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So about this SIF thing

The Systems Interoperability Framework SIF is something that people in ed tech talk a lot about and yet few understand its potential, its implications, and its hurdles. It just happens to be on my mind since we're about to undertake some pretty big SIF integration projects and I'm working...

Tags: System Interoperability, Systems Interoperability Framework, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-23

System Interoperability

As any IT professional knows, migrations can be a challenge. Deploying SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, however, is an easy process that starts with a simple step-by step plan laid out by Novell. More importantly, your migration to SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server is an opportunity to identify quick wins that will...

Tags: Novell Inc., System Interoperability, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Open Source, Servers, Hardware

Resource centers 2009-03-19

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Guess who else is married to paper?

Another paper perilThankfully, knock on wood, I don't get sick very often.Since I hadn't been there for years, my Clinic threw away my entire medical history.Paper is a fact of life.You have to a have a paper trail, the entire concept of goingpaperless is just silliness.I am sure with the...

Tags: patient, doctors office

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

Open source be not proud

microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...

Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Family Dollar Selects Windows Server, Saves Millions of Dollars

Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2009, Family Dollar required a more robust merchandising solution to accommodate its continuing growth. In 2007, Family Dollar began the transformation of its merchandising tool set to a planned implementation of the SAS Integrated Merchandise Planning solution. Family Dollar faced a significant investment in new...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows, Family Dollar, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-10-20

SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions

Kirk J Koenigsbauer • Microsoft Trying to write a blogpost about the SharePoint 2010 announcements today here in Las Vegas is like trying to summarize Microsoft in a few paragraphs. SharePoint, the fastest growing product in the company's history, is also arguably the...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Google Edu Apps and Live@Edu: More than 1 way to skin a cat?

Layers and layersAs background, we are part of a system of 130ish schools, with only a handful being full P-12 colleges like ours. Therefore solutions provided by central office don't always scale up well to provide for us, although advances are being made every year. My comment relates to the...

Tags: cloud computing, Live@edu, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl

Lazy people.Thats all I can think. Who, in their right mind, would entrust valuable data to >> someone elses system

Tags: Backups, backup, cloud computing, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-11

Red Hat, Microsoft deliver on virtualization interop promises

It's more than notable that Red Hat and Microsoft have delivered on some aspects of their cross certification virtualization promises. Here's what was delivered today (verbatim, from the Red Hat press release), following pledges of both companies last February: Validation of Red Hat Enterprise...

Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Linux, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value

While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-06

BlackBerry Desktop for Mac now available with iTunes sync capability

done rightthat's how you do it right, palm! write your own software, rather than tricking itunes to believe the pre is an ipod.there is an ethical way for interoperability and rim got it right. palm - not so much.RE: BlackBerry Desktop for Mac now available with iTunes sync capabilityMac users...

Tags: PDAs, Desktops, Handhelds, BlackBerry Desktop, Apple Macintosh, RIM BlackBerry, Mac Now, iTunes Sync, Apple iTunes, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

Open source and forced obsolescence

You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards

On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-25

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

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. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Palm tattles on Apple, finds itself in the hot seat instead

No one likes a tattle-tale. But there is a bit of satisfaction that comes when the tables turn on the tattler. That's what happened to Palm this week when it ratted out Apple to the USB Implementers Forum, an industry group that oversees the USB standard. Palm,...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...

Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-22