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Doubletake Customer Profile: Chickasaw Nation

I recently had the chance to communicate with Rob Jacks, Chief Information Technology Officer for the Commerce Division of the Chickasaw Nation. The Commerce Division uses Double Take's data protection software and was willing to speak about their experiences with the technology. About Commerce Division...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Casino, Technology, Rob Jacks, Commerce Division, CNDC Core Competency, H/A, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Games, Storage Management, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-04

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The candidates on tech

Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues – broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum – although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....

Tags: Industry, Broadband, John McCain, Net Neutrality, Spectrum, Obama, H-1B, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-13

The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy

We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-10-10

US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures

The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...

Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureAccretionThe substantial number of miscellaneous applications appear to be unlinked. The IBM-linked approach is e-commerce, replacing another old and working system.Is what you're describing a slow-moving IBM takeover? You've included indications that IBM is gaining administrative authority.This approach is description by strobe...

Tags: IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature

YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce featureTV, TV, TVDoesn't anyone realize that new ideas like Vending machines are great and all, but Impulse is a downward trend these days! Use common sense modeling... Folks are getting lazier even as the economies go lower. So, WHERE are...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Team management, Web technology, YouTube team, e-commerce feature, TV, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iTunes, YouTube Inc., e-business, team

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...

Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature

It's Business 101: Don't wait for your customers to come to you. Go to the places where they are. That's why you've seen the launches of music streaming services within MySpace and Google's AdSense program extended into Web-based video games. Now, YouTube has partnered with Amazon and...

Tags: Team, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Video, Apple iTunes, E-business, Corporate Communications, Web Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000

eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000Is it a hard time now?Of course not,i am always in confident of e-commercial,which leading our life style,I really appreciate ebay's courage in making the changes at the dark before the dawn.RE: eBay doubles down on payments...

Tags: payment, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000

EBay on Monday revamped its corporate portfolio laying off 1,000 workers, or 10 percent of its workforce, and buying online payment company Bill Me Later as well as a Denmark classifieds company. The layoffs were largely expected, but the Bill Me Later purchase for $820 million in...

Tags: Payment, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Bill, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Techies choose Obama - by a landslide

If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...

Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-05

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Yahoo wins confidentiality order for Google ad deal

Yahoo said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has granted it a confidentiality order to keep certain parts of its Google ad deal out of the public eye. In its quarterly filing with the SEC Aug. 8, Yahoo redacted multiple details about its search advertising deal...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., SEC, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

AT&T layoffs, Step 1: Reorganization

AT&T layoffs, Step 1: ReorganizationDSL and WirelineThe driving force behind manpower in the wireline and DSL venue is FCC and State Commerce Commissions requirements for repair times. Provisioning is also still going to be a major concern. It too is subject to Fed and State CC regulations.As long as...

Tags: DSL, Workforce management, Sales force management, manpower, AT&T layoff, layoff, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.

Can't figure out what to do with your old laptop, tablet PC, monitor, projector, camera, camcorder, server, home audio receiver, mobile phone, car audio system, home electronics device, global positioning satellite receiver, MP3 player, personal digital assistant or game system? (Whew.) Toshiba Digital Products says it now will take it...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Digital Products Division, Branding, Tablets, PDAs, Projectors, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Microsoft's search perks gambit eyes 22% of market up for grabs

Microsoft will pay and perk you to death to get you to use its search and the move may not be so silly. Why? Roughly 22 percent of the search market is up for grabs so you might as well buy some loyalty. That 22 percent figure...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Regulations, Marketing Research, Internet, Government, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-01

I... B... Wha?

I... B... Wha?I. B. AmazedYou have to think though, after the 90's the markets are flooded with consumer products based on technology. People associate with what they are exposed to. However in the 70's and better part of the 80's if you wanted a PC, it had to be "IBM...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, IBM Corp., Wha

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

I... B... Wha?

The following is a true story, and happened to me today. I'm on a business trip visiting Richmond, Virginia --  which for those of you kids reading this piece, is the state capital, has a population of over 200,000, and is home to...

Tags: Computer, IBM Corp., Productivity, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Andreessen joins eBay board

eBay said that Marc Andreessen will join the online auctioneer's board of directors. The move, which is effectively immediately, brings some additional brainpower to eBay, which is trying to fend off rivals such as Amazon and Google. For instance, Amazon's fixed price model has been attracting merchants...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Board, Ning, eBay Inc., Corporate Governance, Social Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe

Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said. SEATTLE--Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Internet Video, Video, Encryption, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, Amazon.com, Adobe, pirates, streaming, security

News items 2008-09-30