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SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for some

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for someSpike Source = Smoke & Mirror SourceSpikeSource has no business model, they're just hoping customers will respond to fads by wanting to buy a custom/hacked distro. And no self-respecting busines would fall for that, imho.Maybe they should start...

Tags: SpikeSource, Kim Polese

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for some

Two years ago, just weeks before SpikeSource officially exited its beta phase, I had a chance to podcast an interview with the company's CEO Kim Polese from Esther Dyson's PC Forum. Back then, the company's portfolio/business model mainly involved (1) the provisioning and maintenance of guaranteed-to-work open source stacks of...

Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, Office 2.0, Legal, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Open Source Initiative Board takes shape

Danese Cooper, the open source diva who recently left Sun to join Intel, and who is also an officer at the Open Source Initiative, is spreading the word that the OSI has announced a new board. According to her new blog she had an old one, joining her and acting president...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source, OSI

Blog posts 2005-04-01

Microsoft's open source chief Matusow unplugged: A movement to the middle

Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Jason Matusow. Matusow is Microsoft's chief strategist on the open source front. Since the interview, which took place on March 14, I've been sitting on the audio file as well as my notes feeling badly that it's been taking...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jason Matusow, Kim Polese, open source

Blog posts 2005-03-24

Spikesource to come out of beta in April

Whether your enterprise is heavily vested in open source software or just thinking about taking the plunge, SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese is hoping you'll turn over one of the most difficult parts of running an open source stack to her and save money in the process: managing change. With hundreds...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source, SpikeSource

Blog posts 2005-03-22

PC Forum: Is open source a movement or a working model?

Mitchell Baker and Kim Polese joined Esther for a panel on trends in open source. Baker said that the call for a smaller set of licenses is gaining some traction, especially in developing interoperability among the licenses, although the GPL is problematic on that front. Questioning whether the right entity...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source

Blog posts 2005-03-22

"It" Changes

Its a mark of our continued sexism that Kim Polese, who busted the glass ceiling in the 1990s with Marimba, is still described as the Web's "it girl."This despite the fact shes now a veteran executive, a serial entrepreneur, and her new outfit, SpikeSource, is a very interesting open source...

Tags: Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Blog posts 2004-11-04

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Open-source bonuses for the big guys [video]

At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...

Tags: Video, CEO, Strategic Planning, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Open-source bonuses for the big guys

At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...

Tags: CEO, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Stanford, Always On, open source, saas, software as a service, Facebook, Google

Videos 2009-07-30

I have seen this Facebook movie before

What's the deal with Facebook? It seems they can't decide what to do about the Google, or open source generally. Their top executives are spending more time on stage than the Rolling Stones. Which is the problem. What's clear in any Marc Zuckerberg interview is...

Tags: Facebook, Movie, Advertiser, Sandberg, Zuckerberg, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-29

News to know: Apple's notebook strategy; Talking malware; Vista SP1

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking malware with Eugene Kaspersky. David Morgenstern: Do switchers now rule the Mac? Jason O'Grady: An analysis of Apple's notebook strategy. Russell Shaw: New solution enables really, really cheap intl. calling from your iPhone OR iPod Touch. Gallery: The Big...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Notebook, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Kim Polese's journey from Sun to SpikeSource

For our Super Techies series I interviewed Kim Polese, the CEO of SpikeSource, about her career in Silicon Valley. Kim discusses her early work at Sun Microsystems as the original Java product manager, her success at systems management company Marimba, and her current role overseeing SpikeSource, which integrates, distributes and...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Kim, Professional Development, Open Source, Career, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Kim Polese: From Sun to SpikeSource

In a Super Techies interview, Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about her career in Silicon Valley. Polese discusses her early work at Sun Microsystems as the original Java product manager, her success at systems management company Marimba, and her current role overseeing...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Professional Development, Open Source, Career, Software, Super Techies

Videos 2007-12-05

Is desktop virtualization giving Microsoft business model indigestion?

I'm still here at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston doing some interviews we just got done taping one with SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese and it will go up sometime soon. But, in between interviews, I'm scanning my RSS feeds and noticed that both News.com and eWeek have exactly the...

Tags: Web technology, Vista, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Legal, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Scrounging around Enterprise 2.0 on Boston's waterfront

ZDNet multimedia wingman Matt Conner and I are at CMP's Enterprise 2.0 conference today and tomorrow looking for interesting video opportunities.  So far, the lineup is shaping up pretty nicely.  Today, I interviewed Cisco's senior veep of emerging technologies Marthin De Beer  about the company's claims to have revolutionized the...

Tags: Web technology, Telephony, Office 2.0, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Intel trying out software

Intel adopts Web 2.0From the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco: CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica gets the lowdown on Intel's new software suite, a first from the chipmaker, from Managing Director Lisa Lambert and SpikeSource's Kim Polese. What is the thinking behind this move?

Tags: Intel Corp.

Videos 2006-11-08

The open source effect

At the Churchill Club forum held on June 21, several open source company executives discussed the "Open Source Effect." The "effect" is the growing popularity of open source software in a broad range of categories and environments, as well as the cultural shift to less proprietary solutions. At the same...

Tags: Podcast, CEO, Open Source, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2006-07-17

Ode to the microphone: A podcaster's selection guide

If you had to pick one item that can make the difference between night and day when it comes to recording a podcast, that item would be the microphone. I say this while fully acknowledging that there are some podcasters that prefer night while others prefer day. But...

Tags: microphone

Blog posts 2006-04-05

IT Matters Audio Interview: SourceLabs founder Byron Sebastian

Two years ago in 2004, with no clear idea of what he was going to do next, Byron Sebastian left Java server specialist BEA Systems. Then, after consulting with friends and trusted associates, he formed SourceLabs. At first blush, SourceLabs looks a bit like SpikeSource headed by Kim Polese....

Tags: Sebastian, SourceLabs

Blog posts 2006-03-15

Embracing and Extending Microsoft: JotSpot's Joe Kraus on the Web Office

I recently spoke to JotSpot CEO Joe Kraus, who you may recall was a co-founder of 90's search engine and portal Excite. Embrace Excel, don't force people to think differently. But then extend it... After discussing JotSpot's new vertical wiki products (separate write-up here), we...

Tags: Microsoft Excel, JotSpot

Blog posts 2006-03-15