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- Does virtualization equal cloud computing?
- I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head
- I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld. The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees? Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services bet
- Updated: Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4 billion. The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from collecting tolls and installing government systems to retooling business processes and information technology...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., ACS, Chances, Document Management, Operational Planning, Managerial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Managed Hosting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Fads vs Business Value: Knowledge Management & Enterprise 2.0
- Anyone with a computer and access to stock photos can put together a slide presentation and upload it to sites such as slideshare, and sometimes it seems like everyone and his brother is doing just that on social media, enterprise 2.0 and other 2.0-ish subjects. ...
- Tags: Knowledge, Training, Originality, Knowledge Management, Harassment, Strategy, Training And Certification, Business Intelligence, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Management, Data Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?
- I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...
- Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Word ban threatens industry? Not mine
- Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Juggernaut, Microsoft Corp., XML, I4i, patent, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- When Consultancies Feel the Pain of Recession
- Phil Fersht, an AMR analyst and blogger, wrote yesterday about the bad year that major outsourcing consultancy TPI is having. He went further and checked with other consultancies about how they are doing. In short, he found that some firms were doing more outsourcing consulting and some less. But, he...
- Tags: Recession, Consultancy, Phil Fersht, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation
- Who cares?'m tired of this struggle for capitalism, I'm off to Galt's Gulch.Wah, wah, wah!Americans like Franklin, Westinghouse, Whitny, Kilby, didn't need fake "incentives"!Massengill Satchel"I don?t want to come across as a crying venture capitalist " but..............Sickening. Self-centered VC story. Complaining about access to talent, h1b's etc. No mention of...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Regulations, innovation, H1B, government
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Alignment vs. Agreement - Which is better?
- An Interesting Development from a HR software firm TalentSphere is a HR software firm that has some interesting intellectual property and an interesting approach to achieving alignment between workers and the companies that employ them. They help firms achieve greater alignment between business strategies and workers' needs/wants....
- Tags: Alignment, Human Resources, Agreement, TalentSphere, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- The Movers & Shakers Conference...
- I tend to think of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which happened last week in Pasadena, as a conference for industry titans. Last year's event was held amid tight security and featured the likes of Rupert Murdoch News International , Philippe Daulman Viacom and Jeff Bezos Amazon in...
- Tags: Conversation, Conference, Twitter, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Dell aims to diversify away from PCs, but how?
- Dell chief Michael Dell said that the company will pursue acquisitions, alter its business mix upstream away from PCs and be an innovator in the data center. The exact game plan, however, was unclear. Dell's analyst day on Tuesday was designed to show the company's overall strategy,...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, PC, Data Centers, Storage, Mergers & Acquisitions, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?
- [caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time
- Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high hurdle to jump to reach a point of public credibility. But on the other hand technology companies, more than most sectors, are obliged to lead...
- Tags: Sustainability, IBM Corp., James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Worse and worse
- Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...
- Tags: Kozmcrae
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- SAP software revenue skids in first quarter; Maintenance terms tweaked
- SAP's first quarter software revenue---an indicator of maintenance and services health skidded 33 percent due to a "difficult operating environment" and a tough year ago comparison. Meanwhile, SAP altered its maintenance pricing plans to allay customer concerns. SAP on Wednesday reported first quarter net income of €204...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Customer, SAP AG, Dennis Howlett, Vinnie Mirchandani, Upgrades, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Legislator wants to smudge online maps
- Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...
- Tags: online map, global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman
- Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in GoldmanPat Leach wrote this story in 2006In "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?" (p. 55) by Patrick Leach, the Goldman approach to risk was highlighted as a best practice. To be fair, Pat couldn't have written this exact story in 06, but...
- Tags: Asset management, GoldMan, Calculating Risk, gold, marin
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Tale of the court tape: Apple vs. Palm
- Palm has a simple message to Apple's patent bluster as the Pre preps for lift-off: We're not scared. But when you compare the cash balances, which will be used on an army of lawyers, perhaps Palm may want to hang back on the taunting. The news comes...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Lessig, Colbert in Copyright Smackdown
- Lessig, Colbert in Copyright SmackdownLessig is a moronWhat a moron.RE: Lessig, Colbert in Copyright SmackdownHa! (I've loved Stephen Colbert since STRANGERS) I do agree that the current commercial/copyright system is dated and must adapt somehow to the new "authoring capabilities" provided by digital technologies today. But not in the...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Digital media, Strategy, SmackDown, Colbert
- Discussion threads 2009-01-10
- Knowledge Management or Corporate Amnesia?
- More than 70 percent of businesses suffering a server failure without backup go bankrupt within two years. Of course, it's not the loss of equipment, but rather the loss of critical information and knowledge housed on the server that leads to the failure. When key employees leave a company, the...
- Tags: Knowledge, Server, Knowledge Management, Mission-critical System, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-01-01
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