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- Serena fills cracks between SOA, ALM and SaaS with process-centric mashup-as-a-service platform
- ALM vendor Serena Software is taking a walk on the wild services side in September when it announces the beta release of a platform for mashing up business process applications. Unlike on-demand tools for content- and data-centric mashups, Serena with "Project Vail" has its sights on the...
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Notion, Software-as-a-service, Information Technology, SOA, Mashup, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- IPS Vs. IDS: Similar on the Surface, Polar Opposites Underneath
- A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System IPS is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System IDS deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. This paper explains why that notion is incorrect. Although IPS and IDS both examine traffic looking for attacks, there are critical differences. IPS and IDS both...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Notion, Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Browsing Information With TreeMaps
- The term 'Treemap' describes the notion of turning a tree into a planar space-filling map.
- Tags: Notion, Map, Tree
- Presentations 2006-06-09
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- Do open source applications take security seriously?
- Do open source applications take security seriously?Good Point, Good PostThe lack of objective security information is a major concern to "computer naive" Vice-presidents. Blanket announcements that open-source systems Linux have always been secure and commercial systems Windows have never been secure are simply not believable to enterprise management. Nothing is...
- Tags: security, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Levi Strauss: SAP rollout 'substantially' hurt quarter
- Levi Strauss: SAP rollout 'substantially' hurt quarterWhoa Nellie.....Through the magic of Google alerts I discovered something I said five (count 'em 5) years ago was used to bolster the notion that an ERP implementation SAP specifically was the cause of Levi-Strauss' revenue problems in Q2 2008.I really would have loved...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Sarbanes-Oxley, Cultural Change, SAP AG, Levi Strauss, ERP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughts
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughtsWho else has a dog in the hunt?If the court says that part of Apple's EULA is unenforceable, when it's a part that's so essential to Apple's business model, then who else has questionable terms in their...
- Tags: Milton Bradley, EULA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Pystar
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Apple to Psystar: See you in court
- Apple to Psystar: See you in courtPredictable......This was predictable everyone knew Apple was going to sue it was just a matter of when.I think Apple played this just right...If Psystar was just fly-by-night, why waste the time and energy? It would just risk bad press and make apple look heavy-handed....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Litigation, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Should the Empire strike back?
- Should the Empire strike back?Proof that Apple pays astro-turfers![i]When I was at Apple, one the competitive team’s central goals was to goad Microsoft and Intel into targeting us in public. ... [b]We hounded them in online discussions.[/b][/i]Well, that explains many of the talkbacks! I've always suspected that Apple paid these...
- Tags: UNIX, apple ad, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Empire Strike Back
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar
- Confirmed: Apple files suit against PsystarThis may end the US based Mac clonesBut it is a big, big world and other countries don't honor the US's laws. I would not be feeling to secure about my overseas markets if I was Apple.Adrian, the hater of PsystarHe seems to have a...
- Tags: Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?
- Awhile back my Irregular chums came up with MISO as the acronym to describe the main enterprise players of the time: Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. We also quipped that could change to include Google and so with a little creative thought we ended up with GISMO. Last week's Apple...
- Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Steve Gillmor, Apple Inc., 3G, Operational Planning, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- When proprietary companies go open source
- I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...
- Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits
- Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Confidence, VC, Mark Cannice, Venture Capital, IPO, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Financing Startups, Financial Services, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Should free broadband be neutral?
- Should free broadband be neutral?It should remain free or it shall be replacedIt should remain free, but most likely greed will prevent this for some time. Smutty content like spam should be penalized but not taxed.Telcos would love to profit by regulating bandwidth. Now this is not what capitalism...
- Tags: Taxes, Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Federal government, Socialism, broadband, tax, Internet, FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'
- Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'PR or R&DThey can crow all they want, but for many Vista is a lame duck. It's fine for home use, and even great for digital photo enthusiasts, but the reality is businesses and power users are in a bind if they...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, O/S, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Runescape graphic glitches
- Spending the American July 4th holiday with friends and family is a wonderful break from the daily routine. Imagine my surprise when a lively 12-year old proudly showed me the graphics problems he discovered in Runescape, an online game. According to this young bug-hunter: It all...
- Tags: Graphics, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...
- Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?
- In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull left Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to -- we can only hope -- put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is...
- Tags: Mozilla Corp., Rich Mogull, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Helpdesks and productivity
- Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
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