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Symantec Lays Out Deduplication Plans
in On Storage, on July 10, 2009
...pared so that duplicate pieces of data can be left out of the storage process. To date, the primary corporate use of the technology has been for e-mail archiving. The benefits of that use are obvious:... ...tegrate deduplication into its NetBackup , Backup Exec and Enterprise Vault offerings.
"Data deduplication, or single-instance storage, involves the elimination of redundant data," ex...
Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...t a funny thing happened on the way to the bank with the iPhone profits... they started coming from corporate America. The iPhone, it develops, is just the thing for jaded execs. They want 'em, th... ...me. Apple, attempting to occupy one of those spaces, doesn't rely have much choice but to accomodate the other as well if it hopes to continue to find success.
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Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...usy catching iPhone fever, and Blackberries have firmly entrenched themselves as must-have tools in corporate America, the consumer-oriented, scorned netbooks may be the next hot device for businesses...
Is there room for Cisco in the online office suite space?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...their respective plays and come out ahead in the online office race. The predominance of WebEx as a corporate solution gives them an easy in; their support and service structure could be enough to mak...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...leted, just about every spending project the federal government engages in. Which makes the average corporate IT dashboard project look all the more feeble.
Turns out this has all been in the works s...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...again, Madoff's wife Ruth might be looking at a stint in jail too. Madoff is the poster boy of corporate greed. But he was allowed to get away with it for years. We can blame the incompetent Secu...
Ruth Madoff's lost asset claims
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
...press had "ruined" her life. Nothing to do with her psychopath husband, the poster boy of corporate greed, and his Ponzi scheme. Of course, she didn't work or contribute any many to her...
T-Mobile's New Android Phone Coming Soon
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 22, 2009
...es and offer recommendations based on them.
Google's Android software allows users connect to corporate email servers.
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G will be available for pre-order from July 8 onward... ... personalized with custom home screen widgets and can also learn user preferences and offer recommendations based on them.
Google's Android software allows users connect to corporate email serve...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
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About two years ago, I did a blog entry predicting that climate change would become a big corporate governance issue. Directors can get into all sorts of trouble for failing in their duty of car... ...ations for company directors around the world. The case involves the Australian Conservation Foundation approaching the regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and asking it i...
Disney and toxic waste allegations
in Sox First, on June 15, 2009
The Walt Disney Company earlier this year unveiled , amidst much fanfare, its new environmental initiatives which included zero greenhouse gas emissions and zero waste. But is this Fantasyland stuff? We now have reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is looking carefully at allegat...
Data Center Overload
in Wangtam, on June 12, 2009
...... ...• Data Center Overload
• SquareSpace isn't giving away new iPhones, exactly
• How Intuit managed to hold off Microsoft
• Where and When You Can Get the iPhone 3G S
• IAC's Diller: The...
What economy? CEO private jets take off
in Sox First, on June 11, 2009
...n) is more than what a lot of families earn over many years. As the East Texas Review points out, corporate jets is only part of the story. The money is also going on chauffeured limos, exclusive cl...
The Man Who Might Have Saved General Motors
in carzz.org, on June 10, 2009
...withdraws completely from motorsports.
Dominant personalities like Bob Lutz are becoming scarce in corporate board rooms but don't expect Maximum Bob to fade away in the mists of automobile histo...
Crunch for airlines
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
Airlines are set to lose $9 billion this year with demand for air travel falling away as a result of the global recession and swine flu. A statement released by the International Air Transport Association indicates things are unlikely to get better in the near future. According to IATA chief G...
Chiquita receives 2009 Circle of Excellence award by the Distribution Business Management Association
in Supplychainer, on June 7, 2009
...r layer of complexity to reporting.
The criteria for the award is based on a company's current corporate commitment, past demonstrated programs and plans for continued commitment....
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
..."in the right environment." Suddenly all those workshops on team building and webinars on corporate climate take on new meaning. Have you built an environment where cutting pay and keeping e...
What next for GM?
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
The big question now is how General Motors will emerge out of this bankruptcy? And what lies ahead for what was once the world's biggest car manufacturer? As Dennis Berman at The Wall Street Journal points out, the $65 billion in taxpayers' money is all part of the subterfuge. Instead...
Coming Soon: Java-Based Netbooks?
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 3, 2009
... Ellison given Sun's experience in hardware and other fields outside of Oracle's preferred database apps," according to Electronista . "'I don't see why some of those [netbo...
Canesta Brings Motion Control to the Masses
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 3, 2009
Everyone is getting motion control these days. We all know the Nintendo Wii features motion control; yesterday, Microsoft announced Project Natal, and today Sony announced a motion controller for the PS3. But what about the regular Joe at home without a fancy, next generation gaming system? Are th...
Sony Ericsson Aino Phone
in Wangtam, on June 1, 2009
Sony Ericsson 近日发布了一款新型手机 ，可与 Sony PlayStation 3 游戏主机连线。这是该公司圣诞节新产品之一，也是其与母公司 Sony 整合的强烈信号。
这款名为"Aino Phone"的手机将可以用来管理储存在 PS3 上的媒体，协助定位 PS3 成为媒体中心，但不能用来玩游戏，也不能撷取高清晰影片。该公司还称，Aino 手机将在第四季与另外两款手机一齐推出。
这家全球第五大手机生产商称，电信服务商非常期待可以推升数据使用量，而且不需要大额补贴的手机。
"电信服务商需要的是，可以提供无限制宽频数据传输，同时降低招揽用户...
Introducing the Sony Ericsson Aino Touch Screen Handset
in The Smart PDA, on May 31, 2009
Sony Ericsson has recently unveiled a new stylish touch screen slider known as the Aino. The Aino will come with some impressive features and the ability to control and access Playstation 3 media content via a local network or internet connection.
Here are the details:
Size: 104 x 50x15.5 mm
W...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
... a landmark case because it revolves around the question of "honest services" fraud where corporate executives have a duty to shareholders and if they renege on that, they have withheld hone...
微软确认 Zune HD
in Wangtam, on May 27, 2009
微软今天确认了之前的传言，将推出新款 Zune HD。微软 Zune 全球市场主管 Chris Stepheson 在接受采访时表示："该设备是为了与 iPod Touch 相抗衡。
根据微软公布的信息，Zune HD 配备 3.3 英寸的 OLED 触摸屏，支持 multitouch，分辨率为 480x272。Zune HD 中 HD 的意思是指支持 720p 的高清视频。以下为官方新闻稿：
For Immediate Release
May 26, 2009
Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertai...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
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The implosion at Indian IT specialists Satyam raises many questions about corporate governance. As Madhukar Angur says in the Deccan Herald , the debacle suggests we have learned very little sin...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...e forward-looking. But the truth remains that the hard data - house prices, unemployment, trade and corporate profits and inflation - all remain dreadful. Consumers can dream all they want." Eco... ...ant to identify turning points and markets are forward-looking. But the truth remains that the hard data - house prices, unemployment, trade and corporate profits and inflation - all remain dreadful. ...
Swinburne University Researchers Create 'Five-Dimensional' DVDs
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 21, 2009
... adding nanoparticles to discs, researcher Min Gu and others at the school successfully recorded data to discs using not only multiple wavelengths of light but to the polarization, or angle, of the ...
Infosys CEO interviewed
in The CIO Weblog, on May 20, 2009
... enterprises are working with cloud services, it is still on a small scale and apparently under the corporate radar. Cloud computing is all but a foregone conclusion at the SMB/SME level; enterprises ... ...pic with TechFlash's Eric Engleman.
Gopalakrishnan clearly sees the dangers in industry consolidation and in changes in the nature of outsourcing, with more businesses taking the same tack as the...
Jolie B. Ray Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...e Troob have found a calling and a true connection, designing jewelry. After having careers in the corporate world and raising young children, these two women decided they needed a creative outlet. R...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
...urcing procurement cycles are so long to begin with, including the process discipline instilled by corporate procurement departments, a clear need for thoroughly fleshed-out agreements, and the import...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
...ving into banking with a a full range of savings, loans and insurance products. Lucy Neville-Rolfe, corporate and legal-affairs director at Tesco told The Times that expanding into finance makes sen...
iPhone price reduction rumors missing the enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on May 18, 2009
... absolutely not worth the wait. They essentially offered the iPhone as a plan option on their other corporate plans, which completely ignored the strengths and different utilization patterns of the ph... ...one operating system in June. According to the story, the carrier is considering lowering prices on data plans and/or offering more varied data plan options to cater to a wider range of consumer deman...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
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With the recession, companies are cutting back on their corporate social responsibility budgets but it's not going away. As reported here , the big cuts are in corporate philanthropy but they...
Alias 2 Announced for Verizon
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...sic and video clips, a microSD memory slot, stereo Bluetooth technology and RemoSync to synchronize corporate email, contacts and calendars from office PCs.
The Samsung Alias 2 is available for $80 a...
Do boycotts work?
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...on but the surprising part is that they did not have much impact on sales. The main damage was with corporate reputation. Companies with strong reputations are likely to resist whereas those with trou...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...he rise, not least in response to the belt-tightening that the recession has engendered on both the corporate and individual levels.
But if American IT workers feel that they are winning the battle t...
Selling to Procurement Organizations
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 10, 2009
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I recently became interested in the issues that arise when selling to corporate procurement departments. A legal process outsourcing company that I'm associated with is cracking...
GAO slams SEC
in Sox First, on May 9, 2009
...rack down on companies breaking the law. "For example, when the question of whether to seek a corporate penalty is a close one, the staff will default to avoiding the penalty," the report s... ...ir focus from pursuing what they otherwise would recommend as most appropriate to tailoring recommendations to what they believe the Commission will find acceptable. According to many investigative at...
Fujitsu Ups the Ante on Data Security
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 8, 2009
...r command, will wipe its own HDD and become an expensive brick. This should bring piece of mind to corporate and personal users with sensitive information stored on their machines. The cool thing is t... ...e. Why is it then that we keep hearing in the news that a laptop was stolen with gigs of sensitive data on them; why can't laptops be remotely wiped? The engineers at Fujitsu must have been wonder...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...ews sources have been covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times , Agence France Press ...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...m Georgetown University law professor Ethan S Burger in this piece Today's Financial Crisis, Corporate Governance, and the Issue of Third-Party Liability . The problem, he says, is that corpor...
TweetDeck Has a Fierce Rival in Seesmic Desktop
in Wangtam, on May 4, 2009
...itable Houseplants
• Kidlandia Maps
• Corporate Tweets and the SEC: Sometimes It's Better To Keep Your Mouth Shut
• FriendFeed创始人称将由聚合转向实时通信
• Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs For 2008
• Pinks a...
Chrysler's Italian job
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
After months on life support, Chrysler is now pinning its hopes on a restructure with three new principal owners: the US Government which says it will keep its nose out of day to day operations, the United Auto Workers union and Italian car company Fiat. The question is whether it will work. On...
Healthcare Suppliers Honored at MedAssets Healthcare Business Event
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...petitive prices.
Some of the companies and people receiving this award included:
- Vincent Kent, corporate accounts manager, Philips Healthcare. Kent was honored for his ability to deliver value to...
Coming soon: A new, smarter Google News?
in Wangtam, on April 30, 2009
...AutoRun changes in Windows 7
• Google Launches Public Data Search & Charts During Wolfram Alpha Demo
• Adding search power to public data
• Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPh...
Window 7 coming early, as expected
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2009
... view 7 as the salvation to their time in Vista-purgatory), it is becoming less and less clear that corporate IT shops will flock to 7 as a savior. Most who dodged Vista had excellent experiences runn... ... Bobby Watkins of Acer UK is cited in this Pocket-lint story as saying, "23rd October is the date the Windows 7 will be available." The date is well ahead of the official early 2010 releas...
A piece based on the social activites by Infosys
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 30, 2009
...y. We want more people to partake in the opportunities that made us successful."
Significant corporate donations in India began more than a century ago, when major industrial houses, notably th...
HP拟1亿美元新建科罗拉多州数据中心
in Wangtam, on April 29, 2009
...lding YouTube support into Snow Leopard
• Corporate Blogs and 'Tweets' Must Keep SEC in Mind
• Three's Company: Meet Your New MySpace Executive Team
• The Facebook Open Stream API
•...
Fox says no to Obama
in Sox First, on April 29, 2009
So Fox has announced it won't screen Barack Obama's prime time news conference and will instead screen the scheduled drama Lie To Me. Variety magazine says it's a matter of economics. It's financially based, and not political, it says. Still, it is the first time a network h...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...il access, and this may be among them. Providing a reduced functionality or lightweight version of corporate applications might also allow operation even on flooded lines. Many organizations are alrea... ...P trunks might be the linchpin which all this truly hangs on, however. It does little good if your datacenter is up and running, and if all your staff have laptops and remote access, if their local te...
Swine flu and markets
in Sox First, on April 28, 2009
So world markets have been hammered by the swine flu outbreak with airlines leading the charge. The New York Times reports that countries are now tightening their borders and the World Health Organisation has just upped its pandemic flu alert level. But how serious will it get? And what does...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
The banks are imploding but that hasn't stopped the bankers raking in massive bonuses. Just what they're being rewarded for is anyone's guess. The New York Times reports that six of the biggest banks set aside over $36 billion in the first quarter to pay their employees. This is s...
Think Big! Could Sun/ORCL Trigger IBM/SAP Combo?
in Wangtam, on April 24, 2009
• Think Big! Could Sun/ORCL Trigger IBM/SAP Combo?
• MySQL 5.4 gets bigger anyway, encroaching on new parent Oracle's turf
• 英媒评全球最佳100家餐厅
• Mac 电脑出货量将出现五年来首次萎缩
• 视频下载：Final Fantasy Versus XIII Demo Trailer
• Final Fantasy XIII Demo 流程说明与 Q&A
• News Corp. Exploring MySpace CEO O...
Oracle and Sun: What's Next?
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 24, 2009
...ortant software Oracle has ever acquired.'"
"Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java," writes ZDNet's Paula Rooney . "It is a well establi...
Oracle acquires Sun
in The CIO Weblog, on April 20, 2009
...y last year. This is somewhat akin to the fox buying the henhouse, and it doesn't bode well for corporate support of MySQL, which may put a cramp in some of the customary arguments for the advanta... ...ady.
What has been an obstacle to Oracle in the software realm is the wildly popular open-source database alternative MySQL, which Sun acquired early last year. This is somewhat akin to the fox buy...
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...;. Greenspan, the former disciple of Ayn Rand, has switched from free market capitalism to creeping corporate socialism - anything to clean up the mess he helped create. Still, it's a political m...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
...ing to be one long hard slog. The reality is that the fundamentals of housing, consumer demand and corporate investment need to show signs of improvement before we know the worst of the recession is ...
Googling future trends
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
... people use certain phrases can predict trends like retail sales figures, car sales and house sales data. And because sites like Google are updated constantly, we can get these figures before they are...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
So the International Monetary Fund warns that this recession will be around for some time. So what implications does that have for society? How will that shape the way we live? In its latest report , the IMF says that recessions associated with financial crises have been more severe and longer...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
..., ad-revenue supported Web 2.0 sites are sustainable under their chosen models is more important to corporate IT than you might initially imagine.
It's also not news that many of these sites exis...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...Zin Bekkali, CEO of Silk Invest, said "Although largely focused on Sovereigns, there will be a corporate element that will represent up to 20% of the portfolio."
Daniel Broby, Chief Investm...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...s Oxley seem irrelevant in this market. As Reuters reports: "Fears about Sarbanes-Oxley, the corporate governance law many called onerous and said would drive IPOs away from U.S. exchanges, hav...
Did Vista jump the shark?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 14, 2009
...on of the qualifying "Next Year" you have to wonder why this was deemed news? What CIO or corporate IT manager in his right mind deploys any new operating system inside a year of its initi... ... in the next year, eh?) is to read them as "Apple and Linux fanbois misinterpret shady polling data to their own benefit again." This is particularly the case over at Slashdot, god bless the...
Henkel wins supply chain excellence award
in Supplychainer, on April 13, 2009
...ess strategy. Even more, the supply chain has become a decisive factor in implementing Henkel's corporate strategy," said jury member Harald Geimer, director of PRTM Management Consultants, p...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... of magical snake-oil claims (radionics!) as to the efficacy and applicability of the technologies, corporate cultural issues, and a lack of easily quantifiable ROI cases.
This tracks closely with my...
Enterprise 2.0: Reality Check
in The CIO Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...; rather, the entire panel and most of the audience showed well-considered positions which balanced corporate needs against the advantages and individual freedoms tied up with the Web 2.0 concept. Tha...
Supply chain video: John Westerveld talks about supply chain risk strategy
in Supplychainer, on April 9, 2009
...act that supply chain risk management has become increasingly more recognized as a critical part of corporate strategy. He argues that companies should move to leaner, global supply chains and be able...
The new consumer
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
Last year, I did a blog entry looking at the way consumer patterns have changed in the recession. The earlier this year, I did a piece looking at thrift chic, the latest trend where people are embracing frugality and a new conservatism. The lessons of the 1930s taught us that when an economy...
Airlines in tailspin
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
The airline industry goes from bad to worse. A crumbling global economy means fewer seats on planes declining profits for the world's biggest airlines. More details here .The big problem lies in their fixed costs. As Morningstar analyst Basili Alukos told reporters , it's a high fixed...
10 secrets of the downturn leader
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
What are the secrets of the downturn leader? What sort of strategies are needed during a recession. I identify 10 of them in my piece here . The 10 secrets are communication, keeping up staff morale, maintaining or even increasing productivity, maintaining your own morale, looking at your ...
