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Microsoft: The top 5 risks; Will it cut 2009 outlook as PC market stumbles?

The worries about Microsoft's fiscal second quarter and fiscal 2009 are starting to pile up. While Microsoft is viewed as one of those recession resistant companies--no company is recession proof--the headwinds to the software giant's quarter are becoming clear. On Thursday, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Holt lowered...

Tags: Revenue, PC, Microsoft Corp., Jeffrey Lindsay, Brent Williams, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Desktops, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

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CRM 2.0: The Government, Public Service & A Transformed World

I KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET columns loves technology. I get that.  I also KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET blogs loves it when the bloggers dish on technology companies - especially, it seems, Microsoft.  I realize that coolness and government don't go together very well - probably something...

Tags: Institution, Singapore, Public Service, CRM, Stuff Legend, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Analysts call Oracle's virtualization bluff

Oracle on Monday announced its own server virtualization software and claimed it was three times more efficient than rival products. VMware shares were whacked on the news. What a difference a day makes. On Tuesday, analysts called Oracle's virtualization announcement "virtual FUD" and noted it was reminiscent to the company's...

Tags: Hypervisor, Oracle Corp., VMware Inc., Xen Hypervisor, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Linux, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-13

Analysts upbeat about Oracle's business, customer wins

Analysts upbeat about Oracle's business, customer winsAnother take on Oracle and acquisitionsI just saw Brent Williams present at EclipseCon last week. He's am equities research analyst. Slide deck is up on this blog post: http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/03/the_best_presen.htmlFirst part of the presentation looks at Oracle and its Linux sword rattling, but...

Tags: EJB, J2EE, Databases, Application servers, OPEN SOURCE, EJB 3.0, Elison, Oracle Corp., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

Mashup vs. SOA app: what's the difference?

Don Hinchcliffe, who has broken a lot of new ground over the past year in his assessments of SOA-Web 2.0 convergence, picked up on my post about IBM's mashup server, and delves deeper into what, exactly 'enterprise mashups' are, and how they can make a difference.Dion cautions that "mashup"...

Tags: mashup, SOA

Blog posts 2006-06-21

'Eclipse Effect' on development portends larger shifts in SOA, Web 2.0 projects

Read a full text transcript of the podcast. As part of my series of sponsored BriefingsDirect podcasts, I recently interviewed Wall Street's Brent Williams, a senior analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, on how the Eclipse Foundation has had a profound effect on Java software development. The question is: Is Eclipse...

Tags: Eclipse

Blog posts 2006-06-18

Tablet Tales

I'm back on the Tablet again--and loving it once more. Whatever I think of Microsoft's slipping grip on the rest of the network OS, there's no doubt that the Tablet continues to go where noone has gone before. As those of you who downloaded the Podshow strategycast now know, I've...

Tags: tablet

Blog posts 2005-05-03

USMLE Step 1 Recall: Buzzwords for the Boards, 2nd Ed. (Mobile)

powered by Skyscape Authors: Brent A Reinheimer MDPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins This quick, easy-to-use review helps students get prepared for Step One of the USMLE. The question-and-answer RECALL helps students memorize the facts that are most often tested on the USMLE. The Second Edition organizes facts according to their...

Tags: Mobile, Board, Skyscape Inc., Second Edition, Corporate Governance, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Management

Software downloads 2004-08-03

The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics, 10th Ed (Mobile)

The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics, 10th Edpowered by Skyscape Authors: The Hospital for Sick Children, Adam Cheng, MD, Brent A. Williams, BSc, MD and V. Ben Sivarajan, MD, FRCP, FAAPPublisher: W.B. Saunders Company - An Elsevier Health Sciences Company The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics...

Tags: Hospital, Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Healthcare, PDAs, Investment, Handhelds, Hardware, Finance

Software downloads 2004-05-16

Is MS set for a $38 billion spree?

Microsoft's got $38 billion burning a hole in its pocket, according to an analysts' report. Is the company just biding its time till its antitrust woes are over to go on a takeover binge? Microsoft could go on a shopping spree to acquire key technologies and services as...

Tags: Tiffany Kary, Software, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2002-04-10

MS trial nears climactic showdown

The four-year antitrust trial heads back to court as nine states are expected to claim Microsoft used a licensing provision from its DOJ settlement to raise prices and pilfer intellectual property. WASHINGTON--Microsoft returns to court on Monday for what could be the climactic showdown...

Tags: Joe Wilcox, Software, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2002-03-18

AOL says no Red Hat deal

AOL Time Warner says it is not in negotiations that could lead to an acquisition of Linux manufacturer Red Hat--flatly denying a published report. AOL Time Warner said Tuesday that it is not in negotiations that could lead to an...

Tags: Desktop, Time Warner Inc., MSN, Red Hat Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Joe Wilcox, Technology News

News items 2002-01-22

Sky-rocketing Linux stocks fizzle out

A Wall Street feeding frenzy sent Linux specialists' stock soaring at first. But when the general tech market tumbled, Linux companies had more room to fall. Linux's future on Wall Street looked bright two years ago, but so did just about everything else related to the technology...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Stock, VA Software Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Sergio Non

News items 2001-08-24

Linux at 10: Where do we go from here?

The open-source operating system has made big moves in the software world, and has in certain cases started to give behemoth Microsoft a run for its money. What does the future hold? Linux has attained a rare distinction among operating systems: Through a combination of technology and...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Open-source Operating System, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Stephen Shankland

News items 2001-08-24