topics: The search for cost reductions will lead IT to two areas that cannot transform without the business at the helm.
  
  
• Winter 2009 Executive Brief
  Topics: This time of year, many people attempt to project trends for the year ahead. Somehow, this year feels different.
  
  
• December 2008 Executive Brief
  Topics: GRAPPLING WITH THE ECONOMY, On December 1, 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007. Who knew?
  
  
• November 2008 Executive Brief
  Topics: Batten Down the Hatches, Priorities for Difficult Times, Communicating in Business Language, Consolidation Opportunities, Business Intelligence
  
  
• October 2008 Executive Brief
  Topics: Drowning in a Sea of Data, Ten Axioms of Data Management, Data Management Definitions, Effective IT Departments
  
  
• September 2008 Executive Brief
  Topics: Cloudy Thinking, The Cloud and You, Term Inevitability, The Difference between Cloud Computing and SaaS, Cloud Computing in the Enterprise
  
  

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