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Semantics add value to new travel site as uptake emerges from private beta

Palo Alto-based travel meta-search site UpTake formerly Kango entered a new phase this morning, emerging from a private beta programme that began in December to give a clear indication of how they've been spending the $4million secured from Shasta Ventures last year. For...

Tags: Hotel, San Diego, Site, UpTake, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Toshiba drops HD DVD

So, Toshiba has finally given up on HD DVD, leaving the field open to Blu-ray. For customers yet to hop onto the HD express, this is good news because there's no longer two competing standards to choose from.  For customers who chose Blu-ray over HD DVD, then they...

Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., HD, Uptake, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Additional Resources

Collaboration 2.0...

For the last couple of years I've been in the trenches managing a sizeable collaboration space across three continents for a large multinational enterprise. The diplomacy, strategy, tactics and sheer hard work of managing, building and running this type of space can be all consuming, particularly with...

Tags: Strategy, Web, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-05-15

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Where is the money going in health care, and why?

I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James Brennan right, managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...

Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-12

An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community

An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE communityIt's not about shellsIt's about where things are and what they're called.Remember we can have the scripts configure gnome to look like windows and pop up wintel like menus too.Put the cart before the horse.You'll need to get them all into the...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Unix, server, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops again

But you won't be able to buy one any time soon. Apple says it bought P.A. Semi to get its hands on some patents and a bunch of very bright engineers who are already used to working together. I'm sure that's true - but...

Tags: Dual-core, Apple Inc., U.S. Department Of Defense, Laptop Computer, Chip, PPC, Robots, Corporate Governance, Processors, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-26

The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media

The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social mediaMaybe the root problem is......The seemingly total inability to spell or proof read? This blog is unreadable on its face apart from the blather of whatever the argument might be -- "argingerging," "ligs anogs," "chaineasinleasing hhuge," "Onoblem. Onlat can retrocan." Is this insider...

Tags: poverty, social media, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, incoherence, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Iona exec: open source unit not for sale, Mule is "not ESB"

Iona may be on the block but it is not looking to spin off and sell off its nine-month-old open source business unit, said one key exec. Larry Alston, vice president and general manager of open source at Iona, acknowledged that the company is exploring strategic options after...

Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, Mule, Open Source, Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Windows is a glacier and glaciers don't melt overnight

Boy this Windows collapsing under its own weight argument has some legs. A few points about this Gartner presentation two days ago, which has raised quite a ruckus on Techmeme. The analysts argued Wednesday morning that Windows was collapsing under its own weight because the code...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Glacier, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Prediction Game, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal

So, I talked to former ZD technical director and editor at large George Ou last week. He's been looking at Comcast's claims for its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout in Minneapolis. I passed along Comcast's projections that the service would 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps up. ...

Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues

Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues80% VaporwareLike Windows Vista, and Windows XP on the beginning, Windows 7 will end up being 80% VAPORWARE.Most of the promised features will be MIA and if history repeats, it won't be remotely stable/usable until at least SP2 a few years later and the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

WOA may soon eclipse SOA as most impactful business transformation agent

In a recent blog post I questioned whether services oriented architecture SOA was driving substantive transformation inside of enterprise IT. My conclusion is that something is not quite right in SOA-ville. The uptake of general-purpose service enablement is by no means a hockey stick trend line. The...

Tags: Web, Agent, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Forrester: Forget Macs. In business, it's still all about Windows

In spite of the continual noise around Macs gaining marketshare, Windows still totally and completely rules the enterprise roost. That's another of the findings of the Forrester Research report I cited earlier today -- "Enterprise Desktop And Web 2.0/SaaS Platform Trends, 2007.  Consumer love...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Upgrades, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Top 5 EMEA Server Vendors in Q4 2007

Though IBM managed to retain the top spot in the calendar quarter, HP emerged as the top vendor in 2007 with strong growth of 12.3%, managing to eclipse IBM for the first time on an annual basis since the acquisition of Compaq. HP’s growth in Q4 2007 was strongest in...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Schmidt: Google 'well-positioned' for a recession

Schmidt: Google 'well-positioned' for a recessionRecession?Reading some of the regulars around here would lead one to believe that the economy has never done better. Kool-Aid. Delicious!:o)RE: Schmidt: Google 'well-positioned' for a recessionLike Google and Eric would know anything about how the economy works. They sit in the office playing...

Tags: well-positioned, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

EclipseCon debuts OSGi runtime offerings, common platform frees up developers from middleware drudgery

Tony Baer has a great rundown of the EclipseCon OSGI-based runtime Equinox news today. Extending the Eclipse community's unity to runtimes makes a ton of sense, given that developers can focus on the applications and business logic and become far less concerned with complex deployment issues. Write once, run anywhere?...

Tags: Developer, Runtime, SOA, Eclipse, OSGi, Tony Baer, Equinox, Eclipse-Equinox Ecology Symmetry, Java Community, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Server factory revenue grew by 3.6% in Q4 2007

Server factory revenue grew by 3.6% in annual comparison, to $5.46 bln, while shipments rose 7.3%, to more than 750,000, in Q4 2007 over Q4 2006 in EMEA, according to IDC. For the whole of 2007, market growth was robust, with factory revenue rising 5.6% annually, to reach $17.86 bln,...

Tags: Revenue, Factory Revenue, Smb/Sme, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware, NB

Blog posts 2008-03-06

Linux tool speeds up computer forensics for cops

Linux tool speeds up computer forensics for copsLinux tool speeds up computer forensics for copsWow, Austrilia must really be behind the curve on this one which explains why they are using linux. Here in the good ol' U.S. of A. forensic tools have been available for quite some time....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, UNIX, Operating systems, 401(k), OPEN SOURCE, Retirement plans, Linux tool speed, Linux tool, computer forensic, Linux, tool, computer

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Using arsenic to detect cancers?

An international team led by Texan researchers is using arsenic as a powerful tumor imaging agent. In fact, they are using a drug called bavituximab, 'an antibody that homes in on a specific molecular target on the blood vessels that feed tumors.' By linking this drug to very small doses...

Tags: Rat, Combination, Technique, Imaging, Blood Vessel, Document Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-03