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- Science, research and the politics of grantmanship
- Seems that science is like every other human endeavor. It's highly political. A study done among scientists asking for money from the National Institute of Health shows blunt political caluclation can alter both the language of the grant application...and the actual subject of the study being...
- Tags: Scientist, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Watching the nanoworld in 4-D
- Caltech researchers have developed a new technique named 4-D electron microscopy to capture images of atoms in real time. They claim that their 4-D microscope will revolutionize the way we look at the nanoworld. Caltech adds that Ahmed Zewail, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his colleagues,...
- Tags: Atom, Electron, California Institute Of Technology, 4-D, Document Management, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Salesforce.com: Recession resistant or just late to the pain?
- On the surface, Salesforce.com's third quarter was impressive. The company hit or exceeded its targets and noted that its "value proposition" was resonating among enterprise software buyers. But worries abound under the surface. Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Recession, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone update kills 12 security bugs
- Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?
- The MacArthur Foundation just released a study suggesting that, not surprisingly, given the integration of social media into business and modern culture, the time kids spend with so-called new media, is generally neither wasted nor particularly harmful. In fact, as one of the lead researchers points out in the...
- Tags: Youth, Media, Social Media, MySpace, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- 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
- Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging'
- Updated: Dell's third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected by a wide margin. The outlook was "challenging" as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be used...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Ream, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups
- This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...
- Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Ream, Future of, paper, green, parc, xerox, office, print, printer
- Videos 2008-11-19
- Research In Motion aims to take smartphone market by Storm
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about the upcoming launch of the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm. Diaz also details how the phone stacks up against its formidable competitor, the iPhone, and what's at stake for Verizon and RIM.
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, smartphone, Research In Motion, Verizon, AT&T, Apple iPhone, Sumi Das, Sam Diaz
- Videos 2008-11-19
- Great educational websites (and an intro to Diigo)
- As promised, I've compiled your suggested educational websites and posted them on Diigo, as well. Diigo, by the way, is a bit like delicious on steroids. It has a really straight-forward interface and allows you to highlight and annotate sections of a website (perfect for building web quests...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut
- Seadragon Ajax and Sticky Sorter are the latest two deliverables to debut from Microsoft's Live Labs and Microsoft's Office Labs hybrid research units. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Deliverable, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Silverlight
- 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
- Firefly satellite will study thunderstorms
- The Firefly mission is the second project under the new U.S. National Science Foundation NSF CubeSat program. The goal of this program is to provide a low cost access to space research. Firefly will be launched in 2010 or 2011 and will try to 'solve the mystery of the most...
- Tags: National Science Foundation, Satellite, Firefly Mission, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille, Atmosphere, Earth, NASA, News Release, Lightning, TGF
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push
- The GSM Association has called on manufacturers to build technology for contactless payments into their handsets by the middle of next year The GSM Association has called on phone manufacturers to build RFID technology into handsets from mid-2009, in a bid to kick start the mobile-payment industry. ...
- Tags: Payment, Contactless Payment, Mobile, Industry, Handset, Manufacturer, U.K., RFID, GSMA, Operational Accounting, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, mobile payments, GSM Association
- News items 2008-11-18
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