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- Why Amazon Needs Kindle 2.0
- Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?
- I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...
- Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services
- As a business society, we've been pretty much used to thinking of information technology as a disposable asset. Even data centers were built with a 10-year lifespan in mind, which means a lot of the work done and systems deployed around the year 2000 is quickly reaching that maturity point....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-02
- Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Talking is a good thing
- I had a great meeting with one of the elementary schools in my district today. The principal turned over most of a staff meeting to me today in part for some training and professional development, but largely for a discussion of technology in the district. I...
- Tags: District, Budgeting, Principal, Teacher, Financial Services, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit
- Are there any "telltale signs" that an organization is missing the governance boat when it comes to efforts to effectively deploy SOA methodologies? Todd Biske, enterprise architect extraordinaire and author of the recently published work on SOA Governance, observes that many organizations may have conflicting priorities that emerge when it...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Cyber Monday traffic better than last year
- If Web traffic translates into online sales, this year's holiday season is gearing up to much better than last year's - contrary to the doom-and-gloom forecasts for the holiday season. Traffic to online retail sites today - Cyber Monday - far exceeded last year's Cyber Monday traffic....
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track
- Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 is being "rushed out the door" and that "Microsoft seems to be in a hurry...
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Palm: On track to become a historical footnote
- Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The most slacking-est time of the year
- Is this what your office looks like from November to January?Statistically speaking, you're not doing any work today -- or so poll after poll out this time of year about "lost productivity hours" and "distracted workers" claims. You probably won't work for the rest of the week,...
- Tags: Workplace, Hour, Aisle, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Does Cyber Monday matter this year?
- The pressure's on for Cyber Monday, the online cousin of retail's Black Friday. Retailers and e-tailers had been forecasting doom and gloom for the holiday season but online sales on Black Friday actually were up 1 percent over last year, according to comscore. Wrap Thanksgiving Day shopping into the mix...
- Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?
- A Slashdot post notes the sad state of affairs at satellite radio's Sirius XM and that it's starting to look like a "failed" company. why would anyone want to pay for proprietary hardware and a limited selection of a few hundred stations all controlled by one company? Since...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Turkey, stuffing and Macs?
- It appears that Americans enjoyed a healthy serving of Macs over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Writing for Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog Philip Elmer-DeWitt analyzed Apple's domestic sales on Amazon.com over the critical Black Friday selling weekend. He concludes that Apple's online sales got off to a better start than...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Will Detroit run out of road?
- In the next two weeks we'll see what chance there is for any of those on the waiting list to get their plug-in Chevy Volt, or whether there'll be a Chrysler 2010 model. On December 2, the automakers are to deliver their own plans for salvation to the Congress....
- Tags: Automobile Company, Bush Adminisitration, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming
- Two recent research studies have found that the demand from U.S. consumers for HDTVs hasn't slackened despite the tough economy, but confusion remains about what you do with the TV once the set is purchased. You would presume that people are seeking out HDTVs in order to...
- Tags: HDTV, Survey, Blu-ray, Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Catholic Church flirts with green tech of the solar sort
- Poking around the Web looking for green technology news on an otherwise quiet Thanksgiving weekend, when I came across this item about solar panels being installed in Vatican City. Apparently, the new Roman Catholic pope has a green bent. According to news reports,...
- Tags: Green Technology, Catholic Church, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
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