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- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....
- Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Virtualization: a good idea but still some growing pains to consider
- I sat down with a group of execs from NetIQ during a break from the VMWorld show yesterday. They wanted to talk about the company, which offers a lineup of software products for improving IT processes, and its role in the virtual world, specifically process automation. But...
- Tags: NetIQ Corp., Virtual World, Compliance, Virtual Environment, VMware Inc., Exec, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Mozilla execs raise objections to Microsoft's browser-ballot proposal
- At the end of July, Microsoft officials shared publicly the company's browser-ballot proposal made to the European Commission antitrust regulators. On August 17, execs with Microsoft rival Mozilla weighed in with new and more detailed objections to Microsoft's proposal. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Proposal, Exec, Corporate Law, Regulations, Security, Business Operations, Government, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Clean Energy Summit
- This conference just concluded in Las Vegas, home of year-round air conditioning, irrigated golf courses and 24/7 elevator banks. Boy, could that city use some clean energy. Renewable energy execs want to see the U.S. move faster into alternative energy. Gee. Example: the CEO of...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Las Vegas, Conference, Exec, Construction, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Microsoft exec shares some of the method behind the Windows 7 pricing madness
- In spite of last week's leak about Windows 7 promotional upgrade pricing, Microsoft execs still aren't willing to talk Windows 7 pricing specifics. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Exec, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Marketing Research, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Bain survey finds tech and telecom execs are least worried
- Bain & Company released its 12th Bain’s Management Tools & Trends Survey results from interviews with 1400 top executives around the world. One of the findings was that tech and telecom execs were the least concerned about long-term impact from the recession and are the most...
- Tags: Bain, Recession, Telecommunications, Survey, Exec, Workforce Management, Productivity, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one
- The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether tech titans such as Yahoo, Apple and Google are in cahoots on recruiting and hiring practices. If true, these companies could be in violation of antitrust laws. Good luck finding the paper trail on that one. In fact, this DOJ...
- Tags: Talent, Hiring, Google Inc., Antitrust, U.S. Department Of Justice, Exec, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- There's more than one way Microsoft could bring Office to the iPhone
- Microsoft execs haven't done the best job articulating the difference in the constantly expanding family of Office versions. The result: Company watchers, partners and customers are having trouble keeping it all straight -- as the current obsession over a Microsoft exec's comment that the company plans to make Office available...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., Exec, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Microsoft + Federated Media + Twitter = ExecTweets
- While most of the recent advertising buzz related to Microsoft Microsoft has focused on its consumer campaign, it's business-focused "It's Everybody's Business" marketing campaign is plowing ahead. The latest piece of that campaign -- a new Twitter-focused aggregation service -- debuted on March 23. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Exec, ExecTweets, Tool/service, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Where's American energy policy headed?
- I blogged some about the apparent content of the "stimulus" spending bill. There's money in it for a number of energy-related matters from insulation to better battery tech. Now comes some clarification on policy intentions from one of the Obadmin execs on what he sees as...
- Tags: Battery, Exec, Salazar, National Forest Land, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that 'bites'?
- I've always considered the way those of us in the press get access to information and execs as somewhat of an "insider baseball" kind of topic. But after reading Newsweek tech correspondent Dan Lyons' diatribe about Apple and the "rotten" reporting by the press corps that covers that company, I...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Exec, Public Relations, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Team Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Former Yahoo exec to head Microsoft Online Services; Former aQuantive chief quits
- Microsoft's search for a leader for its beleaguered Online Systems business is over and at least one of its top execs seemingly is none too happy with the results. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Exec, Lu, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- 27% of IT execs cutting sales and marketing expenses
- 27% of IT industry execs said they were cutting sales and marketing expenditures, and only 15% said they were reducing planned R&D spending, DLA Piper says. by AM
- Tags: Information Technology, Exec, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Teleport Exec 1.57 (Windows)
- Teleport Execââ??¢ provides a complete, programmatic interface to our webspider engine, allowing you to create and run complex spidering projects directly from your own applications. The program also exposes the entire project database, enabling you to get detailed information about websites directly from the spider. Based on our award-winning spidering...
- Tags: Web Site, Exec, Tennyson Maxwell, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-02
- 'Debunking IT Project Failure Myths' [podcast]
- According to various studies, at least 30% of all IT projects fail in some important way. Failure rates seem to have plateaued at this level because most organizations don't really understand why their IT projects go down. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, Exec, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Green tech business--how hot is it?
- Silicon Valley is ever open to new technology, and possibly even new ways to make millions. So it's no surprise with the current interest in green technology, high energy prices and overall unpleasantness on Wall Street has investors looking at green tech as a place to place their bets....
- Tags: Green Technology, Exec, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Pocket Position Basic 1.8.6 (Windows)
- Search Engine rank extraction tool, locates and reports the position of your site using your search terms on 15 top Search Engines. It's simple; add a URL, add a Search Term, select one or more Search Engines and click Go! Results are displayed on a column sortable table. Results can...
- Tags: Search Engine, Microsoft Windows, Exec, Results, Search
- Software downloads 2007-11-09
- Rank Exec Basic 1.8.6.4 (Windows)
- Rank Exec search engine position analysis software extracts URL data from basic search engines and directories. Unlimited projects are easy to setup. You'll be mining rank data in a simple four-step process: Enter a project name, select your desired search engines, add URLs from your site or from a competitors,...
- Tags: Search Engine, Microsoft Windows, Exec, Search
- Software downloads 2007-11-07
- Photos: When Bill Gates met Steve Jobs
- As the Microsoft and Apple execs get ready to share the stage at a conference next week, we look at other times the tech titans have done a joint bill.
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, exec, photograph, conference, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Image galleries 2007-05-25
- Reciprocal Link Manager 1.8.5 (Windows)
- Reciprocal Link Manager provides a way for you to automatically create and publish resource pages, and to monitor partner compliance. Take control of the ads you paid for and the links you exchange.With Reciprocal Link Manager, or Link Verify, you can easily manage and check links and monitor partner compliance....
- Tags: Monitor, Compliance, Microsoft Windows, Exec, Reciprocal Link Manager, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-04-30
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