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- Greentech Investing: Not So Fast
- There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious....
- Tags: Bank, Alternative Energy, American Media, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Texting? Pull Over ...
- Texting? Pull Over ...re: Texting? Pull Over ...It's scary. I went through line in a grocery store, everytime the cashier had two seconds between ringing up customers her head was down texting. I can't imagine that kind of person on the road.RE: Texting? Pull Over ...TST: None of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, stat, headset, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
- Research from the Corporate IT Forum indicates more UK companies are using or investigating XP and Windows 7 than Vista Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Microsoft, applications, operating systems, software
- News items 2008-10-02
- Agresso's answer to ERP addiction
- Earlier today I took a briefing from Agresso. Up front I'll say that I have something of a soft spot for this company. Some years back I did some very early formative work on what is now their BLINC Businesses Living In Change schtik and was...
- Tags: ERP Vendor, Oracle Corp., ERP, Agresso, Aggresso, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- iPhone + Lotus Notes = Opportunity + Annoyance
- Maybe you saw the IBM announcement or the NY Times blog posting on it. iPhone now can run iNotes, a lightweight application for access to Lotus Notes email, calendaring, and contacts. But why the complex equation? Let me break it down for you: iPhone. IBM Lotus...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Microsoft's search perks gambit eyes 22% of market up for grabs
- Microsoft will pay and perk you to death to get you to use its search and the move may not be so silly. Why? Roughly 22 percent of the search market is up for grabs so you might as well buy some loyalty. That 22 percent figure...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Regulations, Marketing Research, Internet, Government, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Oracle customers: Our consultants stink
- Oracle customers attended OpenWorld last week and launched a few bombs at consultants while they were at it. According to a survey by VendorRate--an outfit that ranks vendors via feedback from customers--the companies that implement Oracle's software received low customer satisfaction ratings. The results aren't all that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Consultant, Product Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Is security really a big drag on innovation?
- Have you ever held back innovation because of information security concerns? Apparently more than a few technology executives are repeatedly gun shy. According to an IDC-RSA study to be released Wednesday security fears stifle business innovation at 80 percent of companies. This security vs. innovation theme was...
- Tags: Innovation, RSA Security Inc., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- 44% of second hand mobile devices still contain sensitive data
- According to a recent research conducted by BT, the Edith Cowan University, and the University of Glamorgan Wales, 44% of the 160 second-hand devices that they tested, still contained sensitive data such as bank accounts, board meetings, business plans, and financial data. Using the data obtained, their analysis indicated a...
- Tags: Bank, Financial, Mobile, Data, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- US broadband adoption grew 17% in 2008
- Broadband adoption in the United States continues to exhibit steady growth, with 17% more American adults having broadband at home in April 2008 than was the case roughly a year earlier. Fully 55% of Americans reported having a high-speed internet connection at home in April 2008 survey, up from 47% in March...
- Tags: Broadband, Survey, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Federation Supplements The Data Warehouse - Not Either/Or, Never Was
- Federation Supplements The Data Warehouse - Not Either/Or, Never WasFederation - Fills out the Data Integration ToolboxJim has done the industry a good service with this article. By getting people to more closely examine their data integration problems and the variety of physical data consolidation / virtual data federation technigues...
- Tags: Business intelligence, PRODUCTIVITY, physical data consolidation, data federation, data consolidation, data warehouse
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection
- It won't be long before British Internet users see targeted advertising based on their usage patterns. British Telecom is about to test software by Phorm, which collects URLs visited, search terms entered, and other data from visited websites. Phorm then categorizes the content and serves up advertising based on your...
- Tags: British Telecommunications, BT Webwise, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Asus Eee PC to get embedded 3G
- The PC maker's Eee PC 901 will be released with HSDPA connectivity, as well as built-in Wi-Fi, beginning in October. Computer maker Asus has announced its Eee PC mini laptop is to get embedded 3G for the first time. The...
- Tags: HSDPA, PC, Wireless LANs, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Natasha Lomas silicon.com, Asus, eee PC
- News items 2008-09-29
- Gauging the ThinkPad: Before (IBM) and after (Lenovo)
- Has Lenovo lost whatever mojo the ThinkPad had? That simple question raised a lot of discussion at TechRepublic and it's worth pondering. The problem: Gauging Lenovo's performance depends on a lot of anecdotes with few concrete answers. As background, John Sheesley asked a simple question: Has Lenovo...
- Tags: Consumer Reports, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- It's still good to be green, whether it's accidental or not
- One of the IT services companies that closely partners with IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems, released an interesting survey earlier this week that confirms what I've believed for some time: IT managers don't really care about being green in the environmental sense as much as they care about saving money....
- Tags: IT Manager, Survey, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Marketing Research, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-28
- Amazon feeling first pinch of holiday economic slump
- The uncertainty surrounding the economy is starting to impact brand names that have become synonymous with online holiday shopping - notably Amazon. Lazard Capital analyst Colin Sebastian lowered estimates for Amazon's Q3, FY 2008 and FY 2009 this morning, noting in an investor's report that, despite its gains in e-commerce...
- Tags: Holiday, Estimate, Amazon.com Inc., E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Live Webcast: Learn the Secrets of IT Help Desk Productivity and User Perception
- The IT help desk is the guardian of day-to-day business productivity, and more importantly, the front door to your IT organization. However, a Forrester survey reveals that only 53% of technology users at U.S. companies are satisfied with their help desk support. Does your IT Help Desk...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., IT Help Desk, Help Desk, Strategy, It Operations, Management
- Webcasts 2008-09-24
- Chilling data from the Arctic
- Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...
- Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Marketing 101 for Tech Vendors
- Satire For those of you who work for a technology firm, particularly you Marketing types, you will no doubt want to hold an "Analyst Day" to wow, dazzle and impress some influential types - like IT Research Analysts and the Enterprise Irregulars (disclosure - I'm an EI...
- Tags: Analyst, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
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