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Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice

In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.”  The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then.  Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...

Tags: outsourcing, General IT Services, HRO, F&, A Outsourcing, Systems Integration, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, IT Outsourcing, Interactive Agency, Web Services, SaaS, Offshoring

Blog posts 2006-11-01

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Navicat for MySQL 8.1.5 (Mac)

Navicat is an ideal solution for MySQL administration and development. This is an all-inclusive mysql front end provides a powerful graphical interface for databases management, development and maintenance. Easy installation and intuitive interface make it an irreplaceable tool for mysql on the web or your local desktop. Navicat supports all...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySQL, Navicat, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-28

RationalPlan Multi Project 3.15.6 (Windows)

RationalPlan Multi Project by Stand By Soft is a powerful project management software designed to assist project managers in developing plans, allocating resources, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workload. If you are working in the area of construction, engineering, services&consulting, business, software development or even working on a simple...

Tags: Project, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Software Development, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-27

AOL names its Board of Directors

AOL, which is expected to be spun off from Time Warner as an independent company later this year, has named the members of its Board of Directors, who will join CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong at the table. They are: Richard Dalzell, former Chief Information Officer of...

Tags: America Online Inc., Board, Board Of Directors, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Managing Change is the Biggest Challenge for Enterprise 2.0 & Social MediaGreat post Paul- and agreed that congrats are in order. What is often missed in deploying new technologies or old standards is the degree to which it changes how people do their job, what their daily life looks like-...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Leadership, Enterprise software, Dion, Managing Change, Enterprise 2.0, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

IBM adds to green consulting services

The business consulting division for IBM has come out with a new sustainability consulting service that focuses on helping companies measure and address the energy efficiency and environmental impact of their supply chain partners. The IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management service is focused on helping businesses define...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Supplier, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management Service, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...

Tags: Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Uptime Institute Seminar

I'm on my way to the Uptime Institute's How to Plan, Justify, and Manage a Major Data Center Project seminar in Atlanta, GA. I hope to meet some of the attendees as well as members of the Institute's staff. Who is the Uptime Institue? Here's how the Institute...

Tags: Data Center, Uptime, Uptime Institute, Institute, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting

Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...

Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger

I'd like to welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger, to the ZDNet network. Doug is principal of Rapid Response Consulting and is an IT veteran with knowledge of government IT issues. He will be examining the intersection of IT and government, one of the few...

Tags: Information Technology, Hot Button, Blogger, Doug, Government, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value

While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-06

I've joined the Dachis Group

As the worlds of internal enterprise, small, medium sized businesses and partner collaboration networks evolve, an increasing level of intersection with the social media world - the conversation with end users - is inevitable. The implications of this are enormous. While many people can grasp the immediate...

Tags: Social Media, Vision, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Revisiting RIM: Are the enterprise storm clouds brewing?

In the context of the scenario...it could very well come down to iPhone v. RIM. If, as posited, businesses adopt a BYOP model. That kind of thing doesn't matter what wireless network your using, if they'll open exchange up for you to hook your iPhone to. Which may - and...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, data plan, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., BIS, RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Using green IT to meet corporate sustainability goals. Deloitte offers tips in Webinar.

Wondering how to get your chief executive to buy more into technology's role in helping reduce energy consumption or in managing environmental initiatives? Deloitte Consulting recently hosted a seminar called "Competing in the Low-Carbon Economy: The Essential Dialogue Between the CIO and the C-Suite. Its goal was...

Tags: Sustainability, Deloitte LLP, Webinar, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Invent Upshot Standard 1.0.0.57 (Windows)

Invent Upshot is a new, innovative, feature rich, low TCO and agent-less remote in-depth hardware and software inventory tool that can manage a single PC to several home and corporate networks hard wired or wireless. This software is not just another inventory solution. It is different from the competition: While...

Tags: Software, Network, UpShot, Microsoft Windows, Aplixio, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-20

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Fat Spaniel digs deeper into renewables with new software for solar plant operators

Fat Spaniel Technologies has retooled its approach to create an entire suite of applications that renewable energy plant providers can use to management their plants, financing and marketing activities. The application suite, called Fat Spaniel Solar Plant Vision, is offered as a service for either plant operators or solar plant...

Tags: Software, Operator, Spaniel, Fat Spaniel, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?

It seems that analyst firm Forrester has woken up to the fact that Gen Y are not the big movers and shakers that we've been told the last couple of years. According to Read Write Web Enterprise: A favorite argument among those who talk about...

Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-14