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- ASPICON GmbH Reduces Data Center Energy Costs by 50% With Virtualization
- Oracle Certified Partner ASPICON GmbH develops concepts for high availability IT infrastructures jointly with customers and partners. ASPICON works mainly with small and medium-sized enterprises and with public facilities. ASPICON wanted to expand or replace existing IT infrastructure, which had reached the limits of its performance. The challenge was to...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Oracle Corp., Performance, ASPICON GmbH, Oracle Certified Partner ASPICON GmbH, Performance Management, Smb/Sme, Data Centers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-08-01
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- SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Ed Tech in a recession
- At the beginning of this week, I wrote about why the OLPC makes less sense than ever during a recession. Little green netbooks, though, aren't the only things that will get hit as the global economy tanks even further. Next year, our district is looking at a best...
- Tags: Recession, Hardware, Technology, Teacher, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- We Got GMail Themes!
- Oh Joyous day! COLOR!!!!! Click on the photo to enlarge. Just a few hours ago, Google rolled out its Themes feature to my personal GMail account. I have to say, this is a really cool addition -- while GMail's spartan look...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Theme, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Wyse, more than just thin clients
- I've followed Wyse for the longest time and yet, when I had an opportunity to speak with Jeff McNaught, CMO of Wyse Technology I was surprised at how far they're business has evolved from that base. The company now is doing interesting things in three areas: virtual clients, cloud computing...
- Tags: Thin Client, Wyse Technology Inc., Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm
- First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- My pick for the Yahoo CEO job . . .
- If I were Yahoo I would try to recruit Sean Maloney, Intel's executive vice president and Chief of Sales and Marketing. Mr Maloney has had a lot of experience turning around troubled Intel business groups and he is easily one of the most competent executives in the...
- Tags: Job, Yahoo! Inc., Mr., Intel Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Will identity be open source?
- Not only have project managers had to explain and defend the need for secure identities to a consumer audience which thinks it Big Brother, but they had to navigate among the interests of several big-name vendors -- Sun, Oracle and IBM among them. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Identity, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Giddyap - Oracle Mid-market apps team with Wells Fargo
- A Treasury Solution to Save Money not cost more of it I got a briefing from Oracle's Tony Kender and Wells Fargo's Brad Stewart concerning their new joint plug-in adapter product for Oracle's E-Business Suite. Basically, this adapter allows users of Oracle's mid-market applications to directly...
- Tags: Team, Oracle Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Adapter, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?
- I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...
- Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Changing business landscape makes identity and access management key to IT security
- To learn more about how enterprises can begin coordinated identity and access management strategies, BriefingsDirect's Dana Gardner spoke with Dan Rueckert, worldwide practice director for security and risk management in HP's Consulting and Integration group; Archie Reed, distinguished technologist in HP's security office in the Enterprise Storage and Server Group,...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Dana Gardner, Access Management, Identity, Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Tool, Regulations, Government
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- OS earns highest-ever gov't security rating. Does that make it "most secure?"
- I have to admit that I had never before heard of a certification called EAL6+ High Robustness until the folks at Green Hills Software reached out to tell me that they were about to get it for their operating system, formally called INTEGRITY 178B. EAL6+ High...
- Tags: Security, Certification, Operating System, EAL, Quality, Operating Systems, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move
- Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Live Webcast: 5 Best Practices for Modernizing your Enterprise Portal
- Modern enterprise portals offer superior user experience, greater individual and team productivity along with reduced development and support costs. Learn how to get more business value out of your existing enterprise portal using 5 proven best practices. This webcast will show how you can modernize your portal through...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Webcast, Enterprise Portal, Best Practice, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-11-18
- With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops
- Jerry Yang is no longer CEO of Yahoo. After a short and stormy tenure as CEO Yang is back to being Chief Yahoo. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft and a search deal--if not outright acquisition--may not be too far behind. The official line from Yahoo Techmeme: Yahoo today...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle
- It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Whatever happened to the 'middle' in middleware?
- Quote of the week: "In the mid 1990s, 'middle' meant 'the gaps between applications and software components.' Middleware was technology you turned to in order to try to build distributed systems: transaction processing middleware, database middleware, object middleware... Middleware was a technological concept. ...Now, 'middle' means...
- Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
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