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Email, IM trips up pedophile House member

Youd think everyone would have the idea by now that if youre going to do things you dont want other to know about, you want to avoid enterprise email and instant messaging. Those who have searched for the seamier side of life on AOL found themselves outed on sites like...

Tags: Mark Foley, Speaker Dennis Hastert

Blog posts 2006-10-02

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Live Webcast: The Future of Marketing: Being Remarkable and the Meatball Sundae

Combining two good things does not automatically make one great thing. Case in point: a meatball sundae - Seth Godin's perfect illustration of what you get when your marketing strategy doesn't fit with your product offering. Join this live BNET Webcast, moderated by James Hilliard, featuring marketing...

Tags: Webcast, Marketing Research, Marketing

Webcasts 2008-12-02

SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited

Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...

Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-26

News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO

The American SAP User Group is understood to have fired Steve Strout, the organization's first full time CEO. Sources close to ASUG say that an email was sent by the ASUG board to all members suggesting that the board had become dis-satisfied with Strout's performance and want 'alternative leadership' who...

Tags: SAP AG, Steve Strout, Corporate Governance, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident

Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-24

2008 Holiday Buying Guide: Midrange home theater setups

Last week, I gave some recommendations for budget home theater setups. This time, I'm looking at home theater products for a slightly larger budget: TVs that cost between $1,000 and $2,000, plus slightly more expensive components. Even with the additional outlay, it doesn't add up to...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Video, 1080p, Blu-ray, PN50A550, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, DVD, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January release

Vizio decided to jump the gun on CES and announce some new home theater products today, including a 55-inch 120Hz 1080p LCD for just $1,999.99, another aggressive pricing decision that will once again drag the prices and profits down for the Samsungs and Sonys of the...

Tags: Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Vizio, VF550XVT1A, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups

This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?

I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...

Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-19

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle

It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Micro projector connects to iPhone

The new DLP Pico projector from Texas Instruments is being billed as the world's smallest/lightest projector. Its dimensions are a svelte (51 × 105 × 17-mm / 120g) but what's even cooler is that it can be connected to an iPhone possibly cementing it as a true notebook killer. Just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, DLP, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Review: Why Android is for me and the G1 isn't

For me, when it comes to cell phones, it's a marriage of convenience. I value the basic function of a cell phone to connect me to the rest of the world from almost anywhere, but beyond that, I couldn't care less about the "features." Despite my power...

Tags: T-Mobile G1, Phone, Smart Phone, T-Mobile, Cell Phone, E-mail, HTC-made G1, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-12

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

SAP's UK users don't get it - yet

The above video shows two interviews I made earlier today. One is with Alan Bowling, chairman SAP user group UK and Ireland. The second is with Ray Wang, VP at Forrester research. SAP's UK users are struggling to understand the price hike in maintenance costs. Users I...

Tags: SAP AG, KPI, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers

Looking for a new gig? Apparently the market is hot for community managers. Even though the job market seems to be pretty soft these days, the demand for community managers doesn't seem to be waning. According to ReadWriteWeb: It's a hot job. We only expect it...

Tags: Job, Community Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-11-10