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- Office 2.0: an Irregular mashup
- The upcoming Office 2.0 conference is one of the first in the fall calendar that keeps people like me in more airports than I care to think about. It's also one for which I have fond memories. Office 2.0 started out as an idea put out into the Enterprise Irregulars'...
- Tags: Innovation, Conference, Office 2.0, Mashup, Unconference Session, Ross, Susan Scrupski, Zoli Erdos, Vinnie Mirchandani, Vinnie, David Tebbutt, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Yo-yo'ing on Millennials
- Larry Dignan's post earlier in the week asking whether Millennials will re-invent IT struck a chord with a few of my Irregular friends. First up, Larry's conclusion: I remember this generational stereotyping with the Generation X crowd. Job market stunk. Generation X was different–they were pissed. They were wearing...
- Tags: Information Technology, Generation, Millennials, Hindsight, Ross Mayfield, Susan Scrupski, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Mass marketing web 2.0 through an unusual source: the channel
- There was something about last months announcement about Suite Two the power-combo of RSS, blogs, Wikis and search wrapped in a holiday bundle that caught my attention. Intel Capital, the group who brought together the all-star team, has investments in a couple of the players SpikeSource and SixApart...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Intel Corp., Distributors, OEMs, Resellers, Enterprise 2.0, Systems Integration, General IT Services
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Consulting and SI 2.0: Mining the Sea Change in Software
- Fellow blogger Phil Wainewright attended the SIIA Software Industry Information Assocation conference this month. Phil writes:Speaking on a panel at todays SIIA OnDemand Summit in San Jose, Abhijit Dubey of McKinsey revealed that a new survey by his organization has found that the proportion of CIOs considering adopting SaaS...
- Tags: consulting, Saas, Bluewolf Consulting, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Indian Talent Shortage,yes. But, can they pass the test?
- CMMI and Six Sigma is so offshore 1.0... Powerhouse NASSCOM, the Indian IT software and service trade organization, announced last week the national rollout of a nationwide assessment and certification program: the NASSCOM Assessment of Competence NAC. NASSCOM has teamed with with the state government of Rajasthan, which...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, NASSCOM, NAC
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- The Interactive Agency: Not an Ad Agency, Not a geek squad... a Next-gen Integrator
- In New York, where real estate is still at a premium, one firm is consolidating all its Manhattan addresses and moving in time for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade uptown to Times Square to fill an 80,000 square foot space left by Google. The new digs will include: a usability...
- Tags: AA|RF, interActive Agency, Systems Integration, Applications Development, Web Services
- Blog posts 2006-11-03
- Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice
- In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.” The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then. Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...
- Tags: outsourcing, General IT Services, HRO, F&, A Outsourcing, Systems Integration, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, IT Outsourcing, Interactive Agency, Web Services, SaaS, Offshoring
- Blog posts 2006-11-01
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- Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review
- [Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- 10 ways to get more mileage from your Office hyperlinks
- Hyperlinks are now a standard fixture in Office documents, but many users don't know much beyond how to click on them. Susan Harkins has rounded up an assortment of tweaks for fine-tuning the behavior of hyperlinks and using them for specialized tasks.This download is also available as an entry in...
- Tags: Susan Harkins, Hyperlinks, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2008-09-29
- Samsung SyncMaster T240HD
- The 24-inch Samsung SyncMaster T240HD is a HDTV disguised as a $499 monitor. The OSD menu design is taken directly from the menus used in Samsung's HDTVs. It has tons of connection options--all of which face toward the back, not down as they do with most monitors--including two HDMI ports...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, display, bezel, footstand, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Syncmaster, Samsung SyncMaster T240HD, OSD, connection option
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- Video: The week in Green tech
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson describes the acceleration of computer and genetic technology through Moore's law, and then outlines nature-inspired methods for building nanotech. He also explains why decoding DNA from the ocean is important to green tech's future. ...
- Tags: Biofuel, Green Technology, Video, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- 10+ tips for combating Computer Vision Syndrome
- Recent studies indicate that those who spend even a few hours a day working on a computer could suffer significant vision problems. Susan Harkins offers an overview of symptoms and causes and then shares some practical suggestions for reducing eyestrain.This download is also available as an entry in our 10...
- Tags: Vision, Computer, Susan Harkins, Productivity, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2008-09-18
- Biofuel cheaper than $50-a-barrel oil?
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Susan Mac Cormac of Morrison & Foerster moderates a panel discussion about the benefits and risks of biofuel. Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures says that biofuel solutions could be cheaper than $50-a-barrel oil in 10 years if the venture capital community backs...
- Tags: Biofuel, Venture Capital, Finance, Financing Startups, Green
- Videos 2008-09-17
- Samsung 2693HM
- The Samsung SyncMaster 2693HM is a 25.5-inch LCD monitor that can be found online for as little as $444. It boasts a pleasing aesthetic, good performance, especially for movies, in the warm preset, and includes 360-degree rotation and 90-degree pivoting. It's hampered by a flimsy-feeling stand, a bad lower viewing...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Performance management, bezel, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., display, neck, LCD
- Product reviews 2008-09-08
- Judge finds Oracle's Ellison withheld evidence
- According to Bloomberg, in a ruling that has important implications for Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO and the company itself, district judge Susan Illston found that Ellison: ...deliberately destroyed or withheld e-mails and failed to preserve tape recordings that should have been turned over to lawyers for shareholders suing him......
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- StatusHQ: another Twitter clone for enterprise
- Â Twitter clones are starting to come out the woodwork. The latest candidate is StatusHQ, which surfaced last Friday and which my pal Luis Suarez describes as: "What Twitter could have been." Maybe, maybe not. The central premise behind StatusHQ is that individuals can...
- Tags: Twitter, StatusHQ, Susan, Pete, UI, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Sarbanes-Oxley, Business Structures, RSS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- 10+ ways to help your users transition to Word 2007
- If you're one Word 2007 support call away from a nervous breakdown, these tips may help. Susan Harkins addresses the most common areas of confusion and offers practical advice for helping users conquer the steep learning curve.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2008-08-26
- Office 2.0: 'Conversations' prevent IT failure
- Cultural issues are among the key drivers causing acute IT problems. Project failure rates remain high in large part because these drivers are difficult to identify and diagnose. Many organizations accept information silos as a cost of doing business, despite the clear negative impact of these boundaries...
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Failure, Office 2.0, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop
- If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Computer, Elaine, GEORGE, Susan, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- 10+ reasons to use Access (and a few reasons not to)
- Microsoft Access may not be the king of databases, but it does offer a number of advantages over solutions like SQL Server and Oracle in certain situations. Access guru Susan Harkins counts the ways.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Download resources 2008-08-15
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