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Cisco white papers most downloaded resource

BT Trax can do a lot more than analyze how much mindshare is held by a vendor or technology topic. Recently, we used it to see which vendor resources--white papers, case studies, and/or Webcasts--IT pros downloaded most frequently over the last 12 months. The first thing we found is that...

Tags: networking, vendor resource

Blog posts 2005-03-09

Happy Anniversary! 2004 in review

We've talked a lot about the marriage between our IT Priorities data and our new analytical tool, BT Trax--our window into which technologies IT decision makers are implementing and the kinds of information they rely on to identify, select, and buy the best solutions. As a toast to their one...

Tags: IT Priorities, information technology, vendor resource, technology category

Blog posts 2005-01-07

Additional Resources

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Integrates Customer Information to Improve Service and Sales Initiatives

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. wanted to integrate sales and service systems to improve internal and external customer service and identify key healthcare insurance accounts for up-selling. The challenge was to implement a Customer Relationship Management CRM system that would integrate with the existing enterprise resource planning system and streamline...

Tags: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., Customer Information, Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software

Case studies 2009-11-01

TechRepublic Resource Guide: Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)

Small and midsize businesses SMBs face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy. Many are now turning to software as a service SaaS which allows them to save money and provide better service by essentially renting as...

Tags: Software, TechRepublic Inc., Software-as-a-service, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies

Resource centers 2009-10-27

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show

Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...

Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Why on ZDnet?

Tech has a huge role to play in combating global warming, and, in just using energy more efficiently. Harry is doing a great job keeping us informed, and I really do like his blogs. And, it is just a style thing as to how much or even if the bloggers...

Tags: Blogging, blog, talkback

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples

I have to defend Microsoft on this...I have to defend Microsoft on this because Symantec is probably the [i]last[/i] company to be complaining.I can't tell you how many computers I've "fixed" simply by removing any and all Symantec/Norton products from a computer, then installing Avast or AVG.Symantec makes some of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., heuristics, security, detection rate, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate

Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Taleo, Talent Management and What’s Wrong With ERP Spending

Is your career worth at least one security patch? This week, Taleo is conducting its user conference in Las Vegas. They are announcing their Taleo 10 product this week to coincide with the show. Rarely do I get to see a software vendor...

Tags: Talent, Taleo Corp., ERP, Talent Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Professional Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Career, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building

It all started with two extra Opteron CPUs and RAM and a bunch of hard drives which I had lying around, that mushroomed into a Build-Your-Own monster PC project. Like a modern day Victor von Frankenstein, who digs up bodies in graveyards in order to bring his...

Tags: PC, AMD Opteron, Amazon.com Inc., Power Supply, CPU, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Juniper offers up white paper on energy efficiency for networks

The efforts of Cisco and IBM to extend the energy efficiency debate out of the data center and out into the network have been highly publicized, but I've made a pledge to myself to actively explore what other networking equipemnt providers are doing in this area. (Note to any networking...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-10

What Asus wants in a Linux

Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

A Good Year for Security Collaboration

Guest Editorial by  George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat.  Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-27

After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?

After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?SyncronizingI use Xmarks to keep my bookmarks synchronized.http://www.xmarks.com/It does everything I need it to, and doesn't get in my way. Works great.RE: After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?I think the future of browsers is that they will become virtual...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services

The folks at Platform Computing are at it again.  This time, they've announced a product to support cloud computing in the form of infrastructure as a service IaaS. They're calling it Platform Infrastructure Sharing Service ISF. As often is the case with a new product from a...

Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Platform Infrastructure Sharing Facility, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?

Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?Add-onsFor me, the big plus of Firefox is the add-ons. I simply love Adblock Plus, NoScript and MediaPlayerConnectivity.Firefox isn't very fast anymore, these days. Possibly partly because of my add-ons. I can live with that. Sometimes I use Epiphany as a browser,...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Barriers to Entry

Barriers to EntryAlso Risk AssessmentI am not sure if any businesses actually engage in risk assessment for technology or not but there are several fairly large risks in adopting cloud technology.Data Ownership isn't clearly defined.Transmission and storage security has been talked about but I haven't actually seen any solutions.Also when...

Tags: Data centers, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, barrier, cloud computing, outsource

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Virtual Instruments launches VirtualWisdom

Mark Urdahl, CEO, and Len Rosenthal, VP Marketing, of Virtual Instruments stopped by to let me know about VirtualWisdom, a product the company launched while at EMCword. Their product is designed to help organizations moving to a virtualized environment gain insight into and manage their virtual storage infrastructure. ...

Tags: Performance, VMware Inc., VirtualWisdom VirtualWisdom, VMware Performance Bottleneck, Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-05