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Ready for a CyberWalk?

Even with recent improvements in virtual reality technology, it's still almost impossible to physically walk through virtual environments. Now, European researchers have started a project named CyberWalk and they'll demonstrate next week their omni-directional treadmill, named CyberCarpet. According to ICT Results, the researchers 'had to address five key issues: providing...

Tags: Treadmill, Environment, CyberWalk, CyberCarpet, Chain Element, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-11

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Social networks have taught us cryptography (probably) won't stop spam

On a regular basis I receive blog comments and suggestions on what magical technologies will put spam out of business. There are many valid techniques for stopping spam, but signing e-mails and e-mail senders is not one of them. After my recent post on the impact...

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, Cryptography, Public-Key Cryptography, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-02-08

End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

End of an era: Dell may dump its factoriesRubbed up the wrong way?"The rub: It's unclear whether contract equipment manufacturers would want to buy Dell's manufacturing hubs. Do contract manufacturers really want to take on Dell's capacity?"Don't CEM's want to take on everyone's capacity ... I mean isn't their model...

Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., End-Of-An-Era

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Is SAP's weakness its real strength?

Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...

Tags: SAP AG, Merritt, Phil, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Leadership, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents

It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren’t taking social software seriously. They can’t. Not even if they...

Tags: Austin Ventures, Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, IBM Corp., Internet, Marketing, Oracle Corp., Sam, SAP AG, Software, Value Chain, Vendor, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-04-30

RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue

RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogueFirst trolln/tRE: RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogueMicrosoft is going in the right direction with this. Security is really becoming the thing Microsoft will be known for and this initiative should help. Its going to...

Tags: Microsoft Launches, Internet initiative, Microsoft Corp., RSA Security Inc., security, security dialogue, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Data loss CEOs should go to jail

Data loss CEOs should go to jailKeep them RESPONSIBLE even if ....Make ANYONE who requires personal data to be collected responsiblefor its safekeeping even if sent/stored offshore. This way theresponsibility cannot be defused or passed on elsewhere.Only if......a sole proprietor would go to jail for the same offense.Data loss...

Tags: Financial services, diligence

Discussion threads 2007-12-08

Amazon's Kindle: Much needed revolution or book industry power play?

Like Apple's iPods and the iTunes Music Store iTMS from which they can so effortlessly acquire their content, the transparency of the automation and infrastructure that makes Amazon's Kindle work so effortlessly with the Amazon.com Web site is a marvel in terms of the user experience. But the same...

Tags: Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., Consumer Electronics, David Berlind, Digital Media, Digital Music, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, Podcasts, Quality Solutions

Blog posts 2007-12-04

Open source, Microsoft models both wrong, Simonyi said

Open source, Microsoft models both wrong, Simonyi saidApple's and OrangesOpen source vs proprietary is less about how it is developed than it is about how it's distributed. Improvements in the process of development and testing can improve the quality of software regardless of how it's distributed, which means that...

Tags: Software development, Tools & Techniques, Development tools, Apple Inc., software, Simonyi, FLOSS, open source, application development, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Techies 'more unhappy than hairdressers'

Techies 'more unhappy than hairdressers'Part of the problem is......a lot of computer people are in it for the money, not because they particularly like computers. Another part of the problem is that knowing a lot about computers is still seen as a social liability, particularly by corporate executives.Management is...

Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, Hand-Holding, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

Software Vendor Saves Up to 50 Per Cent on Costs With Royalty Licensing Programme

Founded in 2001, K3 is an international supplier of next-generation enterprise software for the retail and manufacturing sectors. K3 has been a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for more than a year. K3 recognised that its manufacturing and supply-chain customers needed software to manage customer relationships. K3 - the first company...

Tags: Supply Chain, Microsoft Corp., K3, Portals, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web Technology, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Marketing

Case studies 2007-06-07

On-Demand Webcast: ESI Accelerates Mechanical Simulations With Windows Compute Cluster Server

Crashworthiness simulation software is an essential element of the crash and safety value chain. The attendee of this webcast will learn how Microsoft partner, ESI Group is making strides in simulation testing with Windows Compute Cluster Server. Among ESI Group's portfolio of applications, PAM-CRASH 2G is one of the market...

Tags: Microsoft Cluster Server, On-demand, Server, Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Webcasts 2007-05-07

SAP and Microsoft lay out Duet roadmap

SAP and Microsoft revealed an extended roadmap for Duet, which integrates Microsoft Office with SAP business processes and data. Duet 1.5 will be available later this year, and will include additional scenario templates. Duet 2.0 is slated for the end of 2008 and will have deeper scenarios, with more...

Tags: General, IT Management, Microsoft, SAP

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Google vs. MySpace: Is YouTube doomed?

Jeff Jarvis ordained $150 billion market cap Google “God,” last week, no joke. In January, he publicly thanked YouTube, for “changing the world and society,” in the guise of a Chad Hurley interview at the Davos World Economic Forum.Is the Google-YouTube Kool Aid spiked?Apparently not: “Did Murdoch just KO Google?”...

Tags: MySpace, Google Inc., YouTube Inc., video, Web

Blog posts 2007-03-26

UDDI set to emerge from the shadows of obscurity

UDDI set to emerge from the shadows of obscurityebXML has a smaller ad spendand there's the slashdot bias they refuse to allow current eb posts but it's adoption rate is higher than reported: http://www.ebxmlforum.net/ ( hosted at webservices.org )http://ebxmlforum.blogspot.com/http://ebxml.org/http://www.freebxml.org/Speaking of SOA thingies starting with"U"Universal Data Element Framework ( I call...

Tags: ebXML, ebXML Registry, UDDI

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

Web 2.0 isn't dead, but Web 3.0 is bubbling up

Web 2.0 isn't dead, but Web 3.0 is bubbling upWhen will Web 3.0 be bornThere will be a short intermission before the birth of Web 3.0, if the past is any indicator. First a few latecomers to the party will have to take a financial bath as the musical...

Tags: Channel management, Web 3.0, Web, IKEA, E*Trade Financial Corp., Web 2.0

Discussion threads 2006-11-12

Billion dollar SaaS sectors

The drawback of having Salesforce.com as such a dominant figure in the SaaS industry is that many casual observers form the erroneous impression that SaaS is just a handful of companies, largely confined to the CRM sector. Nothing could be further from the truth. To see the full extent...

Tags: Saas

Blog posts 2006-09-24

Gates goes from architect to oddsmaker

Gates goes from architect to oddsmakerthat was a poor shotIts a fact that Bill Gates mentioned that there is an 80% chance for Vista to ship in January.However I think you are taking his statement out of context. Vista can be released even today. But its better to have crossed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, software development, software, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

BPM and SOA need each other

BPM and SOA need each otherThere are 2 Distinct CampsThe "business process" part of the "big picture" IS being addressed in two fundamentally different ways.1) Using BPM products for modeling, operating and managing business processes is one approach.2) Building on SOA with comparatively unstructured "BPM pieces" to handle business processes...

Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Enterprise software, Web services, integration point, BPM, SOA, business process

Discussion threads 2006-06-07

Railways Chugs in on BEA Technology Platform for a Better Freight Management Information System

One of the biggest challenges for the Indian Railways is tracking and managing rakes. Rakes often run dead miles after unloading at a destination, while on other locations there is shortage of rakes. Due to a lack of continuous cargo visibility and end-to-end commitment to freight customers, an important element...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Railways, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Asset Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Case studies 2006-04-08