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- JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computing
- JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computingHot to trotSomeone thinks that we computer users are just a bunch of salivating glands ready to slobber all over anything new. I've run Macs since 1984 and I'm getting used to upgrades. Same thing on the PC side....
- Tags: Java, haha, Apple iPhone, JVM, seduction, IT buyer, mobile computing, information technology, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Stop enterprise software hype: send me your stories
- Stop enterprise software hype: send me your storiesHype to content ratio calculationYou always need to take account of this making due allowance for divide by zero errors.Also be careful when the integration layer of the product is the salesman's powerpoint presentation.NT 4.0 . Beyond time 10/100/1000 and serv.2000.All these upstsrt...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Insurance, IT buyer, Gap Report, enterprise software, software
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- Public discourse under way over definition of "open"
- I've been taking some time to digest the open vs. closed discussion (the context being Microsoft's new XML document format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint) that's taking place in various corners of the blogosphere. IBM's Bob Sutor, whose blog is entitled Open standards, open source, open minds, open opportunities,...
- Tags: IBM Corp., blog, Bob Sutor
- Blog posts 2005-06-17
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- eBay beats expectations; calls PayPal a "gem" and Skype a "killer" app
- Updated: eBay reported second quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.2 billion, up 20 percent from the second quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $568 million, or 43 cents per share. GAAP profits were $460 million, or 35 cents per share. Wall Street...
- Tags: Revenue, Skype Technologies S.A., Quarter, PayPal, eBay Inc., GAAP, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Apple to Psystar: See you in court
- Apple to Psystar: See you in courtPredictable......This was predictable everyone knew Apple was going to sue it was just a matter of when.I think Apple played this just right...If Psystar was just fly-by-night, why waste the time and energy? It would just risk bad press and make apple look heavy-handed....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Litigation, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.Negitive feedback galoreThough it would take 5 or 6 bogus products.Napster had a ton of legit content too"There are a lot of legitimate transactions happening on eBay today and I'd be willing to bet that the shady ones are only a fraction of the total...
- Tags: eBay Inc., Bit Torrent
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.
- The city of New York should be letting out a big sigh of relief right about now. On Monday, a federal judge cleared online auction site eBay from any wrongdoing in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by upscale jeweler Tiffany & Co. I bring New York into...
- Tags: Brand, Tiffany & Co. Inc., eBay Inc., Branding, Marketing, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Best Apple App Store apps
- Best Apple App Store appsNot a buyer but am a developerI'm working on a new 3G app called 'Rose Garden'. It gives any i-based phone user the chance to grow a host of flowers and fruits including the traditional long-stem rose variety... the object is to somehow find a...
- Tags: 3G, WIRELESS, App Store, ebook reader, Apple App Store app, Apple App Store, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- iPhone Fatigue
- Let's go to the videotape. Or, at least the digitized history of the iPhone. Jan. 9, 2007 – Apple introduces the iPhone at MacWorld. "iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone," according to CEO...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Attacking phishing at the source
- Good news on the phishing front. Google reports that they are now authenticating all e-mail that purports to come from eBay and PayPal. Using e-mail authentication standards including DomainKeys and Domain Keys identified Mail, and working with PayPal and eBay, Google's Gmail now verifies every e-mail...
- Tags: Bank, E-mail Authentication, PayPal, eBay Inc., E-mail, Phishing, Financial Services, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Software's drive to become like television
- Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...
- Tags: TV, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- The nightmare of buying enterprise software
- The nightmare of buying enterprise softwareIt sounds to me...like the blame lays with the salesman selling the user something he doesn't need. But then salesmen are often ill trained on what their company actually offers. Then again, the bigger the software the bigger the price and the bigger the commission.Let's...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Sales force management, enterprise software, software, software company, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?The answer is simpleAsus has discovered there's no money in the bargain basement bin. You're in a pretty shaky business when you have to choose your BIOS because it costs you one penny less.Just like any other vendor, they are ....
- Tags: Keyboards, ASUS, Eee PC, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Software Company, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- iPhone 3G could flop in Japan
- iPhone 3G could flop in Japan10% marketshare is a flop?I'm not sure I agree with that. What I got from the article was that a year ago, 9.6% said they would buy one and 62.2% said they would consider buying one. In other words, 28% of people said they weren't...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., cell phone, iPhone 3G, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- AT&T is the big winner with the iPhone 3G announcement
- I know readers are probably a bit tired of all the iPhone news so I will try to make this my last post about it for at least the rest of this week. If we take the Apple announcement price at face value, US$199 and US$299, the iPhone looks like...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Pricing, Marketing Research, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Giving users the tools for independent analysis
- Marc Brown, CIO of Del Monte Foods discusses how standardization across applications has made it easier for them to monitor their entire process, from seller to driver to buyer. by Administrator
- Tags: Analysis, Tool, Strategic Planning, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Strategy, Management, Hardware, Components, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions remain
- iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions remainUSA...ATT...no mas, jack.sighRE: iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions rAs long as the iphone stays on AT&T it will stay out of my pocketJobs again sells the old while pretending it is new[i]Wow, the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Harry Bardal, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Hardware 2.0 WWDC "blogging the blogs" coverage
- Unfortunately a series of prior commitments meant that I couldn't make it to WWDC 08. Since I can't be there, I've decided to do the second best thing and cover WWDC from the angle of "blogging the blogs." So, here I am sitting in front of three...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Blog, Blogging, Hardware, App, Steve, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Breaking: iPhone 3G photos leaked (updated)
- Breaking: iPhone 3G photos leaked updatedSo the iPhone is only 0.1" thick now!!11!11one1!1After all, it is beveled and the thickness of the MBA was measured at its thinnest point so the iPhone is now as thin as a piece of paper! Hehe, Apple sure fooled a lot of people with...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G, photograph, Apple Consumers
- Discussion threads 2008-06-07
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