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- My friend and colleague Jim Shepherd of AMR set me straight this morning about what Salesforce.com is doing with Facebook, and I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't get it right the first time. According to Jim, when it comes to SFDC and Facebook, CRM actually stands for Child Relationship Management....
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- The importance of communication
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- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Is George Ou right?
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- Blog posts 2008-11-04
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- Product reviews 2008-10-29
- Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just 'Hailstorm' revisited?
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Learn to love a 10 foot HDTV
- When it comes to watching DVDs and HD video, bigger is a lot better. Moving from a 50" LCD to a 120" front projector has made me a believer. And it cost less than an LCD or rear projector of half the size. I spent 8 weeks...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- 2009 Honda Fit Sport
- Photo gallery:2009 Honda Fit SportIt's only been a couple of years since Honda introduced the Fit to the U.S., but the company already has a significant update ready for the 2009 model year. No, Honda hasn't dramatically shortened its design cycles, rather, the 2007 Fit was an import of a...
- Product reviews 2008-10-23
- Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer
- We're not the first publication to fall in love with Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer briefcase. The costly laptop carrier is lightweight, well-thought-out, and extremely easy to use. Plus, it meets the TSA guidelines for bags that will let you zip through airport security without removing your laptop. Our greatest concern...
- Product reviews 2008-10-22
- State of the enterprise tech economy
- Almost a month has passed since technology demand fell off dramatically; the stock markets tanked and worry about the credit crisis moved from Wall Street to Main Street to your company. Despite this perfect storm it's hard to generalize the enterprise technology economy. Simply put, it's not all gloom and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Open source protectionism?
- I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad
- Gartner has revised its 2009 IT budget prognostications, a move that isn't surprising, but the firm's projections could be a lot worse. Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, outlined the research group's new projections in his opening keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Mobile Edge The Element - notebook carrying case
- Mobile Edge has long been a trendsetter when it comes to women's laptop bags; the company was one of the first to concentrate on incorporating serious functions in a fashionable case. The Element briefcase continues the tradition, wrapping a number of thoughtful organizational touches--as well as solid laptop protection--into a...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- How SocialText is breaking the collaboration mold
- Last evening, Ross Mayfield, co-founder of SocialText held a conference call with some of the Irregulars to run through the latest incarnation of the company's flagship product. The surprise he held up his sleeve was Signals, the Twitter for enterprise clone and the topic of much debate today. Unusually for...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreement
- Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreementI agree with your points and your questions...Way too many "loopholes" and bad decisions have been put into this bailout bill. Not the least of which is absolutely no accountability.To use Mr. Krigman's IT project analogy it would be like seeing that poor decisions...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Samsung HT-TZ512T
- In terms of value, it's hard to beat a home-theater-in-a-box HTIB system. While these systems have long bundled the home theater basics--DVD player, amplifier, and surround-sound speakers--into one package, manufacturers have continually upped the ante in recent years with more and more features. Samsung's HT-TZ512T is an excellent case in...
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- Opportunities in the impending tech fallout
- Richard Koman writes an interesting piece on what he sees as the impact of the current financial crisis. The extract from Jay Bhatti, cofounder of people search engine Spock caught my attention: The big players like Oracle, Sun, Microsoft and SAP … will feel an immediate impact. Financial Service...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- LHC and Faith-Based Science
- LHC and Faith-Based ScienceBut the scientists have to talk to us too"If you really want to point out the faults in a scientific project then you need to educate yourself and be able to talk to a scientist and express yourself on their level."That's not realistic since physicists speak in...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Allugic's Pong (rar)
- Use the left and right arrow keys to control the paddle. Hit the ball at the right angle to get the best of the highly simplistic artificial AI opponent. You or the opponent must score 5 times to win. If you win, they strip, if you lose, you strip. If...
- Software downloads 2008-09-05
- NetApp Speeds Decision Making by 300 Percent With Collaboration Solution
- As NetApp, the maker of innovative storage management solutions, grew, so did the challenges of enabling its global workforce to find the information they need quickly and to collaborate effectively. The company replaced its decentralized information stores and lengthy e-mail exchanges with a comprehensive document management and collaboration solution based...
- Case studies 2008-09-01
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