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- Complexity vs. goodness in IT failure
- You forgot the clock...Scope creep exacerbates the problems you highlight, but it becomes 'scope-sprint' the longer the project. Major projects I've seen fail start off badly and then go really pear-shaped after all deadlines were missed, as the PMO couldn't cope with the change requirments.Unclear strategic goals equate to...
- Tags: Scope Creep, information technology, complex solution
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy
- MS should give up and go homeNobody wants Windows Mobile. It's declining share and the increasing share of competitors makes it also-ran.Many are not wanting Windows at all as evidenced by its declining market share.There is no reason for Windows on the mobile device given reliability and performance are...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?
- The Kleptocrats that feel entitled to your money...worry that us mushrooms now have other uncontrollable sources for the "truth" and won't eat the horse compost fed to them by the monopolistic crony Main-stream Media.RE: Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?There are two things tyrants and bureaucrats...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government, retraction, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date
- I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...
- Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- 2010 Infiniti QX56
- Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...
- Tags: Infiniti QX56
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?
- My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...
- Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.
- fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...
- Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions
- Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....
- Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Missing what open source cannot afford
- FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...
- Tags: open source, OpenNMS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- 10 Windows XP services you should never disable
- Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. There are dozens of guides out there that help you determine which services you can safely disable on your Windows XP desktop. Disabling unnecessary services can improve system performance and overall system security, as the system’s...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Service, Computer, Network Connections Service, Play, Network Location Awareness Service, Productivity, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Goodbye myTouch 3G and hello HTC Touch Pro2
- I got my TP2 on release dayI can understand why you got the mytouch, because everyone at tmobile hears "touch pro 2" and thinks, "oh you mean the mytouch?" ... that happened to me like 3 times.But I didn't want that big brother stuff... I was coming off of the...
- Tags: Operating systems, HTC Touch, operating system, High Tech Computer Corp., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Zune HD release date and Apple iPod announcement uncomfortably close to each other
- Seriously?I don't think this is such a bad idea. What if, and this is a big what if, Microsoft announced something more than just the Zune HD? Am I the only one that finds it odd that Microsoft is so open with releasing information about this thing? We practically know...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp., camera, convergence, convergence device
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder
- Exchange 2010 has lots of appeal!There are so many improvements in 2010 that it's hard to pick a personal favorite, but built in archiving and the vast improvements to OWA are definitely high on my own list.Fortunately, I've been buying my Exchange mailboxes with Software Assurance on my Volume Licenses,...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Exchange 2010
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Microsoft to deliver invitation-only tech preview build of Office 2010
- Microsoft to deliver invitation-only tech preview build of Office 2010Too ComplicatedHaving used the May version of the 2010 Preview. I can say that they are really over complicating Office.You can only type up a Word document so many ways. They need to focus on other directions for Office...
- Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Office 2010, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- Wyse releases virtual desktop accelerator
- Wyse has launched a virtual desktop accelerator and hopes that will open the door to greater acceptance of the concept of a hosted virtual desktop environment. One of the key inhibitors in the past have been overall performance due to transmission latency and loss of data that required retransmission. Wyse,...
- Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Virtual Desktop, Wyse Technology Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Google Chrome OS is a game changer
- Late last night Google finally owned up to having an OS in the pipeline the Google Chrome Operating System. This is going to be a game changer. We don't have a lot of information on Chrome OS just yet, but what we do know is very interesting: ...
- Tags: Game, Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?
- Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...
- Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Semantic Search Round Table at the Semantic Technology Conference
- Wednesday's opening Keynote here in San Jose sees Guidewire's Carla Thompson joined on stage by senior representatives from many of the more interesting players in the Semantic Search space; Tomasz Imielinski from Ask, Peter Norvig from Google, Riza Berkan of Hakia, Scott Provost from Microsoft, William Tunstall-Pedoe of the UK's...
- Tags: Result, Search Engine, Search Result, Question, True Knowledge, Carla, Tomasz, Questions, Wolfram Alpha Team, Search, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
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