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Sony loses bid to force royalties out of webcaster

On the hunt for money to beef up their rapidly deteriorating industry, the Big Four record labels sued LAUNCH, owned by Yahoo, and currently operated by CBS Radio CBS also owns ZDNet. Their gripe: LAUNCH lets users create channels by genre and skip songs they don't like. This, they claimed,...

Tags: Sony Corp., Predictability, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-24

The Key to IT Business Alignment Is in Operations

The predictability of results is a sign of maturity in any activity or process. Predictability is also what IT is trying to achieve but very often fails to deliver. One key element of a process' evolution toward maturity is the ability to measure the results of the process against expectations,...

Tags: Process, Information Technology, Predictability, The Key Co., Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-04-02

Additional Resources

True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric Approach

Ensure your service provider's convergence strategy meshes with your enterprise network needs. Respected consulting firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, outlines the six customer-centric attributes that should be at the heart of you're your service provider's approach to convergence. Those attributes are: Multiple network...

Tags: Service Provider, Enterprise Network, Convergence, Business Services

White papers 2009-11-19

Windows zero-day reported

Oh my god, a piece of software has an error!I think if this can be duplicated (as it seems from the story the 'bug' is inconsistent) the it will be patched. Every software has bugs and few software is more complex than an OS.RE: Windows zero-day reportedWindows needs to be...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, exploit, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, vulnerability, software, Microsoft Corp., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Quick MBA 5.2 (Windows)

Independent contractors, sole proprietors, freelancers, and solo professionals can get more organized, lower stress, and get off the financial roller coaster by making their business more predictable. Major corporations use an expensive and time-consuming system of planning, tracking, and reporting to achieve predictability. Quick MBA is an alternative to that...

Tags: Financial, MBA, Microsoft Windows, Bigwig Solutions, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Optimal Trader 4.1.3 (Windows)

Trading software for all securities combining technical analysis with neural networks, statistical analysis, modern signal processing and risk management. A large database for stocks, funds, ETF's, currencies and indices is available. Features: Pick Winning Stocks, Adaptive Noise Suppression, Neural Network Forecasting, Autoselect Models and Settings, Model Combination, Day-by-day Back Testing,...

Tags: Optimization, Stock, Neural Network, Microsoft Windows, Risk Management, Analysis, Optimal Trader, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-02

Tidal mystery

The East Coast of the U.S. is living through an unsolved mystery. Why are the tides running higher than normal? Scientists are puzzled and trying to sort through data and theories. They find no relationship to climate change. So wassup? Tidal energy converted to electricity...

Tags: Mystery, Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-25

EMC's second quarter better than expected; Says IT budgets stabilize

EMC reported better-than-expected second quarter results and upped its outlook for the remainder of the year. The company said that IT budgets have stabilized and customers are more confident about their visibility. The storage giant on Thursday reported net income of $205.2 million, or 10 cents a...

Tags: Revenue, IT Budget, Information Technology, Earnings, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index

The above CNBC video of John Hagel Deloitte Center for the Edge discusses the huge problem of applying old business thinking when adopting new technology, and the scary new realities around global business competitiveness. 'Measuring the forces of long term change - the...

Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-10

In an economic downturn, prepaid mobile is big business

Why pay $100 or more each month for a two-year cell phone contract when you can pay $50 and keep yourself off the hook? At least that's the thinking behind the latest ad campaign by Boost Mobile, a prepaid, or "no-contract," mobile service provider whose parent company...

Tags: Segment, Mobile, Handset, Boost Mobile, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Eclipse Galileo release train now arriving at gate 3.5

Besides death and taxes, there is one other certainty in the life of a software developer: slipping schedules. Every year, though, Eclipse continues to defy that expectation by releasing a major new version in late June. Today, the Eclipse Galileo release train arrived exactly on time, for the 6th year...

Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Galileo, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Surviving and thriving: or why MISO has it (mostly) wrong

Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle collectively make up what Irregulars call MISO. Harsher critics might think they are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Whichever your chosen position I am coming to the view that the way they are going to market is wrong for the conditions in which we...

Tags: CIO, Oracle Corp., Social Computing, SAP AG, IBM Corp., MISO, Vendor Response, David Dobrin, Vertica, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Do CEOs *really* care about IT?

"Aligning business and IT" is a buzzword concept that comes up at every gathering of CIOs. Listening to technology CEO's discuss the topic at MIT's CIO Symposium, it appears little progress has made been in addressing this issue. Today's opening panel consisted of...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Linux and the channel

Linux and the channelRE: Linux and the channelThere is a company called System 76. I have a Pangolin Laptop and I am posting with it now. I love it. The support is great. The hardware was tested by the company to work so I don't have to worry about my...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, ice cream, Linux, foreclosure

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Data Mining Storm Attributes From Spatial Grids

A technique to identify storms and capture scalar features within the geographic and temporal extent of the identified storms is described. The identification technique relies on clustering grid points in an observation field to find self-similar and spatially coherent clusters that meet the traditional understanding of what storms are. From...

Tags: Technique, Storm, Data Mining, Spatial Corp., Grid, University Of Oklahoma, Identification Technique, Productivity

White papers 2009-04-30

SAP software revenues plummet, announces new deal on maintenance

SAP has announced its Q1 results. total revenue was €2,397 million compared to €2,460 in Q1 2008, a fall of three percent. While operating income was only down eight percent, software revenues were off 33%, falling from €622million in Q1 2008 to €422 million. Support revenue climbed...

Tags: Software, Revenue, SAP AG, No. Ray Wang, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-28

IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling

IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modelingAll watched over by machines of loving graceIBM seems to want to remove the human element, which is the only infinitely variable part of a business. By opting for safety and predictability, you create institutionalised mediocrity. RE: IBM launches business analytics services...

Tags: Research & Development, IBM Corp., IBM launches business analytic, IBM launches business analytics services unit, IBM Launches, predictive modeling, business analytics, services unit, analytics, modeling

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Living with the Eye of the Storm - an Entuity customer profile

Although I find conversations with representatives of technology suppliers to be useful and interesting. Having an opportunity to communicate with people actually putting the technology to use is even better. Typically these customers will present their experiences and highlight the strengths of a product and where it needs improvement. Recently,...

Tags: Virtualization, Network, Environment, Entuity Inc., Sheffield Hallam University, Eye, Network Team, University, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?

Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?Ubuntu's Development Both Blessing and CurseUnfortunately the issue with Ubuntu, it that it has become a victim of its own development successes.Technologically it is now for the most part the equal or better of Windows, or OSX. However this shines the bight light on the...

Tags: Operating systems, database app, Ubuntu, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Facing Microsoft licensing decisions? Bridge the gap between Operations and Sourcing

Whether or not to sign or renew an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft is a sticky question that many organizations face. For many companies out there, their spend on Microsoft licensing can be a significant portion of a company's IT budget, whether it be Enterprise Agreements or Select License agreements. Some...

Tags: Software, Sourcing, Virtualization, Server, Microsoft Corp., Software Assurance, Chris Voce

Blog posts 2009-03-02