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- Kindergarten revolves around technology
- Kindergarten at the Arlington International Leadership School in Tennessee still has dress-up and nap time, but much of the academics are centered around a high-tech program to teach 5- and 6-year-olds computer skills, reports the Jackson Sun. "I never thought Id teach kids using PowerPoint," said kindergarten teacher...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Smart Board, Kindergarten, Ferguson, board
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- What will the 'father of WebSphere' do at Microsoft?
- Who says Google gets all the good ones? Microsoft has hired Donald Ferguson, the "father of WebSphere," to work in Microsofts Office of the Chief Technology Officer CTO with Ray Ozzie, as reported by the .Net Developers Journal. So what, exactly, will Ferguson do in his new role as...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Middleware, Application servers, Enterprise software, Web services, Ferguson, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
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- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
- Research from the Corporate IT Forum indicates more UK companies are using or investigating XP and Windows 7 than Vista Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Microsoft, applications, operating systems, software
- News items 2008-10-02
- Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?
- The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. According to analyst...
- Tags: Job, Economic Downturn, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Management, IT, employment, Forrester, skills, Tim Ferguson, silicon.com
- News items 2008-09-29
- Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands
- Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brandshow are they measuring this?I'm curious just what they are measuring when coke is number one and Microsoft is number three, but apple is forty-something on the list?It's certainly has nothing to do with quality, and appears to be entirely about quantity. http://www.learnucd.com/kevlar/why-is-the-iphone-popularRE:...
- Tags: Branding, brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands
- The iPhone maker languishes in 24th place in the Best Global Brands 2008 survey, while tech companies including Microsoft and Google chase the No. 1 brand, Coke. Apple may currently be king of consumer gadgets but the company is failing to hit similar heights in a list of the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Interbrand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., iPhone Maker, Branding, Marketing, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, brands, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Google
- News items 2008-09-22
- Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated
- The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS thinkers and we are honored to have Charlie's insights. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated, Charlie felt free...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...
- Tags: Georgia, Attack, Russian Government, VNUnet, Government, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- The newspaper's last stand
- Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...
- Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Getting Started with Master Data Management
- Master data management forms part of an overall enterprise governance program that aims to establish trusted data throughout the enterprise. This white paper from Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines master data, examines why it is needed, and explores methodologies for implementing master data management.
- Tags: DataFlux Corp., Master Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-09
- Accelerating Enterprise Data Governance Part 1
- In the first of this series of three white papers, Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines what data governance is and then looks at the requirements that need to be met for full data governance to be implemented. He also discusses how to systematically build re-usable data services to...
- Tags: DataFlux Corp., Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-09
- SAP's Succession Plans: Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign?
- SAP executed the beginning of a well-orchestrated and otherwise somewhat boring and boring is good management transition with the much-expected elevation of co-CEO Leo Apotheker to the more important title of heir-apparent. In the process, Henning Kagermann assumed the title of retiree-in-waiting, and all was good with the world. ...
- Tags: Peter Zencke, SAP AG, BBD, Corporate Governance, Sales Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Fergie Screensaver (exe)
- This free screensaver contains many pictures of Fergie. Fergie (born Stacy Ann Ferguson on March 27, 1975) is an American pop, hip hop, and R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She is a former member of the kids television series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also...
- Tags: Screensaver, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- SAP: there are two paths you can go by
- Is SAP the Led Zeppelin of the IT world? When it comes to pursuing SOA, SAP is now delivering a Led Zeppelin-ish message: Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but there's still time to change the road you're on... (From "Stairway to Heaven.") ...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, ERP, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Software, Emerging Technologies, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?
- Does a new government encryption standard contain a back door for the NSA? That's what security researchers want to know after taking a close look at one of four random number generators approved by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Bruce Schneier writes in Wired. ...
- Tags: Algorithm, Generator, Encryption, NSA, Schneier, Engineering, Internet, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- American Airlines seeks damages against Google
- American Airlines seeks damages against GoogleAdd Value and not take itThis practice in this case from AA does not add value to the market business model. It takes it away and diverts from the real need to offer a sound customer service and real value in its offering.AA and...
- Tags: SEARCH, American Airlines, lawsuit, Google Inc., search engine
- Discussion threads 2007-08-19
- U.S. Government to YouTube: WOW! But 'Take that stuff down'
- WOW! WOW! WOW!Is how Congressman Ed Markey acclaimed the "historic debut" before the United States Congress of Chad Hurley, YouTube co-founder and Google stockholder:You are an historic figure, that is why so many members of Congress came today, an unprecedented high number of members, they came to see you.Yes, "King"...
- Tags: U.S. Government, YouTube Inc., Chad Hurley, Markey Thursday, U.S. Congress
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
- Oracle to unveil 'Project X'
- Oracle co-president Charles Phillips is expected to unveil Project X, a composite applications strategy, in a few hours at the Oracle Applications Users Group conference.eWeeks Renee Boucher Ferguson reported late last week that Project X is an applications integration framework that will allow customers to pull together functionality from various...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Oracle, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Some vacation. A week's worth of RSS feeds to read in a day. A lot of it about servers, AMD and Intel.
- Of course, thats a rhetorical question. Sadly, I know Im not alone when it comes to the pile of work that you come back to after taking a vacation. You know. The one where, its so big that its depressing and youre not sure where to start? That pile also...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?
- Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?I'd like to see Leopard ASAPWhy wouldn't Apple provide Leopard with a Beta of Boot Camp that would work with XP and then when the new Boot Camp is ready, offer it as a software update?I want leopard nowI don't have vista, so...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), rumor mill, Microsoft Corp., development tool, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, Apple Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
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