Geoff Woollacott

Citrix goes to its roots to enable worker productivity

Posted by Geoff Woollacott | Sep 25, 2015

Citrix Industry Analyst Meeting, 2015 Staying true to its roots, Citrix will maintain its relevance in end-user computing by delivering solutions for the workspace. With a level of candor not typically found at industry analyst conferences, Citrix outlined a coherent product road map at its Industry Analyst Meeting 2015, detailing how it maintains relevance and dominance in the end-user computing environment. Citrix once enjoyed a leadership position with a single-product value proposition based on XenApp. However, the vendor’s role and value proposition have become more complex. Citrix is on a crusade to redefine how it engages with customers and...

Inside IBM earnings: Mix of good news and ‘ominous elements’

Posted by Geoff Woollacott | Oct 17, 2013

Editor’s note: Geoff Woollacott is a senior analyst and engagement manager with research firm Technology Business Research. He sees both good and bad news in IBM’s earnings report, which was released Wednesday. The news rattled investors with IBM shares dropping more than 6 percent in after-hours trading. Revenue fell to $23.7 billion in the quarter as hardware sales fell and IBM posted the first revenue decline in emerging markets in its history. HAMPTON, N.H. – IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Global Services segment led the way for the third quarter, but that performance was not enough to offset declines in Systems and...

Inside IBM’s analytics push: The ‘silver thread’ in IT for smarter commerce

Posted by Geoff Woollacott | Jul 17, 2013

Editor’s note: Geoff Woollacott is Senior Analyst/Engagement Manager and Bryan Belanger is Professional Services Practice Analyst at research firm Technology Business Research. This is the second of a three-part analysis of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) plans to exploit business opportunities based around its “Watson” program. HAMPTON, N.H. - Stitching IBM Analytics technologies into the fabric of the business via simple manipulation and output consumption improves speed of deployment. On the first day of its recent analysts briefing, IBM spoke of analytics as the silver thread stitched into the IT fabric. It allows the business to explore and mine its business inputs to determine...

Inside IBM’s Watson play: Expanding into new industries, markets as Moore’s Law allows

Posted by Geoff Woollacott | Jul 16, 2013

Editor’s note: Geoff Woollacott is Senior Analyst/Engagement Manager and Bryan Belanger is Professional Services Practice Analyst at research firm Technology Business Research. This is the second of a three-part analysis of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) plans to exploit business opportunities based around its “Watson” program. HAMPTON, N.H. - Watson represents the big bet, and the continued evolution of both Watson and the attendant technologies built on and around its capabilities keep paying off, as evidenced by IBM’s announcement it had increased the 2015 goal for big data related revenue from $16 billion to $20 billion. Furthermore, the ability to market increasingly affordable cognitive...

IBM’s Watson bet pays off for Big Blue and customers alike

Posted by Geoff Woollacott | Jul 16, 2013

Editor’s note: Geoff Woollacott is Senior Analyst/Engagement Manager and Bryan Belanger is Professional Services Practice Analyst at research firm Technology Business Research. This is the first of a three-part analysis of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) plans to exploit business opportunities based around its “Watson” program. HAMPTON, N.H. - The name Watson represents high-level big data and analytics and the catalyst for deep and far-reaching changes in the ways IT provisioners deliver, and customers consume, technology. IBM is well positioned to capitalize on the market opportunities these changes create. The purchase and consumption shifts obliterate historic best practices in ways few companies fully fathom....