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Redefining value in an open source world

Back in my grandfather's day people had an easy way to define your value to society. They asked what class you were in. Were you upper class, middle class, or lower class?The class you were in defined your value to society. Class was inherited. It could be changed – that...

Tags: Value at Risk, value person, high value person

Blog posts 2006-08-09

The money value of time

This is a real estate decade, so all of you should understand the time value of money.You borrow $1 million to build a project. The money costs $100,000 a year (if it's a risky project). But if you sell that project in a half-year, the money only cost you $50,000....

Tags: Value at Risk

Blog posts 2006-04-24

The OpenLogic that we are all journalists now

I was chatting this morning with Steven Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic, whose new version of BlueGlue lets companies certify their entire open source software stacks, not just those 150 projects OpenLogic already supports. He was bragging on the hiring of Stormy Peters from H-P as their new director of product...

Tags: Value at Risk, OpenLogic

Blog posts 2005-12-08

It's a wonderful program

Novell's donation of the Hula Project to the community reminds me of one of my favorite copyright stories, that of the movie It's a Wonderful Life(right, from Amazon.Com). The movie's great vogue came after its copyright expired. Every TV station with airtime around Christmas played it over-and-over. Then, seeing its...

Tags: Value at Risk, Hula Project, Novell Inc.

Blog posts 2005-02-16

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It must be a rough day in Cupertino

They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care

The worse your diabetes the greater the risk you have to run to deal with it. Drop the weight, watch your diet, get some exercise and listen to your doctor. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Risk, Patient, Merck & Co. Inc., DPP-IV, GLP-1, Kliff, Federal Government, Marketing Research, Strategy, Government, Marketing, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analytics

With better data reach and inclusion, come better results. So BI allows leaders can establish the trends early that will determine their future success or failures. In a fast-paced, global, hyper competitive business landscape these insights are the currency of success for the future. The better you do BI, the...

Tags: Performance, Analytics, Data, MapReduce, Curt, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Worst news for McCain is not from Denver

The news is that even a milder form of McCain's skin cancer puts patients at increased risk, not just for more skin cancers, but for other cancers as well. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: John McCain, Cancer, Strategy, Security, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw

Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...

Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Linux Foundation announces end user summit

The target is businesses which are heavy users of Linux and open source in their enterprises. So no surprise its first keynote will be from Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, with a Q&A moderated by Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features?

Perspectives, hatched at Carnegie Mellon, thwarts so-called "Man in the Middle" attacks on SSH secure sites by creating a virtual notary that can check the validity of an unsigned security certificate. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-27

A way to assign copyright globally

The FLA mainly takes the burden of worrying about international copyright law out of the programmer's hands and places it in the hands of people who care about such things. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Project, KDE, Fiduciary License Agreement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-27

News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...

Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.SurprisingI am a little surprised they would even bother to do this. But not very surprised.I have never been tempted to 'taunt' them in the first place. What I have been tempted to do is send them false information, preferably from an automated source,...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Cyberthreats, Middleware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, new credit, ActiveX, virus

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Malware detected at the International Space Station

Malware is reaching new heights, and going into Space through a removable media carrying the W32.Gammima.AG password stealing malware to the International Space Station. According to SpaceRef.com : "W32.Gammima.AG worm is a level 0 gaming virus intended to gather personal information. Virus was never a threat to any of...

Tags: Software, Space Station, NASA, Antivirus, Malware, Laptop Computer, Virus, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team CERT has issued a warning for what it calls "active attacks" against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to...

Tags: Linux, SSH, Attack, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Citrix makes virtualization splash with new version of XenApp to speed desktop applications delivery

In my thinking, virtualization is allowing the best of the old central command and control with the new user flexibility and ease of innovation. Virtualizing broadly places more emphasis on the datacenter and less on the client, without the end user even knowing it. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Health care auditing needs growth

Health care auditing needs growthFinally?I've had the same experience with small-dollar bills. A healthcare talking point that Dana and I agree on?! What are things coming to?

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Go ahead...bring in your laptop

There is a growing controversy in our district over the use of personal laptops and other computing devices that can access our wireless or wired networks. A significant majority, myself included, believe that, aside from WPA and a strong password for the routers, teachers and students should be able...

Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-26