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- Calling all disruptors: the perfect storm of SOA, SaaS, and open source beckons
- I just had the opportunity to check out the World Innovation Forum being held this week in New York, in which Clayton Christensen, Harvard professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution, talked about the paradox that emerges when new technologies commoditize the marketplace. Namely, that when...
- Tags: Vendor Watch, General, Business ROI
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Gartner releases part two of Christensen interview on disruptive innovation
- Gartner released part two of its interview with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen on the topic of disruptive innovation part one was released last month. In this installment, Christensen offers more strategic insight that companies can use to protect themselves from disruptive competitors. He explains how opportunity should...
- Tags: disruptive innovation, innovation
- Blog posts 2004-10-25
- Harvard prof: "Hey Microsoft, Go kill yourself."
- At the Future Forward technology conference in Portsmouth, NH, Harvard B-School associate professsor and management guru Clayton Christensen advised Microsoft to set up separate businesses that leverage disruptive technologies in a way that kills the company's existing businesses. Said Christensen, "If Microsoft doesn't react to the rise of Linux desktops on...
- Tags: Harvard, Clayton Christensen
- Blog posts 2004-10-15
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- Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed
- Apple has hit back against claims made by Mac-clone maker Psystar that the company is operating in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act and will be asking the U.S. District Court judge to dismiss to dismiss the counterclaim. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Psystar, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- BPA story gets all political
- BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It’s just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...
- Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Who wins with Google Chrome
- Who wins with Google ChromeChrome adds a lot. By about any measure, Chrome will be way ahead of IE8.If there was nothing new here, there would be no excitement.Chrome Adds Nothing NewAt this point in time, Chrome adds effectively nothing new. It's little more than a late attempt to...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, FF 3.1, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices
- Those following the Psystar saga will be interested to know that the Miami-based clone maker has fired a salvo in their legal battle with Apple. Psystar has been selling Apple clones with Mac OS Leopard pre-installed since April 2008. At a press conference yesterday Psystar CEO Rudy...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...
- Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust ActNice!If only Apple didn't ditch a perfectly viable platform in favor of off-the-shelf hardware for their operating system, half of which came from open source freeware, they might actually have an actual claim. Up to 4...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Game players, Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, WiI Games, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Reports are coming in that Mac-clone maker Psystar has filed a countersuit against Apple alleging restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Restraint, Apple Inc., Psystar, Reports, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Business Operations, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?
- Awhile back my Irregular chums came up with MISO as the acronym to describe the main enterprise players of the time: Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. We also quipped that could change to include Google and so with a little creative thought we ended up with GISMO. Last week's Apple...
- Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Steve Gillmor, Apple Inc., 3G, Operational Planning, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Exploring Mars with Java
- At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco Friday, James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president and fellow, talks to Arizona State University geological sciences professor Phil Christensen about the school's geospatial software, JMARS. The open-source project is available to the public and used by NASA to find and gather scientific data...
- Tags: Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mars, NASA, JMARS
- Videos 2008-05-09
- Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo
- Microsoft's Saturday "negotiate or else" deadline for Yahoo has passed with an eerie silence. Yahoo's board is reportedly meeting Sunday--you'd think the company would have met before the deadline, but I guess we're all prone to procrastination. Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell hinted on Thursday and in a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Google not so recession proof after all: Monetization down in January
- The handwringing over Google's 0.3 percent decline in web search paid clicks in January from a year ago is palpable. Apparently folks are just coming around to the idea that Google may not be completely immune to a slowing economy. Google shares got whacked on Monday and...
- Tags: Monetization, Google Inc., Text Advertisement, News, January, Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Michael Clayton wallpaper (jpg)
- Decorate your desktop with scenes from George Clooneys Oscar nominated film Michael Clayton.
- Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Publication, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-02-13
- Will you be having sex with a robot in five years' time?
- I will resist suggesting I am starting off the New Year with a bang when I reveal that a new and very important and/or disturbing depending on whether you have laced your cornflakes with a David Copperfield mushroom or two thesis has now been published as a book. ...
- Tags: Robot, Mr., Technology, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- More commentary on Egenera
- I've gotten some feedback from some of my comments in my post HP to resell Scalent System's V/OE. One of the more interesting of these came from Susan Davis, VP of Marketing at Egenera. Her comments can be found here: Susan and I have been speaking with one another for...
- Tags: Egenera Inc., Virtualization, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Channel Management, Storage Management, Business Structures, Hardware, Servers, Marketing, Storage, Finance, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- SAP SRM, another brick from the wall
- The contrast could not be more stark between yesterday's launch of Coupa's Amazon-hosted SaaS e-procurement system and SAP's decision on Friday to cancel the upcoming release of its spend management product. Another beneficiary of SAP's misfortune is SaaS vendor Ketera, which earlier this month added a new supplier management application...
- Tags: SAP AG, Amazon.com Inc., Wall, Coupa, Ketera, Amazon Web Services, Service Level Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), It Operations, It service Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Asus launches Eee...Let me know when the price drops
- Asus launches Eee...Let me know when the price dropsSony VAIOThis reminds me of the Sony VAIO and white MacBook. Look nice :)Some may complaint that it will be slowInstall Rdesktop ( www.rdesktop.org ) on Eee and ThinServer XP ( www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm ) on your home/office PC and you can wirelessly run...
- Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, computer, Eee, ASUS, price drop
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloud
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloudAll that is being askedare what are the 235 patents? Why? So they can either be validated or refuted. Until Microsoft puts up the patents this is nothing more than scare tactics to try and force payment. ]:)I don't accept thatClaiming that Linux users owe MS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
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