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- No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly
- EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...
- Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, City, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making
- As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Tasty Baking CIO: Brendan O'Malley
- Brendan O'Malley, CIO of Tasty Baking talks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about the IT challenges in making more than 5 million cakes, cookies and other desserts every day for fresh delivery. He also discusses streamlining the company's 90 year old business operations, developing inventory management solutions and how the...
- Tags: CIO, Inventory Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers
- The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...
- Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds
- Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...
- Tags: Wavelength, Pollution, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projects
- Observing the news that HP is acquiring EDS, perhaps it's time to reflect on EDS' troubled history with IT projects. I've written about a number of failed projects where EDS played a role. Warning, some of these stories are ugly: More EDS issues over...
- Tags: Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Strategy, Government, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- EDS internal memo on the HP purchase
- HP acquired EDS in a deal valued roughly at $12.8 billion. The move was outlined Tuesday morning amid a healthy dose of skepticism. Here's a memo from EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer, who will now report to HP CEO Mark Hurd. To the EDS Worldwide Team: Today...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Branding, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Olympus E-520 dSLR debuts
- Cue "The Price is Right" music -- Olympus E-520 dSLR, come on down! In today's news, Olympus announced their E-520 this morning, the replacement for the E-510. Notable improvements in the new body include sensor-shift stabilization (including an updated system with a mode that...
- Tags: Body, Olympus Corp., ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Pricing, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- New AMD Opterons are good news for schools
- AMD, a company that has been struggling to compete meaningfully with Intel in the last year, announced new "highly efficient" quad-core processors for blade and rack servers. With energy costs increasing drastically (and no relief in sight), schools looking to shave costs, as well as green their IT departments,...
- Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Performance, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Thin Clients, Performance Management, Storage Management, Storage, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Combined HP-EDS can explore missing methodology around how to offload IT to the cloud(s)
- HP's now official pending EDS buy for just shy of $14 billion positions the combined companies to organize and manage the hosted/on-premises mix to maximum efficiency and lowest TCO. It's a great goal to shoot for because all they have to do is beat IBM. With this...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., End Goal, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom
- The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops
- Details of Microsoft's recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers. Until now, the big question was: What exactly defines...
- Tags: Linux, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Still ranting about interfaces
- My argument, yesterday, that how an application is to be used is more determinative of the right toolset for building it than what the application does, embeds the assumption that the people we sell our software or development ideas to, either are end users or make decisions on the basis...
- Tags: Corel WordPerfect, Standards, Word Processors, Quality, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY
- Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can...
- Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-13
- Olympus announces new E-520 midrange DSLR update
- Olympus has finally announced the previously leaked E-520, an update to its well-regarded E-510. Like the entry-level E-420, the E-510 is really a minor update to its predecessor. Not surprisingly, updates include most of the new features the E-420 added over the E-410, such as a bigger and better...
- Tags: Olympus Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?
- OK. I may just have found a very relevant reason to go out and buy a new computer: I think I have officially killed my four-year-old Apple notebook. And, yes, I will lose data if I can't recover the hard drive. And, yes, I am traveling as this discovery is...
- Tags: Thin Client, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IGEL, Thin Clients, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- The Green Enterprise: Intel
- On the next installment of The Green Enteprise, CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos looks at how Intel is developing green technologies for its customers and within its own organization. Innovations include ultra-lower power 45nm chips, greening its fab operations in China, Arizona and Israel; and developing non-toxic materials for packaging and...
- Tags: Michael Kanellos, Intel Corp., Chip, Data Centers, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Networking, Green
- Videos 2008-05-12
- Electrical outages make you appreciate mobile technology
- I awoke this morning to the crackle and thunderous crash of a 100-year-old oak tree snapping and falling in my next-door neighbor's yard (iPhone picture above). We're lucky that no people or property were damaged, but the tree fell on a power line knocking out service for my...
- Tags: Mobile, Apple MacBook, Battery, Outage, Engineering, Modems, Notebooks, RSS, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
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