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Myths About Mainframe Business Intelligence: Business Intelligence BI has come a long way from the early days of simple reports or isolated groups of statisticians locked in back offices, poring over considerable amounts of numbers and data points. Today, the entire enterprise requires real intelligence in making its decisions. BI has moved from the back...; Tags: Mainframe, Intelligent Solutions, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2007-09-06

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TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership: I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy: Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...; Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Apple caught neglecting iPhone security: Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...; Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security; Discussion threads 2008-07-03

I have to stop using Gmail :(: I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!: Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...; Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement: Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...; Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency: Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergencyThere are no engineersTheir parents made sure they went into business and got MBAs due to the wonders of globalization!Too many chiefs, not enough indians.-MWhy not just drill for more oil?I think it is simply amazing how everyone in Congress is standing around...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Total Cost, food; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...; Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Dell strives to make it easier to be green with FlexAddress: In the scheme of green things, Dell's PowerEdge M-Series blades could be described as emerald. Now, the company is trying to make it easier for data center managers to opt for them, with a new patent-pending tool called Dell FlexAddress. Glenn Keels, director, global relationship marketing...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Blade, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Digidesign ProTools (cfm): Get ready for a revolutionary new way to work with Pro Tools. Digidesign Pro Tools software, featuring the time-manipulating power of Elastic Time, will have you approaching your projects in creative new ways, making working with tempo- and time-based sessions a whole lot easier and imaginative. Plus, increased support for...; Tags: Avid Technology Inc., Pro Tools Software, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-02
McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures: Stay with me here readers, I'm stringing two stories about McAfee together here, a little out of the ordinary, so I hope it makes sense. If you aren't interested in the tech details of which there are very little, please do read for a good laugh. Network World reported...; Tags: McAfee Inc., Organize-It, PCI, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Marketing Research, Storage, Hardware, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests: Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...; Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past: Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the pastResponseJust a few thoughts:No, we cannot drill our way out of the current situation, but we can drill to give us the time to make a switch to other energy sources. Besides, we will still need...; Tags: electrical need, Peak Oil; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market: Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer: Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A ComputerThinking Machines Are Truly Science FictionMan can never build / create anything more intelligent than himself: natural law prevents this from happening. It is the lack of recognition of the law which states that nothing can create something substantially greater than itself, which...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long one: Microsoft's Hyper-V--that long awaited virtualization effort from Redmond--is off and running and the analysis on it falls into three generic buckets: Hyper-V is spin; it's a real virtualization player; and Microsoft is going to crush VMware or be crushed by the incumbent. While those of us in...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Dan Kusnetzky, Paula Rooney, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Paravirtualization Method, Microsoft VMM 2008, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-01