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- Making Excel better with open source
- For companies that still base their planning on Microsoft Excel speed can be a big issue. (The book, unfortunately, is in Hungarian.) By keeping processed data in memory the new Palo Server from Germany speeds the processing of Excel queries by a factor of 10. And the...
- Tags: Contradiction, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Managing Project Expectations in Human Services Information Systems Implementations: The Case of Homeless Management Information Systems
- Complex information management implementation projects develop cyclical downturn patterns that, if not managed effectively, can throw them off course. These cycles are intrinsically related to contradictions that are normally embedded in the project's goals and expectations. The position presented in this paper is that managing these cycles is more effective...
- Tags: Information System, Information Management, Reed Elsevier Inc., MIS, Contradiction, Project Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2005-10-21
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- Citizen journalism might try to kill you
- Citizen journalism might try to kill youDouble edged swordCitizen journalism almost sounds like a contradiction. One one hand, so many people nowadays carry a device that can at least take snapshots, but more are taking video. Real journalists can't get to where a story is very fast so it takes...
- Tags: Citizen Journalism
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Apple asked a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims against the company. As background, Apple launched a suit against Psystar alleging that the Mac clone maker harmed its brand. Psystar all resources fired back arguing that Apple was abusing monopoly power and launched its own...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antitrust, Apple Inc., Computer, Psystar, Productivity, Corporate Law, Desktops, Security, Business Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Microsoft JQuery adoption is an open source tipping point
- Microsoft JQuery adoption is an open source tipping pointOptimistAnother way to express your contention is that Microsoft has decided open source is so insignificant a threat that it can be used when convenient without any danger of lost revenues and profits. As a business model open source has peaked...
- Tags: Microsoft JQuery adoption, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- McCain wants bailout package online, defends Fiorina as working girl
- As legislators struggle with a $1 trillion bailout (including the $300 billion already spent on Bear Stearns and AIG) for Wall Street, John McCain called for the details of the proposal to be put online, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. "The American people have the right to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., John McCain, McCain, Obama, Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture"Ate wheatiness..." is obscureHow long since the ad campaign about Breakfast of Champions(?), with the cereal having the effect of spinach on Popeye. (And how many younger people know of Popeye?)The use in connection with "serialization" is clever, but seems a stretch in...
- Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., hardware, System 38, microcode, IBM AS/400, database
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer
- Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputerI Wouldn't Use ItWould you if you were a scientific organization that needed precision calculation and system reliability? I'd rather have a beowulf cluster doing my job than this mess.Horse Power NeededYou can now run vista with all its bloatware in full...
- Tags: Operating systems, supercomputer, Cray Inc., WINDOWS BASED, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland
- Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandNice spin on the headlineimplying that Apple is the one paying people to stand in line.RE: Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandThat is just pathetic that they have to pay people to pretend to want an iPhone....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, IPhone Launch, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...
- Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Cell phone as desktop computer
- Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, phone, computer, cell phone, desktop, desktop computer, docking station, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Why is the market hammering Apple?
- Why is the market hammering Apple?iPod blows Archos out of the waterYou might want to read http://www.archos.com/corporate/investors/financial_doc/Pres_Results_ARCHOS_20080422.pdf as it will explain how Archos is exiting the PMP Portable Music Player market as fast as they can.Wow, now NZ is a stock market expert...There's no end to his skilz.I can't believe...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, stock, stock price, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Archos
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Do the Busybox cases change anything?
- The GPL violation cases known collectively as the BusyBox cases never went to court, but they do seem to have settled the question of whether the license is enforceable. It is. So why is Edward Walsh, an attorney at Wolf Greenfield in Boston, trying to...
- Tags: Software, GPL, Open-source Software, Compliance, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- From BIT Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From BIT Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeContextThe reason COBOL still does most of the work today is because it has handled, is handling, and will handle simple tasks effectively on software that already exists and has been creepingly adapted to current circumstances.(You wouldn't want to quote that...
- Tags: Mainframes, Strategy, Leadership, Programming languages, Servers, IBM Corp., COBOL, innovation, information technology, Web service, business side, mainframe, Web, IBM mainframe
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Why many MCSEs won't learn Linux
- Here's the entirety of a note by discussion contributor nhudd responding to my e-mail exchange with "MCSE Mike": On behalf of MCSE Mike's everywhere... Paul, I think that the vast majority of techs/geeks out there can relate to MCSE Mike's question at the top...
- Tags: MCSE, Newcomer, Nathan, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Will market reject Sun's open source vision?
- Will market reject Sun's open source vision?Sun needs to make moneyWhile it's fine to talk about "building communities" and such, I still fail to see how Open Source enables Sun to make money. Jonathan has never provided any details, rather he talks in slogans--just like a politician.This is not...
- Tags: Java development tools, Sun Microsystems Inc., Eclipse, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Red Hat takes the open source security challenge
- One big hole for open source lies in security. It's not a real hole. It's a meta-hole. But we still view it as a hole, so it's a hole. That hole opened up again in Australia this week, where a "loud minority" got personal...
- Tags: Security, Red Hat Inc., Hole, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSource
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSourceHmm, its that alternate reality again.I read through this, and your example is impecable, makes perfect, and I'm left wondered why none of my customers use Sun hardware.And of the course, the reason is that in my reality, the vast majority of enterprises are SME's, and they...
- Tags: Wintel, OpenSource
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own Business
- If only the Big 4 and the top consultancy firms could run on sustainability thought leadership white papers instead of free cash flow, 2008 would surely be a banner year. The latest epistle is from McKinsey who this week publish an insightful survey on corporate philanthropy. The...
- Tags: McKinsey & Co., Philanthropy, NetSuite Inc., Survey, Business Goal, Marketing Research, Marketing, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Yahoo could be Microsoft's 'prove it' moment on open source interoperability
- Yahoo could be Microsoft's 'prove it' moment on open source interoperabilityIt's a good question, Larry...And I think people should consider that the Yahoo! reflects Microsoft's Hello-Moment and their absolute need to deprecate Windows, which is not a Web 2.0 platform.We think it's time to look to Microsoft's pact with Sun...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Channel management, Operating systems, UNIX, open source, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-23
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