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- Chavez beefs up commitment to open source for Venezuela
- At the Latin America Free Software Installation Fair, held recently in Caracas, the word was all about "technology independence," AP reports. The Venezuelan technology ministry said the fair is part Venezuela's move toward "technological sovereignty, and taking advantage of knowledge for building national scientific independence." Chavez, a...
- Tags: Chavez, Chavez Says, Venezuelan
- Blog posts 2006-03-30
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- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Forget the paperless office dream, but how about a paperless living room?
- Like several high tech innovations Zinio began as a digital service aimed at B2B. But it worked, so it's inevitably grown to become a global, consumer-oriented service as well. If it works at work, just think how you can use it at home. And then...
- Tags: Magazine, Zinio, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big Oil
- Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big OilPaltry but significantEven if the income generated by alternative energy is paltry compared to their oil counterpart it is still significant enough to be heartening.As for Exxon suing for Venezuelan oil rights, it seems like they are...
- Tags: Research & Development, alternative energy, Big Oil
- Discussion threads 2008-03-22
- Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big Oil
- Four major components of the alternative energy industry are expanding rapidly. They continue to garner ever more investment. A new market study shows major year-to-year investment growth for biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells. A study by Clean Edge shows the sector's investment cachet and...
- Tags: Oil Company, Asset, Alternative Energy, Oil, Exxon Mobil Corp., Investment, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- "Alternative energy" gets a boost from oil country
- Venezuela seems determined to make America's alternative energy companies into successful greentech ventures. Today the Venezuelan national oil company "stopped all sales" to Exxon. This is just the latest salvo in the Exxon v. Venezuela heavyweight match. It began when Venezuela's government took control of all oil plants...
- Tags: Venezuela, Alternative Energy, Exxon Mobil Corp., Venezueal, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Sales, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battle
- Exxon claims it's won a round in its court battle against Venezuela. Venezuelan assets are now frozen in Britain and Netherlands. A lawsuit is in court int he U.S. as well. Exxon claims total Venezuelan assets valued at $36 billion dollars are now frozen. ...
- Tags: Venezuela, Lawsuit, Exxon Mobil Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-10
- Has Nick Carr flipped? Or have we?
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk follows on my review of Nick Carr's new book with the saga of his own trying exegesis of the text. "You're obsessed with sex," said my ZDNet handler, looking angrier than a caucuser who had just switched his vote from Chris...
- Tags: Nick Carr, Mr., Workforce Management, Internet, Human Resources, Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogs
- Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogsFree Cuba, drop laptops with air cards!Free Cuba, drop laptops with air cards! Let the Cuban people see what has passed them by, revolution via the Internet!spreading democracyProbably the single most significant action the free world could take to bring democratic reform to...
- Tags: INTERNET, Blogging, Government, Free Cuba, CUBANS, unusual length, blog
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Japanese schools may convert aging computers to Linux
- Japanese schools may convert aging computers to LinuxIn Venezuela, are violators of a Presidential decree...... liable for arrest and fines or imprisonment? That's the single most compelling argument in favor of Linux use that I've encountered. Shows that persuasion would be expected to fail.Linux: it's better than...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, computer, Linux, government, Microsoft Corp., Chavez
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- 18seconds.org: Yahoo's green CFL mashup
- 18seconds.org: Yahoo's green CFL mashup18seconds.orgDid you know that the Venezuelan Government is installing millions of CFL lightbulbs for FREE in low income houses, more than 25 miilion so far? I don't know if they are Energy Star bulbs. What is the difference?The saving is even higher if one...
- Tags: CFL mashup, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Venezuelan firm to sell off e-voting company
- Smartmatic Corp., a Venezualan company, has agreed to sell Sequoia Voting Systems, the third-largest e-voting manufacturer in the US, The Washington Post reports. Smartmatic bought the company from a British concern last year and the the company had been the subject of a federal investigation into its ties with Venezuelas...
- Tags: Smartmatic Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-25
- U.S. video game angers Chavez allies
- U.S. video game angers Chavez alliescheap effecient and availablerenewable energy will save the world.hysteria"Venezuelan lawmakers who back Chavez called it the latest example of a U.S. government-inspired propaganda campaign against Chavez that could even help lay the psychological groundwork for an actual invasion. "How many people here believe that the...
- Tags: Games, Government, Corporate communications, Chavez, game, video game, video
- Discussion threads 2006-05-26
- HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin America
- HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin AmericaThe perfect solution would have beento dual boot Mandriva and Windows Starter Edition, so the end user could have a fully functional system on one end, and a taste of the Windows world on the other. However, if that solution turned to be...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Brazilian federal government, operating system, Linux PC, PIRATED COPIES, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PC, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
- 2.96 mln Internet users in Venezuela
- The Venezuelan telecoms market recorded 16.2% growth in subscribers during Q3 2005, according to BNamericas quoting the local BCV bank. The mobile subscriber base reached 10.5 mln, whilst fixed line subscribers reached 3.6 mln. Internet connections jumped 37% to reach 571,940, while the number of Internet users grew 45% to...
- Tags: Internet
- Blog posts 2005-11-28
- Hurricane victims tell it best
- Hurricane victims tell it bestMy heart sunk ...... when I was reading the posting, and I'm helping monetary as much as I could. Yet at the same time I couldn't help notice that the level of compassion around the world pales in comparison to the days after 9-11. Have we...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Leadership, neocon, swamp, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Discussion threads 2005-09-01
- Venezuelan Cosmetics Maker Cuts Costs, Empowers Employees With Integrated System
- Drocosca, a family-owned company based in Caracas, Venezuela, produces and markets the Valmy brand of cosmetics. The company had three poorly integrated business information systems forcing sales, production, planning, and financial department staff to work in isolation. This reduced the company's internal efficiency and customer service. To address these business...
- Tags: Cosmetics, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2005-09-01
- Arthur on why IT matters
- Arthur on why IT mattersLet me tell you a little story...About a little town in Venezuela in the 80's. It was situated on the side of a volcanic mountain range, several miles from a grumbling, rumbling, semi-active volcano. One year the volcano grumbled and rumbled more than usual. But the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Branding, information technology, volcano, Arthur, software
- Discussion threads 2005-06-22
- Brazil Internet craze angers English speakers
- Brazil Internet craze angers English speakersEveryone else in the world...Everyone else in the world has to wade through a lot of English to find what they want on the Internet. Perhaps my fellow Americans should get start getting used to bumping into other languages once in a while. ...
- Tags: Fotolog.net, English speaker, Brazil Internet, Fotolog, speaker, advertisement, Brazilian
- Discussion threads 2004-07-19
- Developing and Implementing an Activity-Based Cost System in the Venezuelan Oil Industry
- The implementation process of an activity-based costing ABC system in DELTAVEN, S.A. began in November, 1997. The project team started to study and analyze the different existing cost methods, deciding to select the activity-based costing method as the first choice. The project team selected the OROS tool, marketed by ABC...
- Tags: Industry, Activity Based Costing, Managerial Accounting, Finance
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