Eric Lundquist

Maybe IBM should change its name to IBS, as in International Business Services. Today, company officials couldn’t contain their enthusiasm and issued preliminary revenue numbers that buoyed IBM, the technology market and (in a welcome whiff of good news) the stock market in general. While much of the tech world has remained fixated on Google […]

Here’s a quote from Bill Gates, “This next era that we’re moving into is quite different than the original PC era.” Where did that come from? Bill’s first of many 2008 Microsoft retirement speeches including the one at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show? Nope, that quote was from Bill’s 1994 Comdex keynote speech. With Bill […]

Lots of attention being given to Tata Motors ability to introduce a small, five passenger car for $2,500 . If Tata can come up with a car that resets the pricing model of the car industry, does all that talk of an under $100 laptop really seem that extreme? I remember an email exchange I […]

There are lots of predictable matchups for 2008: Republicans versus Democrats, Linux versus Windows and every NFL team versus the New England Patriots. Some less visible, but equally interesting, matchups are also brewing for the new year. Here are five of my favorites. The big box versus the hive. I was reminded of this matchup […]

Here are three companies to watch. Companies that may change the way you compute and interact with the digital world. Two are in the Boston area and one is a bit further away. One. Boston Power. Boston Power is making a rechargeable lithium ion battery which will hold a charge longer, last as long as […]

As 2007 draws to a close, it is time for a tech wrap-up on the technologies, companies and trends that made a difference this year. On the plus side was the rise of green computing, added competition and new technologies that make sense for the enterprise. There were a few minuses also, which I’ll get […]

What does the old technology concept of enterprise resource planning (ERP) have to teach us about the new interest in green information technology? A lot. First, let me say thanks to SAP CEO Henning Kagermann who in a response to a question I asked him about green IT, got me thinking about the bigger definition […]

SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said today that the company has had no current or recent discussions with Microsoft about SAP being acquired by Microsoft. At at press conference held at the SAP Influencer Summit held Dec. 4 in Boston, Kagermann answered with a curt, “No,” when asked whether the company has been in acquisition talks […]

Quick, name two former Sun Microsystem execs that became bosses of big companies? Right, Eric Schmidt (once the CTO at Sun) and now the boss of all things Google and Ed Zander (once the COO of Sun) and now the boss —whoops make that the former boss — at Motorola. Both execs came to companies […]

When John Jordan, the executive director of Penn State’s Center for Digital Transformation, sent along his 10 technology predictions for the next 10 years, I knew I should take a few moments to read through his list. Jordan’s decision to take a 10-year look into the crystal ball is welcome. Over the years, I’ve come […]