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Microsoft's Mix 07 registration opens

I saw over on Cnet that Microsoft has opened registration for Mix 07. I think Mix is going to be a very, very solid conference. As the CNet article notes, this is Microsoft branching out and having a conversation with developers about their web technologies. The fact that Ray Ozzie...

Tags: WPF/E, Mix07, Devigner Workflow, Expression Studio, Design, Ajax, Atlas, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2007-01-03

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Burnout - the Dangers of Remote Work Forces

The problem is as old as work itself: you're working as part of a team and seem to be doing twice as much  - or more - as your colleagues, yet no one seems to notice. It feels as though you're carrying the weight of entire projects on your back...

Tags: Team, Burnout, Team Management, E-mail, Process Improvement, Management, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-11

CIO Jury: Will Snow Leopard boost Macs for business?

Surprise to no-one hereLittle support for enterprise-level apps and CIOs won't adopt Apple? Color me surprised. This one I found amusing though:"The primary issue for us is always security and after that the need for applications to work reliably on the Mac OS."So volume-licensing of an AV/malware suite is more...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Vertical industries, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

SaaS for your business in the cloud

Good Points Phil,Good article. I'm seeing the same dynamics "in the trenches" as the founder of a small but rapidly-growing SaaS firm.There is much less resistance from buyers to signing up for SaaS deals than there would have been two years ago. Part of this is because buyers...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, business benefit

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Window Maker Optimizes Infrastructure to Increase Agility and Efficiency, Lower Costs

Pella Corporation has been a respected window and door maker for more than 80 years. As its product lines expanded, manufacturing plants multiplied, and competition stiffened, Pella found it difficult to promptly meet customer needs. The company made a strategic decision to optimize its entire IT infrastructure to create a...

Tags: Pella, Window, Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing, Construction, Corporate Governance, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-01

The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?

its rather a good thing no technologie suppliers should have any right over what you do with your device ...period ... RE: The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?SAM: "Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I?m a big Apple fan..."What a joke....

Tags: Smart phones, Games, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

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

Let me put on my flame proof suit.....Apple customers as a group are unique in their loyalty to Apple. PC customers are not very loyal at all to any particular PC brand. Apple customers, as a group also seem to put up with abuse by Apple, which in my opinion...

Tags: Product marketing, PC customer, customer satisfaction number, Apple Inc., PC company, customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Don't rely on industry averages for cost of downtime

On a weekly basis, I get at least one inquiry request from either a vendor or an end-user company seeking industry averages for the cost of downtime. Vendors like to quote these statistics to grab your attention and to create a sense of urgency to buy their products or services. BC/DR planners...

Tags: Risk Assessment, Demographics, Industry, Downtime, BC/DR, Insurance, Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management, Stephanie Balaouras

Blog posts 2009-08-10

BlackBerry Curve 8520 marks consumer, business power play for RIM [hands-on review]

The first thought that springs from your mind when you pick up the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520 is, "You know, I could get the hang of this." That's what Research in Motion, BlackBerry's maker, is hoping. The new Curve...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., BlackBerry Curve, RIM BlackBerry, Curve 8520, Lithium-cell Battery, Multimedia Menu, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-06

With Microsoft search deal Yahoo risks becoming AOL

With Microsoft search deal Yahoo risks becoming AOLAOL's decline not due to outsourcing search...I understand the comparison, but AOL's decline was not due to outsourcing search to Google. It declined because it was too slow in migrating to broadband and because it kept charging for too long what other properties...

Tags: INTERNET, Free trade, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Search Deal

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

The echo chamber misreads another Windows 7 survey

The echo chamber misreads another Windows 7 surveyVista after one year.....was about the same as XP after one year.http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=352Excellent article, Ed!Thanks for the great article! Just shows how biased many news sources there are on the 'net!unfreakingbelieveablethese writers are either terribly ignorant of how this stuff works or else...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 survey, Microsoft Windows Vista, adoption rate, Microsoft Windows, survey

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Microsoft's IE8 "Get the facts" campaign - heavy on propaganda, light on facts

Microsoft's IE8 "Get the facts" campaign - heavy on propaganda, light on factsHmmmYes, heavy on propaganda, however just a comment on CSS3. Just because most browsers are passing the ACID3 test, doesn't mean that that's the "standard". As far as I know CSS3 is still under drafting so features and...

Tags: Web browsers, IEPro, Microsoft Corp., IE8

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Bing posing a serious threat to Google?

Bing posing a serious threat to Google?RE: Bing posing a serious threat to Google?Google could be simply looking to change their appearance to regulators who are taking aim at the company, just waiting for the right time to declare them a monopoly. This is a special angle. Nice try.But...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operational accounting, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

What is a "trusted cloud?"

I recently had an opportunity to speak with executives of Hosted Solutions about their newest offering, the Stratus Trusted Cloud. Although I'm not sure that this offering is going to change how IT decision makers think about the concept of cloud computing in general, it is a step. ...

Tags: Stratus Technologies, Information Technology, Hosted Solutions, Stratus Trusted Cloud, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning questions)

 Microsoft rolled out Bing sort of---it won't be fully deployed until June 3---but questions already abound. Here's a look at the top 10 questions surrounding Bing, Microsoft's so-called "decision engine." (statement, Techmeme, gallery, Mary Jo Foley's take) 1. Will Powerset's technology be the difference...

Tags: Brand, Search Engine, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Powerset, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Decision Engine, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-28

DOJ signals newly vigorous antitrust enforcement

DOJ signals newly vigorous antitrust enforcementoppositeEvery time this administration says it is gonna do something ... it has done the oppositeTiming is everythingHow convenient for Microsoft that they had the DOJ in their corner when it counted, and now that the heat is coming back on it's Google's turn.Imaine if...

Tags: Corporate law, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Apple may introduce cheaper Macs for market share

Apple may introduce cheaper Macs for market shareMarket ShareHaving Mac shipments drop only 3% in an over the year quarter when the economy is in the tank is news. Of course the news isn't the drop, it's the fact that in a soft economy it ONLY dropped 3%. I can...

Tags: Desktops, Most Mac, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

You Were Never 1.0, but get ready for Enterprise 2.0

Guest editorial by Andrea Baker Let's face it, it's probably true. Your business is deeply married to email. You never read a blog until the past year at least with some regularity. And you probably don't know what a discussion page is on a wiki. ...

Tags: Team, Employee, Collaboration, Blog, Social Media, Business, Enterprise 2.0, Tool, Workforce, Andrea Baker, Productivity, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-29

News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA

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. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

More "scareware" - no kidding, right?

More "scareware" - no kidding, right?It's funny....But between UAC and NAP these sorts of problems are pretty much non-existent.How's that ancient XP/2003 stack treating ya?AV360 infectionMy sister had an AV360 infection on her computer, and I tried to explain to her what happened, that the antivirus software itself was malware,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Workforce management, computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-09