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- KAUST to house fastest supercomputer in Middle East
- Thanks to one of my tipsters, I was informed the other day that KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, have teamed up with IBM to build the fastest and most powerful supercomputer in the Middle East. KAUST is one of the most modern, dedicated...
- Tags: Supercomputer, University, Middle East, Supercomputing, KAUST, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- What are you using for a helpdesk application?
- What are you using for a helpdesk application?What are you using for a helpdesk application?We use an application called Wonderdesk. It is web based, its not too bad, but the search feature for old helpdesk tickets kind of sucks in that it won't display all the search queries or you...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, helpdesk application
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom
- The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The physics of flocking in 3-D
- You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...
- Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- What One Laptop Per Child lacks
- An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...
- Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Using arsenic to detect cancers?
- An international team led by Texan researchers is using arsenic as a powerful tumor imaging agent. In fact, they are using a drug called bavituximab, 'an antibody that homes in on a specific molecular target on the blood vessels that feed tumors.' By linking this drug to very small doses...
- Tags: Rat, Combination, Technique, Imaging, Blood Vessel, Document Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- U.S. government may decide fate of iconic species
- This photo courtesy and copyright: IFAW. This is about polar bears and their survival. For the folks who may ask, what's this got to do with ZDnet and green tech, let me repeat an answer I gave recently to an emailer when I blogged...
- Tags: Green Technology, Bear, U.S. Government, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- HP debuts Automated Operations 1.0
- In its post $1.6 billion Opsware acquisition reverie, HP is talking about a new way to do IT operations, and competing with IBM, BMC and CA. The company introduced Automated Operations 1.0 today, which integrates products from HP OpenView, Peregrine, Mercury and Opsware. HP is eschewing the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Utility Computing, It Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- HP's expanding software portfolio
- Since Mark Hurd took over the reigns of HP on March 29, 2005, the company has been leaning into software, mostly through acquisition. With the last 24 months, HP's software group has made six acquisitions, totally nearly $7 billion. It's not acquisition at Oracle scale, but it's a big shift...
- Tags: IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- HP takes out Opsware for $1.6 billion
- Hewlett-Packard beefed up its data center software business with a $1.6 billion acquisition of Opsware. Opsware makes automation software that puts many data center operations on autopilot. HP, looking to become a big player in the area, said it is paying $14.25 a share for Opsware, which closed Friday at...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial view
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial viewCarly's FollyWe all knew this at the time - everyone except Carly and her cronies. She wanted to grab Compaq's customers, and in the end she did. HP now outsells Dell on both x86 clients and servers. So in an era where PC...
- Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, Sales force management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Servers, financial, HP Now, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Infineon a big winner in iPhone teardown
- EE Times commissioned Semiconductor Insights to tear down the iPhone and dissect its innards. The key takeaways: Infineon is the chip of choice; there are many shared iPod parts that made design easier; and Apple brands a bunch of components to hide the names.The report notes the following:The first thing...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Mobile, iPhone, Hardware Infrastructure, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Enterprise search marketing $1 billion opportunity: SEM Director CEO interview
- Is search engine marketing SEM mission critical to the enterprise?Russ Mann, CEO of SEM Director, asserts it is “the newest critical core competency that the Fortune 500 needs to build in-house.”Mann is convening Fortune 500 and Global 2000 leaders for a two-day enterprise summit in La Jolla later this month...
- Tags: Business Models, Advertising, Search, Enterprise, Venture Capital, VC, Internet Data, Marketing, ROI, Metrics, search engine, search engine marketing
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- HP's technology investment strategy
- Following CEO Mark Hurd and newly retired CFO Bob Wayman, HP CTO Shane Robison discussed the companys $3.6 billion annual R&D technology investment before the crowd of securities analysts this morning in New York City. In keeping with the Hurd era of accountability and management by metrics, Robison was quick...
- Tags: technology investment, Hewlett-Packard Co., Hewlett-Packard, Utility computing, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Former CA chief gets 12 years in prison
- Former CA chief gets 12 years in prisonAbout time we see some justice from the U.S. judicial system!Now it's time to prosecute Bill Gates again for his crimes against humanity. This time however Bill should do life in prison without parole and all of his personal and Biz assets derived...
- Tags: Now IT
- Discussion threads 2006-11-02
- HP revels in Fiorina's vision, Hurd's discipline
- HP revels in Fiorina's vision, Hurd's disciplineInnovation is the key...Mark Hurd doesn't know how to innovate. He knows how to lower the bottom line by cutting cost (ie. handing out pink slips). Sometime this is an ugly need. Publicly traded companies are in the business of satisfying shareholders...
- Tags: Strategy, Workforce management, vision, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- IBM Software M&A: The Not-So-Hidden Agenda
- IBM Software M&A: The Not-So-Hidden AgendaFileNet is a horse of a different colorJosh,I agree with the crux of your position, but in my view the FileNet acquisition is a horse of a different color. Unlike some of IBM's other recent buys, which either replaced lost functionality (e.g., MRO replacing what...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, M&A, IBM Corp., FileNet Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-10
- 4XTDTS Forex Trader (exe)
- Capitalize on Forex trading with the unprecedented 4XT ADTS. This unique integrated system gives you direct access to Rane - a financial superbrain that scans the entire Forex every millisecond on a 24hr basis worldwide and delivers intelligent data directly to your desktop with updates every 15 minutes. Rane alerts...
- Tags: Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-04-02
- The Non IT, IT boss, Isn't
- The Non IT, IT boss, Isn'tLost in translation?If I argued that my total inability to speak, understand, or read Mandarin qualifies me as an intermediary on business dealings between Western and Chinese companies you'd think me nuts, right?Right.Now think about companies hiring non IT people to interface their business and...
- Tags: Strategy, PRODUCTIVITY, Business Knowledge, BPA, information technology, Joe, Mandarin
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
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