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Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure?

  Qantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in recent years and a third major project appears to be at substantial risk. In many respects, the company offers a case study for examining how underlying management issues can cause multiple IT projects to...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, Qantas Airways Ltd., Qantas Engineering, Peter Gregg, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-02-29

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Secure Eraser (exe)

Applying five well-known and acknowledged deletion standards Secure Eraser deletes your sensitive data irretrievably - and offers an easy to use user interface. Additionally to overwriting sensitive files with random data Secure Eraser supports other acknowledged deletion standards such as US DoD 5220.22-M ECE, German standard and Peter Gutmann standard...

Tags: ASCOMP Software, Quality, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-09-02

Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing

Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...

Tags: Large Hadron Collider, stem-cell, theory, LHC

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

2008 MacBook Pro concept

The MacBook Pro is due for a re-design, this much we know. But is this the new professional notebook from Apple? The picture above surfaced in an a Digg submission purportedly of a "new ad" a version also appeared on NeoWin and is hosted on an anonymous...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Blu-Ray, Notebooks, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Ryan Block's last day as Engadget editor-in-chief ends with 1 year update on the state of Palm

Ryan Block is ending his role as editor-in-chief at Engadget to pursue a new gadget site opportunity with long-time buddy Peter Rojas and I wish them both the best of luck and look forward to seeing what they come up with. As a fitting end to his role at Engadget,...

Tags: Palm Inc., Engadget, Ryan Block, Smart Phones, Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Career, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-23

Building the ecosystem: Citrix and Platform Computing

David Roussain of Citrix and Peter Dyer of Platform Computing brought me up to speed on how the two companies are working together to provide a highly managable, agile computing environment based upon virtual machines supported by Citrix XenServer and Platform Computing's VM Orchestrator 4.0. ...

Tags: Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Platform Computing Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-18

More on the iPhone 3G woes (updated)

An article by Peter Burrows for BusinessWeek analyzes the recent problems with iPhone 3G reception, stating that "two well-placed sources tell BusinessWeek.com the glitches are related to a chip inside Apple's music-playing cell phone." This corroborates previous reports that the handset's Infineon 3G chip is the culprit. BusinessWeek adds that...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic

Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...

Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., environment

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Alarmed about Vista security? Black Hat researcher Alexander Sotirov speaks out

Alarmed about Vista security? Black Hat researcher Alexander Sotirov speaks outNicely doneI appreciate that you took the time to speak with the researcher who actually discovered the flaws.There are a couple of bloggers on ZDNET who always seem slant their "blogs" with grandiose claims against one platform or technology.I think...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Blogging, Black Hat, Microsoft Windows Vista, Alexander Sotirov, Microsoft Corp., security

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Are you a Dog or a Cat?

Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

The lowdown on Intel's Larrabee

With Siggraph 2008 starting next week and IDF Intel Developer Forum on its heels, Intel is revealing more details of its mysterious Larrabee project. Intel has finally stated unequivocally that its "many-core" architecture will be used in desktop add-in boards for 3D gaming that compete directly with AMD and Nvidia...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, Larrabee, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-05

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeUnderpaying the budget analystLess than $40,000? Is this a trainee?Gotcha momentWith the profusion of detail unconnected to any conclusion, strange to compain about missing information. Still, a sentence like this:In addition, the requirements shown for the project manager position contain...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, COBOL/VSE, IBM Corp., IBM mainframe, data-processing

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)

Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...

Tags: Apple Inc., Hardware, jason D. O'Grady, Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, Tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Apple's coming notebook transition

Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...

Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?

During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Hardware, iTablet, jason D. O'Grady, Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, Product Transition

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism

Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalismIt's happening everywhere.Nobody wants to be in business or make a transaction unless they make a killing, not just a reasonable profit.I have nothing against making money, but when your greed hurts others, like the Starbucks managers and employees, I think it's time...

Tags: Retail, Blogging, Investment, Food & Beverage, Starbucks Corp., compassionate capitalism, capitalism, blog

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...

Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way

I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...

Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries

Updated: Apple on Monday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 a share, on revenue of $7.46 billion, well ahead of Wall Street estimates as Mac sales continued to surge. However, Apple lowered its outlook and failed to allay concerns about CEO Steve Jobs' health. ...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Macintosh, Health Care, Apple Inc., Steve, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21