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OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.

OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.So the anti-MS crowd should be happy, right?I mean, they have been crying for years that MS should open up their formats.Oh wait, what is that you say? MS opening up their formats takes away another club the MS haters can use to bash...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, formal announcement

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

John McCain to David Letterman: I announce!

Edition number 27 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”John McCain today announced he will be announcing that he will be a candidate for President of the United States, and he chose the "Late Show with David Letterman" to formally...

Tags: Politics, Political Campaign, Presidential Race, TV, Television, User Generated Politics, Government

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Additional Resources

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up

Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...

Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac

I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista

Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow

When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle's recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...

Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-07-21

AT&T blunders on free Wi-Fi for iPhones

AT&T just can't commit. To free Wi-Fi for iPhone 3G customers, that is. The company seems to be having a blunder-fest with announcements that iPhone 3G customers can get free Wi-Fi at its nationwide AT&T WiFi HotSpots most notably in Starbucks stores. The carrier trumpets the free service...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Card, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Wireless LANs, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-07-21

AMD on road to recovery, says research firm

Technology Business Research says Opteron and Puma are boosting AMD's chip business, but the company could be hurt by the economic downturn. While AMD's processor business is showing strength, the company is still in a worse position than Intel to face a dip in demand for the rest of...

Tags: Recovery, Technology Business Research, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, processors, servers, PCs, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia

News items 2008-07-21

Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?

More than two years ago, Microsoft purchased Apptimum, Inc., which had developed two system utilities for transferring programs and settings from one computer to another. Roughly six months later, around the time Windows Vista was released to corporate customers, Microsoft announced that it would release the software under a new...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

[The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...

Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2008-07-18

EU files new charges against Intel

European Union antitrust regulators say Intel paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. BRUSSELS--European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. ...

Tags: Commission, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Components, Reuters, Intel, antitrust, European Commission, AMD, processors

News items 2008-07-17

SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance charges

Following on from yesterday's announcement of a hike in SAP maintenance charges, the German title Computerwoche implies that the powerful 'Mittelstand' group in the German SAP user group are far from happy. Under the title: "Higher maintenance costs upset SAP customers ," Computerwoche interviewed Gunther Rheinhart, executive member of  the...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Mittelstand, Gunther Rheinhart, Auto-renew, Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"

Video footage of the Summer Olympics at nbcolympics.com likely won't be compromised by a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media against Microsoft earlier this month. The suit won't even go before a judge in San Francisco Federal Court until Oct. 10, some six weeks after the closing ceremonies of the games...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Super flash, hyper flash

Samsung has announced a new SLC flash part with 5x the write/erase cycle spec over standard single-level cell SLC NAND flash. They call it server grade flash. Is this the flash promised land or marketing hype? 5x what? The press release doesn't mention any numbers, but...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage Pyramid, Marketing Research, Storage, Marketing, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Hands on with the XO Sugar OS

Haven't heard much from these guys lately. This is me, not caring, while I'm on vacation. However, is the lack of news after their vaporware announcement of the next gen XO a sign of impending doom? I'll read what you think when I get back. For...

Tags: Operating System, Kid, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-17