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Nick Carr's enterprise software fantasy land

Nick Carr's enterprise software fantasy landReason #5Well...I don't know if I qualify as an "Enterprise Irregular"but I can give the opinion of one who has developed and marketedboth enterprise and consumer applications.While priorities is a necessary condition for the differencein design, the sufficient condition is the more importat: 5....

Tags: enterprise software, Nick Carr, enterprise software fantasy

Discussion threads 2007-12-09

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Enterprise 2.0: what a crock

Enterprise 2.0 is a label, not a revolutionThe key is one's definition of Enterprise 2.0.If one defines E2.0 as a revolution in the way people do business, of course it's a crock. There is rarely anything new under the sun in the world of management, and technology certainly isn't...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, E2.0, crock

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Everybody loves virtualization

Everybody loves virtualizationOne of my pet peevesVirtualization is useful for testing and development environments. It makes no sense whatsoever for production environments.UNIX has a very nice scheduler that is built to handle hundreds/thousands of processes at a time. It automatically doles out CPU and memory and I/O resources. It has...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, UNIX, virtualization, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Windows 7 - What we still don't know ...

Windows 7 - What we still don't know ...differences...What differences did you notice between the Ultimate edition currently available as public beta and the Home Premium edition that you are testing?32/64 bit?Will 7 be split into 32 and 64 bit versions? 64 bit only? I have hoped that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Taxes, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition, tax, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

No accounting software for Linux?

No accounting software for Linux?Compiere in no way can compete...with the likes of even Quickbooks. There are no third party vendors writing specific addons for compiere. CPA's don't support it so don't take a copy of your Compiere data files to your CPA at tax time. And uptodate payroll support...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, SMB/SME, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, accounting, Linux, accounting software, Compiere

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Is Apple building a search engine?

Is Apple building a search engine?MS does not blank.... it just lacks imagination.Now what I found funny is that NonZ went to great lengths to try and slam Apple but his descriptions sort of sounded very MS in nature to my eyes and ears. After all complicated is a...

Tags: SEARCH, Apple Inc., Apple Building, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

News to know: E-voting security; Salesforce.com; NetSuite; SAP; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Big Brains: Brad Lovering Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-voting, Sales Force Management, Data Centers, Government, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy

On the surface, it would appear that a slowing economy might pave the way for increased Linux and Open Source software adoption by the unwashed masses, those who may want newer software than what their current XP system provides but don't want to pay the high...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., PC, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow

When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle’s recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...

Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-07-21

WWDC 2008 live

Live updates and analysis on Steve Job's keynote address at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference: 11:50 am: Steve leaves the stage... that's it? What, no Mac announcements other than Snow Leopard? No tablet? No new MacBook? Waaaa. 11:45 am: Available July 11th in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Steve Job, Enigmo, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-09

News to know: HTC Shift; Airport firmware; Microsoft mesh; Novell; VoIP

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Apple's security update breaks printer drivers, Instant Hijack component Airport firmware update enables AirDisk backups Mary Jo Foley: Whatever happened to Microsoft's 'other' mesh projects? Paula Rooney: Novell's SUSE Linux 11 to come in...

Tags: Google Inc., Novell Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Firmware, E-mail, Telephony, Hd Dvd, Printers, Productivity, VOIP, Open Source, Online Communications, Networking, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

SAP and Microsoft: No Marriage Needed

The Sunday New York Times started a little blogo-versy going about whether Microsoft should have made an offer to buy SAP instead of Yahoo. It's an interesting thought, if revisiting history is your idea of interesting. But if you're living in the present, as many of my fellow bloggers (Vinnie...

Tags: SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Investment, Finance, Software, Management, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-02-25

News to know: LinkedIn revamp; Can enterprise software be sexy?; Apple; R.I.P. Marc Orchant

Notable headlines: Rest in Peace Marc Orchant.  Techmeme. I'd like to share with you the two life lessons Marc Orchant taught me. We will all miss Marc. LinkedIn revamps interface, opens API. On Sunday a big debate of enterprise software broke...

Tags: LinkedIn, Apple Inc., Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Nick Carr's enterprise software fantasy land

In a post titled, Michael Krigsman doesn't understand enterprise software, Nick Carr brings forth a series of nonsense arguments unsupported by the reality of how enterprise software is developed, purchased, used, and maintained. To begin, Nick makes the point: ZDNet blogger Michael Krigsman lays in to...

Tags: Nick Carr, User Interface, SAP AG, Nick, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-12-09

Robert Scoble doesn't understand enterprise software

Before saying a word, let me state that in my few dealings with famed uber-geek blogger, Robert Scoble, I've found him to be a great guy and I like him. Having said that, let's address the issue: Scoble asks his readers about enterprise software and demonstrates he doesn't understand it:...

Tags: Robert Scoble, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-12-09

HP debuts Automated Operations 1.0

In its post $1.6 billion Opsware acquisition reverie, HP is talking about a new way to do IT operations, and competing with IBM, BMC and CA. The company introduced Automated Operations 1.0 today, which integrates products from HP OpenView, Peregrine, Mercury and Opsware. HP is eschewing the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Utility Computing, It Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Significant workplace inroads for Enterprise 2.0?

According to a random poll I recently conducted on Facebook, just over a quarter of 300 respondents -- 27% of them in all -- answered in the affirmative that they are provided with an easy way at work to post on a blog or put information on a wiki. ...

Tags: Web, Workplace, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Hyperlink Infrastructure, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-10-30

The real question about Mac security

The real question about Mac securityNext place over and wake the dormouseI'm a Mac user and I'm a tad skeptical as to how diligent we are. Mr. Gruber, who I think says a lot of insightful things, may have been talking about the Apple independent developer world and there, he...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Mac Community, malware

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Stop enterprise software hype: send me your stories

Stop enterprise software hype: send me your storiesHype to content ratio calculationYou always need to take account of this making due allowance for divide by zero errors.Also be careful when the integration layer of the product is the salesman's powerpoint presentation.NT 4.0 . Beyond time 10/100/1000 and serv.2000.All these upstsrt...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Insurance, IT buyer, Gap Report, enterprise software, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-22