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Globalization's roots in the boom 90s: I've alwaysÂ wanted to read Thomas L. Friedman's "The World is Flat," a book that describes the globalization forces that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century, and in Friedman's mind, constitutes version 3.0 of a globalization wave that will be more intense - and move faster - than...; Tags: Outsource, Telecommunications, Worker, Computer, Fiber, Thomas L. Friedman, Globalization, Outsourcing, Productivity, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-03-21

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What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Enterprise Service Busted?: Enterprise Service Busted?ESBsIt really depends on your environment. My company is a medium sized company and we did not have any middleware. For us the ESB made a lot of sense. If you already have middleware, you may not need an ESB. You might be set...; Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me: Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle: On July 7, the day before the release of the patch for the now infamous DNS design flaw, hacker Dan Kaminsky with the help of Black Hat conference organizers invited reporters to a press conference to "discuss the massive multivendor patch being released this Tuesday." "A synchronized...; Tags: Black Hat, DNS, Conference, Dan Kaminsky, Thomas Ptacek, Domain Names, Patches, Security, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Kids NetLinks (zip): Kids NetLinks provides kids and parents the easiest method available for providing the top kids website's shortcuts to kids learning and fun websites with matching custom wallpapers, along with matching selections for updates to I.E. homepage. URLs include Barney, Elmo, Sesame Street, Thomas the Train, and more. Add shortcuts from...; Tags: Shortcut, Web Site, Kids NetLinks, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Desktops, Internet, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?: Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?The perception is ...... Apple can't be great without Steve Jobs. I personally don't feel this is necessarily the case even though when Jobs was ousted proved to be a disastrous decision for Apple.Apple is in a strong growth period and...; Tags: Quality, Desktops, Digital media, Steve J, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Voting For A McCain: SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...; Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom: In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain.Â The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...; Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 product: Apple released patches for its Apple TV 2.1 product yesterday. Some of you might be saying, why do I care, I don't use Apple TV. Well, if you do use Apple TV, you obviously should care as some of these are very serious flaws, but if you don't,...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Movie, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Issue, Apple TV, Arbitrary Code Execution, Flaw, IMPACT, CVE-ID, Application Termination, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Don't doubt Deputy Dan: Well, it would seem that Tom Ptacek may have figured out something to do with Dan Kaminsky's earlier DNS flaw, and this may actually be the vulnerability to fear that we had originally heard.Â Let's just say this, I've read Tom's postings on the Matasano blog for quite some time...; Tags: DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw: Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...; Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08: It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...; Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
iPhone hacked to run Flash Lite: According to a post over at Gizmodo, Belgian programmer Thomas Joos has hacked together a way to run Flash Lite on the iPhone. It requires a lot of work, mostly via b.Tween and eyeGT and its not sanctioned by either Adobe or Apple, but either way it gives us hope...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Blogging, Development Tools, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-08
ADD makes dieting harder: ADD makes dieting harderI comiserateI struggle to keep an appointment book, but how well do you do with daily exercise routines?Interesting fact I got out of David McCullough's biography of John Adams: Thomas Jefferson kept track of every penny he spent for most of his life, but still couldn't get...; Tags: Keeping Track, John Adams, David McCullough; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream.Â He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...; Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market: Â Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
(Gallery: Bill Gates says good bye): (Gallery: Bill Gates says good bye)Hon Sir William Gates III Final Remarksheres link to fairly Long Personel interview. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#25408564 Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.RE: (Gallery: Bill Gates says good bye)The Microsoft name will stand...; Tags: Bill Gates, goodbye, Gallery; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
News to know: Vista reliability; Nokia-Symbian; Open source drivers; diversITy: Â Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Improving Windows Vista's reliability Mary Jo Foley: Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way out How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes? Dennis Howlett: Time to...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Phone, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Symbian Inc., Open Source, Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-24