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Leading NGO Generates £5 Million in Revenue With e-Commerce Solution

Oxfam Great Britain is a leading, non-government agency that works with thousands of partner organizations around the world to help people living in poverty and promote social justice. To help strengthen its brand and realize new sources of charitable donations, Oxfam Great Britain wanted to expand its e-commerce capabilities. Oxfam...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., E-business, NGO, Oxfam Great Britain, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Portals, Internet

Case studies 2009-08-12

IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers

Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Collaboration, Revolution, Business, IBM Corp., Integration, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-16

Oxfam: Innovating to deliver humanitarian relief

Oxfam: Innovating to deliver humanitarian reliefAre Large Foreign NGOs Always Best?Although some large aid projects can be delivered only via governments or foreign NGOs like Oxfam; small local organisations which work through groups of local people, respecting local cultures, are often more effective at delivering sustainable development.Several decades of large-scale...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, NGO, local people, foreign NGO, Oxfam

Discussion threads 2006-12-11

Additional Resources

Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown

CNET's Dong Ngo decided he wanted to pit Windows 7 and Snow Leopard against each other to see which operating system has more horsepower. The results may surprise you. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Global Risks Fact File 1.0 (Mobile)

Maplecroft's Global Risks Fact File is designed to help BlackBerry users navigate global risks for over 200 countries. The application, created for the business, political and NGO communities, also provides comprehensive information for anyone interested in the wider world. Data on climate change, education, health, geography, religion, economy, population, land...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Maplecroft, Global Risks Fact File, Government, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks

I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...

Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty

Blog posts 2009-06-09

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time

Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high hurdle to jump to reach a point of public credibility. But on the other hand technology companies, more than most sectors, are obliged to lead...

Tags: Sustainability, IBM Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?Re: But does GP miss the point?I for one believe we have a responsibility to be 'good stewards' of the planet, but the amount of suspect science and unbridled emotionalism that has surfaced regarding the supposed 'green house' effect tells me that...

Tags: Greenpeace, Greenpeace Cool-IT

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains

Following on from yesterday's riff on traceability technology for Vietnamese fisheries, it turns out Silicon Valley may yet be its own best customer. Despite common knowledge of serious human rights abuses relating to the mining of cassiterite in the Democratic Republic of Congo the industry has not gone far enough to guarantee...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Accounting, James Farrar, Mineral, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), U.S. Congress

Blog posts 2009-05-21

International Airlines to UN: Set us a CO2 Target Now (but US carriers still ponder)

People in business often speak of NGO's in a kind of wide eyed way, a mixture of fear and curiosity, but most vastly under estimate their capability. Granted, NGOs are as diverse as businesses - some are hopeless, some perform magnificently. For illustration of the latter & the potency of a sophisticated and intelligent NGO, then look no...

Tags: Aviation, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Carrier, Climate Group, Emission, James Farrar, Management, Nancy, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Is Conficker from China?

So, hot on the heels of my last post, reporting that researchers have pinpointed in China the control centers of a massive spy network they dubbed GhostNet, I see this brief from Cnet's Dong Ngo. Ngo reports that the Vietnamese security research firm BKIS has determined that...

Tags: China, Nimda Worm, Virus, BKIS, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29

From Blackberry to Greenberry: RIM Goes Green at CeBIT

Even with attendance and exhibitor numbers down CeBIT this week was still full steam ahead on green. Luis Neves, Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Telekom and Chairman of the Global eSustainability Initiative GESI, during his keynote announced GESI's newest member will be Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry. GESI is...

Tags: Sustainability, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, GESI, Sustainability Performance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-07

Green is still Gold (But Beware of the Politics of Gesture)

Foolhardy it may be to go out on a limb here to take on my boss (in this carnation I mean my editor, Larry Dignan) and a force of nature that is my fellow ZDNET blogger Dennis Howlett but I have to disagree with both on the subject of viability of the green market....

Tags: Sustainability, Oracle Corp., Gesture, Dennis, Hugh McLeod, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-02-28

A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .

I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-26

A Random Walk Through Intel Developer Forum . . .

A peek into my Intel Developer Forum experience... A short description for a short video: Here is part of my day at Intel Developer Forum. You get to see some of the Intel Insiders in action; plus you meet the founder of...

Tags: Intel Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps

Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise appsTruth, Google will never win the entrprise.Sure they make products/services that geeks or light/occasional users can use, but no way will they win the enterprise over."Open Source as Free Software" = FUBARNo Management, No Structure, No DisciplineEveryone gets to do their own thing.This the...

Tags: Google Servers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford

Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry FordDeservedly so. He is a modern day Henry FordLike HF, Bill Gates has truly made a historic impact on the high tech industry and his philanthropy work is already making an incredible difference.Good for him.Having said that, Microsoft has missed the internet boat...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Strategy, Bill G, personal computer revolution, Bill Gates, Billg, Henry Ford, modern day, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

News to know: HD DVD done; Vista SP1 problems and benchmarks; MacBook Air Diary; Green data centers

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: What your disk drive isn't telling you. Toshiba: We're done with HD DVD Report: Toshiba to announce HD DVD pullout Tuesday. Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360 Mary Jo Foley:...

Tags: Data Center, HD-DVD, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, GrandCentral, Data Centers, Hd Dvd, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Storage, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Are you the new Mr. Green Jeans? Cottoning on to "green" clothes

Model: Suzanne Dias. Phtographer: Eric Guillermain. Courtesy: EJF I always assumed clothing made from cotton, linen, or wool, or hemp is somehow more environmentally friendly that clothes made from synthetics derived from petroleum. Well...in Europe the fashion industry has moved from the...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-18