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Sixteen IT failures to remember

Here's a list of 16 IT failures worth remembering. Covering a full-range of devastated projects from both government and private industry, this list shows the true diversity of IT failure. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Government, Management, Michael Krigsman, Payment, Failure, Automobile Industry, Tools & Techniques, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

Blog posts 2008-11-10

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Politics of global warming in U.S.

Harry's not too bright.Global Warming/Climate Change is a myth, and the climategate emails have revealed that fact. You cannot "cheery pick" data and call it science.Government involvment in the market place / economy. If governments could legislate wealth they would have done it a long time ago. ...

Tags: Government, GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap

Apple's customer satisfaction index rating slipped a bit in 2009, but PC makers such as Gateway and HP managed to improve their ratings, according to the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index. Apple is still leader of the pack with a score of 84, down from...

Tags: Gateway Co., Brand, PC Company, Apple Inc., Customer Satisfaction, ACSI, Product Marketing, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-18

BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric cars

Remember a few years back when flaws in lithium-ion batteries caused a spate of overheated products and even a few fires? Now, suppose that lithium-ion battery was running your electric car. That's the thesis behind this "what-if" article published by BusinessWeek. Could spark a whole new set...

Tags: Car, Electric Car, BusinessWeek, Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-26

Microsoft: 'We touch every piece' of auto business

Microsoft: 'We touch every piece' of auto businessWe touch every part of Auto IndustryTouched ... as in "lifted their wallet" ... If MS touched the BIG 3 it could explain a lot.RE: Great...More annoying pop-ups, viruses and malware in my car. Just what I need. This is probably why a...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., car

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

RealDVD hearing: Don't block the software because of what-ifs

RealDVD hearing: Don't block the software because of what-ifsMPAA's moot point[i]The Motion Picture Association of America alleges that RealNetworks - which makes the software - is trying to circumvent copyright protection technology on DVDs, using [b]its own protections that would impose limitations and restrictions but could be altered or removed...

Tags: CSS, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, RealDVD, MPAA, software, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

India's Nano to challenge global auto industry

India's Nano to challenge global auto industryWhy don't we have a Nano in this country?What we need in a global market place is tech like this to even our costs out here in the states. If we are to compete with a world economy and try to make ends...

Tags: car, Nano

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Interview: Wired's Chris Anderson on the 'free' business model

As editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson is considered one of the most knowledgeable and insightful voices at the center of the new economy. In his articles and New York Times bestselling book The Long Tail, he has identified important new trends in the economy and described new business models...

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Wired Inc., Shelf Space, Business Model, Computer Associates International Inc., Economy, Netbook, Anderson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Green auto racing? Are they kidding?

Green auto racing? Are they kidding?shut down sports thenThose lights at outdoor arenas all over the world, there must be hundreds of thousands of them, and the miles driven to get there? - and what about TV sets we watch events on, or TVs in general? and PCs, what...

Tags: NASCAR, ALMS, car, transportation

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Macs rule; PCs drool

Macs rule; PCs drooli totally agree!!i have windows xp, but i started out with vista, and it just so happend that my hard drive went out and my hubs fit into my laptop. his laptop went out in 1 yr, right after the warranty went out, mine went out, right...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Macs rule, PC

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Showroom Management Solution Boosts Sales of Dealer Financing by 25 Percent

Avida designs and implements business software applications, Web applications, and IT solutions that help businesses remain agile in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. When the company was approached to create a comprehensive showroom management system for the automobile industry, Avida introduced a software-plus-services approach. Using software-plus-services makes it possible for...

Tags: Solution, Business Software, Financing, Avida, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software

Case studies 2009-02-01

In Washington green politics still nasty

In Washington green politics still nastyDon't think anonymous holds should be allowedIf a Senator wants to put a hold on a nomination, he can and should either do it openly, or object to consideration when the nomination comes to the floor. Senate Majority Leaders should never have allowed the...

Tags: nomination, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

IT's horsedrawn horseless carriages

IT's horsedrawn horseless carriagesStill arguing against the mainframe?The potential new market for mainframes is small. It's possible, Murph, that your real argument is against virtualization in general rather than mainframes in particular, but what you include in the essay doesn't arrive at that point.Also, where did you get the...

Tags: IBM Corp., information technology, J-type, mainframe, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Forced to think about a career change? Here are some greentech job links

One of the best Christmas gifts that my husband and I could have received came in the form of news last night from one of his childhood friends that she's going to be starting a new job after the New Year. She has been out of work for several months...

Tags: Job, Compensation, Clean Technology, Professional Development, Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-24

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from feds

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from fedsReadying your champagne, Harry?Is the bottle on ice? Are you ready to laugh and celebrate the loss of jobs in Detroit? Real people, real families, real homes?Why, yes! Big old evil automobile manufacturers, and the henchmen that assemble the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Manufacturing, Benefits, Strategy, payroll solutions, OK IT, Corker, worker, Shrinking, government, UAW

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Energy from the wind is the best for Earth

Energy from the wind is the best for EarthI want to know why NOT ONE US reporter has mentioned AIR powered cars.Plug a compressor to it, fill it up and bam, full tank for 300 miles. Use a built in gasoline compreossor and get 300 miles per gallon.Nuclear power...

Tags: Engineering, Wind turbine, NOW IT, compressor, battery, green technology, car

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Please, give me a few billion, pretty please

Please, give me a few billion, pretty pleaseThis is a tough callI say Yes to the handout to keep the many, many thousands of people who work for GM and it's affiliates employed. I say No to giving my tax dollars to a mega-corporation who can't manage its money,...

Tags: Manufacturing, jet, General Motors Corp., Please Give

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Will General Motors go the way of Philco and Studebaker?

Will General Motors go the way of Philco and Studebaker?Too big to fail. Again.The automobile companies will receive loans, even donations. Including the $25 billion already promised to build vehicles which comply with mileage standards.And though conditions will probably be put on the loans, they may be no...

Tags: Manufacturing, Strategy, Philco, General Motors Corp., Studebaker, bailout

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar

The discussion of whether Steve Jobs could revitalize the auto industry by working with GM on an iCar (Steve Jobs For President. Of GM?) has been lively. But the bottom line question remains: What should that iCar be? Let's leave aside what the...

Tags: Steve Jobs, General Motors Corp., iCar, RSS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-13