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- Enterprise Software at the Crossroads: Lost Execs and Lost Ground
- What's up with the top enterprise software companies and their leadership? In the space of six months, Microsoft, SAP, and most recently Oracle, have lost their most visible executives in a rather abrupt fashion. While the reasoning for the departures is, on the surface, vastly different in each case, the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Enterprise Software, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Departure, Satya Nadella, Dynamics, Shai, Kirill, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- MdS 08 Countdown (widget)
- Counts down to the 1st stage of the 2008 Marathon Des Sables (7 day footrace across the Sahara) and also tracks days until departure for Morocco. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: DES, Departure, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-07-26
- Mutt (widget)
- Mutt is Melbourne Updating Train Times displays the next 3 train departures times by train line, departing station and destination station. Includes countdown in minutes of train departure, user configurable color warnings for countdowns, and sources information directly from connexmelbourne.com.au so information is as accurate as it is on their...
- Tags: Station, Departure, Mutt
- Software downloads 2007-06-15
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- Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism
- I've mentioned Dean's Beans a few times recently, probably because too many late nights of thesis-writing this summer have me fixated on caffeine. Regardless, Dean Cycon, the company owner and a local guy doing business a couple towns away from me here in central Massachusetts, offered to write a...
- Tags: Blog, Starbucks Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- I'm back!
- I'm back from vacation and getting a bit of a late start blogging tonight since my dog got sprayed by a skunk. It's great to be back out here in the woods! However, my getaway left me with a renewed appreciation for home (be it ever...
- Tags: Camera, Kid, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Get Passenger Records (exe)
- Get Passenger Records program allows you to get instant access right now and begin searching where your ancestors came from including their port of departure, port of arrival, ship name, age at arrival, and date of birth. Begin your passenger records search by filling in an easy form. This version...
- Tags: Arrival
- Software downloads 2008-07-16
- A new way to avoid traffic jams
- A UK consortium is developing a new in-car navigation system to beat traffic jams. The 'Congestion Avoidance Dynamic Routing Engine' CADRE uses artificial intelligence to inform drivers of the best routes to take before they reach a jam -- 5 to 10 miles away from the congestion point. The system...
- Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Route, Traffic Speed, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware
- While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...
- Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- EMC taps ex Microsofter Maritz to fend off Microsoft Hyper-V
- It takes one to know one. At least that's what EMC hopes as it appoints former Microsofter Paul Maritz to head up its lucrative VMWare unit, not coincidentally on the same day that Microsoft formally released its much anticipated Hyper-V to market. The departure of longtime...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Look who's running VMWare now
- Look who's running VMWare nowPaul Maritz Running VMWareHi, Mary Jo,I recall Paul Maritz being one of Microsoft's most capable technical managers. I met him at a PDC just before his departure and found the breadth of his technical knowledge astounding.--rjhttp://oakleafblog.blogspot.comRE: Look who's running VMWare nowWasn't Paul Maritz in charge of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, VMware Inc., Paul Maritz
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light
- VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz right effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware's board....
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Five realities of Google or any other Workplace Wonderland
- Five realities of Google or any other Workplace WonderlandThe best will float to the top?In any sizable company there are people that aren't pushing boundaries and so will be left somewhat self-stagnating. That's inherent in 9-5 working - some people ultimately turn up to collect their pay cheque.Plus you get...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Google Inc., Workplace Wonderland, workplace, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- 2008 Volvo S80 T6 AWD
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo S80When we took delivery of the 2008 Volvo S80, we immediately opened the boxes, pulled the various panels out, and tried to match up the bag of fasteners with the pictures in the assembly directions. Actually, new Volvos look nothing like flat-pack Ikea furniture, trading in their...
- Tags: Volvo, Volvo S80, driver-alert system, lane-departure
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for MicrosoftNot even Bill gates is happy with MicrosoftStrange that you should incessantly spin them as compelling..... or are you being adequately compensated (free money, not software)?Bill Gates Sends Angry Email to Microsoft http://www.lockergnome.com/digged/2008/06/25/bill-gates-sends-angry-email-to-microsoft/Wednesday, June 25th,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft
- Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exited the Windows company. It is truly a new era for Microsoft. Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- One of the most disheartening things that can happen in any job is when the boss that inspired you, the one you loved to learn from and who made a grueling job more bearable leaves the building. It may be no different at Microsoft this week, as the "geeks" or...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?MS will embrace OSS only if...they perceive that it will increase their stock value. Gates' departure has nothing to do with it. As far as Linux Zealots predicting the end of proprietary software, this only indicates their lack...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., open source, Bill Gates, OSS, operating system, OSX, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
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