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Brain waves used for faster image sorting: Computers are fast for many tasks, but humans are faster for identifying objects or people in images. But is it possible to combine the speed of a computer with the sensitivity of the human brain? According to a IEEE Spectrum Online article, 'A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting,' several teams...; Tags: Team, Analyst, DARPA, Image, Computer, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-04
NetSuite turns into battlground among Analysts; High hopes for OneWorld: On the surface NetSuite's first quarter was pretty good. The company beat its earnings targets by a penny a share and revenue was better than expected. However, the on-demand ERP software provider's deferred revenue fell short of what analysts expected. As Credit Suisse analyst Philip Winslow, who...; Tags: Revenue, Analyst, NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, OneWorld, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Intel's first quarter report: What to expect: Intel rolls out the first big technology earnings report after market close Tuesday and analysts are expecting a quarter in line to slightly below expectations. Intel (all resources) is expected to report earnings of 25 cents a share and sales of $9.63 billion for the quarter ending...; Tags: Revenue, Analyst, Microprocessor, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Semiconductors, Sales Strategy, Processors, Finance, Hardware, Sales, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Dell's grand plan a dud with Analysts; Where's the detail?: A two-day Dell powwow with Wall Street this week was largely panned as being short of details. On Wednesday and Thursday Dell met with analysts and disclosed that it would lay off more than the 8,800 it had projected and outlined plans to save about $3 billion...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Analyst, Retail, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-04
When the going gets tough, Oracle talks less smack: Analysts are lamenting Oracle's February quarter and the lower than expected new license revenue growth, but the lack of competitor bashing should really have folks worried. Oracle's quarter wasn't bad, but investors are clearly spooked by new license growth of 16 percent, which was at the low...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Analyst, Deals, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-27

Oracle expected to navigate choppy economic waters: Oracle will report its fiscal third quarter earnings after market close today and by most counts the company has bucked any economic downturn and should turn in strong results. Analysts are expecting earnings of 30 cents a share for the February quarter on sales of $5.4 billion,...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Analyst, Sales Strategy, Middleware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Servers, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Grading Gartner and Forrester: Sam Lawrence has been a client of both Gartner and Forrester since January and has provided an interesting report card of the two analyst firms. Lawrence, CMO at Jive Software, a collaboration and community software maker, had the following key takeaways in a blog post: ...; Tags: Analyst, Gartner Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Sam Lawrence, Account Manager, Sales Strategy, Corporate Governance, Sales Force Management, C/C++, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Is Yahoo is best way for Microsoft to spend its cash?: Microsoft is likely to prevail in its Yahoo bid -- and most likely without raising its offer. But just because Microsoft can buy the No. 2 search vendor doesn't necessarily mean it should. Those are the results of a new poll of Wall Street analysts by Reuters....; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-16
Sleazy Analysts and corporate weasels: IT buyers look to industry analysts for wisdom in understanding the past, counsel in handling the present, and advice when future plans go awry. Unfortunately, this symbiotic relationship between analysts and their corporate masters can include a complicated mix of mutual respect and fear, punctuated by...; Tags: Analyst, Blog, Business Ethics, Blogging, Leadership, Management, Internet, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-09
To form an us: As regular readers know one of the big problems I see IT management facing every single day is the inability to identify and correct the misinformation senior executives pick up from the media and then unconsciously rely on to override our carefully researched and thought through recommendations. ...; Tags: Paul Murphy, Data, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Forbes, Notebooks, Analyst, IT manager, Desktops, PC, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Rainbow Analyst Personal (zip): Rainbow Analyst Personal is a quality assurance tool, intended to help you in developing your own Excel models and in checking models developed by others. Also the Analyst can speed up the process of checking models developed by others, and highlight errors or problems that might otherwise have been missed....; Tags: QA, Analyst; Software downloads 2008-01-18
The technology worry chronicles: IBM, Best Buy dinged: Enterprises aren't too hip on buying IT hardware right now and consumers aren't feeling all that spunky either. Those are the big takeaways from the latest installment of Wall Street worry about technology-related companies. On Friday, worries about Intel emerged. You can expect these worries to emerge...; Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Oracle Corp., Analyst, Earnings, IBM Corp., Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-07
10 signs that you aren't cut out to be a systems Analyst: The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that job opportunities for systems analysts will increase at an above-average pace through 2014, as organizations continue to build and implement increasingly complex technologies. If you've been wondering whether you'd be happy in the role of systems analyst, take a look at the following...; Tags: Job, Analyst, Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career; Download resources 2007-12-17
Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?: Goldman Sachs issued a research note Monday that may highlight an important technology theme: China's manufacturing costs are going to become an issue. In the note, penned by Goldman analysts David Bailey and Min Park, Goldman recaps an Asia tour examining the tech supply chain. The analysts came away...; Tags: China, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analyst, Lexmark International Inc., Manufacturing Cost, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-10
External drives: The hot gift this season?: Maybe there's just something about massive external drives that get geeks into the holiday spirit. Analysts are projecting external hard drives to be the must have gift this Christmas. Nearly every company on the planet has some online commerce hook today. Wal-Mart.com has deals aplenty. Keynote is...; Tags: Multimedia, Hard Drive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Analyst, Keynote, ComScore Networks Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Pricing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-26
BEA faces rough crowd: BEA Systems reported better than expected third quarter results, but all the company got was skepticism about the way it came up with its earnings tally, hackles about its software license growth and questions on why the company thinks it is worth $21 a share. Simply put,...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Analyst, Outlier, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-16
Peeking Under the Tent At Oracle OpenWorld: Fusion On Schedule and Web 2.0 Meets CRM: Oracle has a lot to talk about at OpenWorld, which starts next week in San Francisco. There's news about upgrades, an update on Fusion, some examples of what look like some pretty cool Web/Office/Enterprise 2.0 (herein referred to as WOE 2.0) applications, more evidence that Applications Unlimited is bearing fruit,...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Oracle Corp., Analyst, Customer, CRM, OpenWorld, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Roi/Tco, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2007-11-08
Google's developer pledge of allegiance: During Google's Analyst Day, Googler Paul McDonald asked the crowd of press and analyst attendees to stand and recite a developer pledge of allegiance. One platform with access for all. It's nice when you have nearly 70 percent of the searches passing through your one platform... by...; Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Platform, Analyst, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-10-24
Top Technologies for 2008: Gartner has just published its list of top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. I guess I'm a sucker for stuff like this having just spoken with a bunch of CIOs and reported on the results here. The biggest finding that I found in my research was...; Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Analyst, Gartner Inc., Technology, Mashup, Metadata Management, Computing Fabric, Channel Management, Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Utility Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2007-10-10
You can look but you better not touch: Microsoft tried to tiptoe onto the open source incline today by releasing the .Net Framework under what it calls the Microsoft Reference License. You may read the license language here, or just read this from guest analyst Mr. Bruce Springsteen: I came home from work and I...; Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-03