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- Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects
- Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...
- Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Turning US News college rankings into 7-dimensional analytic geometry
- No really, I'm not kidding. Two researchers from UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon thought that the methods employed by US News and World Report to rank the nation's top universities was just a bit too arbitrary. As Science News reports in a great article to share with high...
- Tags: Vector, Corporate Governance, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- $236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...
- Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- BI Crystal Ball – Next Gen BI May Be Closer Than You Think
- Most modern large enterprise Business Intelligence BI tools are very robust and feature rich these days. Up until a few years ago BI users could blame vendors for most of their BI ills. This is getting harder and harder to do. Many of the BI tools, especially the ones reviewed...
- Tags: Application, User Empowerment, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- You get what you pay for: Paid contributors drive open source
- You get what you pay for: Paid contributors drive open sourcethe government should get involvedand pay more OSS developers so people can benefit more from government backed funding.This is the right policy since M$ is already in line for a taxpayer bailout.Which came first?Quoting the Comment:Core contributors are desirable employees....
- Tags: Government, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- You get what you pay for: Paid contributors drive open source
- What's the difference between a paid contributor to a FOSS project and a volunteer contributor? According to a paper by Evangelia Berdou, quite a bit. Berdou finds that paid developers take up key positions in projects, while volunteers often work on the periphery. In other words -- much of the...
- Tags: Developer, F/OSS, Contributor, Core Contributor, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Improve your failed IT culture
- The underpinnings of IT failure lie in culture, the unspoken rules governing an organization's style and general priorities. Since most organizations pay little attention to project culture, it's not surprising failure rates remain high. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Team, Culture, Information Technology, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The open source opportunity in web advertising
- The open source opportunity in web advertisingFireFox Beta 1 was issued...... in November, 2007. If that final 3.0 is a version number, I don't think the entry comes from 2006.You might ask if the person using FireFox could remember and report when he first downloaded 3.0.Microsoft sells advertising...... and...
- Tags: Sales strategy, open source opportunity, Web Advertising, sales, security, open source, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Is security really a big drag on innovation?
- Have you ever held back innovation because of information security concerns? Apparently more than a few technology executives are repeatedly gun shy. According to an IDC-RSA study to be released Wednesday security fears stifle business innovation at 80 percent of companies. This security vs. innovation theme was...
- Tags: Innovation, RSA Security Inc., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!
- Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!Well they sure got their priorities straight.Great for Pandora. Our economy, not so much :)RE: Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!Pandora is one of the neatest ideas I've seen in a long time. I'm glad they'll be around for a while yet anyway.
- Tags: Pandora, webcasting
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Semantic Technology's place in the enterprise; key, but low-key ?
- Last week saw over 200 researchers, advocates, implementors and practitioners of Semantic Technology descend upon the delightful Austrian capital for the second European Semantic Technology Conference ESTC. Smaller than the more established Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose and nestling uncomfortably close both spatially and temporally to...
- Tags: European Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., Technology, Conference, Semantic Web, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Should our President be computer literate?
- Should our President be computer literate?The man with the BlackBerry gets my voteAlthough I fundamentally agree with you that being the leader of the free world is a bit more important that being able to check email and certainly requires a much broader range of qualifications, I have to say...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, aircraft
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewed
- In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewedDon't buy anything with built in batteriesI would never buy anything that required the manufacturer to replace the battery. I have three batteries for my trusty old Nokia 6310i which by itself has fantastic battery life. But then, I use it as a...
- Tags: Engineering, battery issue, Qwest Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, battery
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficulties
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficultiesYou are wrong.I teach Algebra, Geography, and 1 computer maintenance class. I have 65 Algebra students a day, and my budget for that is a share of the $500 the math department is alloted, so I get about $85. My Geography numbers...
- Tags: algebra
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Android: Exciting, but not iPhone exciting
- Android: Exciting, but not iPhone excitingNot IPhone then what?Sam,If not IPhone/Apple or Android/T-Mobile, then what?Thinking through my priorities for a smart phone, they are - calling, emailing, gps'ing, and web browsing - all of which to varying degrees depend on the network (extent, bandwidth) in addition to the phone hardware...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-time
- Guest editorial by Andrew Storms Last week Apple proved that they are not ready for prime time enterprise relationships. Apple has tried to position the iPhone as enterprise-ready, but this last round of software updates demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt how far...
- Tags: Update, Apple Inc., September, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVo
- Recently my house was struck by lightning and one of my TiVo boxes got zapped among other things. I had decided to try replacing it with a generic DVR from Time Warner Cable. Boy, was that a mistake. I wanted to like the Time Warner...
- Tags: TiVo Inc., Button, Digital Video Recorder, Play, Scientific Atlanta DVR, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Léo Apotheker's Leadership Opportunity: SAP At the Crossroads
- Léo Apotheker is slated to take over the helm of SAP this January, and while many have worked with him, broken bread with him, and generally admired his business acumen and very successful career, there's one problem with his ascension to the top executive position in the enterprise software...
- Tags: Leadership, SAP AG, Léo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit
- Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hitPC vs MacHmmmm... I wonder how this might affect the feud between Apple and Microshaft. As the economy lurches towards a cliff, many people are going to balk at shelling out $3,000 for a new MacBook Pro. On the other hand, would it...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Investment, potential technology, meltdown, iKe, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
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