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Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?Technical innovations?Is the iPod or the iPhone successful because its technology is far in advance of any available to other companies? Or because existing capabilities are being used to design devices appealing to the public?Wouldn't Steve Jobs be a more appropriate replacement for Mr....

Tags: Investment, labor cost, General Motors Corp., Steve Jobs, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

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Carbon Wars in the U.S. Senate

Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateWhy is this on ZDNet?I mean, don't you guys have your own websites to post this BS?RE: Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateThe Cap and SCAM system is the biggest load of horse manure I have ever witnessed. I can't even believe people were...

Tags: Construction, Personal finance, window, U.S. Senate, tax credit, tax

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Calculating the fully loaded costs of corporate email: It's bigger than you think

Calculating the fully loaded costs of corporate email: It's bigger than you thinkOr just use FOSS.I run the FOSS version of Zimbra in my corp. I have the cost of the server hardware and the electricity to run the hardware. So that's $1,500 plus electricity. This is my fully loaded...

Tags: e-mail, F/OSS, corporate email, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!Could you share more details on your Linux experiences?I've been planning to build a Linux based media center but I haven't planned out my plans on dealing with Direct TV. What did you find to be lacking on the Linux media...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, DVD Problem, DTV Transition, digital television, CD

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricingWhat a huge waste of moneyI cannot believe that the state of Mississippi spent the $ necessary to get some of it's residents a few dollars refund. We'll never know but I bet after factoring in the cost per taxpayer for the lawyers fees...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Investment, Personal finance, Microsoft Corp., software pricing, software, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

No Surprise - Firms selling off Indian centers

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that major corporations are selling off their Indian IT and back office centers as part of belt-tightening moves. This really isn't a big surprise. Why? If well-designed and operated, these centers become assets of the firms they service. They would...

Tags: Firm, Center, Sales Strategy, Outsourcing, Asset Management, Financial Services, Sales, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-11

AMD uses Radian6 as a preferred 'listening' engine

One of the biggest challenges social media enthusiasts face while trying to sell their executives on a progressive marketing program is proving the value of listening. The concept of purely outbound marketing is old, yet safe, and many companies are afraid to invite the scary conversations in and take action...

Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Radian6, James, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Barriers to Entry

Barriers to EntryAlso Risk AssessmentI am not sure if any businesses actually engage in risk assessment for technology or not but there are several fairly large risks in adopting cloud technology.Data Ownership isn't clearly defined.Transmission and storage security has been talked about but I haven't actually seen any solutions.Also when...

Tags: Data centers, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, barrier, cloud computing, outsource

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?SickThese corporate types are all sick. There is so such more to life than corporate growth, power, and big paycheck,Listening to corporate types scheme can make you sick to the stomach too.RE: Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?Isn't Jack Welch the guy who started...

Tags: Jack Welch, sustainability, capitalist

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

eSTM8 Construction Estimating Software 1.2 (Windows)

e-STM8 Construction estimating software can help you gain a competitive advantage by facilitating your preparation of detailed, profitable bids while managing job costs and subcontractor bids. e-STM8 offers basic and advanced estimating features which allow the accurate construction of an estimate. The software enables you to set your default labor...

Tags: Software, Construction, Microsoft Windows, e-STM8 Construction, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-03

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time

Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high hurdle to jump to reach a point of public credibility. But on the other hand technology companies, more than most sectors, are obliged to lead...

Tags: Sustainability, IBM Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-01

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploadsyea, right.Business and marketing types will destroy everything. They have destroyed our banks, destroyed our automotive industry and now they want to destroy the internet.The whole country needs a new business model that does not include Wall Street where greed rules.RE: The...

Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes reality

10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes realitySomeone is going to have to worry about those thingsMaybe I don't get cloud computing, but ultimately you applications are running in a process somewhere, and communicating with a process somewhere else. If that's the case, all...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Virtualization, data center, cloud computing, bank

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

iPhone: the greatest mobile fingerpainting platform?

iPhone: the greatest mobile fingerpainting platform?I have to agree.....that is impressive. Apple has a long history as a graphics powerhouse, so in a way it is not surprising. The only question I would have is how much does that extra capability cost me?. As a non artist, it is not...

Tags: Handhelds, mobile, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-25

Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?

Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?Jboss would complement Websphere?Really? Is that like how MySQL is going to complement Oracle's flagship product? Doesn't make sense to me, these products are in direct competition with eachother.I think the biggest threat to RedHat's business model is CentOS. Smart...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Storage, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., X64, Linux, Sun T2, server

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Rimini Street chief: Where's the maintenance cost 'peace dividend'?

Enterprise software maintenance and support---the cash cow that keeps giving---has becoming a hot topic amid an economic downturn that has customers questioning a never-ending stream of price increases.  Rimini Street is at the forefront of taking advantage of some of this ire. Rimini Street, a third party...

Tags: Maintenance, Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, Dividend, Rimini Street, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Gateway UC7807u (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 3GB RAM, 250 GB HDD)

In the wake of our winter roundup of retail laptops, we noticed that while there are plenty of good, inexpensive laptops available, for frequent travelers there are still few options that cost less than $1,000 Netbooks excluded. The $689 Gateway UC7807u is one such system: a 13-inch wide-screen notebook with...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Gateway UC7807u, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Gateway Inc., laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-05-05

D-Link Partner the Fulcrum Group Designs Custom, Low-Cost IP-PBX Solutions for Small Businesses With D-Link Switches

The Fulcrum Group provides networking, security and voice-enabled technology solutions for organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Fulcrum deliver a complete solution that includes IP PBX equipment, all the phones, the switching components and all the labor necessary to implement the solution. The big challenge is submitting bids that are...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Small Business, Fulcrum Group, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology

Case studies 2009-04-30

Cisco's random acts of green-ness

Two disclosures before I get to the body of this entry: First, an apology to the Linksys executive that I spoke with several weeks (maybe, ahem, two months ago) about their sustainability issues. Sorry it has taken so long to actually WRITE this post. Sorry for having...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Cisco Systems Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?

Everything is in the cloud. It certainly feels that way, even though it's patently untrue. Cloud computing is everywhere, it's a buzzword, it's on the tip of everyone's tongues. To the cloud, I say! To the cloud! But new research from McKinsey & Co....

Tags: Cloud Computing, McKinsey & Co., Data Center, Cloud, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-15