Some of us make attempts to accomplish a few life and business goals. But how many people do you know who put everything on the line to pursue their deepest, most life-changing dreams? How many don’t wait until “someday” to go after the things they want?… Read More »
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It’s a good time to be a Java developer, as illustrated by VMware’s cloud-based development environment and Azul’s elastic Java runtime and management software. Also, it’s good to be CSC: Huge customers are signing up for cloud collaboration software, and CSC always seems to be involved. Read More »
In the battle for collaboration domination, Google has struck another blow with its suite of new features for the Google Search Appliance that let users search their Google cloud services as well as traditional data stores. Read More »
For years, Linux has grown at the expense of expensive Unix like Solaris, but a new study shows Linux gaining at Windows expense for the first time, and not because Linux is cheaper. Rather, survey respondents cite Linux’s “technical superiority,” which may be a hard… Read More »
The action in the data warehouse/analytic database space has been hot and heavy over the past couple weeks, with new funding, acquisitions and partnerships announced seemingly every day, and this trend is unlikely to slow. I predict a few more acquisitions coming down the pike. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy security software maker ArcSightfor $1.5 billion in cash, as the computer giant tries to expand the range of services it offers corporate clients. ArcSight’s software is used by companies and governments to track and identify suspicious activity on corporate networks. Read More »
LaCie’s cloud file storage service Wuala (which Om wrote about quite a while back when it was first launched) has announced the availability of a new feature, Wuala Sync, which allows users to automatically synchronize their files online and across multiple computers and operating systems. Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Lifehacker: “On Google Wave and “Failed” Experiments” Seth Godin: “Train your customers” A List Apart: “No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas” Harvard Business Review: “Higher Education… Read More »
Services such as Yahoo’s Upcoming and Meetup and Facebook’s Events have led to an explosion of event invitations in our various inboxes. That first generation of tools is looking a little creaky to today’s event planners, so here’s a roundup of the current generation of “eventware.” Read More »
Enter Bearhug, a new “customer engagement platform” that provides businesses with something better than a basic support ticket customer feedback system; an app that enables them to hear what customers are experiencing and saying and actually do something about it. Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Harvard Business Review: “Leading Virtual Teams to Real Results” Harvard Business Review: “Defend Your Research: The Early Bird Really Does Get the Worm” Open Forum: “Telecommuting… Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Seth Godin: “Goodbye to the office” Ted Dziuba: “SEO Is Mostly Quack Science” SitePoint: “10 Common Mistakes Made by Novice Web Designers” Zen Habits: “11 Creative Ways to… Read More »
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