Robert "Bob" Eve is vice president of marketing at Composite Software. Prior to joining Composite, he held executive-level marketing and business development roles at several other enterprise software companies. At Informatica and Mercury Interactive, he helped penetrate new segments in his role as the vice president of Market Development. Bob ran Marketing and Alliances at Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive in 2003) where he defined the IT Governance category. As vice president of Alliances at PeopleSoft, Bob was responsible for more than 300 partners and 100 staff members. Bob has an MS in management from MIT and a BS in business administration with honors from University of California, Berkeley. He is a frequent contributor to publications including SYS-CON's SOA World Magazine and Virtualization Journal.
Achieving compelling value from information technology is critical because IT
is typically an enterprise or government agency's largest capital expense.
Increasing business complexities and technology choices create greater
demands for justification when making IT investments.
Cambridge, MA-based analyst firm Forrester Research recently reported that,
"Business and government's purchases of computer and communication equipment,
software, IT consulting, and integration services and IT outsourcing will
decline by 3% on a global basis in 2009 when measured in U.S. dollars, then
rise by 9% in 2010."
With smaller budgets, IT must validate purchases by correlating tangible
business and IT returns that align with corporate strategic objectives. This
validation should come earl... (more)
When Honda introduced the Civic in America in 1972, industry experts declared
Honda would never succeed because automobiles were too complex and required
skills and technology beyond those of the mere motorcycle company. Fast
forward to today when Honda’s Civics and Accords are two of North America's
top-selling cars.
What changed?
Honda developed the skills and technology to build nimbl... (more)
Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, begins, “It
was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness.” When it comes to information to help
business professionals make wise decisions, answer critical questions, and
resolve significant problems, today truly is the best and worst of times.
There is mor... (more)
Data virtualization's ability to overcome hardware and software complexity
provides enterprises with an excellent opportunity to improve IT agility and
save significantly. As more enterprises seek these benefits, data
virtualization is swiftly moving from new idea to the mainstream. This
article looks at the 10 most common mistakes made by early adopters as object
lessons for helping new... (more)
Robert "Bob" Eve is vice president of marketing at Composite Software. Prior to joining Composite, he held executive-level marketing and business development roles at several other enterprise software companies. At Informatica and Mercury Interactive, he helped penetrate new segments in his role as the vice president of Market Development. Bob ran Marketing and Alliances at Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive in 2003) where he defined the IT Governance category. As vice president of Alliances at PeopleSoft, Bob was responsible for more than 300 partners and 100 staff members. Bob has an MS in management from MIT and a BS in business administration with honors from University of California, Berkeley. He is a frequent contributor to publications including SYS-CON's SOA World Magazine and Virtualization Journal.
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