Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- With virtualization, a way to wrangle mobile data costs in the enterprise
- Are you an IT pro who's tired of rising mobile bills? Does incorporating personal smartphones under the enterprise security umbrella keep you up at night? Bob Tinker may have a solution. Tinker, chief executive of mobile enterprise solutions provider MobileIron, is...
- Tags: Virtualization, Mobile, Information Technology, Smart Phone, Enterprise, MobileIron, single-OS Strategy, Employee Self-service, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
Additional Resources
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...
- Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules
- Completely self-servingBy this rationale, why does anyone ever have to disclose anything? You can apply this logic to traditional media as well. Afraid to admit in the blog that you got the stuff you rave about was free? The real impact is it opens a channel for the vendor to...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, blogger, free speech, traditional media, blog, blogging, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- It's time to bring the EULA madness to an end!
- My gripe with EULA is when I'm patching software.Why do I need to read an EULA when I'm patching a piece of software (I'm looking at you iTunes)? Shouldn't the patch be covered under the same EULA agreed to when initially installing the software?As for understanding them I do. They...
- Tags: EULA, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- IBM Helping Lay Enhanced Collaboration Foundations for US Bank
- Here's an interesting collaboration case history: US Bank, the 6th largest bank in the United States, are rationalizing around IBM's Lotus Notes 8.5, Quickr, and Sametime for their 58,000 employees. This week I spoke first with Bob Picciano, general manager of IBM Lotus...
- Tags: Bank, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., Collaboration System, Groupware, Financial Services, Collaboration, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Companies to offer free foreign travel for their sick
- The self-insurer pockets big savings, plus they build loyalty because the employee isn't going to leave with a big HRA balance. The employee, meanwhile, may save enough to pay for the next year's premiums, or the birth of their next child. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Employee, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Russia drops XP investigation
- Finally.That case was BS. XP is old and Microsoft doesn't want to support it anymore. It's not like this was in the books from day 1, they have a set support cycle. Eventually, you have to let it go. Too bad, so sad. Either use Vista/7 or move to a...
- Tags: Mice, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OEM, XP investigation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Cisco's Brave New World
- An intriguing and very well written article in this week's Economist documents Cisco CEO John Chamber's ambitious plans to conquer 30 new areas of business: ...From “virtual health care†to “cloud computing†and “safety and security†to “routers in spaceâ€, the company is tackling more than 30...
- Tags: Information Technology, Brave New World, Cisco Systems Inc., Chambers, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-08-30
- What really happened to Wikipedia
- Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Who might get health reform passed?
- They're notAnother poll shows that 71% of those surveyed believe there should be a public option. Again, it's of those surveyed - not all Americans. Sort of like your poll.As for the Round Table, I think most large companies are aware of how much their health care benefits...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, public option, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?
- Today, tomorrow and self interestWith peer reviews, the problem is that the reviewers won't dare to criticize strongly. Or even at all...Their self interest is at stake: today they are the reviewers, but tomorrow their work will be reviewed by the same person whose work they are reviewing now. In...
- Tags: Business ethics, fact statement, world view, crowdsourcing
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salariesMeanwhile MAObama insists economy has stabilizedIf only his bite could match his bark.Tend to be Older....!Seems to be a little bit of age discrimination....!This is what happen to me. Climb the corporate ladder and bam things get rough they let you go, hire a raisin...
- Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Taxes, Free trade, salary, job, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...
- Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- The case of the missing Sun refugees
- The case of the missing Sun refugeesMurph's rose colored glassesEvery IT vendor out there is on the "green" energy kick - and there are many thin client providers around too. If Sun survives, it will still have stiff competition anyway you look at it. This new client virtualization stuff goes...
- Tags: Servers, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray
- Discussion threads 2009-06-27
- Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?
- Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?Add-onsFor me, the big plus of Firefox is the add-ons. I simply love Adblock Plus, NoScript and MediaPlayerConnectivity.Firefox isn't very fast anymore, these days. Possibly partly because of my add-ons. I can live with that. Sometimes I use Epiphany as a browser,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- State of Kansas Reduces Costs and Continues to Drive Value With Automated Human Resources Processes
- The State of Kansas wanted to manage budget limitations by maximizing operational efficiency and getting the most from existing applications and deliver detailed data quickly to fulfill requests from the legislature, press, and public. The challenge was to support position in the global economy, as employees work worldwide for state...
- Tags: Kansas, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee
- GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., tech firm, MSFT
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Payroll Master 2.1.1.0 (Windows)
- Payroll Master 2.0 provides a way to create your payroll records. Payroll can be weekly or bi-weekly pay periods. After entering your business and employee information, creating your payroll is as easy as selecting the employee's name from a list and entering the hours worked. Payroll Master will calculate for...
- Tags: Payroll, Microsoft Windows, Simple Software Solutions, Payroll Master 2.0, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-05-07
- Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?
- Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?Hell, I wouldn't want to be be there till 1am either,regardless of my health.Balanced article. Couple of thoughts...I think this article is quite balanced.----Steve Jobs could be too ill or there might be gawkers or even press there and the...
- Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Personal finance, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., STEVE JOBS IS
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
A simplified IT environment isn't just less complex. It's also more reliable. Standardize on a single Linux platform with SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell, and get the world's most interoperable Linux
The Business Essentials Guide provides you useful tools and templates to help grow your business and save you time with automated shipping solutions.
