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- IBM, Sun to create 'OpenDocument Foundation'?
- IBM, Sun to create 'OpenDocument Foundation'?Looks like Sun and IBM smell blood. They both have a lot to gain here.It is noteworthy that IBM is supporting a standard started by SUN, where SUN has a HUGE head start. They both realize that this could substantially help their respective office suites,...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), NETWORKING, W3C, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Foundation, private firm, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
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- 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
- End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
- In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...
- Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-11
- Investors won't venture to gamble
- The quarter recently ended was not a happy one for venture capital firms. Investments were down by 80% in Q3, compared to a year earlier. Apparently the lowest level since the nasty days of 2003 when the tech bubbled had burst in investors' faces. Investment was so...
- Tags: Green Technology, Investor, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Watch this space for future problems! There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like: - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell - ACS getting bought by Xerox Add to these deals,...
- Tags: Solution, BPO, Outsourcing Company, Customer, BPO Deal, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services bet
- Updated: Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4 billion. The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from collecting tolls and installing government systems to retooling business processes and information technology...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., ACS, Chances, Document Management, Operational Planning, Managerial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Managed Hosting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.
- Leveling the playing field for workers' perks I’m on the board of a firm with operations throughout the United States. About half of their workforce and plants are in major metropolitan areas while the other half are in some pretty remote areas. Management is challenged to find...
- Tags: Employee, Worker, Next Jump, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Startup firm HDI previews 100-inch laser 3D HDTV
- How else but glasses?Begs the question though:If synchronised glasses are required anyway, why not make miniature HD displays in them and bypass the need for a screen at all?Of course, a viewing experience is not shared if you cannot see each other. And what about the food you are trying...
- Tags: 3D, laser
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- Works of Honor de Balzac. FREE Author's biography & works in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)
- List of Works by Genre and Title List of Works in Alphabetical Order Honore de Balzac BiographyAbout and NavigationList of Works by Genre and TitleLa Comdie Humaine :: Novels :: Short Stories ::PlaysLa Comdie Humaine:Scenes From Private Life:The Ball at Sceaux Translated By Clara Bell The Purse Translated by Clara...
- Tags: Paris, Mobile, MobileReference, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-14
- Two Global Firms Save More Than $500,000 Through Virtualization and Volume Licensing
- Global training and consulting firm, FranklinCovey Co., and global retailer, FranklinCovey Products, took advantage of a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Hyper-V virtualization software to reduce software licensing costs while expanding capabilities. They upgraded to the Enterprise CAL Suite and used Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V to create separate virtual...
- Tags: Volume-license, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Tools & Techniques, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Should you benefit from ACN’s bloodletting?
- If you like great talent, you should….. Accenture has cut loose many senior executives recently and will pare some more given last Thursday’s announcement. I know some of these folks. Specific vertical segments have been pared down to reflect new market realities. These include: automotive...
- Tags: Consultant, Benefit, Workforce Management, Professional Development, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Career, Sales, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Biodiesel's future
- I recently spoke with Innovation Fuels CEO John Fox. His firm already makes biodiesel at plants in Milwaukee and New York Harbor. He says next year will see a growth in bodiesel production in the U.S. The 2010 federal requirement calls for all diesel oil--heating and vehicles--to...
- Tags: Biodiesel, Innovation Fuels, John Fox, Soy, Diesel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment
- Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...
- Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Consulting Firm Saves $40,000 a Year in VPN Costs, Speeds File Access by 40 Percent
- Convergent Computing CCO helps midsize and large organizations design and support multiplatform network solutions. Most CCO employees work remotely and need a secure, reliable way to connect to the corporate network and download files quickly. When working at customer sites, employees often could not connect to the company's Virtual Private...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Consulting, Corporate Network, VPNs, Network Security, Networking, Security, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2009-07-27
- A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution)
- My first post of today pointed towards an all too familiar enterprise project 'fail' and the documented experiences of one project person trying to reach completion on a now two year implementation. Coincidentally (I didn't know this was in the pipe), Mike Krigsman provides a critique of Forrester's Enterprise Software...
- Tags: Consultant, SAP AG, Bill, Principle Reason, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- NSA will monitor private-sector networks
- The Bushization of Obama continues with a plan to involve the NSA in screening private-sector networks, The Washington Post reports. The plan not only uses the NSA to monitor private networks but it does so in a way that makes it unclear who exactly is in charge...
- Tags: Monitor, Network, AT&T Corp., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, NSA, Post Story, Privacy Advocate, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?
- Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?Zuckerberg has proven before that he does not value members' privacy...Remember the Beacon fiasco? People were learning about their Christmas gifts and one poor guy was even upstaged when Facebook, or rather Beacon, informed his girlfriend that he'd purchased a diamond...
- Tags: NOW IT, Zuckerberg, Myers, Facebook, Jaws
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Open letter to all HR software vendors
- HR products haven’t really evolved much the last decade. Sure, many have changed their business and delivery models to become SaaS software as a service vendors but the functionality is still little changed from the 1990s. Yes, I know that talent management has seen some changes over the last few...
- Tags: Human Resources, Boss, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?
- [caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
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