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NetSuite vs. SAP â€" How Newton would see this contest

Competition is a great thing. It forces even the biggest firms to become humbled. It makes innovation a necessity. It can lower pricing and expand markets to everyone’s benefit. Competition in the SaaS software as a service world of ERP got a little hotter this week...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Barron, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Analyst: Low-end iPhone to drop Wi-Fi

Analyst: Low-end iPhone to drop Wi-Fi32GB of storage!!11!1!one1!!!So innovative!!cristall ball bs?how is any cristall ball looking called an "analysis". This isn't eighter "research" or "channel checking" or something else this is just guesswork and stupid by the way. apple will NEVER drop a feature in a NEW model. they never...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

What a difference a decade makes: Barron’s proclaims Amazon best retailer

Reading Barron's cover story on Amazon where the publication loves damn near everything about the e-tailer---the cash flow, the business model, the cloud services, the marketplace for third party sellers and even the Kindle---and you can't help but flash back to a decade ago where it was dubbed Amazon.bomb.  ...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Barron, Retail, E-books, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-28

Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circle

Within minutes of Yahoo announcing it was going to do an AdSense for Search deal with Google, Microsoft began firing the antitrust warning shots. It took about 15 minutes after I saw the Yahoo press release before I got an e-mail from the Microsoft camp reminding me...

Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Barron, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-09

'Barron's' sees AT

'Barron's' sees ATConsolidationThe AT&T criminals should be worried about staying out of jail for colluding with intelligence agencies in breaking federal law and shredding the Constitution.my opinionThey should not be rewarded by allowing them broader scope and more power.

Tags: Barron

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Barron's reports death of disk drive business unfounded

Barron's reports death of disk drive business unfoundedFlash will die at about the same timeIt will be quite a few years before flash is ready completely take over for hard drives. By that time, there will also be something to replace flash.It's not the HD business people..It's NOT the...

Tags: replacement technology, Baron, Barron, disk drive, disk

Discussion threads 2007-05-13

Barron's: Google shares set for fall

Barron's: Google shares set for fallAt least the rapid increases in value have to stop. There is only so muchrevenue that Google can capture. What would cause a fall is Yahoo or some other startup grabbing market share. That could happen.hmmm.and Microsoft shares are going up?Try a little harder...

Tags: Google Inc., Barron

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

Barron's sees more stock slide for Google

Barron's sees more stock slide for GoogleFinally some common sense...I knew Google was a bad stock from day one and told my broker I wanted nothing to do with it. He told me not to worry, he was not going to sell it to me anyway. I am fully 100%...

Tags: Investment, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., stock, Barron

Discussion threads 2006-02-12

Additional Resources

Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication

Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

HiveLive: the beginning of community app consolidation?

Larry Dignan has the details of RightNow's acquisition of HiveLive. I was struck by two things. First up Barron's notes that HiveLive had raised $7.8 million so a sale at $6 million sounds like a distressed deal. Second, RightNow is talking very clearly about integration: RightNow believes that by...

Tags: Consolidation, RightNow Technologies, HiveLive, HiveLive Platform, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers

I continue to be blown away by what I read about how newspapers can be saved. The latest comes from U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner who, in a blog post last week, suggested that one way to save newspapers from their demise would be "to bar linking to...

Tags: Newspaper, Consent, Blogging, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Internet, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Is Carol Bartz a graduate of the Jobs-Ellison School of Management?

Everyone loves a bad-ass, right? The no-nonsense savior of the day who doesn't mince words or tip-toe around feelings but instead just comes in, says what needs to be said and does what needs to be done to get the job done. (I envision Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction herebut...

Tags: Succession Planning, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Report: RIM has Wall Street smiling

Is Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, giving Wall Street that "warm and fuzzy feeling?" That's the word that comes from a blog post on Barron's Tech Trader Daily today. The post notes that at a recent analyst's day, the company offered no updates on...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Analyst, RIM BlackBerry, Blogger Eric Savitz, Savitz, Handhelds, Investment, Hardware, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Don't discount BYO as factor in RIM's long-term hold on enterprise

How many of you are using your own personal mobile device - maybe a Blackberry, an iPhone or a Treo - to send and receive work e-mail? I know I am. Here's why I ask: This morning, UBS analyst Jeffrey Fan upped his rating for Research in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Amazon now one-third of all U.S. e-commerce, analyst says

Amazon could be responsible for nearly a third of all U.S. e-commerce transactions, RBC Capital analyst Stephen Ju asserted in a research note this morning via Barron's. Amazon's reported revenues are a mix of gross revenues from its own businesses plus net third-party commissions. Amazon's never given...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-business, Sales Strategy, Web Technology, Sales Force Management, E-business/E-Commerce, Sales, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-15

What a difference a decade makes: Barron???s proclaims Amazon best retailer

What a difference a decade makes: Barron???s proclaims Amazon best retailerCan't Say Enough GoodLarry, Amazon is in my mind the model on-line store, for so many reasons it's hard to say them all here. One of the best reasons is how attentive they are to guarding the security and sanity...

Tags: Retail, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-30

ManaGen 1.1.1 (Windows)

ManaGen is a casual game where you play as Boomie, trying to toss the proper Nibs into the bins. The story is of a young ship Captain Boomie, working for "Buildet Construction". Buildet is a company that makes it money by terraforming land into whatever its owner wants. Do you...

Tags: Ship, Algitt Studios, Buildet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-11

Apple roundup: Jobs-less meeting, to netbook or not, and an iPhone rumor

updated below What better way to kick off a Monday than with an Apple roundup that includes a pretty weak, albeit juicy, rumor. First there's the look ahead at this week's shareholder's meeting, which will be the first without CEO Steve Jobs since...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Blog, Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, Netbook, Blogging, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Internet, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-23

GRE Red & Blue Bible 7.0.2.1 (Windows)

Indispensable excellent software for GRE takers who want to conquer difficult GRE vocabulary. Basing on Chinese classic GRE Red Bible and GRE Blue Bible, which are absolutely necessary for every Chinese high score GRE taker and suitable for all GRE takers all over the world too. Multi-language interpretation for all...

Tags: Bible, Word, CloudCrown Studio, Tools & Techniques, Search, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-25