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Gap says laptop with applicant data stolen

The Gap said Friday that a laptop containing personal information of about 800,000 job applicants was stolen from a third party vendor. The vendor, which wasn't named, manages job applicant data for the Gap. According to the Gap, affected applicants that had Social Security...

Tags: Gap Inc., Laptop Computer, Gap, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-28

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Visionary 2009: Kay Koplovitz - more women entrepreneurs

Kay Koplovitz calls for more women entrepreneurs during her acceptance speech at the SDForum visionary awards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRyvhsP7Uk Her Bio: Kay Koplovitz is currently a principal of...

Tags: Women, Board, Gender And Diversity, Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Microsoft: Money Just Wants to Be Free

Microsoft: Money Just Wants to Be FreeMS can't do it, they are a monopolyMonopolies are not allowed to release products for free. Intuit would have them in front of an EC judge within seconds and 3 years later, MS would be fined billions of euros for this move.It's not a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Money Just Wants, Be Free, Intuit Inc., Jason

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

What a difference one atom makes

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Wi-Fi bridge claims a range of 5 miles

Wi-Fi bridge claims a range of 5 milesOld newsCome on, Rik, this technology has been around for some time. I installed my first bridge using equipment like this years ago to extend our network out to remote buildings, and have done so many times since. We recently installed...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Porter's Pocket Guide to Emergency and Critical Care (portercc) (Mobile)

Porter''s Pocket Guide to Emergency and Critical Carepowered by Skyscape Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Porter''s Pocket Guide to Emergency & Critical Care is a quick reference for emergency and critical care nurses and other healthcare professionals containing all of the key clinical information they need at their fingertips....

Tags: Mobile, Decision Support, Porter Five Forces, Skyscape Inc., Porter', Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2008-05-19

Printing organs on demand?

Every year, pharmaceutical companies invest many millions of dollars to test drugs that will never reach market while the number of patients waiting for organ transplants continues to increase. Would it be possible to create human tissues to help to solve both problems? A research team from the University of...

Tags: Team, Organ, Cell, Printing, MU, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-23

Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?

News of Singularity, a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft, sparked my interest in OSes past and present. It got me thumbing though the back issues of MacWEEK for memories of OSes that were built from scratch and now forgotten. But in the research, I found some ironic gold regarding NeXTstep,...

Tags: Strategy, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, MacWeek, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTstep, Singularity OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Borland Software Case Study: Joy Mining Machinery

Joy Mining Machinery, a subsidiary of Joy Global Inc., is a global leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of underground mining machinery for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials. Joy's Controls & Automation Group is responsible for developing the computer systems for Joy's standard products, as...

Tags: Borland Software Corp., Joy Global Inc.

Case studies 2008-02-06

Rapidly Growing Technology Company Uses Employee Performance and Talent Management Solution to Demonstrate Investment in Gen Y

PointRoll, a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), enables advertisers, agencies and publishers to create engaging advertising that connects with consumers by creating an interactive online environment that generates conversion. They wanted to implement an employee performance and talent management program that would match the progressive and technology savvy...

Tags: Talent, Performance, Generation Y, Investment, Talent Management, Halogen Software Inc., Workforce Management, Performance Management, Human Resources

Case studies 2008-01-01

MacTopos South Carolina 2.0 (Mac)

Hike and backcountry camp in Jones Gap State Park. Mark the spot where you caught that prize-winning bass in Calhoun Falls State Recreation Area. With MacTopos, enjoy South Carolina at its best! James Associates, Inc., producer of MacGPS Pro software, now offers MacTopos South Carolina for the ultimate topographic digital...

Tags: South Carolina, Apple Macintosh, James Associates, GPS, Desktops, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2007-11-24

Provision Networks is Tackling Access Virtualization Headaches

Paul Ghostine, of Provision Networks, and I enjoyed a quick discussion of some of the biggest headaches faced by those seeking a workable access virtualization solution and what his organization was planning to do about them. Well, at least I enjoyed the conversation. Paul may have found the whole experience...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Access, Network, Graphics, Access Virtualization, Provision Networks, Virtualization Solution, CIMS, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Learn how to balance IT challenges with your business strategy

IBM Strategy leader Steve Ferencie explains how narrowing the gap between business and IT objectives can help mid-size businesses increase profit and revenue. He cites examples of mid-sized clients who are using IT strategically to evolve from being business followers to business drivers. This article was originally...

Tags: Information Technology, IBM Corp., Business Strategy, IBM Strategy Leader Steve Ferencie, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-10-15

Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted Closes the Gap for Distributed Development Team at Adea International

Systems development and integration leader, Adea International, Inc., assists companies by leveraging technology to address their business challenges. The speed of their existing source control system was certainly the real barrier in the distributed development environment. There were times, if they had a critical project date to meet, they would...

Tags: Team, DynamSoft, Microsoft Development Tools, Team Management, Cloud Computing, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management

Case studies 2007-09-11

Mpire online shopping mashup for $144 billion eCommerce opportunity: CEO interview

Did you ever wish you could visit all the best shopping sites rolled into one? eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Yahoo, Shopping.com, Craigslist…and more in one place? Mpire.com metasearch and pricing analytics engine proclaims wish no more. The shopping “mashup” which launched last June debuts today an enhanced “universal shopping experience”...

Tags: Advertising, Brands, Business Models, CEO Interviews, ecommerce, Marketing, Metrics, Search, Search Advertising, Software, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Glam.com's fashionable $18.5 million

Glam Media now has $18.5 million more dollars to invest in continuing to build-out its “fastest-growing women’s Web media property,” courtesy of $18.5 million in Series C funding.The latest round of venture capital confidence placed in Glam Media is led by Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures, with participation from existing...

Tags: Venture capital, Glam Media

Blog posts 2006-12-14

eCommerce sparkles: Blue Nile sales up, bling still the thing?

Oxygen cable network has declared that “tech is the new bling” for women. According to Oxygen:Oxygen’s newly released study, Women’s Watch: Girls Gone Wired, a comprehensive examination of Women and Technology shows that the technology gender gap has virtually closed and that the majority of women are hungry – even...

Tags: women

Blog posts 2006-08-03

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: The Role of Marketing and Branding in Driving Growth

Citing the results from the "2005 State of Marketing" survey conducted by Prophet, Inc., this webcast looks at the definition of growth within organizations and highlights inconsistencies in the way it is defined by chief executive officers, chief marketing officers, and other executives. The attendee will learn techniques that can...

Tags: Growth, Webcast, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing

Webcasts 2006-04-28

Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with Linux

Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with LinuxResponse from Fonality CEODana - you asked two questions at the closure of your blog and I have replied to them below:> Once everything moves to the Internet,> is a PBX really anything more than a very> limited operating system?The answer is:...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fonality, Asterisk, PBX, voice quality

Discussion threads 2006-01-30

IBM a winner in Mainsoft contest

The results on Mainsoft's "Race to Linux" are in:Brian Hendrickson, president and lead developer of Oregon-based Megapump, Inc. used PHP and PostgreSQL to rewrite Microsoft's Issue Tracker Starter Kit.Abishek Bellamkonda of Australia used Mainsoft's Grasshopper, a free plug-in to the Visual Studio .NET IDE, and SQL Server 2000 to port...

Tags: Linux, Mainsoft

Blog posts 2005-10-12