1. Getting work done also involves knowing your fellow employees outside of work 2. Some companies are starting to use facebook as a way to connect employees

Michael SchiffFounder and Principal AnalystMAS Strategies

Teradata - New Platforms for Competing Against Data Warehouse Applicances

May 6, 2008

Analysis of:Teradata Unveils Entry to Enterprise-Level Data Warehouse Appliance | www.informationweek.com

o While Teradata has been slow to acknowledge that data warehouse appliances were more than a niche market, Teradata may actually have been the original data warehouse appliance vendor. o Data warehouse appliances do not necessarily replace traditional data warehouses; rather they complement them and should be considered as a possible component of an organization's overall data warehouse architecture. o Teradata is being squeezed at the top end by traditional database competitors such as Oracle; it is being squeezed at the low end by data warehouse appliance vendors such as Netezza.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Internet economy softens the downturn

April 29, 2008

Analysis of:Internet Economy Looks Strong, Some Experts Say | www.cio.com

1. A downturn is the US alone can has less impact on web-based companies. 2. US is the leader in the online community

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Convergence of Applications sharing causes growth in storage

April 28, 2008

Analysis of:Storage Earnings Going Nowhere but Up, Up and Away | blogs.eweek.com

1. The more data that can be shared, the more data we want. 2. New types of storage increase data collection at the source.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Privacy and community gets redifined on-line

April 22, 2008

Analysis of:Blockbuster sued over Facebook Beacon information sharing | www.computerworld.com

1. Sharing of information from one service to another needs to be thought out. 2. The viral nature of online business causes the rewriting of new rules.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Even in an economic downturn, technology gets obsoleted

April 22, 2008

Analysis of:Gadgets We Need - Necessities We Can Do Without | www.forbes.com

1. The Darwinism of technology continues in economic hard times. 2. Today's hot gadget is tomorrow's paperweight and CIO's should look to prune un-needed equipment.