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The fundamental value of Internet access

The fundamental value of Internet accessFunny you should compare...the Internet to our road system. One is provided by greedy corporations while the other is provided by the government. Whopping difference.I've said it in the past and I'll say it again. Unless the government nationalizes the infrastructure, big business will choke...

Tags: Government, Internet, fundamental right, Fundamental Rights, fundamental value, Internet access

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Net access no fundamental right

Net access no fundamental rightSo let's all be barefoot and pregnant then.Especially in today's society where people with limited computer skills lose out for jobs, and how colleges demand students have broadband as a prerequisite as more and more classes have internet-based portions, or are completely internet-based...People need to keep...

Tags: Vertical industries, fundamental right, Internet access, government

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Additional Resources

SOA Manifesto: Manes explains manifesto's aims

Of the 17 original authors of the SOA Manifesto including yours truly, Anne Thomas Manes was one of the most -- if not the most -- powerful and influential voice shaping the formation of the final document. Anne just posted her analysis of the Manifesto document, which...

Tags: Interoperability, SOA, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Music, photos, and weather are beautiful, fluid experiences on the HTC HD2

argh - AVOID THIS PHONEI have had this phone a weekIn short - hardware is amazing - the software is a nightmareThe SMS application is fundamentally flawed, three times IN A WEEK it has simply STOPPED sending SMS. this woudlnt be too bad if it told you - but...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, High Tech Computer Corp., Ringtones, photograph, phone, ROM

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory

too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...

Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

You'll be far better off in a future without enterprise software

As per usual...you give no concrete examples only ethereal ideas that go nowhere. You talk about services as though it is something other than software. Everything you propose goes back to the fact that you still have to have infrastructure and software before you can even get started. You use...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, SOA, software, hardware, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype

Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, E-books, e-reader, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Success or failure equals government intervention

Property Rights...I think the Government is just ignoring the idea of property and sticking thier nose where is doesn't always belong.Take Goldman Sachs - they made a mint this year because the market is very volitile and they are GOOD at their jobs (which is reading market swings and buying...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Recruitment & Selection, Insurance, government intervention, disarray

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax

Obamacare ship is sinkingPeople saw the light with the failed socialist experiment in mASSachusetts, so liberal politicians like Barnie Frank can stuck their health care reform where the sun doesn't shine.Yeah, the ship is sinking, but it is Obama who's rearanging the chairs to give Pelosi and Reid front row...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster

LOL! And some said you were covering this up.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70257&messageID=1348275&tag=content;col1RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterMy money goes to TMobile, not Microsoft. This should fall 100% on the shoulders of TMobile!RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterWell who-ever is respossible for this stupid act(upgrade without backups? wtf...)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Microsoft Corp., Sidekick/Danger disaster, Sidekick/Danger, Microsoft Needs, Hitachi Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

T-Mobile Sidekick data outage tests mettle of 800,000 customers, carrier

And before the gloating over a MS screw-up goes too far......try this one on for size, regarding Apple Snow Leopard hosing ALL data when logging in as a "guest". http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139250/Snow_Leopard_bug_deletes_all_user_dataLOL...LOL...ROTFLMAO :DThat's the cost of secrecy...secrecy enables you to get by just swiping your deficiencies under the rug but that...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, secrecy, Microsoft Corp., Lol, straight face, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

How To Sell Collaborative Business Performance Internally

Sameer Patel and I are running a series of sessions during November's Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco entitled 'Selling the Case for Accelerating Business Performance with Enterprise Collaboration and 2.0 Technologies'. The challenge of getting that catalyst - the executive buy in...

Tags: Performance, Organization, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice

How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21