Rethinking the Technology & IT Analyst Industry

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Zia Yusuf

Over my last twelve years working as a senior executive in the technology industry I have had an opportunity to engage with a broad section of technology and IT analysts and researchers – both from established firms (eg. Gartner, Forrester etc.), smaller more focused firms (eg. Altimeter Group) and of course the more recent phenomena [...]

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A Growth Strategy for Yahoo – the (Social) Enterprise ?

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

Yahoo is a company that has always intrigued me.  Over the past few years we have all read about the issues facing Yahoo – lack of a clear strategy, management challenges, the on again off again romance with Microsoft and a stock price that has gone from about $35 about 5 years ago to $16 [...]

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What “Togetherville.com” can teach grownups !

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

I am pretty excited about the launch of Togetherville.com - the new online community for kids under 10.    As any of you who are parents of young kids know the technologies of today have created a whole new set of challenges for those of us trying to raise children in a safe and healthy environment.  While [...]

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Starbucks vs. Peet’s: Why the IPhone matters more than the coffee.

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

The coffee at Peet’s tastes better than Starbucks (at least to me). Peet’s offers free wifi while at Starbucks you have to pay for wifi through AT&T.  The price of a medium Café Latte at Peet’s and at Starbucks (I refuse to call a medium a “Grande”) in Palo Alto is the same @ $3.35 [...]

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Open Government – are Data.Gov and Apps.Gov delivering on their promise ?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

There is certainly a long list of challenges facing the Obama administration – the economy, healthcare, and two wars just to name a few.  Regardless of your politics, I think there is one aspect of the Administration’s efforts that require further discussion and exploration.  On his first day in office President Obama signed the Memorandum on [...]

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Why words are killing the adoption of innovation !

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

Ruby on Rails is not a story about Ruby and her travels on a train.  A Desktop is actually not the top of your desk.  No, a Cookie is not something you would want to eat.  A Flash memory is not what you have when you have had a little too much to drink.   A Cloud  [...]

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