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Web 2 point Uh Oh week in SF: The Web 2.0 conference is happening this week in San Francisco. And these days, lots of startups characterize themselves as Web 2.0 companies because their products offer collaborative tools, sharing of virtually anything, and their products use AJAX.Most of the Web 2.0 companies offer online services that are very, very...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2006-11-07
LAUNCH of 'The Real Deal': Call for Web 2.0 companies with business plans!: LAUNCH of 'The Real Deal': Call for Web 2.0 companies with business plans!ZOMG!!! This is serious...THERE AIN'T NO WEB 2.0 !!!Re: RealDealhttp://www.analogstereo.com/chrysler_300_owners_manual.htm; Tags: Channel management, Web 2.0, Real Deal, Web 2.0 company, Web; Discussion threads 2006-09-06
Innovation 2.0: Why Web 2.0 companies might have to flip to avoid being flopped: Innovation 2.0: Why Web 2.0 companies might have to flip to avoid being floppedFor the umpteenth timeThere's no "web 2.0" except as some tech conference. All this is is a catch word to encompass some new technologies - technologies which will change things, for sure, but IMHO it's not going...; Tags: Channel management, Innovation 2.0, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 company, Web; Discussion threads 2005-10-18
Innovation 2.0: Why Web 2.0 companies might have to flip to avoid being flopped: The question of "What is Web 2.0" has been debated at length in the blogosphere and in the alleys of the eponymous conference a week ago and I am not sure that we have come to any agreement yet. For a quick review of related opinions, start with Tim O'Reilly's...; Tags: Podcasts, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., Web, MSN, Google Inc., Web 2.0 company, large company; Blog posts 2005-10-17

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Best practices group formed for IT data center managers: Struggling to marry your company's environmental concerns with the right IT management philosophies? The Business Performance Management Forum BPM Forum and hosting company Rackable Systems have started a new "thought leadership" program, Think Eco-Logical, to help companies share ideas and data that can serve as the foundation for industry best...; Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Industry, Best Practice, E-business, Think Eco-Logical, Data Centers, Business Process Automation, Web Technology, Storage, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-12-05

Intel maintains commitment to education: Despite dismal economic times, Intel, creator of the Classmate PC, an associated software stack, and a pedagogical model for its use in schools, has reaffirmed its commitment to education. Today, the company announced that it had achieved its goal of 1 million volunteer hours from its employees. According...; Tags: Education, Intel Corp., Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-12-05
CRM 2009 - Part 2.1 - Can't Believe I Forgot These: I forgot to write in two of my forecast segments yesterday. I think for the purposes of blaming something else, I'll blame my car accident last August for the memory loss. I have to say that because I don't think I can use the term I want to about what happened...; Tags: Customer, Tool, CRM, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg; Blog posts 2008-12-05
Citrix Netscaler 9 - AppExpertTemplates simplify deployment: Citrix recently lauched NetScaler 9, an application virtualization and delivery tool. The primary enhancement was the addition of sophisticated templates making deployment of applications via NetScaler dramatically simpler. Citrix describes the enhancements in the following way: NetScaler 9 introduces AppExpert Templates that capture hundreds of deployment...; Tags: NetScaler, Citrix Systems Inc., NetScaler AppExpert Templates, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-12-05
News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone: Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-05
Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?: * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...; Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-12-05
Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?: It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...; Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Buffalo Technology moves closer to returning to U.S. Wi-Fi router market: Wireless watchers may have noticed that Buffalo Technology disappeared from the router game some time back, due to a successful suit brought against it by an Australian company. But Buffalo may be getting back in the market, due to a new court decision that stayed the injunction against it selling...; Tags: Buffalo, Buffalo Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless LANs, Routers & Switches, Games, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Next up for layoffs: Real: Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year. In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...; Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Seagate's "random freeze" problem: worse than reported?: Reports that Seagate is having "random freeze" problems on its new 1.5 TB drives may be more serious than the company has admitted: 1 TB Seagate drives may be affected as well. Seagate on the case Seagate spokesman Mike Hall wrote: Seagate is...; Tags: Seagate Technology LLC, RAID, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Facebook Connect goes live; Tell your favorite Web site: The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...; Tags: Web, Facebook, Web Site, Curtain, Web Site Development, Social Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-04
American auto industry low on fuel and popular support: After today's Senate hearings the Detroit Big Three are nowhere nearer getting any federal aid than they were after their last visit. Whatever you may think of the automakers "plan" to change and become viable, there is no plan in the Senate itself that would lead to a bill that...; Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Industry, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Microsoft hires former Yahoo exec to run online services: Microsoft has hired former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its online services business. Lu will start on January 5 and report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a CNET report. The company also announced that Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Aquantive and a...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-04
CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped: Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg; Blog posts 2008-12-04
NYT takes new approach, taps blogs to keep readers informed: Have blogs become the new AP for news outlets? The New York Times has announced the launch of Times Extra, an online view of its front page that comes with links to content from other news outlets and blogs. For a long time, news outlets have been...; Tags: Blog, NYT, News Outlet, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for: Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...; Tags: Consumer, U.S., Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-12-04