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Dennis Byron has more than 30 years experience researching and analyzing all areas of information technology (IT) and information-systems use.

He conducted software and systems industry research and analysis at the Datapro division of McGraw-Hill from 1991 to 1997 and IDC from 1997 to 2006. At Datapro he was involved with the creation of, and later managed, the Client/Server Analyst research service. In this role, he was responsible for researching client/server-related operating systems and development tools; communications software and middleware; and data-management products behind the client/server revolution of the early and mid 1990s. Byron joined IDC in 1997 to manage research into industry-specific applications, and initiated IDC research into eCommerce, retail, and professional-services applications, and the automation of the services supply chain. In early 2003, he moved to conduct IDC's analysis of application and integration server software and related middleware, and the emerging market for business process management (BPM) software.

Before he began research and analysis for Datapro, he spent 20 years in information-technology marketing at Bull SA and the former Data General Corporation. He has consulted in the deployment and marketing of technology ranging from CICS to simple RPC decomposition tools to the first ORBs to later generations of Tuxedo, to DCOM and IBM's Project San Francisco. Some of this research supported the commercial marketing of Multics in the 1970s, the launch of the "Soul of A New Machine" in the 1980s (the ‘machine,’ not the book), and business process reengineering (BPR) software in the 1990s.

Byron has conducted over 500 specific information-systems case studies. He also was a contributor to Application Development Trends magazine and has written extensively on the IT industry standards movement, from the early use of PARS to the de facto and de jure agreements behind the burgeoning use of web services architectures and SOA.

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IBM Acquisition Further Limits IT User Virtualization Choices
on Nov 20, 2008 about IBM
European Union Continues to Beat on Microsoft
on Nov 16, 2008 about MSFT
'The Shallowest Generation': A Rebuttal
on Nov 07, 2008
Microsoft Spending on Vista Confirms Linux Foundation Theory
on Nov 06, 2008 about MSFT, IBM, HPQ
Can Microsoft Catch Up with Cloud Computing?
on Oct 28, 2008 about AMZN, MSFT
Should Ballmer Be Concerned by Linux?
on Oct 26, 2008 about MSFT
Microsoft, Sun Do Well in Open Source Census
on Oct 02, 2008 about JAVA, MSFT
Diebold Caught Again in Politics of Technology
on Oct 01, 2008 about DBD
Open Source Bloggers Don't Let the Facts Confuse Them When Attacking Microsoft
on Sep 24, 2008 about ORCL, MSFT
Software Has No Nationality
on Sep 20, 2008 about MSFT
Sun/Stesud Deal Demonstrates Open Source Opportunity in ERP Channel
on Sep 11, 2008 about JAVA, MSFT, IBM
Red Hat's Latest Acquisition Brings Multiples Back to Earth
on Sep 04, 2008 about RHT
Google's Chrome Sounds Like 1970s Pressure Cooker
on Sep 03, 2008 about GOOG, MSFT
Microsoft Windows-Based Server Revenue Flat Year over Year
on Aug 27, 2008 about MSFT
Open Source Drives Continued IT Market Growth
on Aug 25, 2008 about RHT, MSFT
IBM, Sun Cool OOXML Rhetoric
on Aug 21, 2008 about JAVA, MSFT, IBM
4 Technology Providers Ripe for Acquisition
on Aug 20, 2008 about EBAY, GOOG, CRM
Supply Chain Management Enterprise Software: And Then There Was None
on Aug 15, 2008 about AZPN, EPIC, AMSWA
Open Source Community Rants Six Years Late About Microsoft Filing
on Aug 05, 2008 about MSFT
What Does Microsoft's Bizarre Leadership Claim Really Mean?
on Jul 28, 2008 about GOOG, MSFT, IBM
Understanding Metastorm's IPO as an Investment Opportunity
on Jul 24, 2008 about ICGE, MSFT, IBM
Ranking Business Process Management Software Companies
on Jun 29, 2008 about STWRY.PK, FJTSY.PK, IBM
What Does Progress' Takeover Mean for Iona’s Open Source Strategy?
on Jun 25, 2008 about IONA, PRGS
Waste Management Still Hasn't Disposed of SAP
on Jun 06, 2008 about SAP, WMI
Open Standards vs. open standards: Microsoft, Java, IBM, Red Hat
on Jun 01, 2008 about JAVA, MSFT, IBM
Clearance Sale on Windows Servers in Q1?
on May 29, 2008 about MSFT, IBM
Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection
on May 15, 2008 about JAVA, GOOG, IBM
Microsoft Figured We'd All Be on Vista by Now
on May 12, 2008 about MSFT
SAP: No Longer a One-Trick Pony in the Software Market
on May 07, 2008 about SAP
Color on 3Q FY 2008 Microsoft Numbers
on Apr 28, 2008 about MSFT
A Brief Look at Microsoft's Q3 Financials
on Apr 25, 2008 about MSFT
Setting the Linux/OSS Numbers Straight
on Apr 18, 2008 about MSFT

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