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- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications business
- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications businessIBM and Agile? hahahaI read a white paper on the IBM site about Agile where they recommend against using the virtual file system. In the same breath they talk about the difficulties of using developer branches, limiting the use of Multi-site technology,...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, IBM Corp., Telelogic acquisition, Telelogic, applications business, Agile, acquisition
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications business
- I just saw that IBM is buying Swedish development vendor Telelogic for $745 million, greasing the skids for the race of big software vendors to go even deeper on verticals and specialization.Just as IBM sidestepped the issue at their Innovate conference last month of whether they are getting into the...
- Tags: Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, IBM, Software Development, Embedded, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
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- Martin jabs back at Comcast over suit
- FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin responded to Comcast's lawsuit challenging the agency's authority to sanction the company. "Given Comcast's past failure to disclose its network management practices to its customers, it is important Comcast respond to the many still-unanswered questions about its new management techniques," Martin...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- GOOG's Chrome is all about Wall Street . . .
- Google's launch of its browser Chrome seems to be less to do with running web applications quickly, than it is about its rapidly growing traffic acquisition costs. Google pays a lot of money to third parties for traffic directed to its search sites. Mozilla is the largest...
- Tags: Google Inc., Payment, Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., GOOG, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!
- For all the talk about Google's Chrome browser and whether it's a Web operating system, platform for applications and future Microsoft killer it's quite possible that folks are overthinking the search giant's intentions. Perhaps Google's browser is really about protecting its ad backside. Sure, Google's browser Techmeme--designed...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Cookie, Chrome, Google Chrome, Lindsay, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Dell repair adventure, day 3
- Dell repair adventure, day 3dell next day serviceI had to use the service back in February for my XPS 1330 as it had the Nvidia Issue. I have to say that as for the repair, they turned it in about 2 hours (according to the tracking numbers.) It...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Activity Trainer (exe)
- Activity Trainer is a software program that makes the research-based, effective video odeling teaching method practical for the classroom and home. Activity Trainer is a versatile teaching tool that enables teachers to use videos to teach almost any targeted activity or skill - from simple to complex - and includes...
- Tags: Video, Modeling, Accelerations Educational Software, Research & Development, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisitionReagrding MS Live SearchHas it occurred to Microsoft that a great many people, far more than they imagine absolutely can't stand Live search. Microsoft's foray into the new and improved is a disaster and should be withdrawn, or at the very...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Europe-with Greenfield acquisition
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...
- Tags: Acquisition, Europe, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Ciao, Survey Business, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- EIC Podcast: Apple-Psystar; Cisco vs. Microsoft; DNC; Dell
- On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about that ongoing Apple-Psystar legal showdown, Cisco and Microsoft's collision course, the Democratic National Convention and Dell's plans for the cloud. On Wednesday Psystar--that little Mac clone maker in Florida--sued Apple for antitrust violations. The big question:...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?
- Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...
- Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?
- Cisco on Wednesday bought email and calendar software maker PostPath for $215 million in a move that may signal bigger plans for WebEx. Simply put, Cisco and Microsoft are increasingly on a software collision course. Cisco said its latest acquisition will be used to "enhance the existing...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up
- HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP's services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Amazon acquires book community Shelfari
- Amazon has added another tuck-in acquisition: Shelfari, an online community for book worms. Shelfari is likely to be integrated into Amazon's services and continue to exist as a separate destination. Amazon, which helped fund the social networking startup, now owns Shelfari and a stake in its primary...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Shelfari, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Networking, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
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