Corporate & legal Resources on ZDNet

More EDS issues over botched IT project in UK: According to a recent report from Parliament, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK continues to pursue EDS for compensation over a major failed IT implementation. The settlement totals Â£71.25 million and includes a direct cash payment along with Â£26.5 million in credits from EDS against future...; Tags: Information Technology, Settlement, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Government, Litigation, Purchasing & Procurement, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Google launches its 'let's annoy Microsoft' plan: Pings Yahoo and works regulators: Google has reportedly reached out to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid. And in case that doesn't work Google has already started working policymakers. Simply put, the games have begun (Techmeme). Get ready for the FUD fest folks. As noted on Friday just a few...; Tags: Google Inc., Regulator, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Regulations, Government, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-03
Sun CIO: Tackle green IT in manageable steps: The video gurus here at ZDNet have posted their latest in the Green Enterprise series, some tips from Sun Microsystems CIO Bob Worrall on how to tackle making your data center more energy-efficient while simultaneously reducing the carbon dioxide emissions it contributes to the atmosphere. I'll let...; Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Carbon Dioxide, Department, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-10-11
Your thoughts on net neutrality: Your thoughts on net neutralityYeah. Hows that workin out for us so far?"The Department submits, however, that free market competition, unfettered by unnecessary governmental regulatory restraints, is the best way to foster innovation and development of the Internet."The US has internet services that are made a laughing stock by...; Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet, Net Neutrality, premium price; Discussion threads 2007-09-07
Internet sales tax a big hang-up for alleged Amazon-Netflix deal: Internet sales tax a big hang-up for alleged Amazon-Netflix dealOne other issueI wonder how much the recent increases in postage rates has hammered Netflix.Netflix sinking fast in my opinionNetflix mailed me about 30 pounds of flyers over the last year, so I finally broke down and joined them. When...; Tags: Corporate communications, Internet, NetFlix Inc., Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-06-06

Verizon slammed for 'chronically poor' service: Verizon slammed for 'chronically poor' serviceWhat da...Are we kidding? Verizon is absolutely the pits in everything! They are a corrupt money-hungry corporation out of control. Don't believe me? Please go and sign up for a their wireless service plan for a year or two... come the...; Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), DSL, Broadband Internet, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., customer service, Verizon customer service; Discussion threads 2007-04-18
Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appeal: Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appealArgh ; same meal deal as UC BerkeleyNuisance law suits like those Microsoft continues to bring to the highest levels should get the legals that support them disbarred. Lets make certain those legals know what happened to their counter parts at HP. When things are...; Tags: Neukom, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-11-27
Greg Stein: Three is enough: This is part 2 of a 3 part interview with Greg Stein, one of the visionaries behind project hosting on Google Code. Part 1 covered how Google Code limits the number of licenses allowed in order to help the community battle open source license proliferation. In this part we'll discuss...; Tags: Greg Stein, Google Code; Blog posts 2006-11-03
Sun's Schwartz wants to fool you (but doesn't), Opera does, and phishing phools: Happy April Fools day. If you're up for a good gag, you won't get it from the most prolific public company executive blogger (Sun's Jonathan Schwartz). Indicating that his blog entries must pass muster with the company's legal eagles, Schwartz says in a blog entry entitled The Downside of Being...; Tags: Opera Software; Blog posts 2005-04-01
Have you posted to your blog today?: If your press releases or annual reports aren't doing the trick, and you feel disconnected from customers, fans and critics, perhaps it's time to start a blog. For example, we typically pay attention to the blog postings written by Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's president and COO. (Corporate legal oversight is an issue for...; Tags: blog; Blog posts 2004-08-20
Lexmark Legal Department Saves Time With MFP and Scanning Solution Using Its Own Technology: Corporate legal departments are all about documents. And documents have always been about paper. Even here at Lexmark, that has been true. Fortunately, that's changing. At Lexmark, we not only invent the technology that transforms paper documents into electronic images, we're now using this technology in Lexmark's legal department. With...; Tags: Lexmark International Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management; Case studies