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- Thompson uses the Web to claim spot as Republican standard-bearer
- Thompson uses the Web to claim spot as Republican standard-bearerB he a good candidate or not . . .Over many years I have watched Fred Thompson's unassuming rills both in congress and on the movie screen.As with any successful politician, his mastery of acting...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Symantec CEO John Thompson on Microsoft, Google and Switzerland
- Symantec CEO John Thomspon drinks deeply from the Microsoft well. In fact, three-quarters of his company's $5.2 billion in revenue last year was derived from the Windows platform. But Symantec's relationship with Microsoft is complex and at times contentious. Thompson describes Microsoft as a partner, ally and competitor.On the competitor...
- Tags: Symantec, Storage, Software Infrastructure, Security, SaaS, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Thompson uses the Web to claim spot as Republican standard-bearer
- Unannounced Republican presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson is using the Web to make sure hard-core Republicans know just where he stands on the issues, the Washington Post reports.Among his messages: The Virginia Tech massacre showed that students should be allowed to carry guns to protect themselves; global warming scientists are...
- Tags: Elections
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- If Fred Thompson runs for Prez, should NBC.com pull his Law & Order clips from Web?
- Â Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) is widely believed to be on the cusp of throwing his hat in the ring for the Republican Presidential nomination.Sen. Thompson, as you probably know, is also an actor. He's played Det. Arthur Branch on NBC's Law &Â Order" for five seasons.There's a widely held...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Symantec CIO David Thompson talks ERP, security
- Enterprise resource planning implementations are never easy. In fact, its the equivalent of corporate open heart surgery. And often theres a financial hit if things dont go well. Symantec recently discussed a few hiccups in its ERP deployment that hurt the companys quarter. The...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Security, Oracle, Symantec, ERP, Symantec Corp., Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Symantec sheds light on its internal IT
- Give Symantec CEO John Thompson some credit for being upfront about a dreadful quarter. Throughout Symantecs recent troubles, Thompson has been straightforward about the quarter. On Symantecs earnings conference call he also shed a lot of light on how the...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Security, Symantec, Thompson, Symantecs
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- Florida judge gets tough on 'Bully'
- Florida judge gets tough on 'Bully'As with every other topic you've posted on hereYou are absolutely clueless about this one...unless of course you really beleive [b]a game with no blood, and no killing[/b] is "indecent" and should be banned.Ain't the gaming industry that needs changes necessarilyActually, the government is only...
- Tags: Games, game, decency law, government, Thompson
- Discussion threads 2006-10-12
- D: Walt Mossberg's security lessons
- Walt Mossberg has a dream. His computer will not make him feel like he is a part-time systems administrator. During an interview with RSA Security CEO Art Coviello and Symantec CEO John Thompson, Walt asked, "When will you protect my computer without annoying and bothering me…and stop telling me the...
- Tags: Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-06-01
- The real reason we shouldn't depend on Microsoft for security
- There is no question in my mind that Microsoft is getting security right and that this means there's trouble ahead for third party security providers. But is Microsoft's technical prowess enough to justify using its security solutions in lieu of those that come other providers? Or should you forget...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., MTV, Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-05-23
- Symantec CEO looks ahead
- Thompson says he can imagine company doubling in sizeSymantec CEO John Thompson sits down with CNET News.com security expert Joris Evers to discuss the future of his company. The interview took place on May 17, 2006 in San Francisco.
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Thompson
- Videos 2006-05-18
- Symantec vs. Microsoft
- Thompson addresses the heavyweight battle over securityJohn Thompson, Symantec CEO, tells CNET News.com's Joris Evers that his company is much more focused on security than Microsoft. The interview took place after Thompson's keynote at Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2006 in San Francisco on May 17.
- Tags: Thompson
- Videos 2006-05-18
- Symantec CEO John Thompson makes the rounds
- Symantec CEO John Thompson has had a busy week, with interviews at the Future in Review conference and Gartner Symposium. Last week was Symantec's annual Vision conference in San Francisco. I caught up with Thompson at the Future in Review conference in San Diego on Monday, and recorded a podcast...
- Tags: Thompson, Symantec Corp., security
- Blog posts 2006-05-18
- Are Mac users too complacent about security?
- The BBC News says Mac users are "too smug". Commentator Bill Thompson says:Mac users demonstrate an indefensible smugness when it comes to the dangers of having their systems compromised by malicious software and opened up to exploitation by others Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger here. ;-)Thompson also says:After...
- Tags: Linux, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2006-01-16
- Tech execs: Wake up and smell the spam
- Spam is an awareness problem, not a product or technology problem, Symantec CEO John Thompson said during a panel discussion hosted by Esther Dyson on the "Accountable Net." Esther defines the Accountable Net as strengthening the current Internet initiatives toward “authentication of servers so that users know whom to trust,...
- Tags: Accountable, Thompson
- Blog posts 2004-12-01
- New investor could change tenor of Microsoft inquiry
- New investor could change tenor of Microsoft inquiryThe more the merrier. nt.I want the dongle backforget this new DRM that calls home each time you use a applicationMicrosoft is an....Investor in Thompson. I'm also prety sure there was a little "incentive" added. You know like not being able to...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Thompson
- Discussion threads 2004-11-22
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- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...
- Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Talent shortage? How to win with what you've got
- If you're not finding the talent you need in this super-competitive market, Vince Thompson suggests you look in another direction: toward the staff you already have. As he explains in this FT Press article, you may be able to turn your "losers" into "winners" with a little bit of effort....
- Tags: Talent, FT Press, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Download resources 2008-07-03
- Cloud computing's earthly bonds
- Nick Carr, who we all know doesn't like IT anyway, picked up on a new warning about a downside of cloud computing, reported by BBC. There's no such thing as a 'cloud' -- data has to be physically stored somewhere The issue is...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Bond, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Powerset shows semantic search solution
- Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...
- Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- To chip or not to chip – that is the question
- Our fearless leader, Larry Dignan, wrote this morning to say VeriChip is launching a consumer campaign. The chip was approved for use back in 2004 after many years of being used on animals. (The picture is from an MSNBC story on the approval.) The...
- Tags: VeriChip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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