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- Microsoft's top visionary sees a parallel world
- Microsoft's top visionary sees a parallel worldSeven BILLION $ in R&D......and all they come up with is the big-ass table???Oh, sorry. I forgot about HoneyMonkey.do these guys know anything about IT?Parallel processing in the future. gee no-one ever thought of THAT before, apart from GNU Hurd team and BeOS and...
- Tags: visionary, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- SOA, EDI: and the beat goes on...
- Will Rearden Commerce really make a splash? Who knows? Time will tell. But it's always refreshing when new entrants, especially brash upstarts and startups, come in and stir things up a bit. As my blogmate Britton points out, Patrick Grady and Rearden Commerce walk the walk when...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Enterprise software, SOA, EDI, Patrick Grady, Rearden Commerce, Web service, visionary, Web
- Blog posts 2005-03-04
- SOX and the Visionary CFO: Turning Cost Into Opportunity
- Visionary CFOs see things differently. To the visionary CFO, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance represents a unique opportunity to pursue best practices in planning, executing, reporting, and analyzing performance. This webcast explains how businesses are creating competitive advantages by turning the costs of compliance into opportunities.
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Visionary, CFO, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
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- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins JuniperAlso.....Is he really the "face" you want for Vista? Let's be honest here Balmer is not loaded with charisma or well anything that makes one want to buy from him. Stay away from him maybe but buy? heh heh heh Just saying.....Pagan...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Vista! Hurrah, product people, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Juniper Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple: Perception is Reality
- When a technology columnist known for his critical views on Apple makes statements to the effect that the company should consider defining and publicly communicating a succession strategy, many Apple fans might consider the subject too close to home and inappropriate. It will generate heated discussion...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Tags: Operating systems, value-add, VMware Inc., open source, Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google and even Yahoo search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability...
- Tags: Google Inc., Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Bill Gates, teary farewell, farewell, Billg, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- One of the most disheartening things that can happen in any job is when the boss that inspired you, the one you loved to learn from and who made a grueling job more bearable leaves the building. It may be no different at Microsoft this week, as the "geeks" or...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?
- Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?Gates will be missedI believe Ray Ozzie would be a great replacement for Gates on the speech / giving a MS vision front. Ray speaks very well. Maybe Ballmer could make him make 6 or more speeches a year and so some light promotion work....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, M$ Needs
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?
- Bill Gates cannot escape the perception that he is still Microsoft's sole visionary. The company is going to have to seriously step up its branding efforts – perhaps through social media – to prove that Microsoft has innovative vision and community staying power without Bill at the helm. by Jennifer...
- Tags: Social Media, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Vodafone's Big(ish?) Adventure
- It's fun to think of similes to categorise the headlong rush towards CO2 reductions or at least the pledges for such. I think of Vodafone's pledge of a 50% cut of the 2007 baseline by 2020 as a 'Big Adventure'. They have not yet clearly identified how they will get there yet...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Carbon Dioxide, Climate Situation, Jonathon Porritt, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Pay $50 extra for XP on a PC? You've gotta be kidding me!
- Pay $50 extra for XP on a PC? You've gotta be kidding me!Welcome to reality...[b]Whatever happened to the idea that computing would change the world, and that free and fair competition is the basis of a free market society? [/b]Uh... I don't know what ivory tower you grew up in,...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Construction, user experience, Apple Inc., Pay $50, job, window, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs world
- Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs worldPost Jobs Apple..'Apple' the brand should survive Jobs or any other visionary - as long as they Innovate and think ahead of their times. That's what you expect out of the brand Apple.RE: Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs worldIts a question i ponder often, as...
- Tags: Apple Inc., post-Jobs, Steve Jobs, post-Jobs world, Pondering
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Do we need "Management 2.0"?
- Do we need "Management 2.0"?Yes we do....A new style of management is definitely required. I saw Sue's questions and posted some of my own thoughts here:http://ekive.blogspot.comThe direct link to the post is:http://tinyurl.com/6gmq8mThe key traits of Management 2.0:Visionary leadershipListeningInvolvingAligningTransparencyRisk TakingRE: Do we needBased on my 30 years of organization consulting, we...
- Tags: Leadership, Management 2.0
- Discussion threads 2008-06-08
- A call for national innovation policy
- Bruce Nussbaum at Newsweek calls on Obama and McCain Hillary is excused to address a key issue facing American competitiveness – the need for an "innovation policy." Here's his list: Support the codification of design methodology and design strategy as being worked on at leading...
- Tags: Immigration, Human Capital, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Facebook vulnerable to critical XSS, could lead to malware attacks
- Facebook vulnerable to critical XSS, could lead to malware attacksComputer science at Cal Tech should be able to fix itLet's use our country's high minds to solve these problems that the software writers,manufacturers and Government can't.What I thinkthat you, Danchev, and others are completely misfocused adolescents, to distribute this sort...
- Tags: SECURITY, malware, XSS, vulnerability, flaw, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?
- Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?Apples WWDC has been sold out for thefirst time in history. Something is happening.Conspire away.Do you all practice together?Because your MS rants all sound the same. I love how you all paint marketshare as a measure...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, window, Microsoft Windows, Apples WWDC, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
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