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Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stopped

Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stoppedNo, no, a thousand times noLet's put it this way. I'm a small software innovator. And I do mean innovator: I'm on my fourth startup, and every one of them has been in the business of producing stuff that is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Games, Microsoft Corp., patent, software, innovator, game

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

The Innovator’s Dilemma, Oracle Style

Is Oracle an innovative company, as Charles Philips contended, or is it more of a legacy apps company largely focused on protecting its equally conservative customer base? This was the gist of an interesting discussion among the Enterprise Irregulars following our meeting with Philips, and one that I explored in...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Innovator, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?All patents must die [nt].The same dire cries were heard ....The same dire cries and predictions were heard decades ago whenthe "truth in lending" reforms were instituted for the financialsector.You have to admit, they do have a pointand it is a very valid one.Re: Patent...

Tags: innovator, Kamen, patent, Patent Law, innovation

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Yahoo buys while Google and open source build

Yahoo is very excited. They believe that harnessing the open source Hadoop project will let them catch up with Google.While Hadoop may cut the margin Google gained from its innovation of using parallel processing to cut computing costs, the catch-up claims are being overdone.The reason is that Google will keep...

Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-22

Don't Look Back

How to innovate? That was both the spoken and unspoken question on everyone's minds at the Wall Street Journal's memorable D Conference last week in Carlsbad. How can we radically improve the experience and value of interacting with one's digital device? What is the next chapter in the...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-06-03

Author of "Smart Mobs" says Second Life numbers aren't important

Author of "Smart Mobs" says Second Life numbers aren't importantExpanding on eaely adoptersAn interesting point in this article about SL being full of early adopters. It's actually also full of a group just as interesting and actually more important - Innovators.Innovators are the first type of consumer (at home and...

Tags: Second Life, Innovator, Innovators, popn

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Is Microsoft an innovator or follower?

Is Microsoft an innovator or follower?**AHEM**"I can't see the gamer scores of players on any other system."Try the PC. PC games have had stuff like this for years.Your voting code is hosednot reporting votes properly...Companies are not innovativePeople are innovative. Bill and Steve's innovations were only business oriented -...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Professional development, Desktops, IBM PC, innovation, Apple Inc., innovator, PC, IBM Corp., vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decision

Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decisionWi Fi patentCSIRO, the patent holder, has said it expects royalties only from manufacturers, not users, so the title is misleading. CSIRO is a government agency.Patents Both Do and Don't WorkMoney rules government, and the government houses the branch running our illegitimate court system....

Tags: Vertical industries, Wireless LANs, innovator, government, sociopath, jewelry, USD, Wi-Fi, CSIRO, municipal Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2006-11-27

SaaScon exuberance

SaaScon exuberanceThe Innovators SolutionSaas favors the innovators in the classic style described by Christiansen & Clayton in The Innovators Solution. Companies like Salesforce & ExactTarget are prime examples of starting at the low end of a business and being dismissed by the bigger (in this case, "enterprise") vendors....

Tags: SaaScon, innovator, Saas

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Murphy on open source Windows

Murphy on open source WindowsThe Innovator's DilemmaFirst off, I'm inclined to agree.Beyond that, we should remember Clauswitz' lesson that "War is fought by human beings." Even were there a case to be made for changing Microsoft's business model, it would be more than remarkable for the management to do...

Tags: Microsoft Windows CE, Operating systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows XP, Innovator, Microsoft Corp., Murphy, Microsoft Windows, open source, software, Murph

Discussion threads 2006-10-12

Wedding bells for Intel and Nvidia?

Forbes.coms Mary Crane: Nvidia shares soared on Wednesday following rumors of a possible takeover by Intel. More than 22 million Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - ...

Tags: TVs, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., AMDs Torrenza, appliance innovator, innovator, Intels, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-05

Additional Resources

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!

Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Photos: TechAmerica 2009 Innovator Awards

The TechAmerica Innovator Awards celebrate the innovators of technology for their contribution to our industry and society. by CNET News.com

Tags: Society, Photograph, News.com, Strategy, Management, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-08

Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

I don't care if your company is on Twitter

Agreed, 100 percentGood post Jen, I agree 100 percent. I have been saying since I got back into tech PR two years ago that strategy trumps tactics. I recently wrote in a blog post of my own:"After your company knows what it is, what it offers and where it resides,...

Tags: Marketing research, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Partner IP-Optimized Fax Solution Cost-Effectively Extends Unified Messaging

Sagem-Interstar, a global leader and innovator in software Fax over IP FoIP solutions, has tailored its flagship fax platform, XMediusFAX, to extend the Unified Messaging UM capabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with advanced IP-optimized fax features. With this solution, businesses can improve responsiveness, become more productive, and reduce fax...

Tags: Unified Messaging, Fax

Case studies 2009-09-25

Rules are for impatient people

I prefer University 2.0University 1.0 is classroom, pen, paper, and book-bound.University 2.0 is on-line classes & exams, pc-based note-taking, still book-bound though. University 1.5 is a mix of the two, call it a transition stage.University 3.0 is 100% electronic. All your books and reference materials are in electronic format...

Tags: Classes

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Intel domination of microprcessor markets reaches a new 4 year high

Many may claim otherwise, but they build the bestCPU for running the x86 command set. They should be gaining share in a market where people buy based on the best bang for the buck. Now if only the EC could grasp that concept.They need competition though.Competition keeps innovation...

Tags: Processors, Current pricing, Key-Word, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a first-person shooter or a feature-length film, can it? Ask AMD's Charlie Boswell, and he'll not only tell you it's possible, but he'll nearly leap with excitement about it. Boswell, AMD's director of digital...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cloud, GPU, OTOY, Fusion Render Cloud, Jules, Games, Cloud Computing, Internet, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11