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- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Dead-finger tech: Google Apps
- Dead-finger tech: Google AppsIt's a Google world...I can't imagine living without Google.Not that there is anything wrong with Microsoft. I doubt whether I would trade in Windows for Chrome OS. In short, nothing beats a good Windows-based PC (especially Win7) combined with a lot of Google stuff and a few...
- Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-07-22
- How IT can help save the global financial system
- The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- IBM job cuts underway
- IBM job cuts underwayOne week for every one week?I have to ask, "one week's pay for every one week's service"????I have 25 years with IBM, this nets out to something north of $2M. Where do I sign up for this?? :-)IBM Damage ControlI think that IBM not posting...
- Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM job cuts underway, IBM Job Cuts, IBM job, underway
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Predictions for 2009
- Predictions for 2009Rock on!Which CPU took longer to reach the market, Rock or Viking? Viking never actually made it to market, and in the meantime the slow@ss SPARC2's were overrun by the speedy first 100Mhz processor (HP735). Those 3 (5?) long years for Sun defined how inept it is at...
- Tags: Linux, Strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, information technology, General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Obama, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- California court bars unmasking of Web critic
- California court bars unmasking of Web criticWell, as long as no financial or personal harm can come froman anonymous posters claims and words (that an anonymous post isn't given any weight by those who read or hear of it because of the anonymous nature of the information given), I can...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Channel management, SECURITY, Libel, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- SaaS is quick way to medical automation
- SaaS is quick way to medical automationOh Yeah baby.."They're trying to sell a health care application, and the customer is asking questions about Ethernet cable degradation. This makes it exceedingly difficult unless we're with them. We can answer that. We actually have an Ethernet cable replacement policy."Man, We walked in...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Network technology, Clean Up, health care, SaaS Model, automation, medical automation, cable, Healthcare Delivery, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-08-18
- Zemlin of Linux Foundation lets fly at Microsoft
- Zemlin of Linux Foundation lets fly at MicrosoftThis is not a new argument ...... and the anti-software patent campaign in the EU used exactly this litigation argument as a reason why software patents were damaging. US advocates of patent reform have pointed it out on ocassion as well.Of course, Bill...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux Foundation, Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-05-29
- Ubuntu - Direct from Dell
- Ubuntu - Direct from DellWell, I was wrongDell isn't charging a $100 premium for Ubuntu.It's only $60In a few months they'll be able to cancel the program with the "there's no demand for Linux" excuse again.FYIThe PCs will be available in the U.S. after 4 p.m. Central Time from Dell's...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Notebooks, XPS 410, Inspiron E1505, Dell Computer Corp., Ubuntu, Dimension E520, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
- Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flaw
- Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flawYou keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks"The latest twist in the ongoing attacks comes less than a week after Microsoft's pre-patch advisory provided clues for hackers to write and release detailed exploit code."You keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, RPC, Criminal hacker, attack, Microsoft Windows, Windows DNS, security
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Gates on Vista, Linux and more
- Gates on Vista, Linux and moreGates on Vista, Linux and moreIts just simply amazing to hear a man like Bill Gates speak. He's clear and confident. He knows the future of computing and how to bring us there. He's so dedicated, that even after his departure from Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, desktop, job, Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-11-17
- IBM to create new IT centers in China, India
- IBM to create new IT centers in China, Indiahow about this IBM!next time you bid on a US project you should be told to take a hike and go in Asia for it.waaaaaaattwho are you to tell take a hike?What they are doing is legitimate business.May be India should order...
- Tags: Benefits, IBM Corp., salary, IT Center, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-10-31
- Dell's XPS 700 on summer vacation
- Dell's XPS 700 on summer vacationThe first casualty in war and product rollouts is the truth?Dell has shot itself in the foot, again. How much better it would have been if they simply came forward and honestly explained the problem. Now they just look like they have something...
- Tags: Processors, E-mail, Pentium D, Dell Computers, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-12
- Outsourcing seen as source of innovation
- Outsourcing seen as source of innovationtime to Outsource the executivesI buy foreign computer equipment, cars and other foreign made items nowadays. Why should I do business with so-called american companies? They care nothing about americans, they are multinational. And I too am reaping the benefits of outsourcing: lower costs! bye...
- Tags: outsourcing, innovation
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- The Non IT, IT boss, Isn't
- The Non IT, IT boss, Isn'tLost in translation?If I argued that my total inability to speak, understand, or read Mandarin qualifies me as an intermediary on business dealings between Western and Chinese companies you'd think me nuts, right?Right.Now think about companies hiring non IT people to interface their business and...
- Tags: Strategy, PRODUCTIVITY, Business Knowledge, BPA, information technology, Joe, Mandarin
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Pirates stunting software growth
- Pirates stunting software growthEstimating Losses due to PiracyAlways question the dollar figures given for "potential losses" due to piracy. You cannot reasonably tell if you eliminated every pirated copy of a program how much sales of the product would increase. It may be easier to estimate for businesses...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Software Sales, eBay UK, piracy, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-12-08
- Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suit
- Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suitLooks like Microsoft will cut bait and run.MS is trying to settle the lawsuits and put an end to the bad publicity. About the only thing they have managed to do is put a spotlight on the fact that the best and brightest...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Min Spec, http://www.goosee.com/puppy/, DSL, Google Inc., MB Linux Distro, Microsoft Corp., DSL IS, Puppy, Winmodem, Austrumi
- Discussion threads 2005-09-14
- Study: UK offshoring tide to rise
- Study: UK offshoring tide to risePod IT DepartmentsNoted that 48% of respondents believe that customers are more satisfied as a result of outsourcing. There are only two possible explanations:- executive staff has relocated to planet Mungo and need to be rescued by Flash Gordon or- their prior efforts were...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Now IT, offshoring, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., world nation
- Discussion threads 2005-08-11
- Wi-Fi, cancer, and legal liability
- Wi-Fi, cancer, and legal liabilityPractical ParanoiaTo recap my own experience:I wore a pager for 10 years, always on the right hip. Once day I pass a kidney stone THE most painful thing that can ever happen to anyone. In the ensuing investigation, the doctor finds ... nothing! No more stones...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, tradeoff, trade-off, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2005-07-25
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