business performance management forum

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Virtualization and Green Computing

Virtualization and Green ComputingMakes sense...It's a good and clever way to combine e-mail and other sundry servers. More power from one box.It's not useful for EVERY type server yet, obviously, but it's got its clever uses...RE: Virtualization and Green ComputingThe Business Performance Management BPM Forum is undertaking two milestone...

Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Storage management, Strategy, BPM Forum, Green Computing, Crunch Time, survey, IT Organizations, BPM, virtualization, Business Performance Management Forum

Discussion threads 2007-05-17

Additional Resources

Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws

HolesIt is like trying to patch a rotten ship!Does that mean Linux is a rotten ship too?NTAnd unfortunately most of the world is on that ship And unfortunately most of the world is on that ship RE: Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flawsAll OS are subject to "Intrusion...

Tags: Linux, Patches, Construction, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft patches Windows worm hole, Microsoft patches Window, worm hole, Microsoft Patches, flaw, Microsoft Corp., patch management, attacked, window, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations

LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...

Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Best practices group formed for IT data center managers

Struggling to marry your company's environmental concerns with the right IT management philosophies? The Business Performance Management Forum BPM Forum and Rackable Systems have started a new "thought leadership" program, Think Eco-Logical, to help companies share ideas and data that can serve as the foundation for industry best practices. ...

Tags: Best Practice, Business Operations, Business Process Automation, Data Center, Data Centers, Data Management, E-business, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Heather Clancy, Information Technology, It Operations, Management, Operational Planning, Software, Storage, Strategy, Think Eco-Logical, Web Technology

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Microsoft touts new online store as a netbook complement

Microsoft touts new online store as a netbook complementcomputer

Tags: Operational accounting, Microsoft Corp., online store, new online store, complement

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

50 questions asked and answered on Android

At the very end of the Google I/O 2008 conference last week the Android development team hosted a great fireside chat on the new mobile platform. The session was free-form, completely driven by questions from the audience. Although Google was trying to keep mum on a number of issues, several...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Application, Google Android, Phone, Device, Platform, OEM, App, Question, Q., A., XMPP, A. Goal, A. Qemu, Thing Cert, Apk, UMA, A. Compatability, A. Distribution, Android Device, Linux, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1

The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile...

Tags: Application, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Content, HTC Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Ingres brings OpenROAD tool for rapid DB apps development to GPL

Ingres Corp. is hoping for strong community involvement with its Open ROAD rapid application development RAD tool by taking it to GPL v2 release. The Redwood City, Calif., open source database management company has made the new release available on its Web site and said it...

Tags: GPL, Tool, Ingres, 4GL OpenROAD, OpenROAD Application, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Maybe 'lean' and not 'green' should be the rallying cry

We're being treated to all sorts of green data center management stats this month, which is handy, as I'm preparing a presentation for later this week. So, I'll take them one batch at a time. First up: Talked to some folks earlier this month about a joint survey released by...

Tags: Data Center, Energy Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-30

HP CSR Report: A Triumph for Transparency (but back slides on blogging)

Ground breaking stuff in HPs latest CSR report released last week - HP becomes the first in its sector to publish details of the major players in its supply chain. Now it seems the tech sector will follow the apparel industry on supplier transparency. The apparel industry tried to resist this for...

Tags: Sustainability, Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Blogging, Nothing, Channel Management, Marketing, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Social networks vs. the tribe of Mary-Beth

Social networks vs. the tribe of Mary-Bethfighting the bit policeI think employers should encourage participation in professional communities. (I say this partly because my employer does encourage that, and I consider this and other forums a professional community, but I'm not sure that they do...)https would not workRemember their...

Tags: Blogging, network, Nothing, avatar, blog, social networking

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

NEW! Quickoffice Premier 6.0 Mobile Office Suite - View, Edit & Create Microsoft Office Files (Mobile)

LIMITED INTRODUCTORY PRICE - Purchase Today and Save!FREE 7 day evaluation copy available. The Most Powerful & Complete Mobile Office Suite Available. Our award-winning Quickoffice Premier is the only mobile solution available to View, Edit & Create native Microsoft Office 2007 documents on S60 3rd Edition devices. Quickoffice Premier is...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Quickoffice, Quickoffice Premier, NEW, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-12

Scaling out like Technorati

My fellow World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, David Sifry, the founder of Technorati, was also in Dalian, China for the “Meeting of New Champions” or “Summer Davos” as the Chinese like to call it. During Davos in January, I had the great misfortune of pitching Alfresco against Technorati in a...

Tags: Google Inc., Technorati, Data, Blog, User, JN, DS, John Newton

Blog posts 2007-09-17

Cloud OS still pie in the sky

Cloud OS still pie in the skyMS really must stick with the software PLUS services model for now.We are talking Billions of dollars every month from Windows and MS Office. They have got to maintain those two gravy trains at all costs. It MUST all depend on those two pieces....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Lenovo 3000 C200

With its boxy case and a square, standard-aspect display, the Lenovo 3000 C200 isn't likely to turn any heads at the local Starbucks. But for those who can live without the wide screen, the C200 offers strong performance (outpacing a similarly configured N100, also from the Lenovo 3000 line) and...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo 3000, C200, Lenovo 3000 C200

Product reviews 2007-01-04

For Vista, WGA gets tougher

For Windows Vista, Microsoft is rolling out a new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program, complete with a new name: the Windows Software Protection Platform. This time, they mean business.Technically, its not a kill switch, but its arguably a near-death experience for your PC.Lets call it WGA Plus,...

Tags: functionality mode, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-10-04

WiMAX: Demystifying 802.16d and 801.16e

As a principal member of the WiMAX Forum, SOMA Networks believes that the IEEE 802.16 Standard shows great promise for the future of broadband wireless access. It is the most progressive, full-featured wireless standard available today, incorporating the latest radio, antenna and transport technologies that help yield the best business...

Tags: SOMA Networks, WiMAX, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Telecommunications, Wi-Fi

White papers 2006-08-01

The Apple is still shining

The Apple is still shiningGo Apple !!Apple's shift to Intel and invigorating the PC and notebook business with cool design will stoke the overall market.Look for Apple wannabee's to come out with great industrial design and resurrect competition on home electronics based on common X86 building blocksThe TV CommercialsAre definitely...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-07-20

Mainframes, IFL, and Linux

The IFL, or integrated facility for Linux, is a mainframe CPU license that's limited to running Linux. Novel has yet to post SuSe licensing costs for the new z9 series mainframes, but charged $13,999 per year per "processing engine" on the previous generation z900 series. in...

Tags: Mainframes, Performance management, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, mainframe, Linux, performance, IFL, FTP

Blog posts 2006-05-16

HP Compaq nx9420 (2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)

Though plenty of 17-inch wide-screen laptops are on the market, the HP Compaq nx9420 is the only one of them from a major vendor that's designed specifically for large business and enterprise deployment. Starting at approximately $1,399, the nx9420 is a bit pricier than HP's consumer-focused siblings (the Pavilion dv8000...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, nx9420, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2006-04-12