Startups

Last month, I've read a post by James Governor of RedMonk (an analyst firm specialized enough to actually know what they are talking about :) where James talked about the “best practices” vs “best infrastructure” inquiring whether SMBs would be better off using infrastructure provided by large service providers like Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. and if SMBs do choose to use these services more and more what would be the impact of this in the industry.

In the comments, I had pointed out the differences between the “best infrastructure” and “best service (support)”. I keep running into this theme so I wanted to write more about it, if for no other reason to clarify my own thinking.  read more »

IN the previous post, I've surveyed the landscape for the IT management software startups, and had decided to post reviews of the startups and their products periodically on this blog, eventually creating a directory for IT Management software startups. The first in the series of reviews is Splunk!

I've talked about the difficulties faced by startups in the IT management software industry that is dominated by true giants (IBM, HP, BMC, CA, etc.), and how innovative new approaches were necessary for startups to succeed before. I had no idea that the first startup that I'd review would have many of the answers. Splunk is an amazing company that seems to be doing everything right. It is a must to study for any startup in our field. There is so much to learn from what they are doing.  read more »

The IT management software market looks quite grim these days. There are number of trends that has a negative impact on software companies.  read more »