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HP: IT as we know it is over

Hewlett-Packard executives believe that a tipping point has been reached, and we are entering a new era. Technology is moving into a new context--IT as we know it is over," Deborah Nelson, HP’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Alliances Technology Solutions Group. What comes next is "Business Technology." ...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Enable richer business outcomes: Free your intranet with Web 2.0

Enable richer business outcomes: Free your intranet with Web 2.0Is it that simple?I'm very much in agreement that the simplicity offerred by Web 2.0 solutions is a big reason for their rapid adoption - and I'm seeing similar kinds of trends from an eLearning perspective:eLearning Technology: Direction of eLearning -...

Tags: Channel management, theory, Web, Web 2.0, Intranet, richer business outcome, IT System, business outcome, software

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

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Rupert Murdoch's Google taunts are a bid to unite publishers - content will be king

Rubert Murdoch, go away.He is an old man from the last century. Why doesn't he just retire rather than being a super ludite mucking up and fighting modern technology?And why does he seem to need the money that he will never be able to enjoy. It is very...

Tags: Google Inc., advertisement, Rupert Murdoch

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall

Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...

Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

What's a brick?

Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association BIA. They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA's side of the brick business: "I...

Tags: Brick, CalStar, ASTM STANDARDS Here, Branding, Blogging, Manufacturing, Marketing, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Pitch of the day: Analytics PR spiel annoys Phillies fan

First of allThe Phillies will eat the Dodgers starting pitching for lunch, and any person or computer that can't see that doesn't deserve to be talking about baseball. Also it is worth noting that a computer cannot predict the heart, desire, and most of all patience of a real champion...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, public relations, Phillies, Yankees, World Series, baseball, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Can we let the Kindle/1984 thing go already?

I wanted the Red TruckBut I wanted the red truck.Oh no, that was a limited time offer, says so right here in the fine print.Even kids know its wrong to hide behind fine print...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiAvHPPc8M8$150,000 is a little excessiveBut I like to think that Mr. Orwell's spirit is smiling at the...

Tags: Litigation, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle/1984 thing, Kindle/1984

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Can Apple replace and leapfrog Google Maps in the iPhone?

Or they could be offering choice......like Nokia do with Ovi maps, Google maps and any other GPS aware mapping software you care to use.Oh yeah, but this is Apple the control freaks not the open - and yet still utterly dominant - Nokia, isn't it?RE: Can Apple replace and leapfrog...

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

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The month ahead: Can Windows 7 close the Vista flop chapter?

Win7 cannot completely close the Vista flop chapter. Win7 is still WAY too bloated and inflexible, a take it all or leave it approach. Compare that with Linux where you can use it from a tiny embedded system all the way up to a large server with multiple cores and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft

Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...

Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Project Management: A Process for All Times

History shows that many companies bi-pass project management during recessionary periods as a cost saving measure. And in growth periods, some companies apportion project management too thinly across their project portfolios. Either measure, when undertaken, is fraught with risks and potential for significant cost overruns. By design, companies undertake projects...

Tags: M.R.S., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

White papers 2009-09-29

Does social media reward whining?

The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...

Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Palm tattles on Apple, finds itself in the hot seat instead

No one likes a tattle-tale. But there is a bit of satisfaction that comes when the tables turn on the tattler. That's what happened to Palm this week when it ratted out Apple to the USB Implementers Forum, an industry group that oversees the USB standard. Palm,...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Oracle's Q1: "We grew faster than SAP"

Oracle Corp., which is facing a delay of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, today reported first quarter non-GAAP earnings of $1.5 billion, or 30 cents per share, a three-percent increase over the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $5.1 billion, a 7 percent drop from last year. Wall Street...

Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Earnings, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, GAAP, Corporate Law, Databases, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16