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The Web can help you take your medicine

"The pharmacist may be busy, or you may be embarrassed because it's out in the open. We offer privacy and anonymity." by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Web, Health Care, Pharmacist, American Economy, Sean Teare, Teare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-15

American competitiveness and the global economy

Can the United States remain competitive as 3 billion people in Asia rapidly enter the global economy? It's a question asked by many people across market segments, including IT personnel who worry about offshore outsourcing and the jobs threat that poses. Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and probably the...

Tags: AMERICAN, Fareed Zakaria, Swiss

Blog posts 2006-06-07

VCs hanker for hunk of China, India

VCs hanker for hunk of China, IndiaMessage has been deleted.The American economy is going well now.....But it's in a tenuous condition at best. The recent boom after the 2000 collapse has been due to the refi & Home equity boom. Now we have higher oil prices looming...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, American Economy

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

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Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....

Tags: Strategy, Washington, Network, Broadband, American, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?

Satellite TV has been gaining subscribers, relentlessly this decade. Particularly DirecTV, which had 3.8 million subscribers at the end of June 1998 and counted 17.2 million, at the end of this June, according to this compilation by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association of America. ...

Tags: Cable Television, Broadcasting, Satellite, Brodsky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict

Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Board, Trip Chowdhry, Contacts, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services

As a business society, we've been pretty much used to thinking of information technology as a disposable asset. Even data centers were built with a 10-year lifespan in mind, which means a lot of the work done and systems deployed around the year 2000 is quickly reaching that maturity point....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?

Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...

Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Welcome to MegaTom

Tom Raftery, analyst at Greenmonk and another Irregular pinged me this morning to let me know about a new community: MegaTom. Born out of an idea from Gavin Starks and Simon Wardley, MegaTom seeks to act as the hub around which people can discuss the many green issues facing our...

Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Photos: Infiniti FX50S AWD

The 2009 Infiniti FX50S will surprise you with its level of performance, the luxury of its cabin, and its very advanced cabin and safety tech. What you shouldn't be surprised by is the big SUV fuel economy. by CNET News.com

Tags: Cabin, Photograph, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-12-01

What a difference one atom makes

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Palm: On track to become a historical footnote

Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...

Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-01

News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Taleo: Management's comments regarding their November to forget

A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo's Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...

Tags: Taleo Corp., Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Sales Strategy, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Will Detroit run out of road?

In the next two weeks we'll see what chance there is for any of those on the waiting list to get their plug-in Chevy Volt, or whether there'll be a Chrysler 2010 model. On December 2, the automakers are to deliver their own plans for salvation to the Congress....

Tags: Automobile Company, Bush Adminisitration, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-30

How should companies approach outsourcing in this economy?

Outsourcing clients have to think more smartly and strategically about creating an experience than can drive new growth, deliver business value to the top-line, and not just take out short-term costs from the bottom. If clients can engage outsourcing to become more competitive, it creates an entirely different paradigm than...

Tags: ERP Platform, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming

Two recent research studies have found that the demand from U.S. consumers for HDTVs hasn't slackened despite the tough economy, but confusion remains about what you do with the TV once the set is purchased. You would presume that people are seeking out HDTVs in order to...

Tags: HDTV, Survey, Blu-ray, Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Crappy economy = great time for open source in schools

Not only is it budget time for me right now as we put together our FY10 plans, but it's also time to figure out how we're going to make it through the rest of FY09. Since so many people have lost jobs and/or homes recently, the state and town...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Money, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Document Management, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-27

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps

Just about everyone seems to have either an iPhone or iPod touch these days and the companion App Store is chock full of over 5,000 great gift ideas. From powerful databases to file storage to music, this list has something for you. Can't decide? Give your special someone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-26