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Silicon Valley's gender gap

Silicon Valley's gender gapGet to the point please...I'm sure she has some good things to say, if you can get through all the um's and uh's...found myself saying "get to the point", and "say something already" ...can you tell the guy listening to her is also having a hard...

Tags: Gender and diversity, gender gap

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

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Governance snake oil warning

According to a Tweet message I've seen that is being repeated: The GRC market is believed to boom after the indian enron "Satyam" case came into picture last wednesday. SAP and ORACLE seeks opportunities In an application sales starved market, all vendors will be scrambling for opportunities. ...

Tags: Audit, Governance, Satyam, Audit Profession, Questions, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Microsoft: Windows 7 means business

A top Microsoft Windows exec spoke to ZDNet UK about the new operating system's potential appeal for enterprise users. Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Microsoft Corp. Windows 7, John Curran, operating systems, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2009-01-08

The Satyam saga worsens – terribly so

The Enron of India (Probably!) The news today re: Satyam is really bad. It makes the events of last month pale in comparison. To begin, you should read Satyam Chairman Raju's letter of resignation where he accounts for the accounting sleight of hand he says that...

Tags: Satyam, Andersen, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter

Indian outsourcing company Satyam has cooked books, a $1 billion cash sink hole and its chairman and founder B Ramalinga Raju has fabricated figures. Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch has bailed on being an adviser to the company and shares of the firm were down 90 percent or so in premarket trading...

Tags: Board, Satyam, Maytas, Task Force, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam crashes with $1 billion cash hole

In a shock announcement this morning, Satyam, India's fourth largest outsourcing companies reported that B Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman has resigned following an admission that there is an estimated $1 billion cash hole in the company's balance sheet. The company's shares crashed 77% in the aftermath. According to Finextra:...

Tags: Satyam, Balance Sheets, Outsourcing, Litigation, Asset Management, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam chairman resigns amid accounting scandal

Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance. Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance....

Tags: Accounting, Satyam, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Ramalinga Raju, SEC, Dawn Kawamoto CNET News

News items 2009-01-07

Debunking myths about the SaaS partner channel

Debunking myths about the SaaS partner channelSaaS business solutions have to be sold face-to-faceHow a particular solution is sold Saas or on premise has to do a lot with many factors not just whether it is Saas or On-Premise. I refer to these two modes of selling as low...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Saas, SaaS partnerships benefit, low touch

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay a premium?

Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay a premium?IMHOLower price is the ONLY thing that Microsoft has going for it. Certainly the quality of their software or the quality of the hardware their software runs on doesn't match Apple. It's no surprise that's why they're...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Yes Vista, PC, tax, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

ATP DVD Artist 1.01 (Windows)

ATP DVD Artist is a slick all-in-one solution to turning digital camera videos into DVDs, which can be played on home DVD players. With built-in video and audio codecs it will merge and convert video clips taken by virtually any digital camera into a continuos, gap-free video. WYSIWYG DVD menu...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Video Clip, DVD, ATP DVD Artist, WYSIWYG DVD Menu Designer, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-03

Blu-ray sinks the PS3

Sony's Blu-ray fiasco is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest gift: handing the game console market to Microsoft and Nintendo. The Blu-ray albatross The Wall Street Journal subscription may be required reports that US sales of the PS3 fell 19% last month from a...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Blu-ray, Nintendo Wii, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-30

MB Free Chinese Pregnancy Calendar 1.75 (Windows)

MB Free Chinese Pregnancy Calendar helps a would-be mother to determine the gender of her baby based on her date of birth and date of conception. It is an advanced yet simple and handy program that helps you to plan your pregnancy based on your preference to have a boy...

Tags: Calendar, MysticBoard, MB Free Chinese Pregnancy Calendar Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-30

CIO strategy: 10 qualities of IT greatness

CIO strategy: 10 qualities of IT greatnessTwo interesting edits.The organizational emphasis of this Comment is worthwhile. The CIO can apparently judge his effectiveness by attention paid and influence exerted.With that in mind, a couple of your edits highlight assumptions in the original.First, Point 3:Original:3. The IT shop uses up-to-date...

Tags: strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

Top fashion search terms in October 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. old navy 1.53% 2. victoria secret 1.24% 3. hollister 1.23% 4. american eagle 1.05% 5. forever 21 0.92% 6. aeropostale 0.88% 7. abercrombie 0.72% 8. victoria’s secret 0.71% ...

Tags: Hitwise, Navy, NB

Blog posts 2008-12-29

Fiwi 1.8 (Mac)

Thank you for your interest in Fiwi. Fiwi is a compact, faceless it has no interface per se application to help with moving files and folders via 2 symmetrical Finder windows quickly and effortlessly. I found it really helps saving time and avoid confusion. Fiwi provides the 2 symmetrical Finder...

Tags: Folder, Apple Macintosh, Window, WordPower, Fiwi 1.8, Construction

Software downloads 2008-12-29

Oobits 1.0 (Mobile)

Oobits is a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The objective in the game is to select groups of oobits square crystal cells, in a cross of 5, using the touch capabilities of the iPhone, and move the selected cells in the grid, swapping them with a set...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Cell, Justin Gasper, Oobits

Software downloads 2008-12-27

OobitsLite 1.0 (Mobile)

OobitsLite is a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The objective in the game is to select groups of oobits square crystal cells, in a cross of 5, using the touch capabilities of the iPhone, and move the selected cells in the grid, swapping them with a set...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Cell, Justin Gasper, OobitsLite

Software downloads 2008-12-27

Plex 0.7.5 (Mac)

Plex bridges the gap between your Mac and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Media, Library, Video, ESC Velocity, Plex, Corporate Communications, Home Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-26

TopSales Basic 6.53 (Windows)

TopSales provides sales automation, contact management, and e-mail processing for Internet marketing professionals. It can enhance sales productivity with contact management functions, mailing lists, and leads analysis. You can segment your contact database by demographic fields such as age, gender, zip code, and job title. There are 40 user-definable string...

Tags: Contact Management, Microsoft Windows, Mailing List, Ceek Software, TopSales, Sales Strategy, Sales

Software downloads 2008-12-24

2008's best storage products

The world of data storage is changing faster than it has since the mid-90's saw the rise of storage arrays and storage networks. While some of the products - personal SSDs and online storage I'm looking at you - aren't quite ready for prime time, they are improving fast. ...

Tags: SSD, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-23