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- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
- A new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues about what the Softies are planning to unveil at this October's Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data...
- Tags: Zurich, Operating System, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Service, David Chappell, Red Dog, SQL Server Data Services, Application Service, EC2, EC2 Customer, Windows Live ID, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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- Salesforce.com: Recession resistant or just late to the pain?
- On the surface, Salesforce.com's third quarter was impressive. The company hit or exceeded its targets and noted that its "value proposition" was resonating among enterprise software buyers. But worries abound under the surface. Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Recession, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone records
- Verizon Wireless said that "a number of employees" accessed President-Elect Barack Obama's cell phone records without authorization. That's not a great way to introduce yourself to an incoming president. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. In a statement Verizon said Techmeme: This week we learned...
- Tags: Employee, Phone, Cell Phone, Verizon Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns
- HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising.
- updated: At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend. After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million...
- Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Enterprise Software, Quarter, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation
- On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...
- Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm
- First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Linking processes and apps in 2008 – A new urgency
- Talk to me – please! Talk to me! Inc. Magazine this month has an interesting article ("Missing Link Getting Programs to Work Together" by Nitasha Tiku) that talks about the value derived from integrating applications with other applications. I know, BORING, but very relevant in today's economy....
- Tags: Firm, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Business "Much More Predictable" In Past Two Months, NetSuite Says
- Sales of its online business software froze in the last two days of September, NetSuite chief financial officer Jim McGeever told the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference Wednesday. But, in the last two months, the flow of deals for its "software as a service" suite has become "much more...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Management, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First....The Intro
- This is my first post for ZDNET. I'm back from a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean - had a great time - came back to the economy worse than what I left - though gas prices are great - and I'm feeling relaxed anyway - so I thought it...
- Tags: Strategy, Community, Customer, CRM, CRM 2.0, Social Customer Thing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- More OLPC Give One Considerations
- It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Microsoft's cloud is more about Notes migration and less about a new IT architecture
- Monday morning I went to Microsoft's launch of new online services. Previously they were only available for large companies now they are available to any size business in the US with a rest of world roll out in March 2009. I listened to customer case studies, about...
- Tags: Information Technology, IBM Lotus Notes, Migration, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Microsoft vs. Google Web-based office battle heats up again
- After a few months of relative quiet, the war of words and customer wins is on again, with Microsoft and Google battling over which company will be more successful in providing office applications over the Web. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Apple's tea leaves: iPhone sales off a bit; MacBooks selling well
- Piper Jaffray Gene Munster unveiled his latest read on Apple demand Monday and reckons that the company will see iPhone December quarter sales to fall about 5 percent to 15 percent from the September quarter. Meanwhile, demand is "healthy" for the latest MacBooks. How Apple fares during...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Munster, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Gartner: 85 percent of companies using open source
- The analyst house warns that, although take-up of open-source software is widespread, most companies do not have formal procurement or governance policies in place for such software. Eighty-five percent of companies are already using open-source software, with most of the remaining 15 percent expecting to do so...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Open-source Software, Gartner Inc., OSS, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, open source, governance, Gartner
- News items 2008-11-17
- Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle
- It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Data leaks: Watch out for careless and disgruntled employees
- Outside hackers certainly can keep IT departments scrambling to keep a company's network and data secure. But what about "The Insider Threat," employees who are either careless or disgruntled with a company's data and pose even bigger threats? Cisco, completing a three-part study on the topic, released...
- Tags: Employee, IT Professional, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
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