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- Carbon footprint: beware the simple or easy answer
- Carbon Footprint hits big time with major piece in "New Yorker." On newstands Feb. 19th is issue of the mag with an article by Michael Specter about carbon footprints, consumer awareness and how that plays into reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He won't please the anti-government crowd with his...
- Tags: Carbon Footprint, Specter, Roses, Transportation, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Better bank security scares off users? Oh well.
- That was my first reaction to reading this just posted article on BBC.com. The specter is raised that tokens, one time passwords, and security questions are going to increase the friction involved in online banking and lead to customer dissatisfaction. My reaction? Oh well. ...
- Tags: Bank, Specter, Phishing, Financial Services, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Sarbanes-Oxley, IIM, and The specter of Success
- Sarbanes-Oxley, IIM, and The Specter of SuccessBillings?"Right: lots of proceduralization to generate billings, and the politically powerful combination of Linux and open source applications to get the job done."Most exec's know golf, and have not even heard of Linux. So don't get your hopes up. The exec's will...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Linux, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, IIM, Specter, PERSONAL LIABILITY
- Discussion threads 2005-06-25
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- The problem with Forrester's $4.6 billion prediction
- Forrester has released a report indicating that Enterprise 2.0 spending will reach $4.6 billion by 2013. ( I would offer a link but the one I have is broken.) I'm uncomfortable with the report though it hints at some interesting developments. Any prediction is based upon the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Senate approves telecom immunity, rejects compromises
- The Associated Press reports this dire news: The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That's the Democratic-controlled Senate. After nearly two...
- Tags: Associated Press, U.S. Senate, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Forget predictions, get a wishlist
- At this time of the year, pundits of all stripes seek to grab attention by appearing sage and wise by making predictions for the coming year. Heck, I've done it myself - and lived to regret such pretensions. This year I prefer to pen an enterprise wishlist because that's...
- Tags: Innovation, Twitter, Enterprise, Fashion Victim, Hugh, Seesmic Twitter, Leadership, Social Networking, Strategy, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-26
- Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster
- The battle over telecommunications immunity continued Monday with a Senate vote, 76-10, to advance for a floor vote a bill protecting the companies from lawsuits relating to cooperation with national surveillance efforts. The Times reports that most Democrats voted to move forward, as a bid by...
- Tags: Sen., Bill, Immunity, Mr., U.S. Senate, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- A surprise in nature's operating system
- You can think of DNA as nature's operating system. It carries all the instructions needed to make you, or a grape. And the grape has more genes. (Picture from the Scientific Creative Quarterly.) The reason is that the DNA operating system runs McAfee. As Michael Specter writes this...
- Tags: DNA, Operating System, Virus, Cyberthreats, Biotechnology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...
- Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- $200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for America
- Our own Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes about the new, Everex's TC2502 gPC- a $200 Linux-based PC now temporarily out of stock at Wal-Mart. A full 10,000 units were sold. The Everex does the basics-word processing, spreadsheet, email, edit your photos and pictures, even burn...
- Tags: Health Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Retail Company, Health Care, Linux PC, Wal*Mart, Retail, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Linux, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Time appears on Oracle's side in increasingly spooky BEA bid
- It's getting late, many couples have embraced and moved on to the snug parlor. One pretty but aging player stands on the dance floor, and only one partner so far has stepped onto the parquet with an outstretched hand. As the music winds down, as the richer...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Hard Place, Sales Strategy, Strategic Planning, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Sales, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Could lack of SOA open a company to lawsuits?
- Could lack of SOA drive shareholder lawsuits? That's the specter Dave Linthicum raised in a recent post, observing that there's precedent and motivation for such actions: "The failure of many major corporations a few years ago, which drove a bunch of new compliance laws and shareholder lawsuits,...
- Tags: Shareholder, Lawsuit, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-09-15
- Salesforce becomes enterprisey, readies for war
- As Salesforce.com sheds more of its 'cool' on-demand status and transitions to looking more enterprisey, I notice it has hired Graham Smith as CFO. Fellow Irregular Mark Crofton muses:...about the irony that a company whose motto is "No Software" keeps hiring big enterprise software company execs...Obviously, as an employee of...
- Tags: Sales force management, Dennis Howlett, Salesforce.com Inc., Graham Smith, Marc Benioff
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- News to know: Next-gen Windows; Oracle patches; Facebook feeding frenzy
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Next-gen Windows: Most wanted features emerge. Larry Dignan: Next-gen Windows features and the fallout.Ed Bott: Hardware notebook: What I look for in a Vista PC.Web leaders: Search is just the beginning.Ryan Naraine: Oracle readying 46 security patches for DB, server products.Review: Logitech MX Air. Photos: A...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Using technology to enhance humans
- Its a well-known fact that technology can improve our lives. For example, we can reach anyone and anywhere with our cellphones. And people who cant walk after an accident now can have smart prosthesis to help them. But what about designing our children on a computer or having a chip...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Keith Bauer, microchip, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, patient
- Blog posts 2007-05-13
- Prediction: specter of Verizon judgment will cut Vonage's advertising, marketing budget
- Fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson notes a Marketwatch report that Vonage has delayed the filing of their annual report because of extra time needed to calculate the financial effects of the recent patent decision awarding Verizon $58 million because of findings Vonage has infringed on three of Verizons VoIP-enabling...
- Tags: Vonage, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incident
- Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incidentInteresting how Congress can get so hot and fast on the ballexcept for help care, cost of living, where tax dollars get wasted, etc etc. Guess this was an easy target, Google will want to maintain its earned imagine. Now back...
- Tags: INTERNET, Google Inc., Katrina, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- Microsoft to launch iPhone rival?
- Crunch Gear is reporting that it has confirmed rumors of a Microsoft Zune Phone. Would that be a zPhone? According to Crunch Gears Matt Hickey whose hook was a Microsoft filing with the FCC all cell phone manufacturers must register their devices with the FCC:....it looks like MS is working...
- Tags: Crunch Gears Matt Hickey, Entertainment, General, Hollywood On Demand, Microsoft Zune, Mobile, Personal Technology, telephone, Telephony, WiMAX, Wired &, Wireless, Zune Phone
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Closed iPhone is a necessary evil, for a while
- The talk of dissatisfaction that the pending Apple iPhone is "closed" makes a lot of sense ... later. The fact that convergence has not meaningfully happened for mobile, PC, communications, content, and Web tells us that the market needs a spoiler.And Apple seems ready, willing, and able to be that...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Web Technology, Mobile, Podcasts, Vista, Apple, Microsoft, Windows, Software Development, Embedded, Web Services, Patents, Wall Street, .NET, Internet, convergence, Apple iPhone
- Blog posts 2007-01-14
- Skype's new upfront North America calling plan: a stage in a broader strategy
- To be formally unveiled today, Skypes new upfront, $29.95 a year Unlimited Calling subscription plan ($14.95 for signups by January 31)for calls within the U.S. and Canada is a milepost in Skypes move to be a major Internet phone provider within North America- as opposed to predominantly an international...
- Tags: VOIP, strategy, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
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