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- We know SOA depends on cultural shifts, but -- like the weather -- we still don't do much about it
- Recent observations on SearchSOA.com on lack of meaningful SOA adoption suggest that the technologies and techniques have amounted to but a mere improvement on EAI. Some conveniently calling it EAI 2.0, but admit the effects are not yet wide nor deep. We have yet to see SOA...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, End-game, Sides, Profits, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
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- Facebook bans Google's Friend Connect
- A few days ago, Google launched a new service called Friend Connect to help website owners make their stuff social without needing to do much work. This basically involves being able to host certain gadgets that use OpenSocial on a webpage by simply copy and pasting some code from...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Frequent open source miles
- Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...
- Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Samsung SyncMaster T220
- Is it possible to base an LCD purchase strictly on the display's bezel? If so, Samsung has an LCD to sell you. The Samsung SyncMaster T220 features the company's new Touch of Color bezel, which presents a most attractive visage. The black frame features slightly curved edges along the top...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung T220, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Dell SP2208WFP, Samsung 2232GW, bezel, Samsung SyncMaster T220
- Product reviews 2008-05-13
- Asus Eee PC 900 (white, Windows XP)
- When we first saw the diminutive Asus Eee PC back in the fall of 2007, we were duly impressed by its capability to mix small size with a small price, and rightly predicted it would be popular with consumers and influential with other PC makers (although, to be fair, the...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Intel Celeron, Intel Corp., ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-05-12
- McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!
- McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!It doesn't surprise me.McAfee and all the security companies are failing miserably at times to keep up with the cracker community. Simply put, they don't have 1 thousandth the required resources to mitigate the cracker community, and that is assuming they actually...
- Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- A brief summary
- A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also essentially the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges
- Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surchargesBackdoor rate increase, time for regulators to step in!I can see how this is going to play out in several jurisdictions: Comcast quietly enacts this rate increase, then customers start getting whopper monthly broadband bills because they don't realize that using Comcast for web gaming, Youtubing,...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, Channel management, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., bandwidth cap
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Envision G2219W1
- Priced at $270, the Envision G2219w1 is a bit cheaper than the bulk of 22-inch LCDs that generally hovers around the $300 mark. The display, manufactured by AOC the company sells monitors under both the AOC and Envision brands, performed well on most of our tests, but its lack of...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Envision G2219w1, display, OSD
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
- Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
- Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- SAP BPM - business fail?
- SAP BPM - business fail?BPM makes Business/IT conversation more neededHaving been in the BPM space for well over a decade, I guess I would consider myself a BPM pragmatist rather than purist. But having been chasing the right balance of business user input and operational integrity my entire career, I...
- Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Enterprise software, Supply chain management (SCM), SAP AG, BPM
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Sun's continuing open source problem
- Despite its best efforts Sun Microsystems still has a big open source problem. Commitment. (Affordable Wedding Bands sells rings in both gold and platinum.) Any salesman is expecting a commitment from a buyer. But an open source salesman is expecting a deeper commitment. A...
- Tags: Commitment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Panasonic DVD-LS86
- As gadget categories go, the portable DVD player is a rather commoditized lot, with plenty of no-name brands available for $100 or less. To rise above the sea of mediocrity, a player needs some distinguishing characteristics: say, a large screen, improved digital file support (something beyond plain old DVD and...
- Tags: Engineering, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital music, Digital media, Panasonic, Panasonic DVD-LS86, battery
- Product reviews 2008-05-05
- Yahoo reportedly closer to Google search deal
- As Yahoo awaits Microsoft's decision on whether to launch a proxy war, the company is moving closer to a search deal with Google. Yahoo and Microsoft, which are negotiating through the Wall Street Journal, are trying to outflank each other. Microsoft is talking about walking away and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Net Applications: Mac market share drops nearly 0.5ò0in April
- Net Applications: Mac market share drops nearly 0.5ò0in AprilThanks!We all really appreciate such great feedback and such a scientific study.Good news!That's what you would call GOOD news. Let's hope iApple Mac market share continues to drop so it accurately reflect it's lack of significance.Then, hopefully, your blog may revert to...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Blogging, Apple Macintosh, Mac market share, Net Applications
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Can Deep Green help a combat commander?
- University of Southern California USC researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...
- Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- LG Vu
- Photo gallery:LG VuThe LG Vu has been a long time coming. Ever since we saw the LG Prada early last year, we wanted a similar handset for the U.S. market. Not soon after, we grew jealous of our international cousins for having access to the LG Viewty, the 5.0-megapixel successor...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, display, LG Vu, LG Electronics Inc., touch screen
- Product reviews 2008-05-01
- Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?
- As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water: Bufflehead. Here's a picture of a gorgeous male Bufflehead in fine fettle. ...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80U
- As high-definition TVs continue to evolve with evermore-enticing technologies and doodads, the majority of buyers are still looking for the best bang for the buck. Panasonic's plasmas are usually at or near the top of the heap in that category, and the 42-inch TH-42PX80U is a great example. This set...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Panasonic, TH-42PX80U, plasma, 1080p
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- Possible next steps for Microhoo
- CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Microsoft beat reporter Ina Fried sit down to discuss where Microsoft's bid for Yahoo stands. Ina breaks down the options and likens the strategy on both sides to a slow-moving game of chicken. Find out why she's not straying far from her desk anytime this...
- Tags: News, kara tsuboi, michael kanellos, microsoft, yahoo, bid, merger
- Videos 2008-04-30
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