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Managing the flow at Davos

The World Economic Forum WEF and numerous ancillary events kick off in Davos this week, and despite an apparent dearth of bankers the small Swiss town will play host to even more politicians, business leaders and journalists than usual. Most mainstream news outlets devote significant airtime, column...

Tags: World Economic Forum, Portals, Web Technology, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Summer Davos in Dalian China

Last week I was in Dalian, China for the World Economic Forum Inaugural Meeting of the New Champions. That’s a mouthful, so the Chinese simply called it the “Summer Davos”. It makes sense as this feels very much like Davos only a bit smaller and slightly more relaxed and less...

Tags: China, Venture Capital, Davos, World Economic Forum, Dalian China, John Newton

Blog posts 2007-09-14

Google's Schmidt at World Economic Forum: 'We did an evil scale'

Google's Schmidt at World Economic Forum: 'We did an evil scale'Do "no" evil does not allow for shades of grey...If Adolph Hitler was running against Joeseph Stalin for President, would you vote for one or the other because they were the "lesser of two evils," or would you abstain...

Tags: Business ethics, Boycotting, World Economic Forum, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-30

Google's Schmidt at World Economic Forum: 'We did an evil scale'

InfoWorld reporter Stacey Cowley writes: It took Google Inc. more than a year to make the decision that offering a censored version of its search services in China would be a lesser evil than boycotting business in the country altogether, according...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-01-30

Additional Resources

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Intel: 32nm is just the beginning

Intel hasn't released its 32nm Westmere processors yet, but executives spent the first day of the Intel Developer Forum IDF talking about technology even farther down road. In his keynote, executive VP Sean Maloney gave a glimpse of a desktop running Sandy Bridge, the new microarchitecture that comes after Westmere,...

Tags: Graphics, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Westmere, Sandy Bridge, Process Technology, Larrabee, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-23

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

NSA will monitor private-sector networks

NSA will monitor private-sector networksSigh, These things always depress me.Someday, I am going to end up living in a cave with out any type of electrical device, just to enjoy some privacy. This will probably be illegal as not wanting some one to invade your privacy will be a crime.Is...

Tags: Vertical industries, private-sector network, NSA, government, Bush, imager, monitor, Socialism, network

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Want to get more efficient? Tideway helps you figure out where to start.

Last week, one of the senior Cisco Systems executives in charge of the company's vast partner network made much out of how much Cisco equipment installed out at existing customer sites (up to $9 billion worth) would reach end of life during its next fiscal year. Clearly,...

Tags: Data Center, Tideway Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Signs of the Times, Redux: The World's Next Mass(ive) Medium?

In colonial times, journalism was born on broad sheets of cheap paper and the vocal chords of human marketing throats. The long sheets delivered news to those who could read. But in the middle of most cities of any size, from Derby, England, to New York, NY,...

Tags: News, Willard, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-29

SpeedBit Video Accelerator for Mac 1.0.1.0 (Mac)

SpeedBit Video Accelerator for Mac is a ground breaking application that lets Mac users enjoy the world of internet video without long frustrating waits. Video Accelerator provides for fast streaming of web videos from leading sites such as YouTube. Additionally, SpeedBit Video Accelerator provides blazing fast iTunes downloads speeds, letting...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, SpeedBit, Video Accelerator, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-23

Qik for Windows Mobile 2.25 (Mobile)

It's an innovative, patent-pending technology enables anyone to share their moments live with their friends and family or the entire world. Notable events captured on Qik include the lighting of the Olympic torch from both inside and outside the Olympic stadium in Beijing, the Mars landing from mission control, and...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Windows, Qik, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-23

Outrage in aftermath of China's YouTube censorship

Outrage in aftermath of China's YouTube censorshipThey're much worse."As for human rights the US is no better either."The fact that we can have this conversation at all is a testament that we are far better at human rights. The Chinese people can't even talk about this."Police in the US abuse...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, censorship, YouTube Inc., life form

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

NetSuite attacks SAP: hype vs. reality

NetSuite attacks SAP: hype vs. realityAppears to be going aroundThis seems to be going around this week. SAP did the same thing to Infor (http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/article/17004/SAP-claims-customers-migrating-from-Infor-for-better-business-.aspx). I don't understand this tactic, maybe it is the economic situation making them feel they have to take the low-road and bad mouth the competition....

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, SAP AG, NetSuite Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

U.S. wields larger influence on sustainable companies list

Oh goody, it's list time! This one is somewhat of a role model ranking of The Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations inthe world, published by Corporate Knights magazine and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. It was actually released at the World Economic Forum last week, but I don't get to go...

Tags: Imaging, Microprocessor, E-business, Document Management, Web Technology, Semiconductors, E-business/E-Commerce, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Internet, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Flash on the iPhone? Don't hold your breath

Adobe has confirmed that Flash capabilities won't be coming to the iPhone anytime soon due to the technical difficulties in deploying it on America's most popular smartphone. Silverlight, anyone? (Just kidding.) At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Mobile, Apple Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Putin snubs Dell at Davos

Vladimir Putin seems hell-bent to let the world know what an asshole he is. Meeting Michael Dell at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Putin spurned Dell's offer of technological help, The New York Times reports. Following a speech Wednesday at the World Economic...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Russia, Davos, Mr., Vladimir Putin, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Leadership, Development Tools, Marketing, Human Resources, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Microsoft, Intel, Cisco: "let's bring technology to the classroom"

Microsoft, Intel and Cisco have met up at the Learning and Technology World Forum in London today, in a bid to transform the classroom into a 21st century technology haven. Prof. Barry McGaw, the director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, has been announced as...

Tags: Assessment, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Technology, Intel Corp., GMT, Strategy, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Shill Filler: How Apple killed Macworld Expo

Shill Filler: How Apple killed Macworld ExpoApple should remember it's friendsGreat article I thing I agree with you whole message, as a dirty foreigner I think Apple needs to rethink MacWorld San Fran, forget the rest but we need one show a year where developers, channel, key users and user...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Sharks can never sleep

Corporations are like sharks, who have to keep moving forward to breathe...or they sink and die. I recently participated in Cisco's 'C-Scape' first virtual forum online; a surprisingly basic attempt at allowing remote attendance to their San Jose California briefing given the...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-17