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- A thought about buying from Sun
- A thought about buying from SunIf the middle is a problem....... then eliminate it. A few high profile sackings will light a fire under those remaining. Hire a top sales manager and replace half-a-dozen middle managers with him/her.Stir things up. It does not matter whether the decisions are good or...
- Tags: servers, hardware, middle management, sales, sun microsystems inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Sun's middle management
- Sun's middle managementMy experience was not pleasantThe little I have had to deal with Sun was so irritating that I did not try it again. All I wanted was to understand there Terminal Services offering and pricing. What I received was a list of SKUs when what...
- Tags: sales strategy, sales force management, recruitment & selection, sales people, sun microsystems inc., sales, middle management, job
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Middle Management
- Middle ManagementExactlyYou are using TSM - Tivoli Storage Management. I am of the opinion that this is not the greatest backup solution. One full dump and many, many incremental dumps makes recovery dog slow. I also wonder if it is fine-grained enough - it seems that you can only backup...
- Tags: strategy, s60, ford motor co., ford it, volvo, information technology, middle management
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Middle management
- Do you know why Ford can't make a Volvo despite owning the company? Both the Five Hundred sedan and the Freestyle station wagon are Volvos made by Ford, and they're good cars, but nowhere close to the originals. Do you know why Sun can't seem to monetise its research? Niagara,...
- Tags: ford motor co., sun microsystems inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
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- The Microsoft middle ground
- Microsoft occupies a middle ground between the vertically-integrated control of an Apple and the bazaar-like atmosphere of the open source world. Microsoft abandons that middle ground at their own peril. by John Carroll
- Tags: software, business model, apple inc., microsoft corp., hardware, tools & techniques, open source, management, john carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
- Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...
- Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Apple sued for ... slavery?!?!!
- The complaint claims that Apple misleadingly classified workers as management employees in order to avoid having to pay them overtime. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: overtime, apple inc., class action, benefits, human resources, adrian kingsley-hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktop
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktopIt's GainingI think Ubuntu and Wubi have made big strides in putting Linux on the desktop. My first encounter with Linux was back in the early(?)/mid 90s. I installed an early Slackware version of Linux on my 486 (along with OS/2, PC/DOS, Win 3.1...
- Tags: operating systems, unix, open source, intel corp., ubuntu, wubi, newbie, linux, microsoft windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- RDBMS market reached $18.8 bln in 2007
- 2007 was a year that saw continued steady growth in the relational database management systems RDBMS market, with signal improvements on the part of several of the top five vendors in this space. The RDBMS market is estimated to have grown by 12.6% from $16.7 bln in 2006 to $18.8...
- Tags: rdbms, databases, enterprise software, software, data management, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Central European ad market to grow 42.1%
- Central and Eastern Europe CEE and the Middle East and Africa MEA will experience the fastest growth in Internet ad spending during the forecast period with a CAGR of 42.1% for CEE and 29.8% for MEA. Online advertising in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan will also experience dramatic growth with a 2007-2011...
- Tags: advertisement, internet advertising, compound annual growth rate, online advertising, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
- According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...
- Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
- According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...
- Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Six steps to an effective data governance program
- As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a company's responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off...
- Tags: data, organization, corporate governance, tools & techniques, pricing, databases, business operations, corporate law, management, marketing, enterprise software, software, data management, data governance, mismanagement, steve alder, ibm, special to zdnet
- News items 2008-08-06
- Paris for President: Energy crisis solved
- Paris for President: Energy crisis solvedActually...[i] "Only problem with Paris’s solution: any production from offshore drilling won’t kick in for five years..."[/i]Unfortunately, this shows an ignorance of how gas prices are arrived at. While production from those sources won't arrive in the markets for five years, the prices will...
- Tags: hilton hotels corp., energy crisis
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Time for Google to take out Sprint
- Time for Google to take out SprintWhy change the name?The Sprint name stands for poor quality. Google has a reputation for high quality.I assume that, along with the name change, Google might institute policy changes which would decrease dissatisfaction with the brand, in order to protect its own good name.Sprint...
- Tags: wimax, product marketing, wi-fi, wireless, branding, telecom & utilities, google inc., sprint communications
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- IBM's clever idea is Linux on a stick
- IBM's clever idea is Linux on a stickGood Lord. Paleeze get a Laptop already! ;)Or, did you get one and not tell us????.............RE: IBM's clever idea is Linux on a stickWhen IBM have everything under control....linux will be next.RE: IBM's clever idea is Linux on a stickHuh? That's only been...
- Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, linux, ibm corp., clever idea
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Zoho's millions
- Â It's not often I get excited by adoption numbers but the fact Zoho has passed the million user landmark represents an outstanding achievement and a cause for celebration. Zoli Erdos, chief hand waver and Irregular chum has all the details. I was more interested in the...
- Tags: network management, zoho, sales strategy, public relations, network administration, networking, sales, marketing, corporate communications, dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Expense Management Images
- Where are the expense management startups and Dirty SaaS? by Dennis Howlett
- Tags: dennis howlett, start-up, screenshots
- Image galleries 2008-08-06
- New Google box for offices can search 10 million files
- Google said it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents. SAN FRANCISCO--Google said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government...
- Tags: google inc., reuters, google, google search appliance, search
- News items 2008-08-06
- Don't trust Google with your data
- Don't trust Google with your dataNo, I don't trust Google BUT...I trust Google more than I trust me. There is a bigger chance that I'll lose my own data than Google will. I don't have the energy nor do I choose to spend the money to constantly backup all of...
- Tags: backups, cloud computing, google inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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