greg gianforte

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

AlwaysOn: SaaS love fest

Ray Lane, of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, led the panel of software executives and competitors you can see some wincing and uncomfortable body language among some of the participants if you are watching the Always On Stanford Summit Webcast, discussing whether the software as a service model has finally...

Tags: George Kadifa, Marc Benioff, Ray Lane

Blog posts 2006-07-26

Live blogging AO Stanford SaaS panel

I'm sitting at my PC late at night here in London watching a live webcast of Ray Lane hosting a panel on "Has the Software as a Service Model Finally Arrived" at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit in California, and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. I thought this...

Tags: Marc Benioff

Blog posts 2006-07-26

FoxNews takes credibility hit after disclosure on anti-ODF commentary

FoxNews takes credibility hit after disclosure on anti-ODF commentarySerously FoxCome on Fox i am a fan of your news, but dont go agianst opensource it really is for the people not just for the people who make money selling software, those people arent the mom and pop shops any more...

Tags: Fox, Pendergast, Greg Gianforte, FoxNews

Discussion threads 2005-10-13

RightNow CEO bemoans Salesforce.com's toolkit approach to CRM

Last week, Siebel VP and GM for OnDemand and SMB (small/medium business) Bruce Cleveland appeared to emerge from hiding with a stake-in-the-ground sort of letter to "friends and colleagues" that came across as a declaration that Siebel's ASP-style application service provider competitor to Salesforce.com had officially re-opened for business. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff

Blog posts 2005-05-31

Additional Resources

Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available

Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...

Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Know what to do when Check Disks malfunctions in Vista

The Check Disk application in Microsoft Windows Vista can sometimes malfunction, causing problems during the boot process. In answer to several TechRepublic member questions, Greg Shultz explores the problems in this issue of the Windows Vista Report, and describes how to permanently fix them.

Tags: Disk, Malfunction, Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-10-07

Investigate RAM problems with Vista's Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool

If you're encountering application failures, operating system faults, or Stop errors in Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. Microsoft included the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool in Windows Vista so that you can test the RAM chips in your system. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, Tool, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Productivity, Memory, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Download resources 2008-10-01

Studio, Real trade lawsuits over RealDVD

U.S. movie studios sued Real Networks in federal court today, alleging that Real's RealDVD product violates the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and breaches Real's contract with the DVD Copy Control Association. Read the MPAA's complaint. The move follows Real's release of the software today,...

Tags: MPAA, Lawsuit, Movie, RealDVD, DVD, CSS, Public Relations, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?

Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...

Tags: Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, RealDVD Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

How do I... Use the Vista Check Disk tool for hard disk analysis?

In most cases, Vista will recognize hard disk problems and automatically schedule Check Disk to run the next time the computer is restarted. However, if you're the proactive type, you might want to keep tabs on the status of your hard disk's health yourself rather than wait for Vista to...

Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Microsoft Windows Vista, Analysis, Tool, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Download resources 2008-09-25

Android: Exciting, but not iPhone exciting

Android: Exciting, but not iPhone excitingNot IPhone then what?Sam,If not IPhone/Apple or Android/T-Mobile, then what?Thinking through my priorities for a smart phone, they are - calling, emailing, gps'ing, and web browsing - all of which to varying degrees depend on the network (extent, bandwidth) in addition to the phone hardware...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Apple should punt on music subscriptions

In the run up to Let's Rock press event there were a lot of rumors that Apple was preparing to announce a music subscription service called iTunes Unlimited that would cost US$130 per year and would launch in October. Instead Apple announced new iPods and iTunes 8. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Music Subscription, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Take advantage of Windows Explorer's Navigation Pane

While Vista's Windows Explorer provides you with what appears to be a standard Folders pane, just like the previous versions of Windows, the Vista version is actually called the Navigation pane and it consists of two sections -- the Folders section and the Favorite Links section. In this edition of...

Tags: Section, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-09-17

Green tech that shimmers. Raleigh uses LEDs, aluminum flaps for convention center's new Cree Shimmer Wall

What do you do with an exterior wall a city block long that fronts your building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems? That's the challenge that was posed to Thomas Sayre, who specializes in designing what people typically call public art installations. Sayre's design firm was one of three companies...

Tags: Cree, Raleigh, Green Technology, Light-emitting Diode, Wall, Sayre, Construction, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Create a custom backup tool with Vista's Robocopy

Microsoft updated Robocopy with some extra features designed for Vista and decided to make it a regular part of the Windows Vista operating system. While this is a good thing in that it is readily accessible to all, there is a catch -- Robocopy is a command line tool and...

Tags: Backup, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tool, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-09-10

Getting on board with collaboration tools

At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, tech executives discuss how they trained clients and employees to be more comfortable using online collaboration tools. Speakers include Greg Biggers of Chordiant, Len Devanna of EMC, Michael Pusateri of Disney, and moderator Sam Lawrence of Jive Software.

Tags: Board, Online Collaboration, Collaboration Tool, Tool, Collaboration, Productivity, Office 2.0, Jive Software, EMC

Videos 2008-09-08

How do I... Recover a damaged Windows XP user profile?

A user profile on a Windows XP system contains all the files and settings needed to configure your work environment. If the user profile becomes damaged, The operating system will then automatically create a new user profile and log you into this new profile complete with default settings. Greg Shultz...

Tags: Environment, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-08-27

Improve performance and productivity with these Vista tricks

Microsoft Windows Vista is a very capable operating system, but sometimes the best way to get the most out of it is with a trick or tweak. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, Greg Shultz shows you several performance and productivity enhancing tricks for Windows Vista. ...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-08-27

Will the EMR movement become a political divide

Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...

Tags: Vertical industries, E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practical Reality, EMR, EMR movement, political divide, divide, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-22