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- Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?
- Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Other Countries, Web browser, Friday Challenge, operating system, Mozilla Firefox, browser market share, security hole, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Gartner leaves SOA off 'top ten' list - again
- I've been in several study groupsAnd SOA was omitted from final report, in part because participants weren't sure how to define it. Not that cloud computing is a 100% substitute, but it's something we can understand, and whose beefits are proven.ah yes . . .Ah yes, the sound of...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Gartner Inc., SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect
- The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturersWe don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, COMPANIES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Linux Distro, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- Spot onHi Oliver -Thanks for adding your perspective to this and for referencing our Community Maturity Model. I think you are spot on in calling out the fact that current initiatives and strategic intent are fairly unbalanced right now in terms of resources and ownership. Companies are recognizing...
- Tags: COMPANIES, Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat
- Linux distro appliances are the futureCompanies are wising up and getting away from MS 20G worm/virus operating systems and going to Linux distro driven appliances.It is the future with appliances no one needs a Windows OS with Office for someone to open a (.doc) to edit it is a security...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Red Hat Inc., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- What if Windows 8 was touch-input only?
- Touch not on my screenI hate finger prints on my TV, PC monitor and laptop.I could see having this as a add on but for the most part I am not for it.It is good for small device and a segment of handicap users but, really it is idea for...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Monitors & displays, COMPANIES, mouse, keyboard, What-if Windows 8, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Give Google a break!
- soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...
- Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Court stays ban on Microsoft Word sales
- Install Open_Office and be DONE!Why do you need a $500 Office Suite to write a letter?It is a waste of money, Open_Office does so much and it can actually create PDF's without buying more software licenses.Indeed...You'll be done, as those with Microsoft Office work circles around you.Another MS DroneI find...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, COMPANIES, sales, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?
- Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?No.Govt. sponsored research is only a big edge for products where the government is the customer (nuclear bombs, stealth jets, tanks, etc.)When the market decides that green products and tech is desirable, then a market with less government baggage will produce...
- Tags: COMPANIES, green technology, government
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the Firstwmasr???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Second Verse, CRM 2009, COMPANIES, CRM
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own
- Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your ownMicrosoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own1. Because every little bit helps2. To keep trust within the company of which they work and embrace it and use their products. The company for which...
- Tags: Research & Development, Mobile applications, COMPANIES, Microsoft Corp., WinMo
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- China demands new PCs carry spyware
- China demands new PCs carry spywareI don't think that anyone thinks that China's government has changed its position on freedom of speech.RE: China demands new PCs carry spywareWait for something like this to come our way in the US. Except under the guise of protection against software piracy.RE: China demands...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, COMPANIES, spyware, government
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Transforming customer relationships with social media
- Transforming customer relationships with social mediaDeveloping customer relations...with social media is truly a sad state of affairs. It isn't all that social either. You can't begin to know and understand your customers through social media. Social media's replacement of person to person transactions is truly one of the worst extensions...
- Tags: social media, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- Manes: no bones about it, 'SOA' (as we knew it) is still dead
- Manes: no bones about it, 'SOA' as we knew it is still deadIf you are 5 years into...an IT project and it is still a money pit it is time to throw in the towel. In fact, if SOA takes more than 5 years to start producing results then there...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, COMPANIES, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Survey shows influx of companies using social networks for recruiting
- Survey shows influx of companies using social networks for recruitingDo companies really know recruiting parameters for Social Media positions?I believe it is important to separate the types of roles companies are recruiting when it comes to Social Media. Companies are still in very early stages of understanding Social Media, how...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, network, COMPANIES, recruiting, social media, survey, social networking
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- Alfresco agonistes
- Alfresco agonistesThe race to zero is almost completeIt is getting harder and harder to see viable business plans for open source. The recession which were supposed to be so great for open source is having the opposite effect: Instead of customers rushing to the open source model with "paid support",...
- Tags: COMPANIES, open source, Alfresco
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009Why is it called 7?Do they now name products after when they first started talking about them so that the release date doesn't matter?RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009They say it is the 7 major version of windows.Money...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999Correction: change the insecure in previous posting to secureReally got to look closer at what I post.I have to agree that the electronic election industryNeeds some severe reform, if not the hammer brought down on them. I was ALWAYS suspicious as to...
- Tags: Companies, election industry, open source, TRANSPARENCY
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Combating IT failure with mentoring
- Combating IT failure with mentoringKnowledge is PowerAll too often there is hording of knowledge for job security. I have seen really bad versions of this where consultants are holding the information with no effort made to pass that information to others in the organization.The other problem is job jumping. Once...
- Tags: Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Professional development, information technology, Companies, Knowledge IS POWER, knowledge, job
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
- Moving SOA beyond 'service oriented integration'
- Moving SOA beyond 'service oriented integration'RehashWe have been talking about this for a while now. Here is my post from January which is basically links to you, Anne, Todd and others. http://www.thegreylines.net/2009/01/soa-versus-soi-continued.htmlI'm not sure why you would need to "spend millions" to start down the SOA path. ...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, Companies, integration, SOA, service-oriented integration, service-Oriented
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
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