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Open source middleware: the time may be ripe

One topic I bring up a lot at this blogsite is that of market disruption. Typically, when new technologies or products hit the market, they cater first to high-end, high margin businesses. Eventually, new players come in with more commoditized solutions at lower price points that serve the unserved part...

Tags: SOA, Debbie, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-19

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Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show

Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...

Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Poisonous Personalities at Work & Play

I picked up on this slightly superficial US 'lifestyle' post , "8 Toxic Personalities to Avoid" by Brett Blumental, on one of Yahoo!'s many consumer sub sites (Shine/Sheer Balance/Manage your Life) after seeing its popularity rising on del.icio.us. Although we like to think that the people in our lives...

Tags: Social Software, Twitter, Collaboration, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Progress' open source FUSE ESB makes gains in recession

Proprietary vendors are putting more muscle into the open source products they were lucky or smart enough to acquire. Progress Software is one of those software companies. The Burlington, Mass. ESB vendor, which acquired Iona last year, has been beefing up the Fuse open source ESB platform...

Tags: Recession, Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, Fuse ESB, Enterprise Service Bus, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Canadian pol demands rural Net access as a 'human right'

Internet access is a human right! So argues Canadian Tory candidate Jack Carr, who has filed a complaint with the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission over the lack of Net in rural parts of the province, the Daily Gleaner reports. "It is...

Tags: Internet Access, Complaint, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-21

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .SLAI think it's important to know the Service Level Agreement when such crisis occur. Legal action might deter such problem from recurringFor those who want to implement and control their own cloud computing, you can...

Tags: Service level management, Stikipad

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .

I use a lot of online services and I try to push as many applications as I can into the cloud. This means that I can work from anywhere on virtually any computer device. I don't need a personal computer (but I do need a personal cellphone - the new...

Tags: Web, Web Service, Web Services Company, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Webcast: Small Business 2.0: Building a Strong Foundation

The explosion of small businesses is changing the economic landscape as more and more people decide to work for themselves. Many of these people are now working out of small or home offices and suddenly find themselves responsible for everything from production and operations to sales and marketing. ...

Tags: Webcast, Home Office, Small Business

Webcasts 2008-09-18

Hurricane Ike and some class acts

Although the Citrix analyst bash was interesting, informative and a wonderful opportunity to re-connect with old friends both at Citrix and in the analyst community at large, getting back to my office became quite a challenge. Continental Airlines, in preparation for Hurricane Ike, canceled our flights and did little to...

Tags: Analyst, Citrix Systems Inc., Pharmacy, Compay, Public Relations, C/C++, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast buys PlaxoI canceled my account.RE: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast is entirely out of touch with what it's customers want. For instance, a 1 year discount on an overpriced service doesn't attract anyone who's been paying cable...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, user number, TV, Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., social networking, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?

Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?This is scriptAll digital is exe.An exe is constructed and recorded into a ROM chip.And when you press START,the exe starts and the Microwave oven cooks your food."Deb can cook---hard wieners--Dr.Debbie Smith's program for the Microwave---part two--episode three".duhhhh"great work...

Tags: SECURITY, Hacking NASA, hacking

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Are trolls the rednecks of the social media world?

Are trolls the rednecks of the social media world?Calling a troll a 'redneck' would be entirely too graciousWhile one can make the argument that trolls and rednecks might not "know no better" when it comes to minding their manners, I have a troll who deliberately visits to make pointed comments...

Tags: Blogging, redneck, troll, social media

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Dell blames Citi, India call center for order snafus

Debbie from the Dell Online Community Outreach team saw my article, How Dell screwed up my order, and did a little digging into what happened. Here's her response: Mr. Burnette, I'm glad to hear your computers arrived. I wanted to follow up with you on...

Tags: Card, Dell Computer Corp., Citigroup Inc., Sales Strategy, E-mail, Sales, Online Communications, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Twin Dell Vostros arrive

On December 12th I ordered two Dell Vostro mini-towers, and had a spot of trouble with the order. Dell double-charged my credit card, which triggered a fraud alert. Debbie from Dell is still looking into what happened, but meanwhile DHL delivered the machines on Monday afternoon....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Ethernet, Home Networking, Litigation, Construction, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Networking, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Sales, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-12-18

How Dell screwed up my order

How Dell screwed up my orderAlleged Dell Screw-UpHaving dealt with Dell many times over the years, I realize that out-sourcing has impacted them. However, I would remind you that credit card companies have a rather extensive history of screwing-up themselves, especially where one end (read "customer service") gets the...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Sales force management, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

RIAA hit with $68,000 in attorney's fees

In November 2004, the Recording Industry Association of America sued Deborah Foster for copyright infringement, claiming her IP address was connected to illegal downloading. It expanded the suit to include her adult daughter Amanda and won a default judgement against Amanda. But the RIAA kept going after Debbie, trying to...

Tags: Courts

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Open source projects increasingly empower SOA infrastructure definition and development

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: IONA Technologies.Unlike earlier open source initiatives, which often trailed commercial development of crucial software infrastructure, today's many community-based services oriented architecture SOA projects are early-on defining the means through which SOA can be realized.Development of commercial and open source versions of essential...

Tags: Developer, Podcast, Open Source, Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, SOA, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-05-04

IONA building SOA from pieces and people

Im accustomed to seeing software companies acquired so the acquirer can build a system out of pieces. I have long wondered if this could work in the open source space.IONA is trying, in the name of building a Service Oriented Architecture SOA suite. The company was founded in 1991, in...

Tags: Strategy, mergers &, acquisitions, General, middleware, business models

Blog posts 2007-04-12

VA, MD responders get digital ID cards

Virginia and Maryland will be the first states to deliver high-tech credentials to police, firefighters and emergency workers to carry in a regional crisis. The program is limited to counties surrounding Washington DC. In Northern Virginia, 4,000 cards with digital fingerprints will be delivered to first responders. In Maryland counties,...

Tags: ID card, responder

Blog posts 2006-12-22

IONA broadens open source approach to SOA with Celtix Enterprise initiative

Read a transcript of the podcast.Open source and SOA are increasingly joined at the hip. These twins are developing in tandem, not sequentially, which is giving CIOs and architects a variety of choices for picking and choosing the projects and products that make up their SOAs.IONA Technologies on Monday introduced...

Tags: Apache, Celtix, IONA, Java, IDEs, Eclipse, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA, Enterprise Java, Interarbor Solutions, Podcasts, Software Infrastructure, Open Source

Blog posts 2006-12-04