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- Select Comfort: Management malaise and ego
- Select Comfort: Management malaise and egoI cannot see how IT could hurt the companyfinancially: Are they not saving money by using and building off of Linux?Are you trying to be funny?Do you know what SAP is? Do you have any idea how immaterial the licensing costs for Linux vs....
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Select Comfort
- Discussion threads 2009-03-20
- Select Comfort: Management malaise and ego
- Select Comfort's problems suggest that Select Comfort adopted a cavalier and ego-driven attitude toward IT; their CEO led the charge to acquire new and larger systems without proper regard to need, cost, or process. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Select Comfort, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Select Comfort: home-grown IT failure
- Select Comfort: home-grown IT failureGood Research"A splashy CEO, rather than a hands-on CIO, appears to have developed IT strategy"Yes, this really says it all. I have worked in at least several companies where a major, multi-million dollar effort was undertaken with little real consideration for the tactical knowledge of how,...
- Tags: Strategy, Select Comfort, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Select Comfort: home-grown IT failure
- Mattress retailer, Select Comfort, has abandoned its SAP implementation mid-stream, raising serious questions about the company's present and historical IT strategy. Select Comfort has not blamed SAP or any other third-party vendor for its problems. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Implementation, Information Technology, SAP AG, Select Comfort, 10-k, Company, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
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- 2009 Mercedes-Benz S550
- Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz S550When Mercedes-Benz launched the model update for the 2007 S550, it created a car with cutting-edge technical features, including radar-based cruise control that could bring the car to a full stop and a night vision system. But major updates like this usually take five years in the...
- Tags: V-8, Mercedes-Benz S550, Mercedes-Benz, car
- Product reviews 2009-06-16
- Acer G24
- The 24-inch Acer G24 is an LCD computer monitor that costs about $399, with an expected street price of $359. If you're looking for a gaming-friendly monitor, you've come to the right place. Thanks to its high-gloss, TN+Film panel, the colors on the G24 look vibrant and smooth and high-speed...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, footstand, Different Categories, Acer G24, Dell Computer Corp., brightness, monitor, Acer Inc., display, game
- Product reviews 2009-06-16
- VanillaSurf 1.2 (Mobile)
- Browse the web in full screen in the portrait and landscape mode without losing comfort. You can also lock the auto rotation. Define the behavior of creating new Tabs in the settings. New Tabs can be opened in the background or directly. VanillaSurf stores the currently opened Tabs and reopens...
- Tags: Search Engine, Mobile, Home Page, Boris Stock, VanillaSurf, Search
- Software downloads 2009-06-08
- 2009 Lexus IS 350
- Photo gallery:2009 Lexus IS 350Further shedding its image as a maker of boring luxury cars, Lexus turns its 2009 IS 350 into a tuner car. The IS 350 already featured fairly sporty performance, but now you can add bolt-on performance parts from the company's F Sport accessories, similar to the...
- Tags: IS 350, Lexus
- Product reviews 2009-05-20
- 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Volante
- Photo gallery:2009 Aston Martin DB9 VolantePeople use the word sexy too freely when describing inanimate objects these days, but if ever a thing should deserve this adjective, it's the 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Volante. This long, classic grand tourer uses its creases and curves suggestively, without resorting to ostentation or...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Aston-Martin DB9 Volante, cabin, dashboard, DB9
- Product reviews 2009-04-20
- Aegis Shell 1.7 (Windows)
- Unique Windows shell replacement tool with 2 unbounded virtual desktops, 8 taskbars with original features, various hotkeys, sound effects, system resources monitoring, snapshooting and changable skinz . Extremely light and fast: don't load Your processor or eat memory, since it core is based on DirectX technologies and perfectly optimized. Additional...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop, Tool, Ogimosoft, Aegis Shell, Productivity, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-03-24
- News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Baby Soothe 1.1 (Mobile)
- Doctors have shown through numerous studies that newborn babies find comfort in surroundings similar to what they experienced for nine months in their mothers womb. Swaddling the baby provides a physical womb-like surrounding. Baby Soothe provides womb-like ambiance. Baby Soothes simple interface puts these sounds at your fingertips. Select the...
- Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Baby, Artamata, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-03-11
- BitLocker for dummies (...students)
- Students need security; it's a paramount element of university life. Without security, our laptops can go missing (or stolen, depending on which university you go to), and a good proportion of your life you can say goodbye to. This came in the form of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, USB Flash Drive, BitLocker, Computer, BitLocker-to-Go, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-01-03
- iYuleLog (with soothing crackling fire sound) 1.1 (Mobile)
- You can select from a group of nice preloaded warm Christmas Yule Log fire pictures with relaxing and soothing sound of a Cracking fire in the hearth.Also shows the number of days remaining till Christmas. Add Christmas comfort to you iPhone. Helps you catch up with Christmas 2008.Warm Christmas Yule...
- Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-12-22
- 2009 Audi A4 3.2 Quattro
- Photo gallery:2009 Audi A4 3.2 QuattroAudi became an early car technology adopter, with interesting tricks like SD-card slots and adaptive headlights. With the 2009 Audi A4, the company kept the latter but dropped the former in favor of the much smarter Audi Music Interface, which handles USB drives and...
- Tags: Audi AG, Quattro, car
- Product reviews 2008-11-05
- CompuApps Renaissance 2007 2.002 Rev 3 (Windows)
- Your home or office computer now contains confidential, personal, family, and financial data. But a virus, spy ware, ad ware, mal ware attack what happens if you inadvertently delete a file, or your computer suffers a disk crash? You need a reliable, proven technology for backup with ability to protect...
- Tags: Renaissance, Microsoft Windows, Backups
- Software downloads 2008-10-23
- Barssentials Drink Guide 2.0 (Windows)
- Whether you are entertaining guests, throwing a party, or just feel like a cocktail in the comfort of your own home, the Barssentials Drink Guide can help you get more out of your home liquor cabinet. Recipe books make for a nice coffee table decoration but their usefulness is limited...
- Tags: Cocktail, Beverage, Microsoft Windows, Barssentials, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- Barssentials Drink Guide 2.0 (Mac)
- Whether you are entertaining guests, throwing a party, or just feel like a cocktail in the comfort of your own home, the Barssentials Drink Guide can help you get more out of your home liquor cabinet. Recipe books make for a nice coffee table decoration but their usefulness is limited...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Cocktail, Beverage, Barssentials, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS
- Photo gallery:2008 Porsche Cayenne GTSThe first clue that the 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS isn't like other SUVs is the shifter, which works the six gears in a manual transmission. Another clue comes when you get it in the twisties, and feel its utter lack of roll in hard cornering. The...
- Tags: cabin tech, Cayenne GTS, Porsche AG, suspension, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Porsche Cayenne
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- In my last article I described what it feels like to have your house struck by lightning. Luckily there were no injuries or structural damage thanks for your kind words in the comments, but our gadgets and other electronics inside the house weren't so lucky. This is their tale. ...
- Tags: Game, Phone, Router, TiVo Inc., Grid, Cable, Cable Guy, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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