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Testing Centre of Excellence (COE) for Cendant Corporation: Cendant Corporation, with annual revenues of $14 billion and 85000 employees is a global provider of complementary consumer and business services, focusing primarily on travel and real estate services. The challenges for Cendant to maintain and grow their far reaching business and large number of IT solutions were: consolidation of...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Cendant Corp., Real Estate, Strategy, Business Operations, Management; Case studies 2008-01-24
Amazon countersues Cendant: Amazon countersues CendantMove to EuropeAmazons patent is junk, read 6,029,141, its about quoting card number *******1234 (only showing a subset of credit card numbers to stop the credit card number being stolen, obvious non invention done often before the patent was applied for).If Cendent were European without a US...; Tags: Cendant Corp., patent, Cendent, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2005-07-18
Amazon sued over book recommendations: Amazon sued over book recommendationsPatents... a double edged swordI think it's ironic that Amazon, who patented and sued over the 1-click, is being sued over something else that I don't think should have been allowed to be patented.Oh my gawd ...using a database to provide information based upon previous...; Tags: Storage, Cendant Corp., database, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-11-04
Computerworld Honors Program: Cendant Travel Distribution Services TDS, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, is one of the world's largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel brands and distribution businesses. In the autumn of 2001, Cendant acquired Galileo, the largest company of its emerging travel division TDS. The responses given in the case...; Tags: Cendant Corp., Computerworld, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategic Planning, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management; Case studies

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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

Details, details, details... more on the Microsoft flaws from today: Thought I'd explore some of these bugs a bit more... first, Tipping Point released one of the vulnerabilities that Larry reported earlier, listed as a stack overflow issue in Microsoft Office Jet Database Engine. The stack overflow isn't what's interesting, what's interesting is the attack vector itself. To be fair to...; Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Database Engine, iDefense, Flaw, Exploitation, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, CSS, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies: HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....; Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Data Portability: The Microsoft angle: MySpace unveiled on May 8 yet another industry initiative to allow users and developers to share their social-networking data -- a goal Microsoft also has in its sights. The first partners announcing their participation in MySpace's Data Portability initiative include Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket (also owned by News...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08
How much are your friends worth?: News Corp. revealed yesterday that its new media subsidiary Fox Interactive Media FIM has missed this year's revenue target of $1bn by 10 per cent. FIM's portfolio is dominated by MySpace which accounts for the majority of its revenue, bringing into question once again the ability to monetize the huge...; Tags: Advertisement, Google AdWords, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless: News Corp. confirmed what had been reported for weeks: Fox Interactive revenue isn't going to hit its targets. The problem: Social networking is still very hard to monetize. Does inventory matter when you can't sell it? Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s operating chief, delivered his state of MySpace...; Tags: Social Media, MySpace, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly: Microsoft going it alone? Not exactlyI'm with you....Facebook - why on earth would MS do it? It just doesn't make any sense - hell look for new business models, don't just play dumb catch up!More over here - http://diversity.net.nz/ms-considering-a-facebook-purchase/2008/05/08/It's called flounderingWhen they can't go forward, they can't go back, and...; Tags: Operational accounting, Microsoft Corp., revenue, VCSY, Vertical Computer Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
About that Microsoft-Yahoo deal (2): About that Microsoft-Yahoo deal (2)Consumers are the winnersalong with free markets, competition and innovation.People should stop looking at it from the perspective of the greedy pigs that push their snouts into as many troughs as they can find, otherwise tomorrow's knowledge economy is going to be a real struggle whilst...; Tags: Financial accounting, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., shareholder; Discussion threads 2008-05-04
Will computing save health care?: Carey James Kriz is nothing if not an optimist. Dr. Kriz, who heads the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine in Orlando, is convinced that technology is the answer to the train wreck called the health care financing system. Predictive Health, knowing what your...; Tags: Dr., Health Care, Computing, Carey James Kriz, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from Yahoo: Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from YahooTo quote the old westerns......"if you're going to shoot, shoot". I agree that Ballmer's most recent comments are mere posturing. If he wanted to walk away which he should do, he would have done it already.Hard to say really...If MS...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., BALLMER STILL, stock; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Top 10 Web companies in March 2008: Parent Audience, 000 Time Per Person 1. Google 128,026 1:43:21 2. Microsoft 123,911 2:21:42 3. Yahoo! 115,508 3:12:30 4. Time Warner 108,269 3:44:09 5. News Corp. Online 78,961 2:02:36 6. eBay 67,517 1:53:26 ...; Tags: Web, Internet, Channel Management, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision: It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...; Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Microsoft preps pay-as-you-go Office for June launch: Microsoft preps pay-as-you-go Office for June launchPhil you are an idiotYour writing is so biased it is laughable (like 60% of the recent stuff on ZDNet)!You wrote "Microsoft's titanic struggle against Google Apps...". So, let me see, NPD says that less than .5% of people in the USA are actually...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Office, titanic struggle, OpenOffice; Discussion threads 2008-04-30