Capex

“Enterprise-Class Second Life” Some days the jokes write themselves. Did they mean “Second-Class Enterprise Life”? It’s like Second Life, only more expensive, with even fewer people, and minus the interesting bits? Can “Enterprise-Class World of Warcraft” be far behind?  “Enterprise-Class Grand Theft Auto”? Imagine the resplendently rendered virtual bus that drives up to your virtual…

IBM announced something today they called the “Blue Cloud” initiative that is a “game-changing model for Internet-scale computing”.  Some thoughts and questions: This is a seriously half-baked announcement.  The press release rambles on and on yet says very little.  This “next major advance in computing” merits a single page on IBM’s web site with two paragraphs of text and a stock photo.  IBM…