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Greentech may not escape the town hall screamers

There's fear among pro-environmental groups that the anti-government crowd will be out in voice and force for this fall's town hall meetings on energy regs and global warming. The heat over hotter climate could make the health care exchanges look placid. After all, most Americans spend more time...

Tags: Town Hall, Conspiracy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Managing vendor performance: An IT failures virtual town hall

The business and organizational complexity associated with many IT projects sometimes causes difficulty for customers, system integrators, and technology providers. For the next IT failures virtual town hall, we will discuss practical tips to help you better manage vendor performance and increase project success. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Town Hall, Performance, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-08-04

IT failures town hall recording [podcast]

Fellow ZDNet blogger and top CRM analyst, Paul Greenberg, and I led an insightful and exciting discussion on IT failures. Here's the recording. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Podcast, Town Hall, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-01-09

IT failures town hall: Jan 7 (via phone conference)

Weather Update 1/7/09: Due to the coming snow storm and our concern for your safety, the town hall will be held via phone conference. The dial-in phone information will be emailed to everyone who registered. If you haven't registered and would like to attend the phone call click here. The...

Tags: Town Hall, Phone, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Telecom & Utilities, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Bremen WebCams 1 (Windows)

Several Web cams from Bremen, Germany. One shows the town hall and the marketplace of Bremen (added to Unesco's World Heritage list in 2004). Others show the port of Bremen-Nord and Bremerhaven.

Tags: Town Hall, Frank Koepsel, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-04-25

Town nixes school plan for server sharing

Usually Connecticut educators are happy when students collaborate on projects, but when it comes to sharing a server, the superintendent says, "No way!" reports The Journal-Inquirer. The voters support it, as does the the First Selectman, but the Town Hall and the Board of Education will not be...

Tags: Town Hall, Education Technology

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Sharing Registry Information for More Effective Public Services

The town of Casale Monferrato is a thriving Italian town of 40,000 inhabitants, taking part in the IMAGINE project for digital towns. In order to get information or copies of official documents, citizens of Casale Monferrato were often forced to go to multiple offices and stand in line. A change...

Tags: Town Hall, Microsoft Corp., Public Service, Servers, Hardware

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News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08

CRM failure: A virtual town hall discussion and podcast

Today’s IT failures town hall discussion brought together CRM analysts, sales experts, and IT practitioners to discuss why CRM projects do not achieve planned results and how to improve these projects. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Podcast, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Sales, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-10-07

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

CRM success: An IT failures virtual town hall meeting

Join me and the co-founder of ACT! for a great discussion about CRM failure and how to prevent it. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Failure, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-09-17

IE8 outperforms competing browsers in malware protection -- again

Well the credibility of the test is extremely...suspect since the winner is also the sponsor, why even print it. Well I guess according to these resultsNon-IE users are more gullible than IE users, but otherwise IE and Firefox are statistically tied.Another MS "study" proves that MS is...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Common-sense, IE8, malware protection, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

News to know: Leaked Blackberry OS; 4G networks; Clunkers updated; National Broadband; Psystar

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Leaked upcoming BlackBerry OS screenshots reveal new features Christopher Dawson: Will 4G make our networks irrelevant? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Network, Operating System, Dana Blankenhorn, Broadband, Apple Inc., SOA, RIM BlackBerry, 4G Network, Matthew Miller, Psystar, Doubts, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Linux, Web Services, Broadband Internet, Middleware, Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamers

What a befoon!Anti-government? I didn't see MSNBC on your resume. Hey....wait a minute...Chris Matthews? Is that you...you kidder you. Hey, great job on cloning yourself. Too bad they haven't worked out the whole personality missing thing yet.RE: Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamersAhh! People might want to see...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Minute Maid Park, Minute Maid, Astros, lunatic

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood business model

RE: Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood Just shows you who the government actually works for.So what's new? [NT].broken systemWe have a broken judicial system that repeatedly favors the rich and the powerful at the expense of the citizens.Judge acknowledges system is brokenNo mavericks in the court,....

Tags: Strategy, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, business model, agreement, MPAA, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

News to know: Palm ads; Microhoo SEC filing; U.S. Marines; Bing; Skype; Clunkers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them Andrew Nusca: Palm's creepy Pre ads:...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Advertisement, SEC Filing, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Projectors, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-08-05

News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

IT failures town hall recap: Exploring the CIO's role

The IT failures town hall discussion held yesterday brought together CIOs, analysts, IT practitioners, and journalists to discuss the CIO's contribution to project success and failure. Click the player at the top of this post to listen. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Another kick in Facebook's privacy policies

Mitch Ratcliffe, ZDNet colleague and man who takes pleasure in ranting in a range of technological subcultures, recently asked why a married man of seven years has had his Facebook profile pictures used in ad promote matchmaking sites for singles. I scrolled through a number of adverts...

Tags: Facebook, Privacy, Network Technology, Networking, Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-16

The CIO's role in success and failure: An IT failures town hall

The CIO's role in success and failure: An IT failures town hallExamples of recent IT failuresCould you point me to any recent (last 5 years) of large federal IT failures? What's the best source for monitoring federal IT? OMB? Search this blogLook at the categories drop-down menu at the...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Failures Town Hall, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2009-07-14