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Is the "killer app" argument dead?

Is the "killer app" argument dead?Great blog.It is about the browser nowadays. The age of convoluted proprietary lock-ins is going going but not quite gone .....An awful lot of devs are now building web based sharing tools, and any IE only dev, if it still goes on, is by the...

Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, knowledge economy, killer application, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Yahoo's Yang gives his 'don't crush our stock we're ok' address

Yahoo's Yang gives his 'don't crush our stock we're ok' addressLet the pigs have their lunchas they will do anyway (it's only a correction from a rise due to short term greed, so it's kind of their own vomit that they're eating), then everybody who isn't convinced that Steve Ballmer...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, knowledge economy, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, stock, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more

Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants moreMS's desperation is a result of Vista's inevitable failureand they know it.MS's real problem is that they've had it easy for years and years bringing in billions on hype and poor quality software.Now, reality is biting.Love...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., knowledge economy, knowledge, investor, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

Additional Resources

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Net Neutrality: You own the Internet - make sure it becomes Law

how to get from there to herewhile net neutrality makes a lot of sense to most people, how can we make sure that it becomes law. Our open source government democracy is decidedly NOT neutral, and the same interests that would take away our rights on the internet, are the...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Internet, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Learning from the weak signals of failure

Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...

Tags: Team management, weak signal

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Data center design 101

I don't have to design data centers, but I do have to play a knowledgeable wonk on the Web from time to time. With that in mind, I attended two data center presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium to see what I could learn. My knowledge about...

Tags: Data Center, Tiers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-23

TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs

One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...

Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-13

A List: CRM(ish) Reading Worth it.

Sorry to have dropped off the radar for awhile. I was on the road.  First in Chicago having facilitated a customer event with Sword Ciboodle customers at the Union League Club - one that included a presentation by Brian Carey of Sears on what Sears is doing to improve the...

Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Social Media, Customer, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?

I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...

Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Madrid Tour Book 1.0 (Mobile)

Madrid Tour Book helps you to grab destination knowledge quickly. It contains General information about the destination etimology, history, geography, climate, architecture, monuments, landmarks, culture, economy, demographics, administration, and transportation. Travel tips on how to get in there, how to get around and local traffic, major language and habit, what...

Tags: Madrid, Mobile, Molinker, Transportation, Food & Beverage, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Paris Tour Book 1.0 (Mobile)

Paris Tour Book helps you to grab destination knowledge quickly, and in a fun way. It features general information about the destination etimology, history, geography, climate, architecture, monuments, landmarks, culture, economy, demographics, administration, and transportation. It gives you travel tips on how to get in there, how to get around...

Tags: Mobile, Molinker, Transportation, Food & Beverage, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-09-23

WSJ: Expect Net Neutrality rules at FCC speech next week

New government rules that support Network Neutrality, specifically rules that prevent Internet service providers from selectively blocking sites from their networks, are expected to be unveiled in Washington on Monday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. During a speech on Monday, FCC chairman Julius...

Tags: FCC, Wall Street Journal, Network, Net Neutrality, Rule, Carrier, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Siemens cans SAP support

I still believe that hiring your own IT...staff to provide service like this could be a better alternative for a lot of companies. SAP is overpriced and they are wanting to get pricier. In todays economy, outsourcing pricing is becoming less elastic. The only way to completely control these prices...

Tags: Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SAP AG, Siemens AG, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Moderated Knowledge Sharing Bases

There's so much going on in the cloud world you need air traffic control to figure out what solutions to your problems are safe to bring to earth and put to work. The instant gratification world of cloud - select solution> apply credit card to...

Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Knowledge Base, MindTouch Collaborative Knowledge Base, Wiki, Strategy, Networking, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Russia drops XP investigation

Finally.That case was BS. XP is old and Microsoft doesn't want to support it anymore. It's not like this was in the books from day 1, they have a set support cycle. Eventually, you have to let it go. Too bad, so sad. Either use Vista/7 or move to a...

Tags: Mice, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OEM, XP investigation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Course Credits as a Reward for Collaboration

Distance learning -  providing access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and/or distance -  has been around since the dawn of postal delivery services. In the current economic climate further education seems likely to take...

Tags: Education, Distance Learning, Collaboration, Training, Enrollment, Straighterline, Employee Orientation Training Day, E-learning, Training And Certification, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-06