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- The eyeballs war
- The eyeballs warIP's not the only way to calculate eyeballsAt least a couple come to mind.Cookies, unique per visitor (subject to people actually allowing cookies.)Dynamic pages, unique per visitor, e.g. web bug the web page Subject to people hitting reloadFlash Shared ObjectsI've seen all of these used, so it's not...
- Tags: Channel management, Advertising & Promotion, IP, Web, churn, advertisement, Web Advertising, eyeball
- Discussion threads 2005-06-20
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- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- AT&T's quarter hits mark; Wireless churn falls; iPhone 3G sells well
- AT&T on Wednesday reported second quarter earnings of $3.8 billion, or 63 cents a share, on revenue of $30.9 billion. Adjusted earnings were 76 cents a share, a tally that met Wall Street estimates. In the second quarter a year ago, AT&T reported net income of $2.9...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- The evolution of search over traditional BI
- Today's business intelligence tools are great at tracking tradional numbers but fail to quench business's thirst for more information says Commentary--A recent Gartner report predicts that IT’s involvement in business intelligence BI will diminish in time as business users adopt new technologies to quench...
- Tags: Payment, Data, Analyst, Information, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, business intelligence, search, Sid Probstein, Attivio
- News items 2008-07-22
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractors
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractorsCognitive dissonanceContractors are both hurt and helped by a slowdown; companies both get rid of contractors and hire them. What to make of this?Perhaps calculus would help - do companies increase or decrease the rate of this churn during a slowdown? What...
- Tags: IT Contractors, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise appsTruth, Google will never win the entrprise.Sure they make products/services that geeks or light/occasional users can use, but no way will they win the enterprise over."Open Source as Free Software" = FUBARNo Management, No Structure, No DisciplineEveryone gets to do their own thing.This the...
- Tags: Google Servers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Would Microsoft ever split itself up?
- Would Microsoft ever split itself up?they couldThey could, but they'll never do that. Micro$oft is too greedy. In my perfect world I want to see Microsoft as a software company and another branch as a hardware company for actual computers, Phones and other devices, like Music Players, GPS, and Car-Support.The...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Major Projects, Micro$oft, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?All software eventually expires and is upgraded.The operating system is no different.Personally, I think that this entire conversation has been missing the point.Most people, by which I mean consumers not IT staff, don't care what operating system is on their computer. They will use...
- Tags: Service Pack 1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Want cash? Buy SaaS
- US software vendors that want to impress their stockholders with enhanced cash inflows should look to acquire SaaS vendors, according to Jérôme Fougerat, regional director of M&A specialist Corum Group, based in Seattle WA and Zurich, Switzerland. That's why SaaS companies have been holding their value better than other software...
- Tags: Software, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Europe, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- 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
- Size matters: Verizon Wireless buys Alltel; Will claim most subscribers
- Verizon Wireless said Thursday that it will buy Alltel to beef up its network for about $28.1 billion. The deal surfaced on Wednesday via various press reports and Verizon Wireless just made it official statement. What's this deal about? Subscriber envy. Verizon Wireless wasn't...
- Tags: Alltel Corp., Verizon Wireless, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- 6 reasons government IT projects fail
- Failed government IT projects occur with alarming frequency. In some respects, these failures share much in common with botched private sector initiatives. For example, failures in both environments are primarily a function of poor management rather than bad technology. Still, there are important differences between government...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, Procurement, Accountability, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churn
- Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churnI was one of the people who jumped ship from Sprint...I have never been happier to be rid of Sprint! Their customer service treats you like you caused your problem, EVERY TIME!I wonder how many military personnel still use Sprint after the word got out...
- Tags: Sprint Communications
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churn
- Sprint Nextel said Monday that it has lost more than 1 million customers in the last year. Sprint, which has been busy of late with a WiMax joint venture with Clearwire and alleged takeover overtures from Deutsche Telekom, provided a healthy dose of its financial reality with...
- Tags: Financial, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Creating an XP SP3 slipstreamed ISO file
- If you are not a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then getting your hands on a copy of Windows XP with SP3 means having to do some legwork yourself (or shell out for a new license ... but I'm assuming that you have better things to spend your money on!). ...
- Tags: CD, ISO, nLite, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows XP, Quality, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?
- Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?Yes butThis is a constant refrain. The short termism we see dominates the way tech companies behave.. It's dark side is what happens when companies get over awed eg i2. I'm glad so many of the newbies are not looking for exits...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, sway, technology sector, shareholder, stock
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges
- Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surchargesBackdoor rate increase, time for regulators to step in!I can see how this is going to play out in several jurisdictions: Comcast quietly enacts this rate increase, then customers start getting whopper monthly broadband bills because they don't realize that using Comcast for web gaming, Youtubing,...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, Channel management, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., bandwidth cap
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Vonage narrows losses; Inks deal with Covad
- Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...
- Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Company, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- NetSuite turns into battlground among analysts; High hopes for OneWorld
- On the surface NetSuite's first quarter was pretty good. The company beat its earnings targets by a penny a share and revenue was better than expected. However, the on-demand ERP software provider's deferred revenue fell short of what analysts expected. As Credit Suisse analyst Philip Winslow, who...
- Tags: Revenue, Analyst, NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, OneWorld, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
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