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SOA 2009: Do we need architects or firefighters?

ZDNet blogging colleague Ian Finley just posted an interesting question that reflects ever-shifting priorities in today's rough-and-tumble economy: "When the building's on fire, who calls an architect? ...No one does. They call the fire department." He advises enterprise architects and vendors alike to put down their plans and ESBs, put...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Entrepreneurship, Web Services, Y2K, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-21

Students: how to pitch a killer product

As I am a British citizen, I like to keep abreast of issues at home; land of Queen Elizabeth II, home of crap dental treatment, Yorkshire puddings, witty sarcastic humour, Monty Python and fish 'n chips. By all that, I mean I read the ZDNet.co.uk pages from time to time....

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Journalist, Student, Public Relations, Entrepreneurship, EAI, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-24

Entrepreneurial Recovery From Natural Disaster: A Consideration of Influential Factors

This paper contains interviews with five entrepreneurs affected by Hurricane Rita in the Southeast Texas Region. It qualitatively examines the recovery efforts of these entrepreneurs including the extent to which government assistance was utilized in their recovery efforts. The purpose was to determine if there were any specific factors that...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Recovery, Entrepreneur, Lamar University, Recovery Effort, Entrepreneurship, Management

White papers 2008-12-01

Microsoft Student Technology Day UK

Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Software that Makes Your Company More Entrepenuerial

A class of social software is helping companies become more entrepreneurial and none a moment too soon. In a survey of 300 business executives, Interminds LLC, a management consultancy, found that nearly three quarters (71 percent) of business executives indicated that...

Tags: Innovation, Software, Entrepreneurial, Intermind Corp., Business Executive, Entrepreneurship, Branding, Management, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-28

VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits

Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Confidence, VC, Mark Cannice, Venture Capital, IPO, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Financing Startups, Financial Services, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Entrepreneur Gains Efficiencies, Grows Business With New Operating System

After years of trying to balance work and motherhood, Kari Smith left her corporate job behind and turned her passion for cake decorating into her own small business. Within ten years, her entrepreneurial skills have grown her business into Magical Moments and Elite Party Rentals, a full-fledged wedding planning and...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Management, Software

Case studies 2008-04-01

businessfirst: Ideas to help small companies retain their successful entrepreneurial spirit

Innovation and enterprise is almost universally associated with small businesses. Typically, 95% of all innovations occur in businesses with less than 100 employees. When companies grow past this point the innovation is stifled by processes and bureaucracy.Download this white paper to read case studies of how larger organisations have rekindled...

Tags: Innovation, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-02-26

New Curriculum Helps Technology Students Become Young Software Entrepreneurs

Adding business and entrepreneurial training to a technical curriculum is known to improve the calibre of graduates. But combining business skills with education programmes has long been a challenge for faculties. Microsoft has formed partnerships with universities across Europe to bridge the gap between technology education and the development of...

Tags: Software, Entrepreneurial, Training, Entrepreneurship, Management

Case studies 2008-01-21

Managed Hosting Provider Powers Extreme Growth and Virtualization With Hyperic

Launched in February, 2006 as a venture company of Rackspace Managed Hosting, Mosso was started by two entrepreneurial employees, Jonathan Bryce and Todd Morey. Simplifying complex technology to bring reliable, scalable service to web application developers is Mosso's mission. Enterprise systems management software that keeps pace with their always-on, always-changing...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Team, Managed Hosting, Web Application, Entrepreneurship, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Team Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Management, Hardware, Storage

Case studies 2007-11-02

Kankakee, Illinois Pioneers Free Community-Wide Wi-Fi With High-Performance, Outdoor D-Link Wireless Access Points and Bridges

The City of Kankakee, Illinois, which is 60 miles south of Chicago, wanted to install municipal Wi-Fi in order to meet growing demands for local Internet access. The Daily Journal team created a self-supporting, revenue generating solution. They combined rugged, high-performance D-Link AirPremier DWL-7700AP Wireless AG Outdoor AP/Bridge equipment with...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Illinois, Entrepreneurial, High-performance, Access Point, Home Networking, Entrepreneurship, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Management

Case studies 2007-04-25

Steve Jobs on 'entrepreneurial education,' circa 1995

Steve Job’s reported “lambast” of teacher unions last week during an “education reform conference” does not reflect a new stance for Jobs. Seventeen years prior, Jobs put forth a similar educational philosophy for an Oral History Interview at the Smithsonian Institution. Although Jobs’ remarks last week were summarized...

Tags: Culture, Enterprise, Government, Local

Blog posts 2007-02-21

IT buyers are becoming IT sellers

Yesterday, I posted news about SOA Software buying a company's internally built mainframe CICS-to-Web-services platform to offer on a commercial basis to the broader market. SOA Software had announced that it was acquiring Merrill Lynch's X4ML Mainframe Web services platform, as well as the people that built and maintain the...

Tags: entrepreneurial, information technology

Blog posts 2005-12-06

Additional Resources

Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid

Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Burnout - the Dangers of Remote Work Forces

The problem is as old as work itself: you're working as part of a team and seem to be doing twice as much  - or more - as your colleagues, yet no one seems to notice. It feels as though you're carrying the weight of entire projects on your back...

Tags: Team, Burnout, Team Management, E-mail, Process Improvement, Management, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-11

I've joined the Dachis Group

As the worlds of internal enterprise, small, medium sized businesses and partner collaboration networks evolve, an increasing level of intersection with the social media world - the conversation with end users - is inevitable. The implications of this are enormous. While many people can grasp the immediate...

Tags: Social Media, Vision, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Andreessen joins HP's board

HP said Thursday that Marc Andreessen will join its board of directors. Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and co-founder and chairman of Ning, will join HP's board immediately. The total board members will move from 10 to 11. Andreessen knows HP well since the...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Board, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-17

U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room

The Federal Communications Commission held a series of discussions about broadband polices, wiring rural locales and fostering innovation, but the elephant in the room was funding. The rough goal of the Feds' national broadband dreams is to wire everything in a high-speed access utopia. Radio waves, fixed...

Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Are Silicon Valley VCs killing innovation?

There is a growing imbalance in terms of the risk/reward ratio between venture capital firms and entrepreneurs. And the current economic situation is making things worse. Very little funding is happening. VC firms do have funds but they are focused on trying to keep portfolio companies alive....

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley VC, Venture Capital, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Out-Innovated by Management Practice Blowback - a Video Conversation with John Hagel

I had the opportunity to sit down for a discussion with John Hagel of Deloitte's Center for the Edge last week. My previous post about the 'Shift Index 2009' report is augmented by this video, and fellow ZDNet blogger Dennis Howlett attended the...

Tags: Innovation, Management Practice, Video, Motorcycle, Destination Point, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-29