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At 60 full-color pages per minute, Silverbrook's inkjet tech will change the whole industry

At 60 full-color pages per minute, Silverbrook's inkjet tech will change the whole industryOMG!!!!!I saw the video, please God let them not be faked!The only issue might be ink prices, because at the speed these things print at you could go through a *lot* of ink...Of course, if Memjet is...

Tags: Printers, industry, printer, inkjet printer, consumable, laser, Silverbrook

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

Do consumables (notably ink) matter to IT departments?

Do consumables notably ink matter to IT departments?Damned right, we care about consumables!Or, at least, we should! In a high-volume setting, IT will spend ten times as much on consumables as it will on the printers doing the consuming.In a high-volume B&W printing environment, inkjet technology is extremely expensive....

Tags: Printers, laser printer, printer, consumable, cartridge, Eastman Kodak Co.

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

If it consumes consumables (ie: ink, bulbs, etc), check their cost too before buying it

If it consumes consumables (ie: ink, bulbs, etc), check their cost too before buying itLow-end Lexmark printers are a good example of thisBecause Lexmark, HP and others use ink cartridges that have a combined printhead, the price of these cartridges is often greater than the printer itself. My father recently...

Tags: Printers, Oki, printer, cartridge, consumable, toner

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

Additional Resources

HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters

HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters"... variablize ..."?Quoting:“I think in this environment services in many cases is countercyclical, so what you have is people trying to take cost that could be capital and outsourcing that to somebody else so that they actually take the cost for them...

Tags: Printers, vista, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT downturn, Ink matter, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

The idea of "Open Source DRM" makes me want to vomit with rage

The idea of "Open Source DRM" makes me want to vomit with rageNo thank youI stopped purchasing from iTunes 2+ years ago. I get most of my music from CDs, better quality and I can rip a MP3 and load it to my iPod, Sansa and all 4 PCs in...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, open source, digital-rights management, CD, Open Source DRM

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

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

Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices

Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practicesOh this is going to be goodApple is going to have a tough time wiggling out of this one and MS have a great opportunity, ad-wise, to strongly differentiate themselves, not that they had any difficulty with that in the first place, but keying...

Tags: Printers, Psystar, Apple Inc., printer, Lexmark International Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...

Tags: gasoline, official gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Dynamic documents as two-way end points help bind people and processes to SOA

Read the full paper. Listen to the podcast. Sponsor: JustSystems North America. Making services oriented architecture SOA a fixture across larger swaths of enterprise IT and business processes has grown into a top goal. Finding additional innovation to amplify a SOA's value is therefore always welcome. ...

Tags: Document, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-16

SAP's CTO: Business knows 'what', IT knows 'how'

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the brief excerpts below. Vishal Sikka is SAP's Chief Technology Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Henning Kagermann, Vishal is responsible for driving...

Tags: CTO, Line Of Business, Information Technology, Packaged Application, SAP AG, Business byDesign, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Live Mesh: Microsoft hews to open standards rule

As reported pretty much everywhere already (I rarely "scoop" things, a trait that would make me a bad journalist were I ever to become one), Microsoft has provided more details about the new platform that it is calling "Live Mesh." They will likely have the same problem explaining it that...

Tags: Open Standard, Microsoft Corp., Live Mesh, RSS, .Net, Application Servers, Scripting Languages, Middleware, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Development, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Web 2.0 success stories driving WOA and informing SOA

The striking contrast between the stories that we've been hearing lately about the slow going of SOA initiatives in the enterprise and the vibrant and rapidly growing ecosystems similar to them on the consumer Web has been generating a lot of debate and discussion in the enterprise IT community recently....

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, SOA, Organization, Enterprise, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Snakes on a Plain...and Down the Avenue

Seems Belem, Brazil, has a reptile problem. We're not talking about lawyers and politicians either, though these reptiles also slither on their bellies. These are the legless snakes who cannot speak with their forked tongues. And the Belemites are worried their city on a level plain at...

Tags: Brazil, Greenpeace, Deforestation, Sugar, Government, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet...by abandoning WindowsI don't mind Windows, but you're right, it needs to be trimmed, a lot. Maybe the stripped-down Windows project will help.Linux does have less bloat, but[i]I haven't bothered to put together a "Winbloatagraph" equivalent for Linux versions, but I suspect that that...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4.0, Microsoft Windows, Diet

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Rackspace - hosting of virtualized systems

Rackspace announced that the company was going to add hosting virtual servers to its list of services for those needing access to a physical server without having to acquire the server, necessary software and hire an IT administrative staff. It will be interesting to learn how successful this offering is....

Tags: Rackspace, Information Technology, Hosting Company, Service, Organization, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Web 2.0 in the enterprise: Are you prepared?

One of the big takeaways from IBM's powwow over collaboration tools was that Web 2.0 technology is easing its way into the enterprise. First, companies like IBM and Cisco will adopt mashups that combine enterprise applications with external applications. Then CIOs will slowly adopt Web 2.0 approaches. These executives...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, IBM Corp., Mashup, Luba Cherbakov, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-20

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

Blog posts 2007-12-04

POLL: What's your gut reaction to Amazon Kindle?

POLL: What's your gut reaction to Amazon Kindle?Hype springs eternalThe handful of major publishers have found, repeatedly, that they can't sell hardcover books for much more than the list price of a mass-marketed CD, and that the volumes at that price are pretty slim (although the margins are good.)Likewise, paperbacks...

Tags: PDAs, E-books, Handhelds, e-book, PDA, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Oracle goes for the CRM jugular

Oracle tomorrow will unveil a new generation of CRM OnDemand applications designed both to propel Oracle to the forefront of CRM innovation and at the same time bring a halt to Salesforce.com's expansion into the enterprise market. Attendees at SIIA's OnDemand Summit on Friday were given a...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Application, Oracle Corp., CRM, Web 2.0, Sales Force Management, Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Internet, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Software, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-11-11

HP, eat your heart out. At $150, Lexmark's WiFi All-in-1 printer/copier/scanner/fax got my cash

It's been a few months since I first helped my neighbor get her WiFi-based All-in-One printer/copier/scanner/fax up an running. See Inside one PC buyer's mind (aka: A message for Michael Dell, Microsoft and other PC makers). For years now, I've been running a Red Hat Linux box in my basement...

Tags: Printer, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Wi-Fi, ALL-IN-1, Lexmark International Inc., Lexmark X6570, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-05