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- Whatever happened to that Vista Desktop Optimization Pack?
- Last fall, Microsoft announced it planned to release an all-in-one collection of Vista management and reliability tools in the form of a Microsoft "Desktop Optimization Pack." One of my readers recently asked me for a status update on the MDOP. Given that Vista has been available to business users...
- Tags: Windows client, Vista, Management tools
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Katmai: More than just the next version of SQL Server
- Microsoft officials have said the next version of SQL Server is code-named "Katmai." (Theyve said relatively little about the product beyond that, but word is there will be an informational update in the next month or two.) But it turns out Katmai isnt just a SQL-Server-specific term. "Katmai" also...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, Corporate strategy, Management tools, System Center, Code names, System Center Operations Manager, Katmai
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- My top 10 Microsoft event picks for 2007
- Im sure Ill be adding more to this as the year rolls along, but heres my list of must-attend Microsoft events. (Some of these -- like the MVP Summit and MGX -- I am not authorized to attend. But I still consider them key for anyone watching the...
- Tags: Housekeeping, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Database, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Office, Management tools, Dynamics ERP, Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- A (Microsoft) code name a day: Carmine
- Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), codename, Carmine Best guess, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006
- Quite a few of the e-mails I receive start out with "Whatever happened to ... (insert Microsoft product, person and/or strategy here). In that spirit, here are ten Microsoft-related disappearances about which Im left wondering as 2006 draws to a close. Anyone know the whereabouts of:...
- Tags: SQL Server, System Center, Management tools, Research, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Corporate strategy, Database, Windows Live, Windows Server Longhorn, Knowledge Network, Dynamic Systems Iniative, Microsoft Corp., Cambridge Technology Partners
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
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- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Yes. OK, obviously there's more to this story than my tongue-in-cheek answer. This came up after one of our supercool, power user secretaries (who is an Office 2003/2007 wiz) ran a training session for the other secretaries in the district. The other secretaries are largely...
- Tags: Secretary, Training, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?
- Another high-profile departure from Sun, this time MySQL's David Axmark is taking wing -- citing a dislike for working in a large organization: I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations. I HATE all the rules that I need...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- What's a Little Money Between Friends?
- Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...
- Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures
- Software as a service company Entellium's future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were...
- Tags: Revenue, Entellium, FBI, Revenue Figure, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Corporate Governance, Government, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware
- Asus has confirmed and apologized to customers (press release in Japanese; translated version) for shipping malware on the recently introduced Eee Box desktop computer : "According to an email sent out by Asus, PC Advisor reports, the Eee Box's 80GB hard drive has the recycled.exe virus files hidden in...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Malware, UPC, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Making money on open source
- IBM has used Linux to unify its product lines, it has used open source to deliver services, and it has continued to get top dollar for the time of its people despite their using open source tools. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Desktone "Desktops as a Service"
- I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- MDM Components and the Maturity Model
- Any effective master data management program requires a mix of technologies to achieve success. This white paper by David Loshin provides a conceptual outline of technical MDM components and examines how those components relate to the levels of organizational maturity determined by the ability to provide MDM services. This model...
- Tags: Master Data Management
- White papers 2008-10-09
- BPM Done Right: 15 Ways To Succeed Where Others Have Failed
- Business Process Management BPM promises are real, but the path to success is littered with pitfalls and shortcuts to failure. Adopting best practices gained from our wealth of experience can help you avoid them. In this informative whitepaper Mike Lees, Senior Director, BPM Product Marketing, Software AG, outlines how to...
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, Software AG, Business Process Management Promise, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software
- White papers 2008-10-09
- Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance
- " Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. In this white paper, David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how a data governance program defines the roles, responsibilities, and...
- Tags: Data Quality, DataFlux Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-10-09
- DriverScanner 2009 (exe)
- DriverScanner is a simple and reliable tool with which to update system drivers, releasing improved functionality and increasing operability with networks and hardware. It identifies drivers to be updated and delivers the tools to download and install those drivers. It also allows you to backup your drivers so that if...
- Tags: Driver, Uniblue Systems, DriverScanner, Productivity, Backups
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
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