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Oracle sweetens partner plans

Oracle sweetens partner plansNo partners available HERE though ...... in that bizarre military facility in China recently discovered using Google EarthGE forum post:http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568/Articles with photos:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_mystery/http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/chinese-xfile-excites-spotters/2006/07/20/1153166503699.htmlIt's pretty weird. In the middle of the desert the Chinese People's Army built an artificial landscape, 800 x 1000 feet big (that's several football fields),...

Tags: Business structures, Oracles, Oracle Corp., partner plan, partnership

Discussion threads 2006-10-08

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End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

What can we do better?

I'm collecting data from teachers across my district (using a Google Form, of course), trying to get a handle on issues we still haven't addressed, ways we can use technology more effectively, and what their wishlists might be for the coming year. Here's the questionnaire that went...

Tags: Classroom, Teacher, Notebooks, Productivity, Telephony, Projectors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Red Hat acquires Qumranet

I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Family entertainment act

There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...

Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)

Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Financial Fate (exe)

Financial Fate projects all sources and uses of cash flows for the do-it-yourselfer. Detailed reports such as investment plans, balance sheets, tax plans, and cash flow projections are made available to the user with year-by-year and line-item-detail visibility. For example, when forecasting health-care expenses Financial Fate will automatically adjust these...

Tags: Financial, Cash Flow, Financial Modeling Solutions, Financial Fate, Financial Accounting, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...

Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?

Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?TiVo & DirecTVTiVo are not competing with DirecTV by selling their own boxes since the TiVo HD box does not work with satellite, only cable. By partnering with DirecTV they would then have the cable market AND the satellite market available to them....

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, TiVo Inc., DirecTV

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Class action bait on iPhone problems

Classic class-action bait over the iPhone 3G's crappy performance: A San Diego-based lawsuit filed late last week alleges that Apple and its carrier partner AT&T have knowingly oversold iPhone 3G, promising fast speeds only to see a glut of customers bog down the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Performance, Apple iPhone 3G, Class Action, 3G, Performance Management, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnRE: Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnThe key reason they developed their own browser was for mobile browsing, which is expected to be more and more dominant in coming years. Chrome would be a good browser for the Google Android...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Google Chrome ... the day after

Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Would you abort George Clooney

Would you abort George ClooneyWowNot willing to take on controversial topics, are you? Good luck with this one. :)Here's my two cents: Genetic research and the possibility of using it to "purify" the gene pool using whatever criteria can be justified reminds me of an episode of the old Muppet...

Tags: George Clooney, gene

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Would you abort George Clooney

When the subject at hand is controversial, or unpopular, as gays remain in some circles, it's very easy to conceive of a plan to eliminate that trait from the gene pool. But what about when it's George Clooney? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Gene, Clooney, Oxytocin, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Fourth quarter IT hiring outlook: The helpdesk is hot

Eleven percent of CIOs plan to add IT workers in the fourth quarter, 3 percent plan cuts and help desk and technical support are the hot categories as customer and user support trumps projects focused on growth. Those are a few of the notable takeaways in an...

Tags: Hiring, CIO, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Help Desk, Call Centers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Dell's netbook arrives this week

Dell will announce its netbook, the Mini Inspiron 910, tomorrow, according to a story in today's WSJ. The new netbook had been expected any day, but the details came to light after a partner, Box.net, a provider of online storage, sent an e-mail to the newspaper touting its work with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Inspiron 910, S10, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Infosys: Moving up the consulting food chain

An Infosys executive reiterated that the offshore outsourcing business is holding up amid an economic slowdown and outlined plans to continue to move up the technology food chain to offer consulting services. Speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, Ashok Vemuri, head of banking and...

Tags: Food, Consulting, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Axon Group, Game Plan, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!

For all the talk about Google's Chrome browser and whether it's a Web operating system, platform for applications and future Microsoft killer it's quite possible that folks are overthinking the search giant's intentions. Perhaps Google's browser is really about protecting its ad backside. Sure, Google's browser Techmeme--designed...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Cookie, Chrome, Google Chrome, Lindsay, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02