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Former Comverse CEO arrested in Namibia

Former Comverse CEO arrested in NamibiaEthics sadly lacking at the topThis episode and many like it reveal the sad lack of ethics at the top levels of many U.S. companies.It reinforces a belief that to go higher upin companies, one must do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes often...

Tags: Business ethics, ethics, Namibia, Comverse Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

Third World VoIP blocking has the stench of corruption

Namibia is the latest nation to go absolutely convulsive over the prospect of some of its citizens bypassing the local phone monopoly by selling and using VoIP. Five people have been busted. Mike at TechDirt has the story.Then, as Mike also points out, there was a bust two years ago...

Tags: Telephony, Namibia, VoIP

Blog posts 2006-09-23

Microsoft to spread software through U.N.

Microsoft to spread software through U.N.A perfect matchConsidering the UN's 'Oil for Food' debacle, and MS's proven track record, they should get along perfectly. Kind of like lawyers and used car salesmen. Since both organizations also want world domination, they can feed off of each other. Want UN peacekeepers? You...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, software, Namibia, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-11-17

Offshoring's newly discovered country

Offshoring's newly discovered countryNext years list Namibia and SomaliaSo what's on next year list? Namibia and Somalia?It's not *price*, it's *value* that your aiming for and typically that means experience + language + location. Try California, you'd be suprised.Newly discovered?We've been outsourcing to Malaysia since the late 70's.With the quality...

Tags: Outsourcing, Somalia, Namibia, offshoring

Discussion threads 2004-09-20

Additional Resources

Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .

I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Poverty, Bangladesh, Mr., Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-13

How to read your FBI file

As part of the occasional series Life in post-Constitutional America I'm pleased to offer a brief primer on How to read your FBI file. It isn't as easy as you'd think, since the FBI has failed several times to create a modern data management system - which may not be...

Tags: FBI, File, Mistakes, Federal Government, Government, Data Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Africans tie mobile data to health care improvements

Bridging the digital divide is the key to improving Africa's health, according to organizers of a conference in Namibia this week. And the fastest way to do it is through mobile links. Speakers at the IST-Africa conference in Windhoek said e-health services are key...

Tags: Mobile, Health Care, E-health, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0

Last week I spent two days on campus in Redmond with about 40 of my industry colleagues at the Microsoft Technology Summit, an annual invite-only event where Microsoft selects a swath of people from all over the world -- key technology influencers -- to learn about what the company is...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Ocean power: catching a wave but ahead of the curve

Wave power may eventually become a factor in providing electrical energy, but it isn't going to happen before we've all switched to flourescent or LED lighting. And it may not happen before we are paying $150 for a barrel of crude oil. Recently the US approved...

Tags: Investment, Engineering, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Man gets record sentence for computer sabotage

Man gets record sentence for computer sabotagethis, whilewhile war criminals walk free, and hold political office, even.Ain't America great?:o)Incompetent sysadminIf the guy can't even write a script that works, he should have been woried about his job security. Sounds like he has a nice secure position now though.Man gets...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

Philipp Winterberg - Namibia (exe)

Philipp Winterberg photographed Namibias breathtaking landscapes and chose from a few thousand pictures the 12 most beautiful for this screensaver: Swakopmund, Sossusvlei, Etosha National Park, Dune 45, Namibia desert and Dead Vlei. Version 2 adds new photos.

Tags: Landscape, Screensaver

Software downloads 2007-06-04

Philipp Winterberg - Namibia Premium (exe)

A premium screensaver that shows 50 beautiful photos of Namibia: Beach at Swakopmund, dunes at the Sossusvlei, Elephants and other animals in the Etosha National Park, Dune 45 in the Namib desert, a panorama of the old Dead Vlei.

Tags: Animal, Desert

Software downloads 2007-06-01

Want one of Negroponte's laptops? Buy two and you can have one

Arent those OLPC laptops so cool? Dont you wish you could get your hands on without having to move to a developing country? Well, now you can buy, not one but two nifty laptops, according to the BBC News. Although the focus of the One Laptop Per Child project...

Tags: Education Technology, DigitalDivide, laptop computer

Blog posts 2007-01-11

Namibian Banking Industry Cuts Cost of Holding Uncleared Funds With New System

The Bank of Namibia - the central bank of Namibia - wanted to provide same-day clearing and settlement for all paper-based items in Namibia's multi-bank environment. It worked in partnership with the country's four other commercial banks to establish Namclear as the payment clearing house and authorised clearing agent of...

Tags: Bank, Microsoft Corp., Financial Services

Case studies

Mutual & Federal Engineers Future Agility With SAS

The world events, coupled with a lagging economy, have forced insurers to develop new business models to keep them competitive in a multichannel industry. To that end, Mutual & Federal Insurance Company provides insurance service to the personal, commercial and corporate markets in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi and Zimbabwe....

Tags: SAS Institute

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