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- Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives
- Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and move toward a more operating system neutral stance. In a talk at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, Gartner analyst...
- Tags: Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Michael Silver, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Gartner: Businesses don't need to wait for Windows 7 SP1
- Windows 7 hasn't even hit the Release Candidate test phase, but already analysts at Gartner are advising business users they shouldn't plan to wait for Service Pack 1 (SP1) to arrive before planning deployments. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Service Pack, Michael Silver, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed
- Microsoft's Windows juggernaut is collapsing as it tries to support 20 years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute. Meanwhile, Windows has outgrown hardware and customers are pondering skipping Vista to wait for Windows 7. If Windows is going to remain relevant it will need radical changes. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Corp., Michael Silver, Neil MacDonald, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
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- News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- News to know: Palm ads; Microhoo SEC filing; U.S. Marines; Bing; Skype; Clunkers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them Andrew Nusca: Palm's creepy Pre ads:...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Advertisement, SEC Filing, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Projectors, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Beware of Windows 7 downgrade/upgrade mess
- According to Gartner analyst Michael Silver, businesses looking to migrate to Windows 7 could find the whole process much harder and more expensive than it needs to be ... thanks to Microsoft. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- News to know: Windows 7. iPhone in China, CircuitCity.com, Java, Google books, Apple history
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month Mary jo Foley: Windows 7: The incentives are...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Circuit City Stores Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7
- Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7 Unix Pimp: Skip Gartner and ask some real expertsOnce again Gartner group releases some "No Shite Sherlock" information.Only brain dead CIO's and pointy haired bosses listen to Gartner group.Gartner will say...whatever you pay them to say. Gartner's greed or laziness has...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answers
- More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answersSecurityAs I asked PT who as far as I know never got back to me, will applications running in XP mode be only as secure as the security features that came with XP, or will they be also protected by post-XP...
- Tags: Operating systems, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, More Windows 7 XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Balancing IT innovation investment in a recession
- Balancing IT innovation investment in a recessionGreat example of the criticality of PPMGreat post Michael. These decisions are so critical in any economic situation, but they are exponentially more important and potentially problematic in a down economy. This Hackett Group research note and your added insights are music to my...
- Tags: Strategy, recession, Balancing IT innovation investment, information technology, Balancing IT, Hackett Group, innovation investment
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Twitter, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- 5 tips to reduce outsourcing risk
- Service providers present a special challenge to organizations involved with complex IT projects. Although consultants are integral to many projects, dysfunctional service provider relationships can increase the customer's risk of failure. To explore this issue, I spoke at length with Alec Miloslavsky, CEO of Exigen Services, an...
- Tags: Risk, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Social media consultants: snake oil or value add?
- Social media consultants: snake oil or value add?Think ComprehensiveSocial networks are only one part of any strategy for anyone on the 'net. Simply put, you don't make money off of them directly, so they are there to bring people into something that does drain their wallet. What's that...
- Tags: social media, value-add
- Discussion threads 2008-10-20
- Microsoft wants you to move: To IE 8, Vista...
- A visit to the Microsoft booth at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo is full of subliminal messages urging technology executives to move up to more modern products. One part of the booth rides shotgun with a research note from Gartner of course making sure you "understand the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- 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
- News to know: Bailout bust and tech fallout; Cloud computing; Netgear; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: AP: Stunning Defeat for Bailout Plan Torpedoes Stocks; Dow Sinks Over 750. White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal Larry Dignan: Is Apple really recession proof? Wall...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sprint Xohm, Apple Inc., NetGear, WiMAX, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Open Source, Wireless
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Legends: The Silver Knife 1.1.1 (Mobile)
- Legends brings you The Silver Knife by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole. 1923. London. The Great War is over. Everyone has secrets, and unlink wine, they don't age well. Doctor Watson thought his secret lay buried until Holmes - Farrel Holmes, a young, American cousin of...
- Tags: Mobile, Legend, ZappTek, Great War, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-31
- News to know: Jobs speaks; Microsoft; Healthline; Enterprise 2.0; HTC
- Notable headlines: WWDC kick-off: Larry Dignan: Jobs' Apple as a platform mantra to accelerate PGP rolls out Whole Disk Encryption for Mac Matthew Miller: SlingPlayer Mobile on the iPhone will be demoed at Apple's WWDC this week News.com live...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows, Web Technology, Sales Strategy, Digital Video, Desktops, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
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