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Evaluating large IT project proposals

Evaluating large IT project proposalsExcellent catalog of failuresBut if we assume that any large IT Project Proposal is going to be a failure, why not just reject it without evaluation?What does a proposal for a successful project look like?RE: Evaluating large IT project proposalsPaul, I wonder if there are any...

Tags: Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Office, INCLUDING Microsoft, large IT project proposal, IT Project Proposal, European anti-Americanism, Evaluating, Corel WordPerfect, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

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Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley Fences

Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Antitrust, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft had offered to pay for Yahoo in February. On top of that, the...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-06

Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall

Microsoft bad cop is up against the wallEnough open-source propagandaIf this was about a technical violation of a license, focus on that and leave out the bias. I think we've all seen enough crappy and inept open source code that your comment about "being in retreat" against it is laughable.As...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., cop, open source, bad cop

Discussion threads 2008-10-05

First impressions of the Nokia N96

The Nokia N96 was announced back at Mobile World Congress and I was able to get some hands-on time back then. I was just sent a Nokia N96-1 European version to evaluate as part of the Nseries Blogger Relations program and posted several photos in my image gallery and am...

Tags: Device, Nokia Corp., Video, Nokia N96, Display, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Apple shares fall below $100 ... again

Apple shares fall below $100 ... againfor those who bring up stock prices when comparing Mac and PCso we all know (because we've been told by apple fans ) that apple products are better than Microsoft products because apple share prices have gone up and Microsoft's haven't. considering that in...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Supply chain management (SCM), Apple stock, Apple Inc., stock, heart attack story

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration

Update: I hit "publish" before the article was completely finished, so I've added some images and updated some links. I can't pull the post without it leaving a trail behind it, so I may as well just own up now and say, "whoops, sorry". GroupSwim Collaboration, in...

Tags: Security, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal

Update: Google and Yahoo agree to "briefly" delay the deal to give Justice time to look into it. New York Times Congress continued its poking around in the Google-Yahoo deal with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) calling on the Justice Dept. to give the deal strict scrutiny. In...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100short-sellersanother reason that shorting-selling a stock should be forbidden all together. this financial crisis shows how awful that is. they short a stock, spread false rumors and make a lot of money. a few people win by manipulating the market...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, stock, stock price, Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story, heart attack story, Fake Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...

Tags: Apple wins royalty rate showdown, RIAA, royalty rate showdown, piracy, Apple Wins, music, showdown, MPAA, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Panda Internet Security 2009 (exe)

Panda Internet Security 2009 protects you from viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. Thanks to the new Collective Intelligence Technology, the solution is now much faster than previous versions. You will also have at your disposal Tech Support 24h-365d, 24h-SOS service and the...

Tags: Anti-spam, Collective Intelligence, Panda Security, Panda Internet Security 2009, Rootkits, Identity Theft, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Obama releases iPhone campaign tool

Obama releases iPhone campaign toolSay what you will about his politics but this manis on the ball. His fund raising via the web has been a smashing success. Now this tool for the iPhone. He knows what he's doing. He's not arrogant he's confident.Pagan jimDoes it...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, tool, McCains, Obama, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Microsoft steps up online search R&D in Europe

Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe. LONDON--Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe, it...

Tags: Google Inc., R&D, Europe, Internet Search, Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Business Operations, Reuters, search, Microsoft, Google

News items 2008-10-02

News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Avanquest System Suite Web Installer (exe)

Avanquest System Suite Web Installer from Internet Security 2.0 downloads and installs latest version of Avanquest System Suite directly from its site and with maximal speed. Avanquest System Suite Professional, The Ultimate, All-In-One Suite for PC Security, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Maintenance & Privacy. World Class protection against viruses, Trojans, spyware and...

Tags: Web, Internet Security, Internet, Network Security, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Anti-LHC lawsuit lands in legal black hole

Anti-LHC lawsuit lands in legal black holeDuh!Somehow I don't think the Swiss government would take kindly to a US Marshal being dispatched to CERN with an order to shut down the reactor.US courts clearly don't have jurisdiction in this case.

Tags: Anti-LHC, black hole

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Anti-LHC lawsuit lands in legal black hole

A lame-brain lawsuit to stop the Large Hadron Collider is dead. U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor has dismissed the suit because U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over the world's biggest atom-smasher based in Switzerland and France and built by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research,...

Tags: Black Hole, Lawsuit, CERN, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Dr. Web CureIt (exe)

Download a free anti-virus and anti-spyware scanner based on the Dr.Web engine. As hundreds new viruses appear and spread in hours around the world daily, CureIt! with the newest definitions to the virus bases is re-built several times every day. The utility will quickly scan and cure, if necessary, your...

Tags: Web, Virus, Doctor Web, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2008-10-01