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- Global Neighbor makes the grass greener
- Global Neighbor makes the grass greener"Non-chemical fertilizers"?I generally like your column, and it often contains food for thought, but...Come on, I know you're smart enough to know that this sentence towards the end of your article is just wrong:"Global Neighbor is also researching other non-chemical approaches to lawncare, including natural...
- Tags: fertilizer, Global Neighbor, Global
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Global Neighbor makes the grass greener
- Cutting the grass was one of those household chores that had a special significance for my brothers and me in high school: My father owned about eight acres in New Jersey, a full five of which were covered with grass. For some reason, I always pulled push-mower...
- Tags: Neighbor, Grass, Global Neighbor, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
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- When will cleantech be profitable? How about Q2, 2008!
- The world's first solar power billionaire is on a role. Not in Silicon Valley or Spain or even solar-blessed Arizona. In China. The global gold medal winner in solar profits: Shi Zhengrong, head of Suntech Power. They make photovoltaics sold the world over. Free...
- Tags: China, Spain, Stock, Photovoltaics, Clean Technology, Suntech Power, Zhengrong, Manufacturing, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service
- Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Marc Benioff, Billing, PaaS, Summer Sales Cycle, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?
- I'm old enough to remember the many apocalyptic scenarios conjured up by nuclear weapons and the Cold War. From Alas, Babylon to "The Day After", from Godzilla himself, the second half of the Twentieth Century was repeatedly haunted by vivid imaginings of the post-nuclear world, or its ending....
- Tags: Bee, Clean Technology, NRDC, Purdue, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Open source and innovation as maintenance models
- Following my piece on a proposed model for enterprise applications maintenance, two fresh posts, one from Matt Aslett at 451.com and another from Leigh Cauldwell offer alternative ideas around how the present conundrum might be solved. Matt offers the open source position arguing that: This would appear to be...
- Tags: Innovation, Leigh Cauldwell, Matt, Savio Rodrigues, Open Source, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- OK, so the meeting wasn't so bad
- Just a quick note on my first administrator's meeting: it wasn't too bad. I had a couple things going for me. We haven't had anyone looking at technology from a global level in a long time; we also have more money being dumped into technology than we have...
- Tags: Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- Intel chairman Craig Barrett, introduced as the company's chief ambassador, delivered the opening keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this morning, highlighting technological innovation and its impact on the globe - just as you'd expect him to do. But Barrett - with a quick apology for briefly jumping into...
- Tags: Education, Washington, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Intel Developer Forum, Brian, Telecom & Utilities, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- SEC introduces IDEA
- Earlier today, Christopher Cox, SEC chairman introduced IDEA - Interactive Data and Electronic Applications, an XBRL framework for surfacing information used by investors. In prepared remarks, Cox said: "It will be faster, cheaper, better [than EDGAR.] Better data analysis will have a positive impact on the market as a whole....
- Tags: SEC, Investor, Analysis, IDEA, Cox, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Waiting for Fay
- Waiting for FayHurricane? What hurricaneI'm sitting in Orlando and also checking Weather Underground. Fay apparently never got about 60MPH. While we probably will get a good soaking we and you in Tampa won't see much else.Shhhhh.You see, the global warming crowd has predicted for years that one of the apocalypse...
- Tags: Fay, hurricane
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- A fresh model for software maintenance
- It is clear that the homogeneous application of round sum percentages applied to software maintenance pricing is a dead business model. Nowhere is that more clearly illustrated in the recent kerfuffle over SAP's forced price rise for its maintenance services. SAP has put up a spirited defense but on the...
- Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Attack, Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Jive Clearspace 2.5: increasingly sophisticated social productivity tools
- Clearspace, Jive Software's 'social productivity' collaboration software, hits version 2.5 today. This latest release builds on a solid foundation, and has many new features and enhancements, as the above video illustrates. 2.5 marks some significant upgrades - there has been some major tweaks under the hood to...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Tool, Clearspace Team, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Collaboration, Groupware, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Zoho's future in Google's hands?
- Earlier today, Zoho sent over an intriguing email with a whole bunch of numbers and spreadsheet demonstrating why Google in particular is not likely to be a threat to the company. It makes interesting reading. The argument goes something like this: Google's revenue and profit per...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Google Inc., Zoho, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming....I can only seeing bad things happen with this... the answer is conservation, green energy solutions and minor changing of habits. It's also an aggressive pollution control and penalty system for those that fail to comply. Recycling and reforestation.All these things and a...
- Tags: global warming, Geoengineering
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released
- Guest editorial by Rob Fuller DEFCON, the 9000+ attendee hacker conference in Vegas has become a sort of hydra conference. It has become more like a global fair than what most people think of conferences; even the badge is highly...
- Tags: Tool, E-mail Address, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...
- Tags: Global Warming, Proposal, Geoengineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Microsoft rolls out a new high-end, proactive support plan
- Microsoft rolls out a new high-end, proactive support planSure we'll help you lock in for three yearsNo problemo. A few service crumbs in exchange for a three year lock in. That's a good deal for MS. It gets their biggest customers over the Vista speed bump. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), proactive support plan, Microsoft Corp., support plan
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- IBM: The mainframe is back
- The company claims the mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and holding strong globally, despite a shortage of related skills among IT workers The mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and is still holding strong globally, according to an IBM executive. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia, mainframes, IBM, datacenters, emerging markets
- News items 2008-08-18
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