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- Cable: Natural born monopoly?
- The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...
- Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
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- 18 truths: The long fail of complexity
- Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...
- Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Brickbats over bricks
- Some more input from CalStar on their pending entry into the building materials market. I had asked about who set the standards for what is a "brick." The answer from CalStar: "ASTM is not the gatekeeper for new products - national and local building codes are....
- Tags: Brick, Standards, CalStar, ASTM, Ash Brick, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Uncle Sam: less wasteful?
- President Obama has just solidified his lasting credentials...as being hopeful. He actually is trying to push energy efficiency inside the federal government, America's largest energy consumer. Solar Humvees in Iraq? Fewer limos with their motors running at Dulles Airport? Shut down Washington D.C. in August and...
- Tags: President, Barack Obama, Real Estate, Construction, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate
- Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- SOA's squishy paybacks revisited
- A couple of years back, I posted some observations on the issues around SOA payback. Some analysts still say there has been little to no payback from these efforts. Since SOA payback is still such a raw and confusing issue, here is an updated reprise of that post: ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Payback, SOA, Service, Business Agility, David Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks
- SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...
- Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore
- Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled its answer to making data centers more modular and more cost effective and the target is pretty clear: Cisco Systems. HP's latest entry into the data center wars is dubbed the BladeSystem Matrix and Matrix Orchestration Environment. These products reside in HP's Adaptive...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Vision, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., BladeSystem Matrix, Storage Lineup, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Using open source to reduce business risk
- Using open source to reduce business riskWhat the bottom line?The bottom line is that with Suns failure the open source argument is in trouble. As is two of the products you mention a business should consider switching to:OpenOffice is maintained by Sun. It has been maintained is such a way...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-04-11
- Serna Enterprise 4.1 (Mac)
- Serna Enterprise is a powerful and easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor for collaborative authoring of structured content. Serna brings all the benefits of XML a business can get: quality content, highest authoring productivity, and automated multi-channel publishing in a seamlessly integrated environment. A variety of supported XML standards (such as DITA...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Syntext, Serna Enterprise, XML, Xhtml, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Scripting Languages
- Software downloads 2009-03-12
- Serna Enterprise for Windows 4.1 (Windows)
- Serna Enterprise is a powerful and easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor for collaborative authoring of structured content. Serna brings all the benefits of XML a business can get: quality content, highest authoring productivity, and automated multi-channel publishing in a seamlessly integrated environment. A variety of supported XML standards (such as DITA...
- Tags: Environment, Benefit, Syntext, Serna Enterprise, Microsoft Windows, XML, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Apple Mac OS
- Software downloads 2009-03-12
- Apple lifts lid on new-look 4GB iPod shuffles
- Apple lifts lid on new-look 4GB iPod shufflesI think I'll stick with the Sansa Clip......because whilst the voiceover sounds nice I kind of don't want to interrupt the song to find out what it is which, of course, is where a screen comes in handy.Plus you can get them in...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, lid, headphone
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- SAP job cuts - a time for opportunity?
- News that SAP is cutting 3,000 jobs in an effort to save €300-350 million is a good thing. No - it's not fun if your name gets pulled out of the hat but the company would have been crazy to do nothing or keep quiet. Given it is only about...
- Tags: Job, SAP AG, CODA, Recruitment & Selection, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- 5 tips to reduce outsourcing risk
- Service providers present a special challenge to organizations involved with complex IT projects. Although consultants are integral to many projects, dysfunctional service provider relationships can increase the customer's risk of failure. To explore this issue, I spoke at length with Alec Miloslavsky, CEO of Exigen Services, an...
- Tags: Risk, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- 10 reasons IT certification will be important in 2009
- Guest post: In the midst of staggering business and economic turmoil, you need all the tools at your disposal to help shore up your career prospects. See why TechRepublic's Erik Eckel believes IT certification will become increasingly important for IT pros and the organizations that rely on them. You can...
- Tags: Certification, Information Technology, Organization, IT Certification, IT Certification Program, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Nortel's rerun: Another purge, another restructuring
- Nortel on Monday purged its executive ranks--Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Flaherty, Chief Technology Officer John Roese, Global Services President Dietmar Wendt and Executive Vice President Global Sales Bill Nelson are all leaving Jan. 1--and announced yet another restructuring amid a weak earnings. Continuity and Nortel are two...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Real Estate, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- SPAM and the free lunch
- SPAM and the free lunchSIMPLE SOLUTION: Mandatory email server registration!(1) Get rid of "Reply-to:" tags.(2) Mandatory email server registration using credit cards, at yearly rate $2~3 dollars.This will make spammers impossible to operate without being caught.What SPAM is that?During the height of the "bad old days" of spam, I got...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over VistaExploiting???Why used the term "exploiting" to refer to using a validly licenses older M$ OS version? All versions, including the current Vista versions should be exploited for the highest ROI possible. Vista as an upgrade path doesn't really offer ROI for...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 XP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Will you get the flu shot?
- Will you get the flu shot?Uhhhh.. wrong site????Since when is a flu shot have to deal with computers......RE: Will you get the flu shot?I am getting the shot only because its free through my workplace. If it wasn't then I more than likely wouldn't and just take my chances.RE:...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, flu shot, flu
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
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