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Where do security companies go to die?: I have been spending the last week researching the 80 or so gateway firewall vendors. Contrary to my long held belief that security companies never die I found that a number of these had actually disappeared without a trace. It is not too hard to track down Kavado,...; Tags: security company, firewall, Spearhead; Blog posts 2006-03-29

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Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party run: Marc Wagner offered a little political analysis in a comment on my post about Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina joining the McCain campaign. I joked that the two must be "getting used to losing." Marc responded: If they nominate Obama, they can beat McCain but...; Tags: Nomination, McCain, Democratic Obama, Team Management, Regulatory Compliance, Internet, Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Court Report Dictation Marking (1): Court Report Dictation Marking 1.1.5 Count the number of word, and split the text into 10or other special number Word segments. Such as: Scott Radcliffe believes two tours of duty in Iraq gave him the stuff to serve in Congress. As a platoon commander, he helped spearhead economic development, built...; Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-03-18
Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out: On February 14, Microsoft announced a corporate reorganization affecting many of its divisions. As with any Microsoft early-year reorg -- which typically occur after the company's fiscal mid-year reviews -- there are winners and losers. Check out my slideshow of who's in and who's out as a...; Tags: Mobile, VP, Vice President, Microsoft Corp., Senior Vice President, Corporate, Vehghte, Lees, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Enterprise Software at the Crossroads: Lost Execs and Lost Ground: What's up with the top enterprise software companies and their leadership? In the space of six months, Microsoft, SAP, and most recently Oracle, have lost their most visible executives in a rather abrupt fashion. While the reasoning for the departures is, on the surface, vastly different in each case, the...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Enterprise Software, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Departure, Satya Nadella, Dynamics, Shai, Kirill, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2007-10-18

The great rich internet application SEO debate (part 1): The great rich internet application SEO debate (part 1)Wondering..Hi Ryan. Nice article as usual!Having no idea about what EXACTLY search engines are doing in order to better index "the all web" i wonder.. Shouldn't this be a problem for them? I mean of course as a dev you would like...; Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, rich Internet application, Adobe Systems Inc., search engine, Ryan, search engine optimization; Discussion threads 2007-08-06
Seamless Integration of HVB Romania and BCIT Achieved in Record Time: In order to further expand in Romania, the former HVB Group - now part of UniCredit Group - acquired Banca Comerciala Ion Tiriac BCIT and subsequently merged it with its local subsidiary. HVB Group needed a competent integration partner to spearhead the complete legal, organizational and technical merger, which had...; Tags: Merger, Capgemini, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance; Case studies 2007-06-20
Iowa CLEC set to battle big telco's conference-bridge blocking: A representative of Iowa-based CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and broadband conferencing solutions provider Great Lakes Communications Corp. has emailed me with what sounds like a David-Goliath declaration of war against the big telcos. Justification, in GLCCs view, is what it sees as recent attempts by Cingular/AT&T Wireless,...; Tags: SprintNextel, Regulatory, General, Cingular; Blog posts 2007-04-05
The New Yorker looks into HPGate: Worth reading: James B. Stewart, most recently the author of DisneyWar, investigates HPGate, Hewlett-Packards misguided pursuit of boardroom leakers, for the The New Yorker. He doesnt shed much new light overall on HPGate in his article, to be published tomorrow, but provides some perspective and fresh details, such as on...; Tags: General, Legal, Berlind, Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett-Packard Co., Patricia Dunn; Blog posts 2007-02-11
Does authorization equal entitlements?: Does authorization equal entitlements?A few points...First off, I'm glad to see you enlightened individuals come around. I've been in this specific space for close to 5 years, I've been trying to spread the light, but to little avail - good to see it getting some real traction.I used to claim...; Tags: Asset management, authorization, asset, security, perimeter; Discussion threads 2006-11-20
Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion: Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesnt mean senior management isnt already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next Windows client release (the one I believe is -- or at least was -- code-named "Fiji"). Microsoft has not yet built or tested even a...; Tags: COSD Jon DeVaan; Blog posts 2006-10-12
Web 2.0 smackdown: intellectuals vs. amateurs in Citizendium: Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, is embarking on an ambitious and undoubtedly Web 2.0 politically-incorrect mission to shepherd the brain power of what he estimates is 3% of the Internet population: intellectuals or “educated, thinking people who read about science or ideas regularly.”Sanger is hoping to spearhead a high-brow spin-off of...; Tags: Wikipedia; Blog posts 2006-09-17
Intel slide not over yet says AMD sales chief: I've been writing about a revitalized Intel an SVW sponsor and its bid to win back market share with its Core 2 Duo chips and an ambitious roadmap. My view has been that AMD has had the party all to itself with its low-power consuming high-performance Opteron server chips--and now...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.; Blog posts 2006-09-11
Software is not dead, development is going mainstream: Some of us have been chatting this up for a while, but the vision of AJAX front ends to SOA composite applications is being heralded with new vigor at this week's JavaOne conference. Tony Baer at CBR registration required has a nice rundown, including: JackBe, one of...; Tags: JackBe, Saas, SOA; Blog posts 2006-05-19
School papers fade away as digital media rises: As information technology explodes on campus, so goes the demise of the student newspaper. An article in Connect for Kids says that as multimedia technology transforms how kids communicate, the traditional high school student-run newspaper is fading out. The good news is that having the ability to make your...; Tags: media; Blog posts 2006-05-15
Clock's ticking on new Sober onslaught: Clock's ticking on new Sober onslaughtWell, do something about it!"Infected machines are set to download instructions"Find out where it's programmed to download instructions from, and tell Germany and Austria to get off their duffs and do something about it. If they act fast enough, they can block those servers and...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, worm, security, e-mail, virus; Discussion threads 2005-12-07
WebEx goes 'broad and deep': WebEx, the world's leading on-demand provider according to IDC, has slashed the entry-level cost of its web conferencing service to mark its entrance into the small and mid-sized business market. Until earlier this week, the lowest cost WebEx account for web conferencing cost $375 per month for an enterprise account...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc.; Blog posts 2005-10-13
Starship Troopers demo (zip): Starship Troopers is the game based upon the hit 1997 movie. You play the role of an elite Marauder - the Special Forces of the Mobile Infantry. As High Command's precision strike tool it's your duty to spearhead the campaign against the arachnid menace. Whenever "the going gets tough" Marauders...; Tags: Empire Interactive Plc., Starship Troopers, Multiplayer Entertainment, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing; Software downloads 2005-09-02
Who in the world is Kai-Fu Lee?: Who in the world is Kai-Fu Lee?Who in the world is Kai-Fu Lee?So is ZDNet going to drag this story out as long as possible? Let me simplify it for you. Lee signed a non-compete agreement. A legal document. MS wins, Google loses. Case closed.A million...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Kai-Fu Lee; Discussion threads 2005-08-02
Microsoft juggernauts and antitrust: David Berlind has been writing a fascinating series of blog posts on the "Microsoft media juggernaut." In case you missed them, you can see them here (first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, my apologies if I missed some). I find it particularly fascinating because, as a new Microsoft employee, I...; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2005-06-10