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- Are proprietary firms paying gringo price?
- Are proprietary firms paying gringo price?Well it's not the software per se ...but the intrinstic value of the Zimbra branding and book of business which is what the valuation of the company is based on. Now weather this is intrinstic value is worth the price paid is of course debatable,...
- Tags: Zimbra, gringo price, proprietary firm, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
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- Taleo's November to forget
- An HR Soap Opera This month hasn't been a good one for Taleo. Here's the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn't delight Wall...
- Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
- There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...
- Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Bay Area mayors want to electrify their commuters
- The three major cities in the San Francisco Bay Area want to lead the nation in electric autos. Today they took another big step in that direction. The mayors of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland listed in order of population announced a plan to make battery-powered cars...
- Tags: San Jose, Battery, Bay Area, Better Place, Coulomb Technologies, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Detroit automakers have little to be thankful for
- But they do have a little time to pull their drumsticks out of the oven. Today the Democrats in Congress gave the U.S. auto industry until December 2nd to come up with a proposal acceptable to Congress and the current White House occupant. You gotta ask...
- Tags: Detroit, U.S. Congress, Merry Chiristmas, Branding, Manufacturing, Government, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source
- The good news? Gartner says that 100 percent of businesses will be using open source within the next 12 months. The bad news? Gartner doesn't really seem to understand open source licensing requirements, and is trying to scare companies into adding bureaucracy around open source adoption. According to Gartner, companies...
- Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- I really don't want to use Windows anymore
- Every week, more and more bits of malware seem to be making their way past commercial anti-virus, firewall anti-virus, and ISP anti-virus software. New patches and downloads abound, and I've still re-imaged 3 computers in the last 2 weeks due to massive infestations. This is to say nothing...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Computer, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Linux, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Desktops, Security, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Linking processes and apps in 2008 – A new urgency
- Talk to me – please! Talk to me! Inc. Magazine this month has an interesting article ("Missing Link Getting Programs to Work Together" by Nitasha Tiku) that talks about the value derived from integrating applications with other applications. I know, BORING, but very relevant in today's economy....
- Tags: Firm, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- My pick for the Yahoo CEO job . . .
- If I were Yahoo I would try to recruit Sean Maloney, Intel's executive vice president and Chief of Sales and Marketing. Mr Maloney has had a lot of experience turning around troubled Intel business groups and he is easily one of the most competent executives in the...
- Tags: Job, Yahoo! Inc., Mr., Intel Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0
- Known as Kardphisher and "in the wild" since April, 2007, last week the malware author of this trojan horse mimicking the Windows XP activation interface while collecting the credit card details the end user has submitted, has made significant changes to visual interface and usability of the trojan, consequently improving...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Credit Card, Trojan Horse, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management
- Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA's move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O'Neill) on the predicted...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, IT Administration, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Markets, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Study: Don't repeat IT mistakes from last downturn.
- A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn't need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it's probably not a bad idea to say it anyway. Resist the IT downturn slash. Former Gartner...
- Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Greening the data center
- Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor
- News items 2008-11-17
- Mark Cuban accused of insider trading
- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban today, charging that he engaged in insider trading by selling his shares in search engine Mamma.com based on insider information. (Statement | Complaint) According to the complaint, Mamma.com's CEO...
- Tags: Mark Cuban, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Investment, Sales, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Oerlikon Solar sees a shining future despite dark clouds over Wall Street
- Wafer processing equipment and personnel. Courtesy: Oerlikon I blogged about Oerlikon last summer. Now the publicly-traded, Swiss-based company has come out with a new version of its turn-key thin solar panel manufacturing gear. Oerlikon Solar has developed new equipment that promises 50% more...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Tax, Manufacturing, Oerlikon Solar, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Getting greener at home could be a gas
- Courtesy: Lehr The folks at Lehr say they have a better idea for many of your home machines: lawn mower, wire trimmer (turns out "weed whacker" is a copyrighted name for Kenmore;s wire trimmer), leaf blowers, etc. Lehr is going to be selling those...
- Tags: Gasoline, Lehr, Bernardo Herzer, Propane, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Tech workforce pinched by economy, feeling like 2003
- That economic doom-and-gloom has finally hit the tech sector and it looks like job cuts in the electronics, telecom and computer industries could be flirting with numbers they haven't seen in years. According to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement firm that tracks daily job cut...
- Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, Job Cut, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- BearingPoint earnings call - part 2
- A Winter of Discontent? There were some other nuggets in this call. BearingPoint BE has retained the restructuring firm AlixPartners. Moreover, BE is replacing its CFO with an AlixPartners person. Again, we quote from the earnings announcement: "The Company has also appointed AlixPartners managing...
- Tags: Earnings, BearingPoint Inc., CFO, BE, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- BearingPoint's Q3 earnings call - part 1
- To BE or not BE Several news groups and Wall Street firms covered BearingPoint's BE Q3 results this week but one point was not well covered, if at all. Look at this bullet point that is at the bottom of a list of points BE...
- Tags: Attrition, Earnings, Worker, Career Advancement, BearingPoint Inc., Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
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