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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...
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... ...pore
• New ways to search within a book
• First iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Hits The Web
• Michael Jackson's Memorial: The Biggest Web Event in History?
• TweetCraft: Finally, You Can Tweet While...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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... ...is right. It provides a philosophy of IT operations which will allow CIOs and IT managers to work within the constraints of business expectations and limited resources without constantly feeling that...
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.
...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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... ... and wireless sensors. The responders would make it easier to pinpoint locations of trapped people within a few feet distance and make rescue operation a complete success.
People might be tracked ei...
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 ...
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...
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...
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
...ot;W.
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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...
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... ...onsive." But CIOs adopting these suggestions need to be hyper-aware of the messages being sent within and from their department as they put them into place.
To be honest, I like IBM's appro...
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'...
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.
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How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
Coupa, provider of on-demand procurement solution has published a whitepaper with the title "10 Secret Strategies To Recession-Proof Your Business". I took a look at it and found some interesting points which I share with you here (Note: Not all of the strategies were at the same lev...
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... ...roduct lines," says Tom Rosamilia, GM of the Application & Integration Middleware Division within the IBM Software Group. "We have no intentions of sun-setting anything."
David Si...
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...
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... ...epth?) of the credit market implosion late last year it was also suffering an insidious threat from within its own ranks: a logic bomb planted by a disgruntled contractor who was in the process of bei...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 . ...
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 ...
