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- Windows Live Platform Services: A guide for the perplexed
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie outlined during his Mix '08 keynote this week a very high-level vision about how Microsoft is moving to be more of a utility-computing/cloud-computing vendor. Ozzie didn't talk specifics about any of the plumbing that makes it possible. But David Treadwell, Corporate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Service, Horizon, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Glimpses beyond technology's horizon
- Forward-thinking industry observers are usually looking only one to three years out. Many see no farther than the next release of Windows. We're often so busy solving today's problems that we forget to take the long view, which brings me to Over the Horizon, ZDNet's newest blog. Justin Rattner, chief...
- Tags: Horizon, Justin
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Long-term planning in a short-term world: The stability stance
- A company's strategic stance dictates its project time horizons--which, in turn, have a major impact on how the IT organization functions. In growth stance, businesses will have extended horizons, with long-term projects sometimes stretching over five years. By contrast, the stability stance demands a far more constricted horizon. Stability-oriented companies,...
- Tags: Stance, Horizon, Stability Stance, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2005-05-12
- New horizons Delivers Value for 1-800-Flowers
- The top priority for 1-800-Flowers was analyzing the training needs of a diverse and geographically distributed workforce. Analysis showed that a worker who completed the training improves productivity by 15 minutes per day. Over a year, that is the equivalent of 15,000 hours of productivity savings which equates to $276,000...
- Tags: 1-800-FLOWERS, Training, Horizon, Workforce Management, Human Resources
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- News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon
- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizonA rumour we haven't heard recently...I'm disappointed there haven't been rumours of Apple automobile products since the talks between Jobs and Volkswagen allegedly fell through. I'd love an iPod-esque car stereo system which synced with my iTunes over Wifi and gave me access to...
- Tags: Digital music, rumour, Apple Inc., Rumor Mill
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon
- Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? – AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iLounge, 3G, E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun
- At the opening day of JavaOne on May 6, Sun officials began laying out their vision for a future cloud-computing platform, code-named Hydrazine, that Sun plans to field against competitive offerings from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others. Robert Brewin, Sun Chief Technology Officer and Distinguished Engineer, described...
- Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hydrazine, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Microsoft's Oslo connections begin to bud
- Microsoft took another step in unveiling its "Oslo" SOA strategy, with a sample application intended to not only demonstrate the vendor's interoperability as a SOA platform, and also show how it can automatically scale to meet the increased and unpredictable workloads SOA will bring to data centers. ...
- Tags: Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Texas oilman strikes blow for wind, predicts ever higher oil prices
- Texas oilman strikes blow for wind, predicts ever higher oil prices$5.00/gal!The Arabs will not stop until we are paying $5! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comMake Them Sick; Then Sell Them The MedicineIt seems suspicious that a "texas oilman" who has control of oil, and therefore is a beneficiary of high oil prices would want...
- Tags: Gas Prices, oil, environmentalist
- Discussion threads 2008-04-27
- Toshiba Satellite U405-S2830
- With a lineup of perfectly serviceable, but not exactly standout mainstream laptops, Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. Aiming to correct this, Toshiba has a whole new look and feel for its mainstream consumer products, with a shiny metallic sheen and...
- Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Network technology, Toshiba Corp., satellite, Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-04-25
- Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh
- Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service's official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. (Here's a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its...
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Travel Guide (gadget)
- The Travel Guide brings you 53 of the worlds most popular travel sites all in one simple to use gadget and the Travel slide show. Compare prices for the best deal from any country from sites like Expedia Priceline Travelocity, Airline Network, Air France, British Airways Holidays, Cruise Direct, Hotelopia,...
- Tags: Hotel, Sidebar Gadgets
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- Sony Handycam HDR-SR11
- I used to think that hard drive models would take over the camcorder market as miniDV slowly faded into the horizon. I've since changed my tune after using flash-based models, especially those that include some onboard memory. However, if you shoot a lot of video--or just don't bother to back...
- Tags: camcorder, Sony Corp., AVCHD, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-04-10
- CTIA '08: Can Apple's competition bring sexy back?
- Toshiba, LG and Samsung sure think so. While the tech world is alive today at CTIA 2008, news of products seemingly designed to compete with Apple offerings -- Toshiba's "Fusion" Satellite laptops, LG's Vu phone for AT&T, Samsung's Instinct phone for Sprint -- has emerged, and I'm...
- Tags: Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Apple Inc., Fusion, Toshiba Corp., CTIA, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Google for enterprise: my $500 bet
- Google for enterprise: my $500 betScoble is going to lose...For sure Scoble is going to lose the Bet... in a short time mail will evolve and the system that we know know will be obsolete. I have my vision, but Google will have a long and hard road to keep...
- Tags: E-mail providers, PRODUCTIVITY, Scoble, Google Gmail, Google Inc., tool
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Microhoo: What will break the stalemate?
- This Microsoft pursuit of Yahoo--or Yahoo's attempt to run away--is getting old quick. Yahoo thinks it's worth more than $31 a share, but can't force Microsoft's hand because it can't find white knights. Microsoft doesn't want to budge from what it figures is a fair offer. Can we just get...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- It's not just about money as large shareholders turn a shade of green
- We're not talking the nauseous green of Bear Strearns' stockholders when they heard "$2." And now with reumors of an offer of as much as $10 per share those BearStearnsians are lookin a lot rosier of cheek. The green I'm writing about is in attitude, worldview,...
- Tags: Shareholder, Dynegy Inc., Ceres, Financial Accounting, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Standards support for mashups emerge
- The announcement earlier this week that IBM has put together an open approach for making user data secure inside of Web mashups, known as SMash, was the most recent step in an unfolding story about the way the industry is trying to bring structure and order to the rapidly growing...
- Tags: Standards, Mashup, DataPortability.org, OpenSAM, OpenSAM Vision, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
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