With the annual VMworld confab coming next week, we are bound to come away thinking that virtualization is the guiding light to take us to the promised land of cloud computing. The reality is different. Virtualization and cloud computing aren’t always the answer. But we… Read More »
Archive for August 2009
This week, two videos went viral because of the way in which they put history into perspective — one through visuals, the other through ideas. Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration has a slightly inaccurate title, as the montage begins with the 1900 film… Read More »
Overnight successes make for great stories, but that’s largely because they’re so rare. Success, the kind that leads to great products and businesses, is built on the foundation of a huge amount of hard work over many years and is achieved by continuous improvement. Read More »
Earth2Tech’s Top 15 Smart Grid Influencers: By some accounts, the build-out of the smart grid could be the biggest driver of wealth in the next decade. Thousands of companies are now racing to sell software, hardware, and consulting services to utilities that are trying to… Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: ConversationAgent: “Being Helpful is the New Black” Social @ Blogging Tracker: How Seriously Do You Take Blog Comments? Harvard Business: “Should Work Make Us Happy?” Zen Habits: “Get Less Done:Stop… Read More »
Snow Leopard isn’t the only exciting release this week, as ever there are tons of new additions to the App Store. Here are my top picks from the week’s releases. This week I’ve been looking at iWound, Star6, Gangstar: West Coast Hustle and Tasker. iWound ($4.99) If I’m… Read More »
Well, we predicted another trademark fight was coming over the term “smartbook”, and it turns out we were spot on. The same type of fight that was fought over the term “netbook” is now being fired up for the “smartbook” term. Sascha Pallenberg of Netbooknews… Read More »
The S&P 500 is up 50 percent from its March lows, a rebound that has helped to thaw the IPO market from the deep freeze it entered last fall. Twenty-one companies have gone public on U.S. markets so far this year, 10 of them technology firms.… Read More »
Ask Phil Asmundson what his duties are at Deloitte & Touche and be ready for an earful. As the vice chairman and national managing partner of Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications (TMT), Asmundson helps set the overall TMT strategy for the firm, advises clients… Read More »
Last night, I was reading Wayne Dyer’s book, “Excuses Begone!,” and came across a statement that really resonated with me. “We don’t always want to undertake the necessary steps to create the life we desire.” Many times, there are limits as to how far we’ll go… Read More »
The Android community got some big news this week, with Motorola announcing it will present its Android “portfolio” at our own Mobilize 09 conference on Sept. 10 in San Francisco. In the meantime, a new TV streaming app with advanced video playback features hit… Read More »
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