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- Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost
- Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust. SINGAPORE--The cloud computing revolution and momentum consumers have driven toward technology adoption are helping consumer- or Web-based businesses such as...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, cloud, Skype, Vivian Yeo CNET Asia
- News items 2009-11-12
- HR specialist asks Oracle: where's the 'fusion'?
- In an analysis of last week's announcement at Oracle OpenWorld that Oracle would finally be releasing its Fusion Applications next year, HR technology specialist Bill Kutik wondered out loud where and when we'll see Fusion HCM Human Capital Management emerge in an SOA-ready configuration. Despite Larry...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Human Resources Inc., SOA, Larry Ellison, HR Specialist, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Human Capital, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- So you're going to sell software or work a trade show booth...
- ...it's time to get it right! I get pitched software 24/7. Along the way, I hear and see some pretty amazing things but too often I get my ear bent for way too long by folks who can’t get to the point. Why? Because these pitchmen and...
- Tags: Software, Trade Show, Empathy, Sales Strategy, Telemarketing, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Healthcare, Sales, Marketing, Marketing Research, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.
- American electric motorcycle maker, Brammo, has built in sound to its vehicle. The chips that manage the operation of this electric motorcycle will create sounds to let folks know you're there. There's a special sound for the acceleration from zero to 10 MPH. You can then customize your...
- Tags: Cycle, Motorcycle, Brammo, Enertia, Valence, Chasis, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Engineering, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Intel shines: Earnings, revenue, margins well above estimates; Outlook better
- Intel on Tuesday delivered an impressive second quarter relative to Wall Street estimates and didn't disappoint on its outlook either. The company, which predicted a bottom in its first quarter results, delivered strong results across the board. Intel reported net income of $1 billion, or 18 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Outlook, Quarter, Earnings, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- 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
- Cloud? SOA? BPM? Call it part of the era of 'transparent computing'
- Cloud? SOA? BPM? Call it part of the era of 'transparent computing'IBM: The Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Virtual ForumThe road to a dynamic infrastructure leads to you.June 23 North America, June 24 (Asia Pacific, India, Europe)Are you ready to thrive on a smarter planet? The world is rapidly becoming more intelligent,...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Enterprise software, Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Virtual Forum, CALL IT, BPM, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Microsoft makes Windows 7 RC available, but can't handle the rush
- See my follow-up post: Database glitch caused Windows 7 RC server meltdown. Early this morning, at around 6AM Pacific time, the publicâ€"or at least that subset of the public willing to pay for an annual MSDN or TechNet subscriptionâ€"was finally allowed to download the Windows 7 Release Candidate in...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- IBM's earnings better than expected on software, services; Hardware revenue thumped
- IBM on Monday reported net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.70 a share, on revenue of $21.7 billion, down 11 percent from a year ago largely due to currency fluctuations. The upshot: Cost cutting helped IBM hurdle Wall Street estimates despite lighter than expected revenue. Wall Street...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Earnings, Hardware, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Rethinking recycling?
- Recycling as a profitable industry could be in trouble. In Australia they're now stockpiling the waste. In China recycling companies are hitting the wall and may stop importing our precious American trash. Perhaps we should stop burning up all that fossil fuel to send our used paper...
- Tags: Recycling, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?Sorry HarryYou're in the wrong place if you expect reasonable discussion based on facts. The majority of responders here start from ideology, not facts.Nuclear fission, of course, is still the same ideology that got us here in the first place. Use a scarce, incredibly...
- Tags: ideology, car, bus system
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- Verizon Business takes its denial of service defenses global
- In the latest example of how services are moving to the Internet backbone, Verizon Business said Tuesday that it will extend its denial of service DOS attack defense to overseas. Verizon Business, which had a service designed to prevent DOS attacks in the U.S., said it will...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Verizon Communications Inc., Service, Attack, Verizon Business, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- iMacworld app gets major update in v.1.1
- In mid-December iMacworld iPhone app was released â€" but it was really more of a beta, limited to a simple list of exhibitors by name and by booth number. IDG and developer Zami.com released iMacworld version 1.1 (iTunes, free) today which is the real deal. It's a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Conference, App, iMacworld App, iMacworld 1.1, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-04
- Blue Jeans, Not Green
- Blue Jeans, Not GreenRE: Blue Jeans, Not GreenWell, the nutjobs behind this global warming hoax may in fact eventually get us all piled into a recycled cardboard motor scooter with a solar panel on the hood and a hand held tow rope coiled up on the bumper. Put there to...
- Tags: Climate Change, Blue Jeans
- Discussion threads 2008-12-14
- Dell: How bad is it?
- Dell's fiscal third quarter isn't expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell's quarter falls on the ugly scale. The company's first shot at an outlook for the quarter unraveled just a few weeks later amid weak PC demand. And when Dell reports earnings...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs
- Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...
- Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Wikispaces Webinar - quick note
- A quick note from Wikispaces, via Classroom 2.0: The folks from Wikispaces are running a Classroom 2.0 LIVE Elluminate session tonight on how to get started with educational wikis. This a chance to learn from other educators who are using wikis in education. ...
- Tags: Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- McAfee Internet Security 2009
- At first glance, McAfee Internet Security 2009 appears not much different from last year's offering, a truth that masks some improvements in programming under the hood. In our tests, we found McAfee Internet Security 2009 to be as fast as the much improved Norton Internet Security 2009. What McAfee adds...
- Tags: Phishing, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, McAfee Inc., McAfee Internet Security 2009, McAfee Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-11-12
- ZDNet blogger: working from home
- More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...
- Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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