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Long-term planning in a short-term world: The stability stance

A company's strategic stance dictates its project time horizons--which, in turn, have a major impact on how the IT organization functions. In growth stance, businesses will have extended horizons, with long-term projects sometimes stretching over five years. By contrast, the stability stance demands a far more constricted horizon. Stability-oriented companies,...

Tags: Stance, Horizon, Stability Stance, Strategy, Management

Download resources 2005-05-12

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2010 Honda Fit Sport

Photo gallery:2010 Honda Fit SportSince its introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, the Honda Fit has endeared itself to small car lovers with its economical engine and flexible interior. The car received an update for 2009, gaining size and an optional navigation system. Those updates came just in time,...

Tags: Saving Grace, Scion xB, Honda Fit, Honda Motor Co., car

Product reviews 2009-11-19

Do they still need us more than we need them?

Do they still need us more than we need them?Geek not NerdYou are mixing your names in your article and thereby invalidating your premise. Nerds are socially inept beings that may or may not be geeks. Geeks are technically gifted beings that may or may not be nerds....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Nerds

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

What's next for Microsoft's Visual Studio

What's next for Microsoft's Visual StudioI hope not...I spend probably 50% of my time in Visual Studio and 30% of my time in SQL Server Management Studio. I've said for years that Microsoft makes the best development tools on the market by a long shot. If they switch...

Tags: Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Apple colonizes Windows through Safari

Apple colonizes Windows through SafariHow Refreshing!Your article and your stance are quite refreshing; you don't seem to be scandalized by Evil Apple's nefarious behavior [/sarcasm].I think in the grand scheme of things, this is good for users and everyone else concerned. More established browsers are better. More choice is better....

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Microsoft's success in China

Microsoft's success in ChinaConventional wisdom on China.A quote:"But the West ultimately implemented social reforms after upheavals that led voters to elect new governments. And South Korea and Taiwan tamed crony capitalism following traumatic democratic transitions. The Chinese Communist Party, in contrast, appears to be nowhere near tolerating political change. In...

Tags: Vertical industries, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, government, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patches

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patchesTime to waitWhy on earth does MS feel they have to stick to a constant timeline for updates. If the update is ready to go out now, then give us the damn thing so we can patch our stuff. Instead we have to wait...

Tags: Patches, information technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., patch management, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

Kaspersky: Mac and Linux viruses to rise 'significantly'

Kaspersky: Mac and Linux viruses to rise 'significantly'And this will just go to show......the OS vendors' security stance relies on the end-user to an important degree. Once the home lusers start washing up on their shores, then they'll enjoy the double-edged sword the home lusers represent.A Call to all Linux...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, virus, Apple Macintosh, Linux User

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

2006 Mini Cooper S Convertible w/John Cooper Works Kit

Mini drivers who want to go fast will appreciate the tuner package on the 2006 Mini Cooper S Convertible with the John Cooper Works Kit, but they will have to be really dedicated to stomach the price tag. Beyond some extra horses and torque, driving with the top down on...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Mini, audio system

Product reviews 2006-10-17

Plant cells for robot control

Controlling robots in complex environments is not an easy task, but it would greatly increase their usages. Yet living organisms are facing complexity and successfully dealing with it. So why not apply lessons from nature to robotics? This is what did researchers from Japan and U.K. who built an interface...

Tags: robot

Blog posts 2006-02-09

Gates: No magic answer to tech worker shortage

Gates: No magic answer to tech worker shortageHere's your answer, Billy:It's tough to pay for that computer science degree when the only job you can find, after finishing school, is flipping burgers because all you 1%ers have shipped all the jobs overseas so that YOU guys can afford that new...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, NOW HERE, job, information technology

Discussion threads 2005-07-18

Raymond on open source

Raymond on open sourceLinux - a horrible accident?[i]"…Or, perhaps Linux's success is just an accident of history. Would Mr. Torvalds have started the Linux project if BSD wasn't "sat upon" by the AT&T copyright elephant?"[/i]Actually linux was started in 1991, before the USL vs BSD lawsuit happened, so I don't...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, BSD, Linux

Discussion threads 2005-06-17

Mozilla releases Firefox security update

Mozilla releases Firefox security updateOops!I notice that there is no long and protracted conversation about how terrible it is that these spoofing vulnerabilities were released in the first place!And lets be quite clear, these are BAD vulnerabilities.Of course had this been an IE bug everyone would have wanted to put...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Mozilla Corp., Now IT, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2005-02-24

ex-World Bank CTO: Desktop Linux Interrupted

ex-World Bank CTO: Desktop Linux InterruptedWhat is Buck's Relationship To Microsoft?Does he own Microsoft Stock?Is he friends with Bill Gates?We need to know if there is an agenda.We have found out that the CEO, CIO etc have more than not been liars out for their own gain.bank CTO knows the...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., hardware, hardware issue, desktop Linux

Discussion threads 2005-02-04

Nobel laureate rings energy alarm bell

Nobel laureate rings energy alarm bellAlarm bells ring to deaf ears in Bush administrationThe current Bush priority is to dig for more oil, not find alternatives. This is a disaster in the making.The best hope is for other developed countries not pouring $1Billion a month into Iraq to invest in...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mobile Energy, FUD

Discussion threads 2004-12-15

Munich to stick with open source

Munich to stick with open sourceLet the flame wars beginIt will be interesting to see what TCO is after a year of using linux compared to MS. I am all in favour of it, I attended the MS roadshow and it was a thinly disguised marketing attempt, as they where...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, migration, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-17

Novell management tool going open source

Novell management tool going open sourceMessage has been deleted.wow!i never expected this. YAST is so much futher ahead than any of its competition. If Redhat, or any other distro maker was smart, theyd jump on this. YAST was one of the best parts of buying SuSE linux.CoolI...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux desktop, open source, Taco Warrior, YaST, Linux, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-03-18