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Questioning IT

Questioning ITSome grammarYou have quite the run-on sentence (Basically if your organization ... — skills mismatch disaster.)You also need to remove negative words like fail (Windows skills don’t carry forward to Linux, mainframe skills cause Solaris to fail.), and replace them with "pleasant sounding euphamisms" like "have difficulty" or "be...

Tags: Corporate governance, Strategy, information technology, corporate board, Enron Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

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Get 30% off "Hello, Android" book

It's out! My new book, Hello, Android, is back from the printers: "Android combines the ubiquity of cell phones, the excitement of open source software, and the corporate backing of Google and other Open Handset Alliance members. The result is a mobile platform you can't afford not to learn....

Tags: Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Printers, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-01-08

The Satyam saga worsens – terribly so

The Enron of India (Probably!) The news today re: Satyam is really bad. It makes the events of last month pale in comparison. To begin, you should read Satyam Chairman Raju's letter of resignation where he accounts for the accounting sleight of hand he says that...

Tags: Satyam, Andersen, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-07

SAP's Apotheker & Harvard Business School's McAfee discuss silos

A conversation with Léo Apotheker, co-CEO and a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG and Andrew Mcafee of the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School on PBS's Charlie Rose show. This TV appearance is a fascinating indication of how much more seriously...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Harvard Business School, SAP AG, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter

Indian outsourcing company Satyam has cooked books, a $1 billion cash sink hole and its chairman and founder B Ramalinga Raju has fabricated figures. Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch has bailed on being an adviser to the company and shares of the firm were down 90 percent or so in premarket trading...

Tags: Board, Satyam, Maytas, Task Force, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam crashes with $1 billion cash hole

In a shock announcement this morning, Satyam, India's fourth largest outsourcing companies reported that B Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman has resigned following an admission that there is an estimated $1 billion cash hole in the company's balance sheet. The company's shares crashed 77% in the aftermath. According to Finextra:...

Tags: Satyam, Balance Sheets, Outsourcing, Litigation, Asset Management, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam chairman resigns amid accounting scandal

Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance. Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance....

Tags: Accounting, Satyam, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Ramalinga Raju, SEC, Dawn Kawamoto CNET News

News items 2009-01-07

Some like it hot: Why waste dough cooling down a data center?

It is conventional wisdom that computer innards don't like excessive heat, which is why most data centers are conservatively cooled with powerful air-conditioners to a temperature range of between 68 degrees and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. This theory has even got its very own law explaining it, called the Arrhenius Equation....

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All

Okay, never mind that I'm a dinosaur with an affinity for 1990's era User Interfaces --  I think even my best critics will very likely agree with me that Windows 7, for all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-06

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

BlockBuster(PocketPC) 1.0 (Mobile)

BlockBuster is an amazing arcade game with relaxed game-playing mode. Your goal is to clear the board deleting blocks of color squares - game wil bring you hours of pleasure and joy. Now you play on color devices working under Windows CE. Skins, online contest and several skill levels for...

Tags: Mobile, Blockbuster Inc., Pocket PC, Absolutist.com, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-01-06

Bejeweled 2(PocketPC) 1.22 (Mobile)

Bejeweled 2 features all new gem graphics with beautiful planetary backdrops. Match the colored jewels in lines of three horizontally or vertically to clear them from the board. Enjoy four addictive play modes: Classic, Endless, Puzzle and Action and five special bonus modes that are unlocked as players progress through...

Tags: Mobile, Mode, Absolutist.com, Bejeweled 2, Pocket PC, Corporate Governance, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-06

Retro Defense Lite 1.0 (Mobile)

Retro Defense is hours of action and strategy for your iPhone or iPod touch.However, if you're new to this type of game, your goal is to stop the invaders from getting through the board. You know the path they'll take, so you have to spend your money wisely and build...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Retro Defense, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-01-06

The 2009 Green Wars Being Fought Now

In Washington D.C. the stakes are high. The stakes are huge. The stakes are for a major porton of the cash that will go into the United States' mounting federal debt. That means big money. How much will Obama's version of the federal government put into...

Tags: Health Care, Stimulus, U.S. Senate, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-05

It takes a lot to dismantle an Empire

It takes a lot to dismantle an EmpireI think everyone's safeI agree that MS laying off people is very unlikely. They're the biggest software company in the world and are still in a very strong position, and 2009 will only bolster that, what with S+S as well as all the...

Tags: Workforce management, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Gartner doles out sobering predictions for open source over next 5 years

Gartner doles out sobering predictions for open source over next 5 yearsMeaningless corporate clap-trapProblem with reports such as this one is that, while they sound smart at the surface, I have to admit that once I dig deeper I realize than I have no idea what the report is saying.Article:[i]That’s...

Tags: Open Source Apps, open source, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Coming to search results near you: corporate blogs worth reading

Coming to search results near you: corporate blogs worth readingmarketers as publishersTotally agree that companies should provide value online by replicating the strategies of content sites. Even if direct impact on sales is immeasurable, there is always a branding benefit, regardless of what one thinks of metrics like page views,...

Tags: SEARCH, corporate blogs worth, blogs worth, search result

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Coming to search results near you: corporate blogs worth reading

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Rick Burnes Despite plenty of discussion about their virtues, business blogs have yet to capture the attention of readers. Most business blogs are still regarded as the voices of companies, not legitimate content sources. ...

Tags: Blog, Whole Foods, Search Result, Rick Burnes, Company Blog, Blogging, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Jobs releases statement about his health

Apple released the following statement from CEO Steve Jobs to address the persistent rumors that his health is failing due to his visible weight loss over the last year. Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season...

Tags: Job, Health Care, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Jobs admits to ill health

Jobs admits to ill healthit was mostly M$ FUDthat started these rumors.Now with those rumors put to rest, what will M$ cook next?Or what will be Ballmer New Year resolution be....to lose weight?iYawn...Uh... this is news in Hardware 2.0??? I could understand it being here if he was bludgeoned...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Vertical industries, Benefits, job, health care, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05