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Companies warn U.S. lagging behind in tech

Companies warn U.S. lagging behind in techGee I seem to remember I made astatement to this effect, the US had better get on board with Open Source and better education or pretty soon the empire will be no more.Europe, Asia they are stomping the stuffing out of us in all...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Workforce management, Big Business, tax, U.S. Lagging, tech profession, Foreign Students, education, government

Discussion threads 2005-02-16

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P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education

Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Public relations fail: A lesson and a rant

This is not a PR thingThis is a email etiquette thing. Whenever somebody emails in bulk, BCC should be used. This ranges from sending a link to those puppies on YouTube you know who you are to professional ads.Not entirely, but kind of isHarry,I don't disagree with you that this...

Tags: Blogging, public relations, rant

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

File sharing leaks government secrets

File sharing leaks government secretsSecuring a network...is a very simple task. However, it does require that the administrators actually be qualified and knowledgeable about their profession. During my 20 years in the technology profession it has become quite obvious that maybe 2 out of 10 professionals are actually qualified to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), digital-rights management, government secret, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online

The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy onlineWhy dont they just make it legal, regulate and tax the crap out of it.If many law abiding citizens continue to break a particular law then the law is no longer socially justifiable. Laws are simply social control over behavors that are unwanted....

Tags: game, hypocrisy, Evangelism

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Programmers and IT failure

Programmers and IT failureFlawed DisciplineBless their souls: programmers are victims of a flawed discipline. One that has been flawed for decades.Development is a trade, a craft. It requires senior craftsmen to apprentice -- PMs are not senior craftsmen, nor is their discipline.In larger construction efforts, the problem lies in not...

Tags: Development tools, information technology, BAD CODE, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?

A number of outlets are reporting on the rise in computer science majors at American universities. For years, the number of graduates with a computer science degree has been falling as the comp sci boom of the 90s left some pretty poor job prospects for graduates. ...

Tags: Recession, Computer Science, Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-18

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

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. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25

After the collapse: Tech insights provide the way forward

After the collapse: Tech insights provide the way forwardArea of ResistanceI agree with the problem as you outline it and I agree that some areas of technology are heading in the right direction. The difficulty is not the lack of new structures but the unwillingness of the current landlords to...

Tags: knowledge

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad

A depressing string of layoff announcements across the corporate world has gotten 2009 off to an inauspicious start. So what do the trends mean for IT employment in 2009? Here’s a sober look at both the good signs and the bad. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- ...

Tags: Job, Layoff, Information Technology, Salary, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Let???s talk about the economics of great journalism

Let???s talk about the economics of great journalismand then let's talk about ZDNet and othersThe real problem with ZDNet is payment based on the number of replies. This is obviously tied to advertiser revenue, since advertisers want some proof that readers actually looked at the page - probably didn't...

Tags: Blogging, Operational accounting, journalism, great journalism

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Coding Slave: 'Software is expensive'

Coding Slave: 'Software is expensive'Less obvious answerSome enterprise software isn't estimated at all. 1) Bigwig in one department or company meets with bigwig in another department or company, neither of which knows much about developing software.2) They negotiate on what the software should do and when it should be...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Sales strategy, SOFTWARE IS, Coding Slave, software

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?

Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?Hi Dana,I e-mailed you for some elaboration.ThanksKevinRE: Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?Did you know that there are no dentists on the board? Wal-mart has their representative in place though.I expect that whatever loosely-wrapped...

Tags: Corporate governance, dentist, health-IT, board, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

The health IT archipelago

The health IT archipelagoUniversal standards are the first needIf doctors are going to spend money on a computer based system then the first thing they need to be assured of is that there will be no problem interfacing with other doctor's systems when needed. Then there is the need...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, health care, surgery, X-ray, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

The 'Social Media' Conundrum

I'm fascinated by '30's depression era attempts to foster business innovation, not least because of the financial challenges that seem likely to dominate our coming years. Surprisingly I've found The Rotary International Club is in many ways a precursor to the looser social media movement which has been a feature...

Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Brian, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-01

PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR

PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PRMaybe I'm misunderstanding.......but I don't think that "pitches" are what journalists and bloggers are looking for. Informed commentary yes; reliable information on the company's plans and policies, yes; official positions on news items involving the company, yes; pitches, no (that's...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, PR Practitioners, PitchEngine, public relations, bad apple, public beta

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Do techies think their field is worse than it is?

Tech employment is up but techies are more certain than ever before that the field is in bad shape. Is this a perception gap or is the profession in both great and awful shape? by Deb Perelman

Tags: Job, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-29

My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

Stay with me here readers, I'm stringing two stories about McAfee together here, a little out of the ordinary, so I hope it makes sense.  If you aren't interested in the tech details of which there are very little, please do read for a good laugh. Network World reported...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Organize-It, PCI, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Marketing Research, Storage, Hardware, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01