Dan Farber Resources on ZDNet

ZDNet Author Biography: Dan Farber is vice-president of editorial at CNET Networks and editor in chief of ZDNet. Dan has more than 20 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering technology. He joined ZDNet in 1996, and led the development of ZDNet's worldwide network of more than 70 technology-focused...; more about Dan Farber »

ZDNet Resources

A rundown of 'L'affair Microhoo': CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber takes a few minutes to highlight the key points in all the corporate maneuvering of Microsoft's would-be acquisition of Yahoo and gives his take on where the failed bid leaves both companies.; Tags: News, dan farber, microsoft, google, yahoo, mergers, internet, stock market, Editor-in-chief, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; Videos 2008-05-08
JavaFX's day in the Sun: Dan Farber has some information about JavaFX from the JavaOne keynote today. It sounds like it wasn't a great day for demos but that we're starting to get a better picture of JavaFX and what the plans are. Michael Coté has some additional information about Sun's plans around Java as...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, JavaOne, JavaFX, Dan Farber, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Moving beyond Microhoo: News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how the deal fell apart and where the two companies go from here.; Tags: News, ina fried, dan farber, microsoft, yahoo, merger, stock market; Videos 2008-05-05
Is the Web 2.0 economy in limbo?: CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and reporter Caroline McCarthy wrap up the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco and discuss the current Web 2.0 boom and how long it will be sustained.; Tags: News, dan farber, caroline mccarthy, web 2.0, san francisco, mark andreesen, social networking; Videos 2008-04-25
Top social networking sites in US in February 2007: MySpace.com’s audience grew just 4% in February 2008 from February 2007, whereas second-place Facebook’s more than doubled, growing 102% year over year, according to Nielsen Online. LinkedIn, meanwhile, increased its unique audience a whopping 271% year over year, reaching 7.4 mln in Feb., compared with 2.0 mln a year earlier...; Tags: Facebook, Network, Audience, MySpace, Social Networking, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-03-26

Ray Ozzie bringing 'syncromesh' to the Web: Guest post: Dan Farber, Between the Lines alumnus and founding editor-in-chief of ZDNet, is editor-in-chief of CNET News.com. Ray Ozzie has a history of trying to break through software and usability barriers. With Lotus Notes, he and his team spent years creating the underlying client/server collaboration technology to...; Tags: Web, Device, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Mesh, FeedSynch, Synchronization, Channel Management, Groupware, Servers, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Transition time at ZDNet: This will be my last post on Between the Lines and ZDNet for a while. I am moving over to head up our sister CNET Networks site News.com starting today. My talented, experienced, incisive and prolific BTL partner Larry Dignan will become Editor in Chief and Chief Blogger...; Tags: Team, Larry Dignan, CNET Networks Inc., Blogger, Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries: Michael Stonebraker has a history of database breakthroughs. He was a founder of Ingres, Illustra, Cohera and StreamBase Systems. He also served as CTO of Informix and helped develop Postgres. His most recent creation is Vertica, which just launched version 2.o of its database. The claims...; Tags: Michael Stonebraker, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Microsoft ready for proxy fight to capture Yahoo?: DealBook is reporting that Microsoft plans to authorize a proxy fight to capture Yahoo, which has rebuffed the $44.6 billion bid (since Microsoft's stock went down the deal is valued now at about $41 billion). For the Yahoo board, the fight is heading for the final rounds....; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Fight, DealBook, Corporate Governance, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Gates on Microhoo: Offer very fair: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been silent on the offer to acquire Yahoo. He has been purposely taking a back seat to CEO Steve Ballmer and Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie in lieu of his retirement from active duty in a few months. He officially exits day-to-day activities in July...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Search, Investment, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Bungee Labs opens developer platform-as-a-service: Bungee Labs launched a public beta of a new version of its BungeeConnect, an on demand application development platform for professional programmers. The concept is similar to what salesforce.com is doing with its Force.com platform, although Bungee Labs claims that it is differentiated on the basis of being purely...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Concept, Application, Server, Programming Language, Pricing Strategy, Bungee Labs, BungeeConnect, Amazon EC2, Application Builder, Sales Force Management, Data Centers, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-18
BlueTie brings 'featuretisements' to workflow: BlueTie has come up with a novel way to generate revenue for its collaboration suite aimed at small businesses. Rather than licensing, subscription or ads BlueTie is using"featuretisements," where the company is paid on a cost per action basis. The idea is to integrate monetizable services into the workflow of...; Tags: Software, Idea, Orbitz, BlueTie, Workflow, E-mail, Process Improvement, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Microhoo update: Culture clash, Alibaba and board room politics: With the tech world on holiday in the U.S. for President's Day, the fate of Yahoo still hangs in the balance. That's doesn't mean the blogosphere has been taking a vacation from the topic. In the NYT, John Markoff and Matt Richtel write about the culture clash...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Article, Microsoft Corp., Battleground, Alibaba Group, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Data center centerfold: Google's new Oregon facility: The March issue of "Harper's" has a spread with a blueprint for Google's The Dalles data center on the banks of Oregon's Columbia River. According to the article, the 68,680 square-foot facility (with only two of the three buildings completed) is expected to demand 103-megawatts of electricity, which would...; Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Oregon, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-17
What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope?: Robert Scoble posted about a Microsoft product that he couldn't disclose in the works that brought tears of joy to his eyes. He wrote: Yesterday was one of those days. Curtis Wong and Jonathan Fay, researchers at Microsoft, fired up their machines and showed me something that I can't...; Tags: Sky, Microsoft Corp., WWT, Tools & Techniques, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-15
BTL podcast: Amazon's dark cloud, Microsoft shuffle and more...: This week on the BTL podcast Larry and I discuss the dark cloud around Amazon's S3 on demand infrastructure. The service suffered an outage for a few hours that brought home the reality of on demand services, whether infrastructure or applications. In addition, salesforce.com suffered some service interruptions this week...; Tags: Downtime, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Podcasts, Internet, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Yahoo!'s oneConnect: who will use it?: Matthew Miller got excited about the preview of Yahoo!'s oneConnect at the World Mobile Congress. In Matthew's words: Yahoo's new oneConnect is one of the top pieces of software/services I saw in action. The rep was giving a demonstration on a Nokia N95 8GB device and...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Social Computing, Service, Matthew Miller, Yahoo oneConnect, Dan Farber, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-02-14
2009: The year of enterprise social networks: While some companies are trying to keep Facebook and MySpace out of the office, Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie thinks that the social networking phenomenon is coming soon to an enterprise near you. "Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon--not unlike IM and texting--I believe every single social-networking...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Network, Forrester Research Inc., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Dear stockholders: Please believe us, Microsoft undervalues us: Yahoo's latest move in the end game with Microsoft is a letter to stockholders, explaining why the company is worth more than Microsoft is offering. The global online advertising market will grow from $45 billion in 2007 to $75 billion in 2010, the letter stated, and Yahoo is poised to...; Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Fact, Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-13
JBoss sets goal: Capture 50 percent of enterprise middleware workloads by 2015: Red Hat has big plans for JBoss. With its "Enterprise Acceleration" initiative, the company hopes to gain 50 percent of enterprise middleware workloads by 2015. Red Hat points to rising adoption of open source solutions, support from system integrators and a customer, the Swedish Police Board,...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Middleware, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-13