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A look at Obama's IT strategy: The Facebook connection and the scale challenge: A look at Obama's IT strategy: The Facebook connection and the scale challengeObama's stuff is all old footageI wonder if he's still even alive.; Tags: Obama, IT strategy, Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
Churchill Club: CIOs say budgets are up, hiring is up, outsourcing is up: The CIOs of Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and McKesson, said their IT budgets are up this year and they are investing in more revenue generating IT projects. The CIOs were part of a Churchill Club panel: CIO Agenda moderated by Dave Margulius, an IT analyst at Enterprise Insight. The Churchill...; Tags: Enterprise IT, IT strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-23
Why Silicon Valley has to break the Telco/Cable Comms Cartel: Silicon Valley is teeming with established companies and startups whose services and products require communications services. Some of the startups are called Web 2.0 companies, or social networking companies, social media companies etc. It doesn't really matter what they are called, they all require a communications component to unlock the...; Tags: Silicon Valley, IT strategy, Disruptive; Blog posts 2007-07-10
Interview: ProCurve chief downplays HP connection in enterprise vision launch: Hewlett-Packards ProCurve Networking, the second largest enterprise network equipment vendor, recently announce its vision for the next five years: Adaptive Networks. I met with John McHugh VP and general manager of ProCurve Networking. This HP business has been growing at about 25 per cent per year over the past five...; Tags: Enterprise IT, IT strategy, Top interviews, ProCurve, Mr McHugh, network; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Home Depot's CEO switch could alter IT strategy: Home Depot's CEO switch could alter IT strategytech at home depotHas this guy ever been in Home Depot and attempted to order anything special? I think not! HD software sucks, it is so slow and the multiple login takes so long that sales person and customer forget just...; Tags: Sales strategy, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Home Depot Inc., IT strategy; Discussion threads 2007-01-03

Keep e-gov. and IT strategies seperate but equal, says report: Gartner draws a clear distinction between e-government and IT strategies, saying that the two serve different purposes, although they are rooted in the same political objectives. However, that doesn't mean they are islolated. In fact, the development, deployment, and governance of each should be closely aligned, says...; Tags: strategy, IT Strategy, information technology, e-government; Blog posts 2005-07-18

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What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?: The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...; Tags: Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-09-05
The Importance of Dissent: The Importance of Dissentwould be nice...It would be nice if we could "shout from the rooftops" without fear of reprisal. In reality, with most companies, the options are "jump ship" or "keep your mouth shut and do as you're told".It's hard to disagree publicly with your companyI agree with you...; Tags: Drizzle, Mat, open source; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Nokia: Our market share will slip over weak demand: Nokia said Friday that its mobile device market share will slip in the third quarter from the second quarter "due to weaker consumer confidence in multiple markets." The company also said it refused to be lured into a price war. Nokia (all resources, reviews and blogs) said...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft: It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...; Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-09-04
The question that won't go away: What comes after Yahoo?: During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he's been answering for months: What is Microsoft's online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-09-04
The power of standard protocols: The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...; Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
The power of standard protocols: I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...; Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?Jesper AndersonUh-oh PeopleSoft customers! Get ready for Fusion apps with no PTools, PCode, etc....RE: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?As a former leader among the Fusion Applications technology group I can assure you that Jesper...; Tags: Leadership, vertical play, Andersen, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking: Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinkingI wonder -- would others please weigh inOk, your stats here are out to lunch but I wonder about your basic point.I think it's wrong - that almost any non OS specific programming language can be used to produce a standard code base from...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, operating system, Linux, Google Inc., IE8, Chrome, longer-term, COBOL, window; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday): Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking: Google's recent release of their "Chrome" browser beta was, I think, driven by their perception that the disruption IE8 is about to create in the marketplace spells opportunity for Google. It's nice to see competition at work, but their entire strategy is, I think, reactive rather than proactive and not...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Windows Vista, IE8, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Channel Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Live Webcast: Growing Your Business with CRM: Smart business owners and executives already understand the importance of customer service to the long-term success of their business, but many fall short when it comes to effective customer relationship management, or CRM. To learn proven strategies for getting customer service right, join Growing Your Business...; Tags: Strategy, Customer Service, Webcast, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing; Webcasts 2008-09-04
TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?: TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?There's more to it than thatI say Tivo's loss has more to do with their higher costs. At least that's why I got a DVR from my cable provider Bright House and not from Tivo.First you pay $150 for the Tivo box, then...; Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, strategy, TiVo Inc., cable, digital video recorder; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G: Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-03