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- Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?
- Harry, please ignore the deniersThey will try to quash any voice of reason. I believe they hope to maneuver themselves into a position where they can argue that they should not be affected by the consequences because they don't believe in man-made climate change. Pure selfishness.Keep it coming. We are...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, food, oil
- Discussion threads 2009-11-26
- Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years
- Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?
- Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...
- Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- US defense department IT managers describe latest assault on complex and siloed IT systems
- Get rid of who is running it!From the way I understand it has beenhacked by criminals in China.Why keep funding broken methodologies NOother business would be around withsuch a sloppy track record.The private sector would be a better placefor this, than big wasteful Governmentspending!So far Oboma has done NOTHING except...
- Tags: information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files
- ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...
- Tags: Strategy, wireless, Acta, rights holder, shut-off, intellectual property
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- It's public versus private in dispute over electronics recycling laws
- It's public sector vs. private industry in dispute over local and state e-waste recycling laws. by Heather Clancy
- Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Developing government's human voice
- Government, unlike private sector companies, has not had a major review of its business processes and corporate culture. We are long overdue. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Voice, Government, Vertical Industries, Operational Planning, Leadership, Business Operations, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Net Neutrality vs. "do no evil"
- The company that claims its motto is "do no evil" is the biggest private sector supporter out there for "net neutrality" - the doctrine that will directly empower bureaucrats to control the transmission bandwidth available to selected internet hosts and indirectly restrict American national economic adaptation to the internet age....
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Internet, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Cleantech draws more investments in Q3
- Investment globally were again for the cleantech sector, markking further rebound from the beginning of this year which began glumly. Cleantech Group says total Q3 investments were nearly $1.6 billion. Overall investments in cleantech were up 10% from Q2 but still lagging compared to Q3 in 2008, just...
- Tags: Investment, Clean Technology, Cleantech Group, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- ICANN, US government splitting up - slowly
- Bad News?a multi-stakeholder, private-sector-led, bottom-up policy development model?Too bad they don't view the common user as a "stakeholder".If they go completely private the internet will look like Wall Street did last December... in no time at all.There is also a contingent of national security involved in the GOVT retaining control...
- Tags: Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN, government
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- ICANN, US government splitting up - slowly
- Well, this is a somewhat amorphous development: The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. government is now "loosening control" over ICANN, the semi-private "director" of DNS addressing. The move is seen as a stamp of approval for the private-sector approach and will mollify European governments who have long been...
- Tags: ICANN, U.S. Government, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Lower costs or mandate coverage
- More Politics on ZDNET?This is a tech site - please stick to TECH.Pitching this spin is not productive. It's also so one sided as to be laughable.America is a capitalist nation. Let the free market do its job and stop interfering.The marketThe market says policy is important. I...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Palin, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- The problem with health care is costs and you
- I think my head is going to explode.Is anyone else confused and frustrated about this topic??? Some people are crying "Social Medicine Go Away but don't touch Medicare or Medicaid" Some people are saying "Capitalism should dominate Health care" Other people are blaming the patients for being sick. Other people...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, New Taxes, Ins, Compassion, health care, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future
- Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...
- Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business
- What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...
- Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-06
- Reconsidering Obama's ed speech? Sort of
- but Obama's going to pay all my bills!RE: Reconsidering Obama's ed speech? Sort ofDo you remember being a student? The is par for the course. It is about being pro-American, pro-'democractic' system, and respecting the office of the president."How does the President inspire you? What resonated with you from Obama?s...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Taxes, Obama, job, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Dynamic Virtual Client Offers Telefonica I+D Virtualisation Advantages With Rich User Experience and Mobility
- Founded in 1988, Telefonica I+D is the largest private research and development centre in Spain and the most active company in Europe in terms of research projects in the information and communication technology sector. Recently it rolled out application streaming and virtualisation to simplify management and lower the Total Cost...
- Tags: Telefonica S.A., Mobility, TCO, Information And Communication Technology, Roi/Tco, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- White House not equipped to hold keys to the Internet
- A controversial proposal that would give the President the power to seize control of the Internet -- essentially cutting off the private-sector in the event of a "cybersecurity emergency" -- is still on the table in Washington. by Sam Diaz
- Tags: White House, Cybersecurity, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
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