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Dana Corporation Unifies Operations by Establishing a Flexible and Scalable IT Infrastructure

Dana Corporation wanted to unify operations throughout local plants and worldwide branches with a flexible and scalable IT infrastructure and consolidate administrative and supply chain processes to achieve operational efficiency. The challenge was to improve visibility into manufacturing and inventory processes to optimize working capital and increase competitiveness and reduce...

Tags: Dana Corp., IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software

Case studies 2008-01-01

Dana Corp. CIO Bruce Carver: "Having too much IT and not the right IT"

As part of our ongoing CIO Sessions series to find out what's on the minds of CIOs, I interviewed Bruce Carver, CIO of Dana Corp., a $9 billion auto parts manufacturer. The podcast interview can be delivered directly to your desktop or MP3 player if you're subscribed to our podcasts...

Tags: Dana Corp., podcast, information technology

Blog posts 2005-11-15

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News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

News Corp. prepares to destroy more online value

You can't force the market. If you're selling something others are giving away they won't buy from you. The price you charge must be related to what everyone else charges. And if you try to make everyone else charge it's called collusion. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Collusion, Dana Blankenhorn, News Corp.

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Corporate open source is more vulnerable

RE: Corporate open source is more vulnerableI feel so much better now that the government is moving toward open source.'Nuff said.RE: Corporate open source is more vulnerableI feel the title of this article is misleading. Vulnerable how? When discussing computing vulnerability usually refers to the security of the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Corporate open source, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

If you liked Microsoft CodePlex you will love MySpace FoxForge

Would Facebook have overtaken MySpace had Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. not bought its parent company, Intermix, in 2005, with a prediction that MySpace would drive traffic to other Fox sites. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Cloud grows globally: Russia, South Korea, and Malaysia join Open Cirrus

A global, multiple data center, open-source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research, Open Cirrus was started last summer by HP, Intel Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. The goal is to “promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in...

Tags: Data Centers, Government, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Mainframes provide fast-track access to private cloud benefits for enterprises, process ecosystems

More evidence of the alignment between mainframes, mainframe automation and management, and cloud computing comes with today's announcement that CA has purchased key assets of Cassatt Corp., maker of service level automation and service level agreement SLA management software. by Dana Gardner

Tags: SLA, Benefit, Mainframes, Service Level Management, Servers, Hardware, It Operations, It service Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Rockefeller makes support for open source explicit

Rockefeller makes support for open source explicitWhat's the difference?You state: "While introducing his bill Rockefeller did not mention Medsphere, whose software is installed at many state hospitals. Instead he focused on the Veteran Administration?s VistA system, and the NHIN-Connect system for linking medical records installed by Harris Corp., which includes...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, open source, Rockefeller, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Momentum building for government open source

After doing my piece about the military and open source I was surprised to get an e-mail from John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute in Mississippi, who was kind enough to walk me through the deal. (Technology Training Corp. ran a seminar on...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-24

News to know: Windows 7; Facebook and OpenID; Patch Tuesday preview

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Ryan Naraine: MS Tuesday heads-up: Critical IE, Exchange flaws Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations

Blog posts 2009-02-06

News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...

Tags: Apple iPhone, LinuxWorld, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Help Desk, Data Centers, Corporate Communications, It Operations, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-06

News to know Monday

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Did open source make Green go at VMWare?

Diane Green Greene has been shown the door at VMWare, the company she founded. Another victim of open source? Possibly. Ironically, Green Greene told our Dan Farber two years ago "the industry goes at Microsoft's cadence," and she's being replaced by a former Microsoft executive,...

Tags: VMware Inc., Diane Green Greene, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Open source has yet to learn it pays to advertise

Open source has yet to learn it pays to advertiseCompanies making money from open source.Well, there's Red Hat... and there's Red Hat and, oh yes, I remember, Red Hat.There are ways to save expenses with open source, but that's different from making money with open source. If a company...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Did Congressional Budget Office call health IT savings bunk?

The headline is the Congressional Budget Office says a claim by RAND Corp. the nation will save $77 billion through heavy use of IT in health care is bunk. But that's not the whole story. The CBO, a bipartisan body which helps Congress formulate...

Tags: Information Technology, Congressional Budget Office, Blog, Health Care, Automation, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Panda Security delivers cloud-based security management service for SMBs

IT security provider Panda Security has unveiled its Managed Office Protection solution, a security-as-a-service offering aimed at small and medium businesses SMBs as well as large companies with a significant number of geographically dispersed offices. The service from the Panda keeps the total cost of ownership TCO...

Tags: Administrator, PC, Security Management, Small And Medium Business, Panda Security, Managed Office Protection, Protection Product, Updates, Smb/Sme, Security, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Ingres brings OpenROAD tool for rapid DB apps development to GPL

Ingres Corp. is hoping for strong community involvement with its Open ROAD rapid application development RAD tool by taking it to GPL v2 release. The Redwood City, Calif., open source database management company has made the new release available on its Web site and said it...

Tags: GPL, Tool, Ingres, 4GL OpenROAD, OpenROAD Application, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-19