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- The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda
- Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 10 ways to evaluate your IT management software
- Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...
- News items 2009-11-05
- ProjectTrack SQL Server Edition 2007.9.0 (Windows)
- Planning is the beginning. ProjectTrack SQL Server Edition is an all-inclusive program that will help you execute your plan. Designed by and for project managers, ProjectTrack is a powerfully integrated management tool which keeps ALL information related to a project in one place. Keep track of Tasks, Action Items, Change...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- nSync 1.0.2 (Mac)
- nSync was developed to synchronize two folders. Now Users, who work with multiple volumes or computers, have thanks nSync the possibility to retain their folders on the same datastand by synchronizing them. nSync enables an easy management of your document, movies, photos and more on two computers - every change,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- ProjectTrack Personal 2007.9.0 (Windows)
- Planning is the beginning. ProjectTrack Personal Edition is an all-inclusive program that will help you execute your plan. Designed by and for project managers, ProjectTrack is a powerfully integrated management tool which keeps ALL information related to a project in one place. Keep track of the DETAILS: Tasks, Action Items,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Net Neutrality: You own the Internet - make sure it becomes Law
- how to get from there to herewhile net neutrality makes a lot of sense to most people, how can we make sure that it becomes law. Our open source government democracy is decidedly NOT neutral, and the same interests that would take away our rights on the internet, are the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Mozilla goes back to the beta with Firefox 3.6
- Oh bother. Does this mean Firefox 3.5 is buggy and insecure?Having used Firefox since 0.6 I find 3.5 to be one of the less stable versions. I hope that they get the bugs out for 3.6.3 things this version must have or it may fall too far behind1. SELinux/AppArmor...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Zenoss Core 2.5 (Mac)
- An award-winning open source IT monitoring product that effectively manages the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package. Configuration Management Database CMDB At the heart of Zenoss solutions resides the Zenoss Configuration Management Database CMDB. The CMDB houses a unified model...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services
- DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- My Top Scary Technology Trends
- The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server
- What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org
- re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- 2010 Predictions: Will social media reach ubiquity?
- Thank you - 2010 Predictions: Will social media reach ubiquity?Jennifer,I just wanted to thank you not only for including me in "2010 Predictions: Will social media reach ubiquity?" but for doing the work to pull this together. It's a great piece that I really enjoyed reading. I've bookmarked so we...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- ExpressMRP 1.0.0 (Windows)
- ExpressMRP is a software for MRP Material Resources Planning, forecasting and simulation of production in manufacturing companies. It tends to be simple, yet powerful tool for ad-hoc MRP calculation, planning and simulation, often needed in process industries. The program is especially suitable for dynamic manufacturing companies that produce many different...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Accelerating Business Performance: San Francisco & Frankfurt Enterprise 2.0 Conferences
- Next week sees the inaugural West Coast iteration of the Enterprise 2.0 conference, which is also an annual June event in Boston on the east coast. Sameer Patel and I will be running a track throughout the event which is focused on Selling the Case for...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Learning from the weak signals of failure
- Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!
- my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.
- Their losses will continue, and it's not because of a bad economyThe company said that there was some sign of an improving economy and that fourth quarter losses should be lower than in the most recent quarter.That's some good spin. However, their losses and that of the MSM started...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
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