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What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank

Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...

Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

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Electronic voting: Changing the world faster than a Windows upgrade

no encryption is good enough...Considering the power the US President has to shape US and World Policy, I think EVERYONE will be gunning to crack that nut.Enemies will try to get the worst/weakest candidate. Allies will try to get the guy who most loves them into power. Business...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, e-voting, Windows Upgrade, Changing

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

The problem with health care is costs and you

I think my head is going to explode.Is anyone else confused and frustrated about this topic??? Some people are crying "Social Medicine Go Away but don't touch Medicare or Medicaid" Some people are saying "Capitalism should dominate Health care" Other people are blaming the patients for being sick. Other people...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, New Taxes, Ins, Compassion, health care, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Oracle WebCenter 11g Technical White Paper

Web 2.0 technologies have made a dramatic impact on the consumer Internet by empowering individuals more than ever before. New tools and technologies such as wikis, blogs, tagging, RSS and mashups allow any user to easily author, publish categorize and share information. This "User participation" architecture of the Internet has...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Internet, Web 2.0, Productivity, Wiki, RSS, Channel Management, Online Communications, Marketing

White papers 2009-06-01

Facebook honors election at 1/100th of quorum

Facebook honors election at 1/100th of quorumDemocracy Is not a Universal BandaidFirst off, i think something went wrong with your input format because you have html tags everywhere. Probably take a look at that.As for the story I think this shows how little people actually care. Its much easier to...

Tags: Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

Facebook honors election at 1/100th of quorum

<p>Is Facebook the <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/24/facebook_vote_shock/">Zimbabwe of the Internet</a>? After this year's terms-and-conditions fiasco, Facebook promised to let users vote on two sets of proposed changes. And this would be a compelling vote, with no less than 30% participation required to be binding. <p>As a Facebook user, I...

Tags: Facebook, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Squaring the SAP certification and maintenance circle

The Great Certification Debate as I like to call it has been kicked off among SAP Mentors [disclosure: I am an SAP Mentor] and beyond. How that gets articulated over time remains to be seen but to me it is inextricably linked to both project success and lower TCO. It...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, SI, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Quality, Outsourcing, Finance, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Interview: Wired's Chris Anderson on the 'free' business model

As editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson is considered one of the most knowledgeable and insightful voices at the center of the new economy. In his articles and New York Times bestselling book The Long Tail, he has identified important new trends in the economy and described new business models...

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Wired Inc., Shelf Space, Business Model, Computer Associates International Inc., Economy, Netbook, Anderson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-10

How cut the nation's health care bill 12%

How cut the nation's health care bill 12%wellnessno smoking, no alchol, no beer, no bigmacs no fried foods, slipery slop, ya what else do they wantoh yea removed anyone over the age of 50 perfect world - get a real jobStressStress adds to obesity.Many factors cause stress.Instead of entering the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Food & Beverage, Dana, health care, insurance, food

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands

The Democratic convention gets started tonight and in the constant quest for the unconventional technological means of getting out the youth vote, the X-Box is today’s “in” device. By itself, this may not be a big deal. There are about 12 million X-Box members around...

Tags: Presidential Election, Phone, Election, Cell Phone, X-Box, Democratic Convention, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley

Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyThat does it[i]So, Mary Jo, feel free to be skeptical not that I had to tell you that. Skepticism is warranted, as you have rightly explained.[/i]Now you're going to have Don ranting about you as well as MJF.RE: Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyGee, considering Microsoft's 20+...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

No 'enterprise confusion' in higher education

No 'enterprise confusion' in higher educationFantastic ArticleHowever, a distinction needs to be made between US based enterprise and enterprises run by those who do not share American values. Our US based institutions of higher education operate as the founding fathers envisioned the nation to be run. The shared value is...

Tags: education, Microsoft Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Goodbye, Geronimo? IBM says app server is alive and well

When IBM acquired Gluecode, many industry watchers saw it as the ultimate statement that open source was a force to be reckoned with in the SOA and middleware space. And, it was a smart move by IBM to embrace this new disruptive force that promised to bring SOA to...

Tags: Apache Geronimo, Application Server, Server, IBM Corp., Community Edition, Application Servers, Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Sales, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-01-13

Microsoft offers a Vista two-for deal

As 2007 rolls to a close, Microsoft isn't letting up on its efforts to push Windows Vista. The latest promotion is aimed at subscribers Microsoft Developer Network MSDN or TechNet who provided Microsoft with Vista testing feedback. "As we approach the one year anniversary of launching...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Promotion, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-31

Survey: People skills valued over those for IT

Survey: People skills valued over those for ITDirect CommunicatorsInteresting article. Gates is clueless but then many are. Many of us in IT have worked hard to simplify communications only to be horrified by the fear of email which surfaced shortly after it was used in the second US Microsoft anti-trust...

Tags: Team management, team, e-mail, Direct Communicators, People Skills, survey, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

The peril of panels: Can Web traffic stats be trusted?

ComScore repeatedly warns in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings that if its statistics can't be trusted its business model is in jeopardy. I'm calling jeopardy. I'm calling a bit of BS too. Why? There's no way that ComScore traffic metrics and what I see internally can be...

Tags: Panel, TechCrunch, Traffic, ComScore Networks Inc., Marketing Research, Servers, Marketing, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-14

CIA World Factbook - Complete Edition. Detailed Countries Info and Maps. FREE 1st half book in trial (Mobile)

The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials. This complete electronic edition is designed for optimal navigation on your handheld device. FREE fist half of the book in the trial.Features: Complete unabridged edition. Maps, history, climate, population, religion, government, US diplomatic...

Tags: Gross Domestic Product, CIA, Mobile, Natural Gas, AIDS, HIV Virus, World Factbook, Electricity, Oil, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2007-10-25

Taking the 'Inter' out of Internet: TiVo-Rhapsody deal just another nail in the Internet's coffin?

Recent events involving Tivo, Real Networks, and eBay are a reminder that right before our eyes, the "inter" is being taken out of "Internet." Although some people might argue this point, the "inter" in "Internet" is about interoperation. For the longest time, prior to the commercialization...

Tags: Protocol, Layer, TiVo Inc., eBay Inc., Internet, Tcp/Ip, Ethernet, Networking, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-09

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2

A new survey of the personal use of Web 2.0 applications by CIOs emerged late last week and provided another interesting, if high-level, datapoint about the future of Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Carried out by CIO Insight, the survey reported the usual trends like high rates of use...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, AJAX, Network, Ruby On Rails, Idea, Product, Business, Amazon.com Inc., Semantic Web, Office 2.0, Jury, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Lead toys and economic engagement

Lead toys and economic engagementExcept...... in a still partially command economy with government supported and indirectly government owned businesses doing best, the government can expect loyalty from the small number of people who have been allowed to be successful.The participation of local officials in success-granting is officially against government policy...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, Communist China

Discussion threads 2007-08-20