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The FX Marketplace: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges

The foreign exchange marketplace is in a state of flux. The rules of the game are being re-written by the advent of new players and different ways of transacting FX thanks to technology advances. What are the trends in the FX marketplace and what opportunities and challenges do they present...

Tags: Asset Class, Foreign-exchange, Marketplace, Infosys Technologies Ltd., FX, Foreign-exchange Marketplace, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Asset Management, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations

White papers 2009-01-19

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It's official: Microsoft-Yahoo ink 10-year search pact; Regulator scrum begins

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Tags: Free trade, SEARCH, Rep, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Highlights from NetApplications data for October - Linux market share drops

Highlights from NetApplications data for October - Linux market share dropsIn coming!!! Linux zealots' Mass Weapn of Denial. Dodge!NT.Can you please talk about other thingsThis post is boring. It doesn't really matters if nobody want to use Linux as long as they happy. I use it and I don't really...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Zealot, Linux, NetApplications, NetApplications data

Discussion threads 2008-11-01

Open source protectionism?

I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...

Tags: Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-10-13

European telcos squeal: should we care?

European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?

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Tags: TV & Home Theater, user number, TV, Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., social networking, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

The Internet must not be proprietary

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Tags: Government, Govt, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-11-24

Just as good as Windows just isn't good enough

My colleague, Chris Dawson, has been writing extensively about the Intel Classmate recently.  This is a fine bare-bones machine designed to compete against the XO from the OLPC foundation.  Its great advantage over the XO is that, while it offers similar functionality, it is expandable as prices for RAM and FLASH storage...

Tags: Apple Inc., Intel Corp., MacOSX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Government, Open Source, Software, Marc Wagner

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Advocacy groups in war of words over need to investigate Comcast's alleged BitTorrent throttling

Just a little while ago, I received an email from MoveOn.org, with their reaction to a letter that the Hands Off the Internet coalition sent to FCC Chair Kevin Martin on Wednesday, requesting that the regulatory body investigate Comcast's possible throttling of Bit Torrent traffic. First, to...

Tags: FCC, Censorship, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., MoveOn.org, AT&T Corp., Internet, Federal Government, Government, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

Attracting high-skilled immigrantsfunnyWhen u say "We need to be prepared to be an active competitor in a global marketplace" about USA, it is more funny from Europe.I agreeBut I'm actually in favor of abolishing H1-B outright and instead making it easier to get a green card.CorrectionsYou wrote:H1-B visas are pegged...

Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-11-08

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

I don't have to belabor the point with ZDNet readers that high-skill workers are fairly essential to the health of the American economy. It shouldn't really matter, however, where those high-skilled workers were accidentally born. I chose that description on purpose, as it is my firm belief that birthright is...

Tags: Barrier, Card, America, Nation, Europe, Worker, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Oil up, your U$ money's down and that's happy news in green tech

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Tags: Green Technology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-20

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Tags: Vertical industries, government, Communist China

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

Lead toys and economic engagement

It was recently discovered that a certain Chinese supplier for Mattel, a US-based toy company, was using lead paint on some of its toys. The economic fallout for the supplier is likely to be severe. The CEO of the affected company even committed suicide. China certainly seems to be taking...

Tags: China, Supplier, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-08-20

DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song prices

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Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, quality song

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

The straw men of open source

The straw men of open sourceWell putBest statement of the case I've readd.I'll note that all of these strawmen show up in the ZDNet talkbacks and some have prominent proponents. In fact, I predict that at least one such proponent will respond to you on the subject of "working...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2007-05-08

Salesforce.com unbundles Apex platform from CRM apps

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Tags: General, Web Technology, Salesforce.com, SaaS, IT Management

Blog posts 2007-04-22

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Tags: Keyboards, Optimus Corp., keyboard

Discussion threads 2007-03-15

BMC focuses on taming IT infrastructure

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Tags: IT Management, Asset management, IT infrastructure, Bob Beauchamp, BMC Software Inc., information technology

Blog posts 2007-03-14

The first political victory for open source

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Tags: Leadership, Strategy, WIPO, treaty, IP, open source

Discussion threads 2007-02-28