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- Simpler Contracts May Just Be Better
- Simpler Contracts May Just Be BetterAnother spin"Ambiguity is good."There is a split in the Open Source community, however one can certainly count on the OSS zealots to put a spin on it "Ambiguity is good"However, I am surprised that they havent accussed Microsoft.A messI blame Stallman for this. He is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital rights management (DRM), ambiguity, GPL
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- Mutual Empathy, Ambiguity and the Implementation of Electronic Knowledge Management Within the Complex Health System
- Healthcare can be characterised as a complex adaptive system. New Zealand is recognised as having one of the highest rates of enmeshed clinical Information and communication technology within this complex system. This paper describes the implementation of an integrated series of electronic Clinical Health Knowledge Management systems in a large...
- Tags: Knowledge, Health Care, Empathy, Ambiguity, Knowledge Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Strategy, Healthcare, Project Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2005-07-09
- Network Intrusion Detection: Evasion, Traffic Normalization, and End-to-End Protocol Semantics
- A fundamental problem for network intrusion detection systems is the ability of a skilled attacker to evade detection by exploiting ambiguities in the traffic stream as seen by the monitor. This paper discusses the viability of addressing this problem by introducing a new network forwarding element called a traffic normalizer....
- Tags: Network, Traffic, Network Intrusion Detection, Ambiguity, Technische Universitat Munchen, Normalizer, Intrusion Detection, Monitors & Displays, Networking, Security, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2001-05-22
- Totally Blind Channel Estimation for OFDM on Fast Varying Mobile Radio Channels
- A new blind channel estimation scheme for OFDM-systems is proposed based on the ML-principle. By avoiding the use of second- and higher-order statistics, a very fast convergence rate is achieved. A novel approach is also proposed for resolving the phase ambiguity of the blind channel estimate without the need for...
- Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Performance, Mobile, Radio, Ambiguity, Channel Estimation, OFDM, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Marketing
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- Helpdesks and productivity
- Getting rid of the PC reduces ambiguity in the system, thereby letting you eliminate the help desk and thus lowers your IT costs while increasing user productivity. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: PC, Usage Habituation, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Literate programming
- Literate programming*blink*Full time programers don't do this? I learned FORTRAN around 1980 and the text required "a structured and disciplined style." That may not be the same thing as "literate programming" but it seems close. I know I have a hard time getting statisticians to document their project specific analysis...
- Tags: Development tools, programming, programmer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Searching for definition
- A recurring theme for me at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston was defining 'Enterprise 2.0'as discussed in my earlier post. Based on my conversations with various attendees, some were clearly at the conference expressly to gain clarity on this in order to help them sell initiatives...
- Tags: Knowledge, Enterprise 2.0, Definition, Conference, KM, Carl, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-15
- Is it plugged in?
- Is it plugged in?These people are morons..RE: Is it plugged in?Most support is done through trial and error. Tell me you haven't done it this way if someone didn't teach you. Well most DON'T have the time to learn a just expect it to work. If there...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, IS IT
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Do the Busybox cases change anything?
- The GPL violation cases known collectively as the BusyBox cases never went to court, but they do seem to have settled the question of whether the license is enforceable. It is. So why is Edward Walsh, an attorney at Wolf Greenfield in Boston, trying to...
- Tags: Software, GPL, Open-source Software, Compliance, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap
- EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gapBlimey.[i]The European Union will investigate Microsoft’s support for the Open Document Format ODF in Office.[/i]If the Commission decides that Office support of ODF doesn't increase customer choice, that would imply that they potentially might prevent Microsoft from supporting this ISO standard?At the same time,...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Technology and the costs of change
- Ever get the feeling that you've got hold of an important idea but can't quite get it straight in your head? That's how I've felt in our discussions of the role user interfaces and perceptions have in defining the differences between what we usually do in applications development...
- Tags: Cost, Benefits, Human Resources, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition
- This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....
- Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Can Apple stop Pystar from selling Mac clone?
- Can Apple stop Pystar from selling Mac clone?Assumptions"Assuming they pay Apple for every copy they sell..."D'ya think this may be the little hitch in your argument? By what mechanism exactly do you see Apple accepting money from a company that is aggressively violating their license? This improbability can only occur...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Pystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City
- Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- InstallFree and Desktop Virtualization
- InstallFree and Desktop VirtualizationYou have indeed some other players :)I appreciate our focus at desktopondemand.com more in the application of desktop virtualisation in the consumer space rather than business one but this is no less important.We think that by opening up the idea of virtualisation to home users we...
- Tags: Desktops, InstallFree, desktop virtualization, desktop, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Changes to British law will affect computer security industry
- Ivan Ristic pictured to the right posted a story today on his blog that highlights some changes that are to go into effect in England sometime this year. The changes to the Computer Misuse Act CMA would appear to put security researchers and consultants in the UK at risk of being considered criminals. Ristic mentions the key...
- Tags: Computer Security, Commission, Industry, Hacker, Tool, Computer, Ristic, Guidance, Productivity, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Knowledge@Wharton interview with Scott Guthrie on everything
- Kendall Whitehouse has a really fantastic interview up with Scott Guthrie, the man helping to lead Microsoft's charge into rich Internet applications. The interview covers a ton of ground including Microsoft's plan to make money off of Silverlight and Scott Guthrie's thoughts on AIR. Kendall has been following the space...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Knowledge@Wharton, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Kendall Whitehouse, Kendall, Scott, Flash, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Web Site Development, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Recreating 3.5 billion year-old genes
- A U.S. team of scientists wanted to determine what was the Earth's temperature several billions years ago. But because most of the team was composed of biologists, the researchers took an unusual approach. Instead of analyzing rock formations or measuring isotopes in fossils, they've 'resurrected' a variety of genes and...
- Tags: Earth, Protein, Environment, Gene, Opposite, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Another ERP vendor buys into middleware
- The scale may be different, but the same market forces that fueled Oracle's acquisition of BEA have sealed another acquisition announced today: that of SOA middleware vendor Cape Clear Software by on-demand enterprise applications vendor Workday also covered today here on ZDNet by Dan Farber and Dana Gardner. Increasingly, customers...
- Tags: Acquisition, Cape Clear Software, Oracle Corp., ERP, Workday, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Performance Management 2.0: Broader or Better? (Part 1 of 2)
- Performance Management 2.0 is being referenced by some IT research firms as an advance over Performance Management 1.0. Does PM 2.0 simply mean it is broader and more inclusive than the PM 1.0 traditional view of being simply a CFO-driven initiative of financial reporting, budgeting and dashboard dials? Or is...
- Tags: Performance, Performance Management 2.0, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-30
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