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- Capgemini deploys Google Apps...to itself
- Capgemini deploys Google Apps...to itselfAs Google continues to add features to Google Apps, we will see moreand more companies that will view them as having sufficient features. Combine this with decreasing need to print, and increasing sharing, and there will be crossover points where companies are finally ready. Of...
- Tags: Capgemini, Redmond Bloatfarm, Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Office, IT Consulting
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Google launches universal email migration API
- Google launches universal email migration APII don't get it......somebody help me understand...Just don't see it yet. Is this a 'good thing'?good thing?Migration tools are good things....in this case good for google given that the barrier to porting is lower....more openness is good. But, don't expect legions of enterprise to...
- Tags: Migration Tool, API, Redmond Bloatfarm, Google Inc., Bloatfarm, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Friday Rant - It's my stuff and I'll whine if I want to!
- Friday Rant - It's my stuff and I'll whine if I want to!Well put, well said ntntPathetic..Imagine if the following were written about anything other than a Vista computer:Overall this issue alone has taken up a considerable number of work hours to identify and isolate. I’ve now passed this...
- Tags: Redmond Bloatfarm, toaster
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
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- New green certification program helps keep kitchens out of the frying pan in terms of environmental waste
- Haven't had much occasion to write about Microsoft in this blog as extensively as some of the other big hardware-oriented tech players, but this item was pretty intriguing, because it's a great lead-in to some other cool information I briefed on about a month back. Here's the...
- Tags: Food, Kitchen, FoodServiceWarehouse.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- My Awesome IT Job: Director of Rich Media Group at Microsoft
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Rich Media, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...
- Tags: Notebooks, Investment, notebook, Apple OSx, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?
- Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?Not realy, their flaw isThey honestly believe they know vastly more than everyone else, refuse to listen, and miss major oportunities.Not a fatal flaw, but MS recognizes the need to change.MS became dominant, the big dog with selling it's and only it's OS on PCs...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., fatal flaw, flaw, computer, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?
- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...
- Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'
- Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'Sounds cool! NT.Let me dust off my TerminalSounds like we're going back to the Stone Age. Back in my terminal days, there was a screen and keyboard. The server was in the basement of the building and tons of serial cable connections. This type...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Pay-Per-Use Taxi, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, server, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- iPhone + Lotus Notes = Opportunity + Annoyance
- Maybe you saw the IBM announcement or the NY Times blog posting on it. iPhone now can run iNotes, a lightweight application for access to Lotus Notes email, calendaring, and contacts. But why the complex equation? Let me break it down for you: iPhone. IBM Lotus...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Ballmer says MSFT not immune to financial crisis
- Steve Ballmer was asked about the financial crisis and its effect on the IT industry last week and he didn't seem too concerned. But today, speaking at a press conference in Norway he appears to have changed his view. Reuters reported: Financial...
- Tags: Financial, Steve Ballmer, MSFT, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Microsoft says crisis will impact tech
- The way economists see it, there's the financial economy and the "real" economy. While Wall Street is in a genuine crisis and there's clearly been a tightening of credit, it's not clear that the collapse of the investment banks has severely impacted non-financial companies yet. But while...
- Tags: Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Ballmer: No one immune to global crisis
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said "financial issues are going to affect both business spending and consumer spending, and particularly ... spending by the financial services industry." OSLO--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday no company was immune to the global financial crisis, which he expects to sap both...
- Tags: Bank, Financial, Steve Ballmer, Mortgage Debt, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Reuters, Microsoft, economy, financial crisis
- News items 2008-09-30
- Microsoft christens next tool suite release 'Visual Studio 2010'
- Microsoft christens next tool suite release 'Visual Studio 2010'I dont think that's true.VS brings together many well understood tools into a convenient IDE. I mean, if you know unit testing on VS, then running JUnit on Eclipse is a small learning step, right?In many way, Visual Studio does the same...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, .NET, tool, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, PHP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Busy week for Microsoft: Silverlight and jQuery
- I'm traveling so I wasn't able to chime in on the availability of a Silverlight release candidate. One of the most important thing for developers is that it sounds like this will be the last round of API tweaks so there will be no more updating your applications. Silverlight.net has...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight.net, Silverlight 2 RC, AJAX, Strategy, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Management, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Ballmer: Tech industry still buoyant
- Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes. SANTA CLARA--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes....
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Industry, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Strategy, Networking, Management, Reuters, Microsoft, economy
- News items 2008-09-26
- Voyage for Vengeance (exe)
- A vast hard rock soundtrack. Don't expect less than Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, among a lot of other great rock bands. Fight humans, demons, spirits or who/whatever tries to stop you, with the help of a huge arsenal, ranging from simple knives to big heavy machineguns....
- Tags: Miroki123, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your betsDoes History Not Repeat ItselfOver and over again, we have seen Microsoft saturate markets, working from the bottom rungs of those who can't afford, and raising the needed capital to choke those who are to superior for their own good. VMWare is no exception...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Blogging, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Open source as a government mandate
- Open source as a government mandateGovernment mandateWe're always better off when government tells us what to do. Removing choice eliminates the mistakes we would make and provides everyone the wisdom far greater than our own of those who have chosen to work for the government.In fact, many of us...
- Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government mandate, open standard
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
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