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- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?
- Philip Howard of Bloor Research right says that if open source is strategic, it will benefit mainly the current players. Plus a change, plus c'est la mme chose, he writes. That's French for the more things change the more they stay the same. (Sounds better in French.) Or, if you...
- Tags: strategic
- Blog posts 2005-04-04
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- Firms get more strategic about SaaS sourcing in 2010
- SaaS is one of Forrester's Top 15 enterprise technologies to watch. by Liz Herbert
- Tags: Sourcing, Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Liz Herbert
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform
- In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
- Support Strategies: Customer Experience Management
- Customer experience is the most powerful tool available today for distinguishing your company from competitors ? each contact with the customer offers an opportunity for strengthening your relationships by delivering value. That makes the support center an extremely strategic contact point. This smith+co white paper explores the importance...
- Tags: Strategy, Customer Experience
- White papers 2009-11-06
- 10 ways to evaluate your IT management software
- Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-05
- Gratuitous Space Battles demo (Windows)
- Gratuitous Space Battles is a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games : The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going zap!,...
- Tags: Ship, Microsoft Windows, Positech Games, Gratuitous Space Battles, GSB, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- Army of Earth 0.526 (Windows)
- Army of Earth is an online action/strategy team combat game, allowing hundreds of players and up to 6 teams to play together in an open, outdoor 3D environment. It is easy to learn and use, but true mastery will require both strategic and leadership skills. Gameplay is drop-in/drop-out, with built-in...
- Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows, Army, Fundictive, Gameplay, Team Management, Leadership, Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Corner of Bar vs Corner of Library: The Twitter Conundrum
- On the eve of a couple of international Enterprise 2.0 Conferences, I'm revisiting in this post a core concept about the fundamental dichotomy of behavioral patterns around marketing people and business operations people. As a general rule the people running the strategy and...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Strategic Secret Weapon for Tightening Business & IT Alignment: Modeling!
- Achieving alignment between an organization's core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise's strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. Learn how aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that will ultimately lead to heightened agility and greater productivity across the...
- Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-01
- 3 Strategies for Reducing IT Support Costs
- As companies brace for more bumps in the economic downturn, many organisations are indiscriminately cutting costs. To ensure a seamless transition into the post-recession market, however, slashing and burning is not recommended. Now is the time to strategically trim and strengthen for success. This IDC White...
- Tags: Information Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., Cost Savings, International Data Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-10-29
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- What's on your watch list? Forrester identifies 15 key technologies for enterprise architects
- Enterprise 2.0 is here todayThanks for sharing Forrester's 15 Key Technologies. Though they represent discrete capabilities, collectively they nicely sum up Enterprise 2.0.Global adoption will take awhile, not for a lack of interest, but rather due to the slow up take of the underlying architecture, database, and coding methodologies.Forward...
- Tags: Development tools, Key Technologies, Forrester Research Inc., Enterprise 2.0
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- IndustryPlayer 6.6 build 660 (Windows)
- IndustryPlayer is a business simulation game which realistically reproduces all aspects of a corporation's business, including it's relationships with the workforce, suppliers, competitors, consumers, banks, insurers, and the government. The simulation is based on real world economic models and genuine industry data. Players take the role of an entrepreneur and...
- Tags: Tycoon Systems, Microsoft Windows, IndustryPlayer, Strategic Management, Government, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
- Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
- Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Anne Thomas Manes: SOA can be resurrected, here's how
- SOA was/is a failure.No reason to resurrect it.Of course, service oriented architecture is the right thingAnd increasingly CIOs are becoming more strategic in their role and migrating their architectures to service orientation.The problem is that a lot of vendors started selling - overselling - products with the SOA name on...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- SAP and Siemens: kiss and make up?
- The other week news broke that Siemens planned to can its estimated €40 million plus annual maintenance agreement with SAP. What a difference a few weeks makes. According to a press release issued by SAP: SAP...today announced that Siemens AG, a global leader in electronics and electrical engineering, has...
- Tags: Siemens AG, SAP AG, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Microsoft demos Twitter feeds in Bing
- Bing and TwitterThis is great news for search having the ability to integrate real time twitter feeds directly into Bing. It adds to an improved user experience for searchers to find the latest information immediately. As well as allowing brands to have the ability to get into the search results...
- Tags: Branding, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Twitter Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Google announces Social Search with Twitter
- Reaction?To try to steal the thunder of their competition's announcements?RE: Google announces Social Search with Twitter Zoe SandsThis is great news for search having the ability to integrate real time twitter feeds directly into Google. It adds to an improved user experience for searchers to find the latest information immediately....
- Tags: social search, Twitter Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Sun cuts 3,000 jobs as Oracle takeover twists in regulator limbo
- Oracle hasn't completed its Sun Microsystems acquisition yet, but the restructuring is already underway. In a regulatory filing, Sun said Tuesday that it will lay off 3,000 workers across the globe. The company added that it had to restructure as it waits for Oracle's purchase of the...
- Tags: Job, Regulator, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Restructuring, Company, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Regulations, Strategy, Management, Investment, Finance, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
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