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Beyond BPM: Runtime SOA

Beyond BPM: Runtime SOABusiness "Nirvana"I agree with Ron. SOA is indeed one step forward in the abstraction of the process layer from the implementation layer.Basically, we should be able to layer business processes over the constituent application modules that comprise these business processes. The processes themselves could comprise and be...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Operational planning, Business process reengineering (BPR), Web services, Enterprise software, Strategy, BPM, Ronald, business process, SOA, BPR

Discussion threads 2005-07-12

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On the future of Open Source thought leadership

It's time we recognized the advantages of bothIMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in both, and not to do silly things like pretend that somehow software is a moral agent.I can certainly see the advantage of software being open source. It helps the educational community, and gives tools to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Free Software, leadership, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, open source, proprietary software, Microsoft Corp., hardware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

A single national market for health care

health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

IT and Cloud/Virtualization SecurityRemember Ronald Reagan?"Trust, but Verify."Losing productivity for the sake of security spells trouble, since any blanked, high-level security protocols unnecessarily inhibit the 99% of regular access needed for day-to-day activity which doesn't involve a security risk at a high level.Too many security hurdles, and Users find "shortcuts"...

Tags: sourcing, software, Hewlett-Packard Co., virtualization, security, Quantum Crypto

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Will software patents delay Cloud Computing's advance?

All they do is delay.In fact, patents completely stifle IT.RE: Will software patents delay Cloud Computing's advance?Looks like Ronald Katz all over again in just a different venue. Broad patents defining a process in such a wide scope are suspect at best. They should be reviewed and recinded.

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Spanish verb conjugator for Palm OS 2.12.1 (Mobile)

Designed to help in studying or dealing with foreign languages, Conjugator is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is implemented as one "host" program with many language plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality for particular language.It is important to know that most language plug-ins use...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Verb, BEIKS LLC, Spanish Irregular Verb, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Famous Speeches 1.4.1 (Mobile)

Enjoy the most influential speeches known to man with this application. Contains speeches made by Susan B. Anthony, Mark Antony, St. Francis of Assisi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, Marie Curie, King Edward VIII, Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth I, Mahatma Gandhi, Lou Gehrig, Patrick Henry, Adolph Hitler, Victor Hugo, Harold Ickes,...

Tags: Mobile, Speech, SwampBits, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance”...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

The Groundswell of Social Media BacklashReagan ReduxI wrote a goodly chunk of The Cluetrain Manifesto and I hate seeing it invoked to hawk the same old crap the same old way. But the reason I'm commenting is that cigarette ad featuring Ronald Reagan. I used it myself recently -- with...

Tags: Social Media Backlash, Groundswell, social media

Discussion threads 2009-05-23

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

There appears to be a fully fledged backlash against 'social media' marketing emerging, with commentary in both areas you'd expect and in places you might not. This is tough on the people who have solid foundations for what marketing messaging is all about,...

Tags: Facebook, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Burger King Corp., Josh, Desktop Publishing, Marketing Research, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-23

GOP to go with McCain plan

GOP to go with McCain planMcCain was defeated, not his health care planWhile it's become commonplace for pundits to treat electoral defeat as the equivalent of personal repudiation and the rejection of everything the candidate stands for, that is not and never has been the case. If it were,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Will Intel face antitrust case in Australia?

Will Intel face antitrust case in Australia?Setting BoundariesI hope that Australia will do what America should have done a long time ago and reign in Intel. Like America Australia has a vigorous and productive inventor community. Those inventors create jobs and bring prosperity to their communities. The...

Tags: Corporate law, Free trade, Semiconductors, Good Business, Intel Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

RSA: Will there be a digital Pearl Harbor? [video]

Will there be one major catastrophe, or just smaller disasters? Panelists discuss what security issues we should be watching out for, where the threat might come from, and the difficulties in predicting the unpredictable. Panelists include: Whitfield Diffie, vice president and chief security officer for Sun Microsystems; Ronald Rivest, Viterbi...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Professor, Computer Science, Video, Productivity, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Will there be a digital Pearl Harbor?

Will there be one major catastrophe, or just smaller disasters? Panelists discuss what security issues we should be watching out for, where the threat might come from, and the difficulties in predicting the unpredictable. Panelists include: Whitfield Diffie, vice president and chief security officer for Sun Microsystems; Ronald Rivest, Viterbi...

Tags: Professor, Computer Science, Productivity, security, RSA, cryptology, threats

Videos 2009-04-22

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the rise

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the riseThe Internet is the future of mediaWe dropped cable 6 months ago. We found a local ISP and got 12M down, 2M up for $50 a month and kicked $110 a month of Time Warner out the door. A decent...

Tags: Network technology, Satellite TV, TVs, TV & Home Theater, cable, TV, satellite, satellite television

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

What's on the Queen's iPod?

While on an official visit to the UK, the President and Mrs. Obama enjoyed tea at Buckingham Palace with the Queen and her husband Prince Philip. Not one to come empty handed, the President gave the queen a fully loaded, engraved iPod and a rare, signed songbook from American...

Tags: Apple iPod, Music, Queen, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Massive Chinese spynet targeted Dalai Lama

It all started with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader's offices in India, Brussels, London and New York asked the researchers to examane its computers for malware. But researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto found something much more than garden-variety spyware, John Markoff...

Tags: China, Researcher, Toronto, Computer, GhostNet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Momentum building for government open source

Momentum building for government open sourceProblem is.....That there is too much focus on Open Source in general and not specific open source products that are really good. To me its not good enough to say "well since it is open source it must be good". That just makes people...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wall

TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wallwell said!No it's time for OIN members to honor their agreement and counter sue M$ for patent violations.Just say..."I'm a doughnut". That's what the translation will be anyway.Microsoft will find inself increasingly isolated trying to preventcompetition and maintain the proprietary model. Companies all...

Tags: Construction, TomTom, Steve Ballmer, wall, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wall

By joining the Open Invention Network TomTom made its most important statement yet that it won't get pushed around in its patent litigation with Microsoft. OIN members include important players like IBM, Philips and Sony. On the other hand they also include Novell, whose original patent cross-license...

Tags: TomTom, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Wall, Linux, Construction, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-23