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The taboo of failure

Google plans for failureI read sometime back about google's strategy to handle hardware failure. Instead of focussing on building expensive unbreakable hardware, they assume it a given and build it into the software to handle hardware failures. So the concept is gaining ground.http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/07/13/built-to-fail-how-companies-like-google-ideo-and-37signals-build-failure-tolerant-systems-for-anything/Great managers understand it.I once worked for a...

Tags: Strategy, great manager, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

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Thanksgiving reading. Soccer and enterprise apps: the similarities and differences

The other evening I had the pleasure of visiting Old Trafford soccer stadium. It's the home of Manchester United, arguably the most successful soccer team in living memory. Consistently at the top or near the top of the British Premier League and European Champions League in the late 20th and...

Tags: Team, SAP AG, Team Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-25

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Jitbit Macro Recorder Lite 4.51 (Windows)

Record keyboard and mouse actions for later use. Jitbit Macro Recorder LITE is a low cost automation solution to record and play mouse clicks, mouse movements and keyboard strokes. Macro Recorder LITE is quick to configure, very easy to use and is great value for money. Download now and start...

Tags: Mouse, Recorder, Microsoft Windows, Jitbit Software, Jitbit Macro Recorder LITE, Mice, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Samsung SCH-220 Code - silver (MetroPCS)

The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS's first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn't detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality....

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-18

Wow! Top execs say they are influenced by social networks

What this means for B2B marketers:Trade publishers have tried, unsuccessfully, for years to build such on-line communities which they could control and mine. As it turns out, customers (C-level execs) like everyone else want to own and control their own networks. If customers are increasingly turning to each other for...

Tags: NETWORKING, social networking, network, social media, Astak

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Royal Navy gets creative in attracting engineers - develop online game

Engineering is not what it used to be.  There used to be only 10 or so basic engineering degrees one could graduate with. Now there are hundreds (some even argue it's triple that) of specialties. Most are in demand all over the world. The technology revolution is moving at a...

Tags: Talent, Facebook, Online Game, Tool, Technology Revolution, Navy, Professional Development, Games, Workforce Management, Productivity, Career, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Snow Le0pard Deluxe 1.0 (Mobile)

The Snow Le0pard Deluxe edition of AppleMac theme on Blackberry with Animated Dock. Great & smooth features inside.1. Updating to the newest stunning space background 2. Smooth & Cool Animated Dock with pure SVG Animation. 3. Apply the concise, smooth designing principle, a theme will not drag down phone speed...

Tags: Theme, Mobile, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, E-mail, Handhelds, Online Communications, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Dolphin3D Web Browser 1.50 (Windows)

Dolphin3D is an innovative, feature-rich Internet Explorer-compatible Web browser for Windows, with over 100 built-in features not found in any other Web browser. Some of its more notable built-in features include an ad blocker, an easily-invoked script killer, a download manager, a basic word processor, a context menu-accessible photo editor,...

Tags: built-In, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, FutureThought Technologies, Dolphin3D, Dolphin3D Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-15

Windows 7's first 100 days: So how were yours?

My windows 7 experience I had previously posted this, but my comment is more relevant to your article: After reading so much reviews praising how wonderful windows 7 was, I decided to give it a go. So here, I bought the W7 DVD and decided to upgrade my Vista SP2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Win 7, Microsoft Windows 7, first 100-day, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Wifi File Transfer for Blackberry (Mobile)

"I couldn't believe how amazingly easy WiFi File Transfer was to use ... I was equally impressed with the speed the transfers seemed to possess. I was also able to effortlessly create and manage new folders from my BlackBerry and from my computer."- CrackBerry "..great solution that I am surprised...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Chocolate Chunk Apps, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes

Author's views please ...... does the ZDNET author of this post care to say:1. Whether the 'hack' in 'hackintosh' is morally acceptable and/or legal?2. Whether there is any merit in Psystar's case that OSX is tied to Apple hardware? i.e. the vendor makes it a condition of purchasing the OS...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Mac OS 10.6.2, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Core FTP Pro 2.1 build 1631 (Windows)

Core FTP Pro--FTP client for managing remote files with advanced features including: SSL/TLS, SSH/SFTP, HTTP/HTTPS, scheduling, file encryption/decryption, ZIP compression, download acceleration, site to site transfers, synchronization, templates, thumbnails, editing/viewing of remote files (.htaccess included), drag/drop to desktop and icons, browser integration, user-friendly interfaces, FTP/HTTP Proxy, Socks 4/5 support, remote...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Core FTP, Ssl/Tls, Web Browsers, Network Security, Security, Internet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-11

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7

You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades

In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, XP Mode, Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Coming Soon: Free video conferencing from Google

According to Rishi Chandra a Google Apps product manager who talked to SFGate, Google is set to roll out their first update in a long line of updates that will include multi-user video conferencing. The video conferencing will be rolled out soon -- the rest of their plan will...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Video Conferencing, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-08

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

KooLoader Plus 1.4 (Windows)

Kooloader Plus is a versatile and wide-ranging download manager and FTP Explorer with powerful download acceleration capabilities, supporting multiple downloads, resuming interrupted downloads, downloading from sites such as YouTube, RapidShare and including many other features. The program's functionality responds primarily to a downloader's need for speed, simplicity and ease of...

Tags: Download, KooLoader, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-05