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Virginia Nanotechnology Park Moves Forward
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 9, 2009
...es using nanotechnology. In a takeoff on the words nanotechnology, energy, environment and medical operations, the project is being called NEEMO."
"The region has a foothold in nanotechnol... ...007 with 187. Virginia Tech and nearby nanotech firms captured 61 of them valued at $15 million, more grants than in any other region of the state."
The full article is available here.
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已经确认 Windows 7 RTM 于本月 13 日完成
in Wangtam, on July 5, 2009
...our Media Operations More Efficiently
• Posterous supports YouTube HD embeds. Also new: Auto-expansion of screencast.com and thedailyshow.com videos
• AOL未来可能收购10大博客
• Apple, Acer and...Arringto... ...perations More Efficiently
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• Apple, Acer and...Arrington?
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China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
...ost," says Harold Sirkin, senior partner at BCG in Chicago and global leader of the firm's operations practice. "The key is to bring suppliers up to your standards. Given the potential c... ...invest in localizing their teams, processes and quality controls," he notes. "They become more flexible and adapt their operations to local conditions." As a result, local suppliers and...
What VCs Are Worrying About
in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009
...hat's On Tap for Firefox in 2010
• The Pirate Bay Will Decentralize Its Operations (Updated)
• TPB might change owner
• Microsoft to charge Europeans double for Windows 7
• The Pirate Bay ...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...ain and understandable a format as can be managed. A good IT dashboard is a great tool for managing operations and justifying IT as an organization to the rest of the business.
On the other hand, das... ...emphasizing flash and style over the substance of the information. They get pitched and constructed more as cool toys than legitimate management tools and subsequent abandonment and neglect, followed ...
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...s Procter & Gamble and Gillette, Steve held roles in sales, marketing, process improvement, and operations.
Paul Lord will lead research in the chemical and process industries, concentrating on t... ...earch and will help us continue to provide the best research and advice to our clients."
With more than 25 years of experience, Steve Steutermann will focus his research on the consumer product ...
DHL makes exansion in China
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
... Some months ago I published a post about DHL operations in the U.S. which had some problems because of the economic downturn. Apparently such problems still don't exist in China becuase the co... ...he 10 new hubs but he didn't give other details.
"China is not only a production base any more, and we are not just moving things for exporters, but also to support domestic consumption in C...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
... and their American clients. When they win contracts to manage the technology, accounting, or other operations for U.S. corporations, the Indian firms typically handle the work with about 20% to 30% o... ... would probably bring an end to the Indian outsourcing model by requiring that U.S. company have no more than half of their employees be H-1B visa holders.
The H-1B is a temporary work visa used t...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
...g-time author of the SoL report.
As a result of the shakeout-more than 3,000 motor carriers ceased operations last year, taking out approximately 7 percent of truck capacity-supply chains are being r... ...ark report states the financial damage done to the sector by the ongoing recession. After rising by more than 50 percent the previous five years, business logistics costs fell to 9.4 percent of U.S. G...
Beverley K Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...its her busy schedule between raising their two young daughters and assisting Morrie with the daily operations of his jewelry firm, often appearing at trade shows across the country.
Lemon Quart...
Microsoft releases new MOF documents
in The CIO Weblog, on June 1, 2009
...ring the hotbed of activity that is the Microsoft MOF and Service Management blog .
The Microsoft Operations Framework Team has released three new documents (linked from this post ) extending the f... ...tself, I won't strain your credulity with such statements. If I do happen to get through one or more of those items, I'll report back; otherwise, your comments on the documents are always appr...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... expanded its SAP and Oracle portfolio through the acquisition of the Australia and South East Asia operations of Supply Chain Consulting Pty Ltd, a market leader of SAP and Oracle enterprise solution...
The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain
in IfEnergy, on May 25, 2009
...d use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment...
Abengoa Solar has started commercial operations at the world's largest solar power tower plant, the Solúcar Platform (PS20) near Sevi...
Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2009
...provide some microenterprise loans of up to $50,000 to help people start businesses. Small business operations run by entrepreneurs seem to be key to restarting the economy. If you haven't thought...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...ements the potential attraction." What's to stop the supermarkets cross-subsidizing their operations by offering customers free full service accounts in exchange for their continued patronag... ...tself "America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace" and which has garnered more than 790,000 members and some $169 million in loans since its debut in 2006, LendingClub and ...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...;t thinking much or talking to anyone about the big picture.
So I am putting up a new site, AgileOperations.net , to talk about, and keep track of, developments in not just new technologies but in... ... post covers the study of Drama in London, for god's sake, and he usually doesn't post anymore on utility computing models unless he's plugging a specific Amazon product. Other proponents...
HP to Get on the Blackberry Software Train
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 4, 2009
...print emails, documents, photos and Web pages directly from their devices.
HP will also launch HP Operations Manager for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, software to better manage and control IT.
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Chrysler's Italian job
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...th 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 ... ... mpg would have to be modified to meet US safety and emission standards and that will cost a mint. More to the point, the change is banking on an unprecedented shift in the US car buyer market. First...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...advantage if quality and reliability suffer."
The future of forecasting and that of sales and operations planning (S&OP), is also another area being highlighted. Wehlage noted that in some w... ...ch director, AMR Research. But with demand continuing to slacken, logistics decision-makers are now more concerned about maintaining the integrity of their pipeline. "The failure of some supplier...
Supply chain video: Music supply chain
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...sting to as are good examples of supply chains with relatively low predictability of demand, online operations component, and high variety.
Guitar Center is the leading United States retailer of gui...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
..., it's a healthy reminder for CIOs that electronic viruses are not the only sort which can lay operations low... for all the automation in today's IT environment, it's still extraordinaril... ...ations technologies and hosting services, I am surprised this approach isn't already receiving more attention. Preparations have the added dividend of moving the company in a direction that most a...
Ceva contracts Aston Martin to manage inbound logistics
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...ehouse at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
In addition, Ceva will handle sequencing, kitting and line feeding operations incorporating just in time, production line parts replacement based on the Kanban concept...
Small Wind: GE Is Investing
in IfEnergy, on April 16, 2009
...said on Monday it has raised $10 million from existing investors and General Electric to expand its operations. With the money, the Flagstaff, Ariz.-based company said it intends to grow its European ...
Renegotiating in Down Times
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 11, 2009
Robert Jones made the point recently that in an economy where businesses are failing and everyone's concerned with cutting costs, renegotiating your costs is a meaningful strategy.
Everything can be renegotiated. Everything . If it was negotiated to start with in some way, it can definitely...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
...ard winning methodologies to generate strong supply chain improvements over the past 25+ years. The operations research modeling capability is led by Dr. Jeff Camm, Professor and Department Head, Depa...
How popular performance based supply chain contracts are?
in Supplychainer, on April 9, 2009
...stics.
One of them which I liked the most was an interview with Serguei Netessine , professor of operations and information management at Wharton. Serguei and another colleague at Wharton. They hav... ...ei believes that this new form of working together is a win-win situation as services normally have more margin for the suppliers and allow them to have more flexibility on the spare parts and buyers ...
Internet Advertising Crash: Could It Take Down Your Business Model?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 3, 2009
... piece, by Eric Clemons, is Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet .
Clemons is Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He se...
Saving precious lives is what RFID intends to achieve
in The RFID Weblog, on March 31, 2009
... any problem the firefighting chief could give instructions from outside to its men so that rescue operations are not hampered and chances of any error are reduced. Researchers at University of Pittsb...
GolfBug TV - Golf On The Web
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 29, 2009
...r called Simply Sports Media which now contains GolfBug TV and two other sports-related internet TV operations.
Recently, I spoke with Andrew to find out how GolfBug TV's been doing and what the ... ...nd listen to the 15 minute interview by clicking on the link below. The download shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes at the most.
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Asetek appoints new supply chain lead
in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009
...negotiation and quality control. Over the past 15 years he has served in a variety of manufacturing operations and supply chain positions with companies including Solectron, SanDisk, and Trimble Navig...
Lockheed Martin opens supply chain command center
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...rsee inventory forecasting, order management and distribution to ensure cost effective and reliable operations. The Command Center leverages Lockheed Martin's proven supply chain management soluti...
Non-profit newspapers? No way!
in Sox First, on March 25, 2009
...the newspaper carnage continues with reports that the Ann Arbor News will fold after 174 years of operations and news that the Daily Mail in England will cut 1000 jobs because advertising is dryin...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
...without warning...
"A source close to the company told CNET News that SpiralFrog has ceased operations and assets have been surrendered to creditors," writes CNET's Greg Sandoval . &q... ...licy and presented in a hassle-free turnkey environment. Otherwise, what's the point?"
More here from the Guardian ... more here from MediaPost ... more here from TechRadar ... more ...
Systems and the AIG catastrophe
in The CIO Weblog, on March 18, 2009
...jectives, quite apart from those of the business.
How is this not a problem even during day to day operations? What sort of risk management has been exercised to allow so few people to have a chokeho...
Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...e sorts of changes do not happen as rapidly as their proponents might like, and that traditional IT operations will continue in many organizations for many years to come. But the change is coming, and... ...effect of simplifying the application of technology, and often to a level where it can be discussed more at the level of business process than raw technology. In these cases, more so than ever in the ...
Hacking as a Service
in The CIO Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...terribly unusual occurence, but this is the first time I have heard of anyone structuring long-term operations as an outsourced service.
I suppose in some senses most crime is a service-oriented busi...
Jude Frances Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 12, 2009
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Frances, mother of two and former owner of an interior design firm, oversees design and operations for Jude Frances. She was born in the English countryside and favors the more romantic, c... ...sees design and operations for Jude Frances. She was born in the English countryside and favors the more romantic, classic styles. Her favorite piece in the line is a diamond monogram necklace that Ju...
Managing IT costs
in The CIO Weblog, on March 11, 2009
...d there is.
It's widely recognized that the blanket cuts may pose a significant threat to IT operations, and it's clear to most CIOs that something major has to be done in response. I think... .... I sat in a room full of consultants the other night and heard someone say "This stuff is all more complicated than ever" and couldn't believe my ears: the average user can wander onto ...
Rohm and Haas selects Profit Point software
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...etwork is a complex and ever-changing process.
"Rohm and Haas has a history of improving our operations to enhance customer service levels and reduce cost," said Dave Shaw, the company'... ...on in annual sales, produces innovative products for nine industries worldwide through a network of more than 100 manufacturing, technical research and customer service sites. Optimizing and supportin...
Opmanager online
in The CIO Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...One of my favorite SMB/SME IT operations and support management suites has made the leap to SaaS land: ManageEngine by Adventnet (better known in most circles for their Zoho SaaS platform) is now p...
Simple process to identify critical suppliers
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...r financing to ensure that infrastructure and financial health exists in the future to support your operations).
Step 7) Analyze the financial and operational data of suppliers on a regular basis.
... ...iers based on criticality. Below I have provided you with his points, with some modifications, in a more structured manner:
Step 1) Create a profile for each of the top 50 suppliers of your company
...
How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
...nge in tactics however. In a recession, generally, people are looking for a product that is better, more cost effective, and even smarter. Innovation is the path to serving those needs. You can apply ...
IBM tries to enhance ILOG's S&OP capabilities
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
... expect the merger to bring added capabilities-starting with enhancements to ILOG's sales & operations planning solutions-as well as a higher level of customer service.
"ILOG had a rela... ... the acquisition of ILOG by IBM is a bit stabilized and Even though the new parent company is known more for supplying IT infrastructure products, ILOG says it will not abandon users of its packaged s...
Supply chain video: Visibility and Deployment Options (3)
in Supplychainer, on February 5, 2009
...ndards help the level of visibility to increase and company's will have more control over their operations. Unfortunately this hasn't happened completely yet but as it is mentioned in the vide... ...others. Establishing standards help the level of visibility to increase and company's will have more control over their operations. Unfortunately this hasn't happened completely yet but as it ...
AOL 宣布裁员 700 人
in Wangtam, on February 3, 2009
TC 消息 ， AOL CEO Randy Falco 上周在致全体员工的备忘录中表示，受经济衰退的影响，公司将裁员 700 人。
Falco 在备忘录中称公司将裁员 700 人，占员工总数的 10%。同时还将冻结 2009 年全年的加薪计划。"全球经济衰退已经影响到每一个角落，包括我们自己。" Falco 表示。
本月初， AOL 的母公司时代华纳其 2008 年的营收预期下调了 3.7 亿美元，这意味着其旗下 AOL 的广告营收同比下降了 18%，大约为 6400 万美元。
上周，Google 承认其于 2005 年收购 AOL 5% 股份已成为一笔亏本生...
Internal threats alive and well
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2009
...f from performing their work. There is a certain innate resistance in IT staff, particularly on the operations side, to being locked out of anything, but it's a cultural problem that it's time... ...planted by a disgruntled contractor who was in the process of being released.
Information Week has more details on the story . I came upon it by way of the SANS daily handler's diary, which ask...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
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Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin... ...
Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin...
"NEC" To Cut 20,000 Jobs
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 31, 2009
... it was a mid-week day in the workplace. The NEC job losses will affect the company's worldwide operations.
A bit earlier Kodak announced the layoff of 4500 additional workers; and last week Sony...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...nteresting:
- Think like a CFO: Supply chain managers generally spend their day thinking about operations and don't pay much attention to finance and treasury issues. More often than not, inv... ...aching supply chain improvement.
Among the ideas mentioned in the report, the following ones seem more interesting:
- Think like a CFO: Supply chain managers generally spend their day thinking ...
Schneider National gets best supplier award from P&G
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...nternational organization aiming to highlight the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. The information Schneider provided to Procter & Gamble f...
Free "XnView" Graphics Program
in Digital Shot, on January 26, 2009
...s among other things.
For a free program this one is surprisingly feature rich and it performs its operations quickly and without glitches.
Here's a page with a description of this program's...
Berlin am Zoo: Hotel Astoria mit Wohnungen und Geschäften
in Bauen - aber richtig, on January 23, 2009
... © zvg Waldorf Astoria Swan Operations aus Abu Dhabi finanziert mit 180 Millionen Euro ein Gebäude aus Naturstein und Glas. Die erste und zweite Etage des "Zoofensters" nehmen Geschäfte ...
Microsoft joins the layoff club
in The CIO Weblog, on January 22, 2009
...oyees while claiming to be moving forward through the recession, I have to wonder how efficient the operations were in the first place. If the company can really continue to progress despite the layof... ...
This morning reveals that the rumored and expected layoffs at Microsoft have in fact materialized. In the wake of disappointing 2Q revenue results which missed company estimates by $900 million,...
Sony 在 CES 2009 上推出了超过 70 款新产品
in Wangtam, on January 17, 2009
Sony 在今年的 CES 大展上推出了超过 70 款新产品，其中 HUNG 最关注的当然还是 VAIO P。以下是新产品的信息：
VAIO Notebook
VAIO® P Series Lifestyle PC
Currently available for pre-orders at www.sony.com/pr/pseries and at select retailers next month for about $900
* Chic, compact design measuring about the length of a business envelope ...
Jobs 要请个长假
in Wangtam, on January 16, 2009
... to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directo... ...ues are more complex than I originally thought.
In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I ha...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
...strategy. That may be a sad commentary on the environment today, but it's absolutely safer than operations were ten years ago. I guess I don't mean to say that security is terrible, but rather... ...he list checking off all the "cutting edge" concepts being presented that violated one or more of those rules.
The best thing I heard was in the first half-hour: the recommendation to apply...
Executives targeted in trojan attack
in The CIO Weblog, on January 12, 2009
...ter likelihood that new hosts will be managed by experienced service providers specializing in such operations, who have good security awareness and practices. You no longer have to spin up your own s... ...longer have to spin up your own servers internally to provide any sort of internet-based service anymore; indeed, it's no longer typically cost-effective to do so. With the burgeoning expansion of...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
...Implicit in the conflation of agile operations with fragile support is a requirement that your users have access to services which are at once flexible and scalable and which are also efficient fo... ...y is for your peace of mind when outsourcing firms may be affected as heavily or worse than yours.
More after the jump....
Using fragile support to reduce costs in the downturn
in The CIO Weblog, on January 8, 2009
...support request generators. This may sound as if it contradicts almost exactly the concept of Agile Operations which I outlined earlier this week (which calls for the acceptance of support issues as... ...pt of "fragile support" here before . If ever were there a time to investigate this idea more fully on your end, it's now.
Fragile support is a method of shifting IT department resourc...
Satyam stranger than fiction
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2009
...han a billion dollars.
As I implied in that post last week, I'd planned to discuss off-shoring operations in the context of the recession anyway this week, so look for more of my take on this on ... ...ay's revelation by Chairman Ramalinga Raju that he has been cooking the books... to the tune of more than a billion dollars.
As I implied in that post last week, I'd planned to discuss off-sh...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
... the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to keep firms alive by lending them money to roll out their operations and fund their growth and raising the basic Social Security benefit by 30% to stimulate s... ...eniors who have lost 40% of the value of their equities. The one certain bet is that we are in for more regulation. Academics from Emory University's Goizueta Business School have forecast the ...
Implementing Agile Operations in your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 6, 2009
...u.
For a taste, though, I'll quote myself selectively here under terms of fair use:
...agile operations borrows from a number of the key concepts originated by the agile development movement. T... ...sed in multiple venues, even if they are not best of breed for a particular project. Flexibility is more important than performance
I believe that IT departments small and large can take advantage, ...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...and suddenly budgets which previously seemed balanced and reasonable are on the chopping block, and operations which were previously judged the height of efficiency are scoured for lingering bloat or ... ...io
Critical Business Services Availability
Operational Health
The last two have always been more or less available outside the IT department and they are probably the most important factors, b...
Taking advantage of recessionary pressures to restructure IT
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...;ll offer some of my decidedly unscientific ideas on procurement and support, lightweight, flexible operations models, and outsourcing and offshoring options.
It's always interesting to me how bu... ...downturn and start looking seriously at how to restructure your IT department to deal with tighter, more competetive markets. I'll put up a series of posts this week on that topic (possibly fading...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
... unsettling, to say the least. While it's most likely that any purchaser would seek to continue operations and profit from the acquisition's existing business, takeovers are bad for morale and... ...l reactions to the deepening recession might exercise their initiative to move their outsourcing to more stable ground, or reduce their reliance on it considerably, but the generic cost-cutting or fro...
Dell's restructure: will it work?
in Sox First, on January 1, 2009
...s Eve announced a radical shake-up which will see the departure of Mike Cannon, president, Global Operations and its chief marketing officer Mark Jarvis (read the release carefully, they buried the ... ...changes are a good sign is up for debate. Analysts have told CNN Money that Dell plans to lay off more employees in the first half of 2009, and that the restructuring could also hurt customer relati...
Downtime incidents
in Googlestack, on December 27, 2008
...Pingdom has a quite entertaining article about relative safety of online operations at data centers. My personal favorite?
In August, an update to SiteMeter's script (websites can have it in...
Ryder System makes a new logistics acquisition
in Supplychainer, on December 27, 2008
... Container Terminal Ltd. (TCTL) and CRSA Logistics Ltd. (CRSA) in Canada, as well as CRSA Logistics operations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
According to CNN Money, the companies will now operate... ...cific Container Terminal and Ryder CRSA Logistics, respectively. The acquisition is expected to add more than $25 million Canadian dollars, or more than $20 million U.S. dollars in annualized revenue ...
Adaptix Sues Sprint/Clearwire Over WiMax Patents
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 24, 2008
...egal fees and unspecified damages from Sprint and Clearwire, which recently merged their 4G WiMax operations in hopes of rolling out a nationwide WiMax network," writes eWeek's Roy Mark . ... ...re LTE networks gets deployed, and this lawsuit could potentially derail that advantage..."
More here from Unstrung ... more here from InternetNews ... more here from Rethink Wireless ......
Bernanke the banker
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...ll be to support the functioning of financial markets and stimulate the economy through open market operations and other measures that sustain the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet at a ...
