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- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft
- Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...
- Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case
- M$ must pay the pepperstealing from small competitors should not be allowed.small correctionits Piper. But you were close.Didn't read the patent?? WTFFrom what I understand and as part of the facts of the case, MS received a a copy of i4i's product for evaluation and was offered a license to...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Open source does not work well for bad guys
- Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...
- Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- 6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors
- GET it in WRITING!If it is NOT in the contract then you made your first mistake.Well said.Contracts & Paper Trails are more precious than gold when something goes Tango-Ultra on you.I dont agree with #5Well I do, but to further clarify, *most* vendors will support at least 1-2 major revisions...
- Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), dirty trick, enterprise vendor, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with Microsoft
- All these patent deals that linux vendors are signing with Microsoft, there must be something that Microsoft has going for it. Poor TomTom, wasn't smart enough to do this and keep themselves out of trouble.RE: Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with MicrosoftAnother one bites the dust! ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL, Tuxera, software, Linux, patent, patent deal
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken
- They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, patent, I4i, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Word ban threatens industry? Not mine
- Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Juggernaut, Microsoft Corp., XML, I4i, patent, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction
- Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- So you're going to sell software or work a trade show booth...
- ...it's time to get it right! I get pitched software 24/7. Along the way, I hear and see some pretty amazing things but too often I get my ear bent for way too long by folks who can’t get to the point. Why? Because these pitchmen and...
- Tags: Software, Trade Show, Empathy, Sales Strategy, Telemarketing, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Healthcare, Sales, Marketing, Marketing Research, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers
- 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. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Lack of media monitoring by Apple = arrogance
- Lack of media monitoring by Apple = arroganceCould it be your blog.......doesn't even show up on their radar because it's so insignificant? 4000 people that read the page isn't all that much to Apple. I don't see your blog post being reposted on any other popular tech news sites....
- Tags: Blogging, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., arrogance, media monitoring
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- Fax proves a lingering business process communications point in need of automation
- This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Sometimes, no matter how much some things change, others stay the same. Take the example of the fax machine. The first fax patent...
- Tags: Business Process, Fax Machine, Esker S.A., Automation, Esker DeliveryWare Solution, Fax, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?
- Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...
- Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Apple tax? iPod shuffle costs just 28% of retail price
- Apple tax? iPod shuffle costs just 28% of retail priceNot a tax at all.Just a really nice margin.Is there an Apple tax?Or is it simply the price you pay for the smarts that go into making such a device? Tell me here, in TalkBack.Tax callers are just Apple hatersThere is...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., tax, Apple tax
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- OIN: TomTom settlement is no win for Microsoft, expect challenge
- Microsoft may view its legal settlement with TomTom as a patent victory of sorts but it's a hollow and meaningless win in the eyes of some in the open source community. Open Invention Network CEO Keith Bergelt said the settlement announced yesterday was anticipated and expected and...
- Tags: Patent, TomTom, Settlement, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Litigation, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- TomTom joins Linux protection group
- TomTom joins Linux protection groupMicrosoft should litigate on every disputed patentEnough is enough. There is a fine line between willing open source participants, and those that are getting their intellectual property stolen just because they refuse to get on board with the ideology.Open source is fostering an atmosphere of theft...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Mice, OPEN SOURCE, Strategy, Linux, Software Support, Home Depot Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, hardware, TomTom, human being
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Spotlight on Austin: Dachis Corporation's Peter Kim
- South by Southwest Interactive SXSWi kicks off tomorrow in good ol' Austin, Texas. While a lot of companies from all over creation are heading down south to network and display and launch new technologies, there's a bevy of innovation and creativity coming out of the city as well. I...
- Tags: Austin, Social Media, Endgame, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
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