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Sorry, Gizmodo, VoIP over iPhone isn't going to be "huge": Gizmodo's Brian Lam (no, not the C-SPAN guy, that'd be Brian Lamb) notes a snippet from Apple's SDK-coming-out-part press conference in which one Mr. Jobs noted that any third-party iPhone developer cooks up a VoIP program for iPhone, the utility will be allowed to work via...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Gizmodo, Brian, Mobile VoIP, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Why so few Skype WiMAX phones? Here's the answer: Brian Dolan of Fierce Wireless notes that Skype's gm of mobile and hardware devices Gareth O'Loughlin, is wondering just where all the Skype-compatible WiMAX devices are at this year's Mobile World Congress closing out today in Barcelona. Brian makes the point that this lack of Skype...; Tags: Phone, Mobile, Skype Technologies S.A., Brian, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-13
Oracle's wall-to-wall software suite: Oracle massive software suite, important components of which were assembled during the company's aggressive acquisition strategy (41 companies over the last 45 months), has yielded an impressive product road map. Oracle presented its grand vision to the 43,000 attendees of OpenWorld, its annual user conference which was held this past...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Product Suite, Brian, Strategy, Middleware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-11-17
Software Selection Blues: Brian Sommer has an excellent round-up of resources dedicated to helping ERP software buyers navigate the software selection process. Although the focus is on ERP, the issues are applicable to any major enterprise software purchase. From his article: Selections are a technical, functional, human and...; Tags: Selection, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-05-22

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Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software: Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....; Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-15

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A new career: isotope designer: A new career: isotope designerScale CorrectionPlease note, you have misinterpreted Sherrill's quote regarding the scale at which he works. He said he works *at* the scale of the atomic nucleus, 100,000 times smaller than the *nanoscale* - not 100,000 times smaller than the atomic nucleus.Thanks,Brian Hawthorne; Tags: Professional development, career; Discussion threads 2008-05-11
Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict: I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...; Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-07
WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backers: Sprint and Clearwire have combined their WiMax businesses to form a new venture that will be focused on next generation broadband services. The company will be backed by $3.2 billion from the likes of Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This new venture,...; Tags: Google Inc., Clearwire Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07
The changing SAP culture: The changing SAP cultureHow will SAP attract developer talent?The #1 issue I see with SAP, as an outsider, is that it is a closed, proprietary system with which it is impossible to get experience. People who implement SAP scream and scream for developer talent who can make it sing and...; Tags: Programming languages, Enterprise software, SAP AG, ABAP; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
The changing SAP culture: As Henning Kagermann, SAP's co-CEO prepares for what will probably be his swansong keynote speech at SAPPHIRE 2008 and Leo Apotheker, CEO-in-waiting prepares for the transfer in power, still a year away, a group of the Enterprise Irregulars were able to contrast the different styles of these two industry leaders....; Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Sales Strategy, Leadership, Biotechnology, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Record labels getting better at detecting P2P: An article in Ars Technica points to a recent increase in copyright infringement notices being sent to universities. While the Record Industry Association of America RIAA claims that it has not changed its procedures, it did note that record labels are constantly improving their ability to detect peer-to-peer traffic...; Tags: Ars Technica, P2P, University, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties: In January, I mentioned an internal Microsoft memo I had seen which provided details of how Microsoft plans to more tightly integrate its Windows 7 operating system with Windows Live services. Today, I'm providing the text of that memo in full, as part of the launch of my book Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Amazon Web Services: Reading the financial tea leaves: One of the more interesting lines of Amazon's earnings report was the "other" line, which largely includes Amazon Web Services such as S3 and EC2. Reading the tea leaves it appears that Amazon's side ventures are gaining momentum. Unfortunately, tea leaves are all we have. Amazon Web...; Tags: Financial, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-24
The view from stupid: The view from stupidWhen and how to explainI recall from the Comment that you refused to provide full explanations, in Comment or TalkBack because you would have required too much time and space. (Paraphrasing.)As at that time, I'll observe that assertions must be supportable, by data or by logic....; Tags: Processors, Network technology, PPC, Apple Inc., Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
Ksplice automates hot patching Linux kernel with no reboot needed: Ksplice is an interesting open source project out of MIT that automates the process of applying security patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting, and it's getting notice by the Linux Foundation. Top kernel developer and Linux Foundation fellow Ted Ts'o said the Ksplice software is...; Tags: Linux Kernel, Ksplice, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeks: I thought I'd written all I would on the Mac-clone company Psystar, but I'm back for a little more. While my inner geek thought that what the company had going was interesting, I'm now almost certain that, hoax or not (and I still have no reason to believe that Psystar is...; Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Credit Card Payment, Psystar, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-19
The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media: The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social mediaMaybe the root problem is......The seemingly total inability to spell or proof read? This blog is unreadable on its face apart from the blather of whatever the argument might be -- "argingerging," "ligs anogs," "chaineasinleasing hhuge," "Onoblem. Onlat can retrocan." Is this insider...; Tags: poverty, social media, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, incoherence, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media: Over the last few months I've been listening with growing alarm at the claims made for enterprise 2.0 and social media. Or rather the lack of claims coupled to an incredible amount of posturing. What concerns me greatly is that in the mad rush to all things X2.0, we seem...; Tags: DNA, Network, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, CXO, Social Networking, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City: Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-14