Joe McKendrick

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Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. Joe is co-author, along with 16 leading industry leaders and thinkers, of the SOA Manifesto, which outlines the v…alues and guiding principles of service orientation. He speaks frequently on cloud, data, and enterprise computing topics at industry events and Webcasts. As an independent analyst, he has authored numerous research reports in partnership with Forbes Insights and Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc. In a previous life, Joe served as director of the Administrative Management Society (AMS), an international professional association dedicated to advancing knowledge within the IT and business management fields. He is a graduate of Temple University.

Joe McKendrick is an independent consultant, editor and speaker. Joe has performed project work (white papers, articles, blogs, research and presentations) for the following companies in the IT marketspace: CBS Interactive/CNET/ZDNet (this blog) ebizQ Evans Data Gartner IBM Informatica IDC Microsoft Systinet/HP Teradata Unisphere Reseach, a division of Information Today, Inc. WebLayers Joe has also performed research work for the following sponsoring organizations in partnership with Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc. IBM Luminex Noetix Oracle Corp. Teradata Informatica International Oracle Users Group Oracle Applications Users Group Professional Association for SQL Server International DB2 Users Group International Sybase Users Group SHARE (IBM large systems users group)

Latest from Joe McKendrick

Six takeaways from Microsoft's open sourcing of .NET

Microsoft announces its .NET framework will be an open-source offering. This may be good news for Platform as a Service advocates.

November 17, 2014 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Microsoft, the anti-Google?

Microsoft gradually sheds its reputation as a proprietary local software provider, reaches out to cloud and open source.

December 22, 2011 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Microsoft pushes for IT management delivered as a cloud service

The latest Microsoft Management Summit has wrapped up, and on top of the software giant's IT management agenda for the coming year is cloud and SaaS-based delivery. How close is the vendor to this vision?

March 25, 2011 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Server-free architectures, .NET, vanishing IT departments: top 10 posts for 2010

Here are the top 10 posts that generated the most traffic -- and also discussion -- in the year 2010. A common thread throughout -- how much IT does a company really need these days?

December 23, 2010 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Steve Ballmer: Microsoft has been focusing on cloud for 15 years

Microsoft says it intends to invest almost $10 billion into cloud R&D over the coming year.

July 29, 2010 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Microsoft's mysterious Azure-in-a-box not for the 'faint of heart'

Microsoft makes its entrance into the private cloud space with an appliance -- but keeps it under wraps.

July 14, 2010 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft

Microsoft Oslo shifting to the data side

Last year, I heard Brian Loesgen compared Oslo, Microsoft's modeling strategy, to an onion, with many layers of features. Lately, it appears there is another layer to Oslo forming, which ties the platform closer to Microsoft's data programmability stack.

August 18, 2009 by Joe McKendrick in Microsoft