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HP: No tech slowdown here

HP on Tuesday quelled a lot of worries by delivering stronger than expected fiscal first quarter earnings and raising its outlook for the second quarter. The IT giant, viewed as a proxy for enterprise spending, delivered net income of $2.1 billion, or 80 cents a share, on...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating Profit, Earnings, Software Business, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Printers, Finance, Sales, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Hacking tools go mainstream

Hacking isn't what it used to be. These days, you don't have to be a evil genius geekboy to come up with ways to break into systems; hacking tools are offered for sale for those who want hacking made easy, the BBC reports. "They are starting to...

Tags: Hacking, Hacking Tool, Software Business, MPack, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Ray Lane: Good riddance, software business

The software business model is dead. May it rest in pieces. Experts of all stripes are declaring an end to the software business as we know it. But whats going to take its place? The picture isnt clear yet, but one thing is certain -- well see fewer and fewer...

Tags: Business ROI, General, software, software business

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Ballmer: IBM in the crosshairs

Ballmer: IBM in the crosshairsAcceture Was Andersen Consulting"I just came off the board of Accenture recently." - BallmerHuzzah, Huzzah, finally a move that makes some sence. Ballmer for to long has had this relationship with the old Anderson Consulting (of Arther Andersen - Enron scandle fame) that has confused investors...

Tags: Web hosting, Corporate governance, Viruses and worms, software business, IBM Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-03-17

Additional Resources

News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments

As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...

Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Introduction to BIT

This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...

Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature

There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...

Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7

Comcast and Cox are blocking BitTorrent traffic, regardless of the time of day or day of the week, students from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems report. And despite suggestions that BitTorrent blocking is widespread across ISPs, the Institute's Glasnost test found that the two cable...

Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Does 'SOA lifecycle management' say it better than 'SOA governance'?

Oh what a difference five years makes. Back in the good old days, 2002-03, IT people at the time our ancestors were fascinated with this new approach called "service oriented architecture," which would make integration faster and cheaper and less onerous. Now that many companies have services in production, they...

Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software

Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....

Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-15

No, really, we're studying physics

I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my physics class to Six Flags New England (made possible in part by a generous donation from Rocky's Ace Hardware,...

Tags: Physics, Insurance, Financial Planning, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-15

It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO

Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand

Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

BriefingsDirect Insights analysts probe future of online advertising and find transactional lucre lurking

Read a full transcript of the podcast. The future of online advertising captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft courts the likes of Yahoo! And Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out how much Google is worth, based on just those little...

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Business, Online Advertising, Bookkeeping Service, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-15

EU has privacy concerns over Street View

The EU is not too happy with the upcoming launch of Google Maps' Street View in Europe. The problem: privacy. The AP quotes the EU's top data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx: "I would encourage Google to think about how to do this," Hustinx told...

Tags: Google Inc., Data Protection, Privacy, European Union, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case

In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...

Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform

Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...

Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Patent reform dead for 2008

The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...

Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-15

What open source teaches publishers

I have a more in-depth analysis of today's C|Net news on my personal blog. But there are important comments to make about open source and what it implies to publishers. (What does this classic Geico commercial have to do with anything? Patience, grasshopper.) The...

Tags: C|Net, Profit Statement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-15