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- Open source and forced obsolescence
- You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...
- For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Comparison Guide: Enterprise VoIP PBX
- Leave a lasting postive impression with your customers! For many businesses the contact center is where your customers will connect and interact most frequently with your company. VoIP systems are becoming the ultimate solution to building an ongoing positive experience for your customers. This FREE Buyer's...
- Tags: Focus Co, VoIP System, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2009-07-17
- Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?
- Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?Ubuntu's Development Both Blessing and CurseUnfortunately the issue with Ubuntu, it that it has become a victim of its own development successes.Technologically it is now for the most part the equal or better of Windows, or OSX. However this shines the bight light on the...
- Tags: Operating systems, database app, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-03-02
- Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: a next generation of deeper, wider content silos?
- The 'shoot out' between Microsoft Sharepoint and Lotus Connections, two juggernauts in the enterprise space, played to a packed audience at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston. The two companies went head to head, squaring off with product demos. I chose to instead attend John...
- Tags: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Collaboration, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Sun xVM Ops Center
- I've long known that Sun is one of the few suppliers that has an entry in nearly every virtualization software category listed in the Kusnetzky Group Model. This not only allows the company to address organization's requirements at almost every level. This also means that I don't have a chance...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Customization: curse or blessing?
- Customization: curse or blessing?Questions:1. What did McGinn say about the ongoing costs, both of the NS licensing and maintaining the customizations? Those are important metrics given what I've been consistently hearing from the user community about year 2+3 escalating costs.2. What was the basis for comparison between the $200K and...
- Tags: McGinn, curse
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86
- Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86CoolthreadsI'm beginning to doubt whether Coolthreads is really all it's cracked up to be. The problem is the performance boost seems to assume that you have a very parallelizable problem. In practice, this means you either have code that has been intentionally written to...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Servers, T2000, hardware, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- Facebook Beacon update: No activities published without users proactively consenting
- Updated: On November 6, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg proudly launched the new services Techmeme that he expected to redefine the advertising business. “People influence people. Nothing influences people more than are recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best...
- Tags: Facebook, Notification, Problem, Story, User, Referral, Beacon, Public Relations, Business Structures, Web Site Development, Web Technology, E-mail, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Internet, Online Communications, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dud
- KPMG's report Enterprise 2.0: Fad or Future? The Business Role for Social Software Platforms is a disappointment. Here we have one of the world's leading consultancies publishing a 19 page glossy brochure that is short on substance and long on consulting sales bait. Perhaps it's a reflection of KPMG's belief...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, McAfee Inc., irony, Dennis Howlett, KPMG Consulting Inc., E2.0, Olivier, consulting
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- Social networks: what goes out, what goes in
- "Social Networking 3.0" was on the agenda this afternoon at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit. This one was a "must watch" for me, as will be Dan Farber's later today on "The Democratization of Media." You can follow along with the conference's live Webcast here.Moderator Charlene Li, senior analyst...
- Tags: Video, User generated content, Social networking, Podcasting, Live Web, Identity, Copyright, Conferences, Collaboration, Attention
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Biography meme
- Chris Brogan has kicked off a biography meme â€" the DIY Autobiography Kit â€" following a self-revelatory post he published yesterday. Sounds like fun so here goes...A Quick Sketch Biography of Marc OrchantThe thing most people know me for is... either my passion for gadges or my deep and ongoing...
- Tags: Blogs
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- How to kill open source
- The use of lawyers to go after open source frontally, with copyright and patents, has not worked, so many in the open source community are under the mistaken impression that the war is over and they won. It's not over. (A podcast of this old-timey radio show is available through...
- Tags: telecom, mass market, Legal, Internet, General, content, business models
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
- Penny-wise or pound-foolish?
- While perusing "Between the Lines", I just came across "Do consumables notably ink matter to IT departments?" I was shocked that this question would even come up in an IT setting. The answer is... Of course IT departments need to pay attention to printing consumables! To ignore...
- Tags: Education Technology, IT Management, Funding, Higher Ed, K-12, Classroom Tech, printer, printing
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say
- An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the name "iPhone" appears to show that Cisco does not own the mark as claimed in their recent lawsuit. This is based on publicly available information from the US Patent and Trademark office, as well as public reviews...
- Tags: General, Cisco Systems Inc., Apple iPhone
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Microsoft's IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
- Microsoft's IE 8.0: More than just vaporwareProcessAs a former member of the IE team and the person that ran their blog before I left, the process for builds is not that mysterious. Builds are generated on a regular basis for most components in Windows as part of the Windows builds....
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Cisco claims Apple used phony company to get name
- Cisco claims Apple used phony company to get nameSo Change the Name to I...Apple could call the phone:IfoneIPhod (Phone + Ipod)IComm I communicateApple Phone their TV is Apple TVIPhownIt's not like they have to have IPhone exactly. I some ways coining their own term like IZone, Iphoan, Icool, Itone makes...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Ocean Telecom, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-11
- ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
- ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro is supposed to accomplish three things if you're shopping for a graphics card. It's supposed to be a $199 3D card, it's supposed to compare well with Nvidia's recently released GeForce 7900 GS card, and if you're of the mind to add two cards to one...
- Tags: ATI Radeon X1950 Pro, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon X1950 Pro, Radeon X1950, card
- Product reviews 2006-10-19
- Apple updates Mac OS to squash bugs
- Apple updates Mac OS to squash bugs[b]Apple the mark of a superior company .[/b][i]In fact not only is APPLE the mark of superiority , but the users are far more intelligent than the M$ crowd . Ya hear , now take that and stuff that in your sacks M$ Shills...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Patches, security fix, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Apple Inc., operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
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