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More top-down versus bottom-up SOA

Todd Biske provides additional insights on the top-down versus bottom-up SOA discussion that recently appeared on this blogsite.Which approach is better? Neither and both, Todd explains, who notes that "there aren't too many companies that can take a completely top-down approach."The bottom line is that "there's no way you can...

Tags: General, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Ready for SOA? Here's a litmus test

Smash the hierarchy. Encourage teamwork. Push decision making down to the front lines. Give employees autonomy and ownership of problems and solutions. And, most of all, trust, trust, trust.Todd Biske and I are on the same page when it comes to questioning how much of role SOA can really play...

Tags: Business ROI, General

Blog posts 2007-05-26

Should Ballmer be throwing headcount stones at Google?

Should Ballmer be throwing headcount stones at Google?Given Mr Ballmer'sexpertise in the field of elephantiasis, perhaps Google execs would do well to heed his wise words...HenriMore Jobs? WHOO HOO!Good job MS! Share that wealth with more employees!Mouth of the WestBallmer just wants to piss on anyone who would...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Todd, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

So much metadata, so little time

So much metadata, so little timeTodd's ReppistryHey!Tom Critser of Infravio coined the term "Regozitory" to speak of Registry and Repository quite a few years ago! So he deserves credit for that one.Just to be clear, Registry in SOA has become pretty synonymous with "implements UDDI". Now I've seen other registries...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Todd, Source Code Control System Repositories, SOA

Discussion threads 2006-09-01

Additional Resources

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confrontGuys- the real pain the Industry is facing is Digital Evidence readinessGuys – years ago as in two the CEO's and CFO's of the world were reeling about SOX's costs and the like, but what they missed was that it wasn’t the SOX...

Tags: Strategy, video, information technology, ethical dilemma, digital evidence, IT leader

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Yahoo: TV widgets and pondering a Disney takeover

If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget Channel with Intel and tout it at a developers conference. But Yahoo is...

Tags: Disney Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Widget Channel, Minyanville, Harrison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Where on earth are these Microsoft patches?

Lost in the shuffle of this month's Patch Tuesday barrage is the fact that a critical vulnerability in the ever-present Windows Media Player WMP was not fixed "because of a last minute quality issue." Microsoft originally listed the WMP update in the advance notice for August but,...

Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Lijit secures $7.1 million series C round

Lijit Networks, which provides search and analytics engines that benefit both bloggers and their readers, announced today that it has closed a $7.1 million series C funding round. Foundry Group, which was a late investor after Lijit closed its $3.3 million series B round last year, led this round. Existing...

Tags: Network, Analytics, Blog, C, Lijit, Blogging, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?Is this blackmail?My guess is that this ia actually blackmail.Br, Hessu"Identity is a serious issue on the web"No it's not! And I'm glad it isn't. Only a dumb fool would trust anything he sees on a "social" site, and only a bigger...

Tags: Branding, Service-now.com, brand, Exxon Mobil Corp., Twitter, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Eight pitfalls of predictive markets

Predictive markets sound like such a great idea for determining what will work in the market and what won't. But misplaced trust in these markets can spell gloom and doom for many an organization. Here then are eight problems you'll want to avoid as...

Tags: Google Inc., Market, Investment, Finance, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-30

McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS

Showing you just how much they understand about security, McAfee blocked the SANS website, sans.org, as well as giac.org and sans.edu, with their SiteAdvisor application, listing it as a "bad" site. Interestingly enough, SANS sites are some of the best sites to go to for security related...

Tags: McAfee Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30

BreakingPoint adds real-time Twitter traffic protocol to network equipment testing tools

BreakingPoint adds real-time Twitter traffic protocol to network equipment testing toolsFun With TwitterJennifer, thanks again for talking with Todd, we had a lot of fun here at BreakingPoint working on this protocol and of course all the conversation surrounding it today :)It will be interesting to see how the NEMs...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKING, tool, network, BreakingPoint, Twitter, network equipment

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Magic bullet fix for your iPhone ills

I've been having a lot of iPhone 3G trouble over the past two weeks, most notably: Forced backup of the entire phone on every sync Contact lag The horrible app update process I'm happy to report on what appears to be the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Backups, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Digital Music, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-27

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Drew pleads not guilty in suicide case

Drew pleads not guilty in suicide caseBig TalkLet us know when that child of yours turns 13, then we can compare notes. I bet if that happened to your child you would be talking out of the other side of your mouth. We will never know exactly what...

Tags: Lori Drew, CFAA

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show (already)

Microsoft said it will sell nearly 20 million Windows Mobile licenses in a letter designed to rally its smartphone partners. It's no coincidence that the pep talk comes just a few days before these the likely launch of Apple's 3G iPhone. Todd Bishop has the Windows Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-06

News to know: Vista search; Android; Gmail

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search Phil Wainewright: Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software Ed Burnette: 50 questions asked and answered on Android News.com: Google to let users test new...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, H-1B, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen ID leads to lawsuits

Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was?  I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone.  Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give...

Tags: Lawsuit, Advertisement, LifeLock, Identity Theft, Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-22

News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-21