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- Office 2.0: 'Conversations' prevent IT failure
- Cultural issues are among the key drivers causing acute IT problems. Project failure rates remain high in large part because these drivers are difficult to identify and diagnose. Many organizations accept information silos as a cost of doing business, despite the clear negative impact of these boundaries...
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Failure, Office 2.0, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- This week's rants
- This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...
- Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
- UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed
- UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployedIf you're any good, I wouldn't worry about itMy first question is whether that study takes into account whether people were employed in their actual field of study?Ie, does a job at McDonalds classify as being 'employed' or does every psychology major actually...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, C/C++, job, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Inside the Intel Developer Forum
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about trends and products at this year's Intel Developer Forum. Diaz discusses how the chipmaker's latest processors pave the way for innovations that cut across industries. He also explains why Intel's ever-faithful support of WiMax may finally begin reaping...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Diaz, Leadership, Strategy, Wi-Fi, Semiconductors, Wireless, Management, Hardware, Intel, IDF, chips, WiMax, Sumi, Sam
- Videos 2008-08-19
- Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway
- Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underwayGood article, Larry.Software companies are running out of ways to make you buy their latest version. There just isn't anything in newer versions that increase productivity. So they have to raise their revenue somewhere.I think it is better for companies to hire...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Internal IT, database manager, software, maintenance revolution
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- A fresh model for software maintenance
- It is clear that the homogeneous application of round sum percentages applied to software maintenance pricing is a dead business model. Nowhere is that more clearly illustrated in the recent kerfuffle over SAP's forced price rise for its maintenance services. SAP has put up a spirited defense but on the...
- Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- 12 early warning signs of IT failure
- 12 early warning signs of IT failure"Nepal Airlines’ risk mitigation practices"Huh? Seems like a hyperlink is in order there.Another one...not sure how to categorize itProject managers have accountability but not enough authority to make team members work on the project. Team members often come from different departments, and...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, goat, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisy
- File under lying in the bed you made: Jackson Browne is suing John McCain, the national Republican Party and the Ohio Republican Party for copyright infringement, the LA Times reports. At issue: a McCain ad that mocks Barack Obama for recommending drivers increase mileage by checking tire...
- Tags: John McCain, McCain, Browne, Entertainment Industry, Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Yahoo announces Icahn's board members
- Yahoo appointed former Viacom CEO Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple, former CEO of Nextel Partners, to its board of directors, filling the two new seats created when activist investor Carl Icahn agreed to drop his proxy fight for control of the board last month. Icahn is also...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Chapple, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- U.S. Internet down by law, not market
- U.S. Internet down by law, not marketPlease refrain from the BS, Dana[i]ISPs are free to set terms and conditions of service, but if those terms become onorous the consumer can simply change carriers[/i]And we cannot?If I do not like Comcast I can move to Verizon, Cavalier, AOL, ATX, the list...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, broadcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Open source licenses are valid
- When you break the terms of an open source license you are committing a copyright violation. Creative Commons has the same power under law that the record or movie industries do. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source License, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Patent suit targets company being acquired by Microsoft
- On the surface, the latest patent lawsuit to hit the court systems looks like many of the others: allegations of infringement, ongoing unauthorized use and so on. But there's a little bit of a twist to this one. DATallegro, the company that reportedly is doing such infringing, is in the...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Defendant, DATallegro, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Research & Development, Business Operations, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- The real end game in home automation
- The real end game in home automationHome Automation will be key ....It is the same concept that engulfs the 'aging in place' movement; different industries, doing different things, yet all saying they have the same end goal.I've been researching the real-world use of home automation to improve the quality of...
- Tags: Games, home automation, game
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- No retail channel for laptop Linux
- No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, laptop computer, Linux, netbook, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- No more need for an antivirus software?
- No more need for an antivirus software?This still uses a thin client type application installed on the client.Yes, its more clound than local, but most corporate AV's work similar to this. They are more client heavy, but with a little tweaking they could move to a cloud type formation....
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Debian repository, software, virus, antivirus software, Linux, DSL
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?
- Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?Medical device development in MassachusettsSpeaking as a member of the orthopedic medical device industry, it is our hope that the regulatory process will allow input from industry to develop reasonable disclosure guidelines without stifling activities that are beneficial to Massachusetts healthcare consumers. Below is an abbreviated...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, medical device, S. 2863, medical device industry, health care, manufacturer, industry
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest.
- If there was one solid message to come from the opening keynotes at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, it is this: Now is the time. Illustrated through the lenses of two large, mainstream industries – financial services and health care – the first two presenters talked about ways...
- Tags: Hospital, Health Care, Linux, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?
- We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...
- Tags: Clean Technology, Natural Gas, Energy, Natural Gas Production, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Global Best Practices in Email Security, Privacy and Compliance
- A new generation of email security solutions is needed to meet the challenges of growing message traffic, rapidly-evolving security threats and increasingly complex data protection and privacy regulations worldwide. Securing inbound email - while challenging enough - is less difficult than maintaining compliance with the complex, overlapping...
- Tags: Financial, Compliance, E-mail Security, Privacy, Regulation, Proofpoint Inc., Best Practice, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security
- White papers 2008-08-04
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