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- 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
- The most slacking-est time of the year
- Is this what your office looks like from November to January?Statistically speaking, you're not doing any work today -- or so poll after poll out this time of year about "lost productivity hours" and "distracted workers" claims. You probably won't work for the rest of the week,...
- Tags: Workplace, Hour, Aisle, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Going back to Windows Media Center
- I'd been using Media Center as my primary DVR since shortly after the release of Windows Vista several years ago. At the time, my intention was to learn more about the other TV-oriented technology at Microsoft, which was of particular interest to me as I worked, at the time, in...
- Tags: Channel, Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Digital Video Recorder, CableCard, Media Center PCs, DVR, Digital Video, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Business "Much More Predictable" In Past Two Months, NetSuite Says
- Sales of its online business software froze in the last two days of September, NetSuite chief financial officer Jim McGeever told the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference Wednesday. But, in the last two months, the flow of deals for its "software as a service" suite has become "much more...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Management, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- First Core i7 desktops from Dell, Alienware and Gateway
- Now that Intel has officially released its Core i7 processor, fresh desktops are arriving daily. Dell has released four systems with Core i7 processors, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming rigs. Gateway also announced two FX-series gaming systems. Notably absent is HP, which has yet to announce...
- Tags: Desktop, Alienware, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., Memory, Core, Gateway FX6800-01, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Flash Memory, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Kindle Economics
- A few weeks ago I evaluated Amazon's Kindle. While I really liked the device, the big problem I had with it was that at its current price of $359.00 it was too expensive at this point for mass consumer adoption. I also had a number of...
- Tags: Cost, Semester, Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Amazon Kindle, E-books, Microsoft Excel, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Tags: Platform, Plan, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, DDR3, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Top Web companies in August 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time Per Person 1. Google 131,186 2:03:08 2. Microsoft 124,271 2:27:31 3. Yahoo! 118,580 3:22:41 4. Time Warner (Division*) 100,221 3:24:30 5. News Corp. Online 79,871 1:51:40 6. InterActiveCorp 67,805 0:21:13 7. eBay...
- Tags: Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Cadillacs recalled over software bug
- General Motors issued a recall for almost 13,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles, due to a software bug in the airbag sensor. Transportation-related software problems happen all the time. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA lists details: GM is...
- Tags: Software, General Motors Corp., Software Bug, Software Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Nortel's Loss, Good News for the Enterprise
- As I was reading about Nortel's rerun today, I was thinking that there might be a silver-lining in all of this for enterprise folk. The bad news, of course, was Nortel's $3.4 billion loss reported for the third quarter, its worst loss since 2001....
- Tags: R&D, Nortel Networks Corp., Gowan, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Judge tells Apple exec to stop work
- The court of public opinion is now in session. On 4 November 2008 Apple hired IBM PowerPC expert Mark Papermaster to replace Tony Fadell, its outgoing SVP of the iPod division. Papermaster accepted the position as Apple's senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering after a 25...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Apple Inc., Agreement, IBM Corp., BTL, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Papermaster temporarily blocked from Apple job
- Papermaster temporarily blocked from Apple jobHow does that tie him to IBMfor his entire career? I can see an issue if you are earning 70,000 dollars a year, but the salaries some of these division heads earn are in the million dollar range, and I am sure job offerings are...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Apple Inc., Papermaster, job, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSD
- Jon DeVaan -- the "mystery man" behind Windows 7 -- is the Senior Vice President in charge of Microsoft's Core Operating System Division COSD. I had a chance to ask DeVaan some questions last week about how COSD works and about one of COSD's better-known if still largely misunderstood initiatives:...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Core Operating System Division, MinWin, MJF, Team Management, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?Non-competes typically are enforced for......company executives. Clearly Mr. Papermaster was an executive of IBM and therefore the non-compete is applicable. IMO he does have a strong argument that his new role is materially different enough where the non-compete is not applicable.To work...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Utility computing, Blade servers, Papermaster, IBM Corp., IBM-Apple-Papermaster, IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle, triangle, NDA
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Samsung overtakes Motorola in U.S. mobile phone market
- Samsung has unseated Motorola from its throne as the leading mobile phone vendor in the U.S. In the third quarter, Samsung led with 22.4 percent of mobile phones in the U.S. while Motorola carried 21.1 percent, down from 32.7 percent a year ago. LG Electronics was in the third slot...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Handset, Cell Phone, Motorola Inc., Handset Division, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore
- Updated: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant has no intention of making a new offer for Yahoo--even though the Internet company is on sale relative to its first offer. Via ZDNet Australia Techmeme Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia CEDA lunch...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Web 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Structures, Internet, Corporate Law, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Simple Division Program (exe)
- Try this Simple Division Program. Gives you easy and medium questions. This program is another adition from brianwisniewski.com. Educating is the key. Simple Division helps along the way.
- Tags: Program, Brianwisniewski
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- On the Mac mini's passing: not so fast
- On 21 October 2008 some European Apple retailers kicked off a whirlwind of speculation that the Mac mini was being discontinued or EOL End Of Life in Apple parlance. While the rumor was a bit of a stretch, mini fans expressed heir displeasure with the little Mac's untimely death in...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
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