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- Dignan's Memo: It ain't easy being 'green'
- ZDNet's Larry Dignan is tired of green computing. He says, while the issue is important, the term "green IT" is quickly becoming a marketing phrase that makes him want to run in the other direction.
- Tags: Green IT, Dignan
- Videos 2008-06-19
- Dignan's Memo: AT&T bets big on the iPhone
- ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan says charging a mere $199 for the 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB version is a good strategy to drive adoption of the second-generation iPhone. AT&T's big plan is to offer a subsidy on the phone and charge an extra $10 on the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Dignan, Strategy, Management, AT&T, iPhone, Apple
- Videos 2008-06-16
- Dignan's Memo: What's the plan, Carl?
- ZDNet's Larry Dignan ponders whether activist shareholder Carl Icahn has a grand plan when it comes to turning Yahoo around. Dignan says that although Icahn wants to sell the company to Microsoft, it’s unclear if the software giant even wants to buy Yahoo anymore.
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Dignan, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Microhoo
- Videos 2008-06-12
- Dignan’s Memo: HP’s big IT consolidation
- Dignan says integrating software systems can create perpetual migraines. HP has trimmed the number of applications running within the company from 2500 to approximately 1800. But the kicker, he says, is that IT consolidation will wrap up just as it completes its acquisition of services giant EDS, which means another...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, IT Consolidation, Dignan, HP
- Videos 2008-05-30
- Dignan's Memo: Will iPhone hit 2008 estimates?
- ZDNet's Larry Dignan believes the upcoming 3G version of the iPhone, plus improved security features and new iPhone apps, will keep customers salivating, but that international expansion is the primary reason Apple will hit the 10 million mark. The larger question, Dignan says, is by how wide a margin Apple...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dignan, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, iPhone
- Videos 2008-05-29
- Dignan's Memo: Evaluating Google Health
- Google Health launched on May 19. ZDNet's Larry Dignan likes the idea of an online medical records system but says that Google Health's privacy policy is not regulated by HIPAA, which is a cause for concern.
- Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Dignan, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Hipaa, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Regulations, Government, Fill In
- Videos 2008-05-26
- I've seen the future and the Zune becomes a hit
- Microsoft launched its second generation Zune amid decent reviews, a good bit of press and even a few personalized devices. But the MP3 game is a marathon not a sprint. So after perusing the news a few reviews from CNET, Engadget and Gizmodo I just had to...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Dignan, Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Apple, Jobs and the UPOD iPhone strategy
- Apple, Jobs and the UPOD iPhone strategyAnti-gravity phones don't exist yetDignan writes: "At least until you drop it and have to buy a new one."That's true for all phones that aren't plastic, and phones that are plastic scratch. So which is it Dignan? Glass or plastic for you?...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Recruitment & Selection, UPOD iPhone strategy, Dignan, Apple Inc., phone, job
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
Additional Resources
- Entellium's lost millions
- Larry Dignan outlines the main points of the Entellium fraud. Regardless of the final outcome, there are three glaring questions: How did the CFO and CEO overstate revenues across THREE financial years by a factor of four to five times without someone noticing the obvious problem of...
- Tags: Entellium, Board, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects
- Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...
- Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)
- In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...
- Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Emulator, ActiveX, Sheesley, Virtual Apple, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Churchill Club podcast: Irrational decisions and the rational people who make them
- Renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, say that anyone--under the right set of circumstances--is capable of irrational action. But irrational behavior is not random. In conversation with Guy Kawasaki--one of the Club's most popular moderators--the authors of, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of...
- Tags: Decision, Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures
- Software as a service company Entellium's future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were...
- Tags: Revenue, Entellium, FBI, Revenue Figure, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Corporate Governance, Government, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Amazon cuts S3 pricing; Dangles carrot in front of enterprises
- Amazon said Thursday that it will cut prices on its Simple Storage Service (S3) and offer more volume discounts. The pricing, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, may reflect that Amazon is looking to grab share as competition from Microsoft and others is about to heat...
- Tags: S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- IBM: Beats earnings target but...
- IBM said that it will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for the third quarter, but there were enough nuggets disclosed to raise a few eyebrows. First, the headlines. IBM statement said it would report earnings of $2.05 a share, a good 3 cents better than estimates. Revenue,...
- Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Thomas Weisel, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Times are officially tough: Sequoia says so
- Talk about the insulated bubble that is Silicon Valley. Sequoia, one of the best venture capital firms out there, emails a bunch of portfolio companies and tells them to hunker down. And now everyone notices that things may not be so peachy in Web 2.0-ville. GigaOm has...
- Tags: Web, Sequoia, E-mail, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Government, Channel Management, Investment, Online Communications, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- RIM's Storm: Why it matters
- Research in Motion launched its Storm touch handheld and it is critical to the company's long-term plans. RIM, along with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, launched the Storm on Wednesday (Techmeme, statement, Crave review, gallery). The phone, a rival to the iPhone 3G, signals a product barrage for...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Keyboards, 3G, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Symantec buys MessageLabs for $695 million; Bolsters SaaS lineup
- Somebody is finding some values out there in techland. Symantec on Wednesday said it is acquiring MessageLabs for $695 million in cash. MessageLabs, which offers messaging and Web security services, had about $145 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending July 31. Symantec...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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