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Google is at your service

Most everything Google does is given away, yet it makes a ton of money. That's the open source principle in action. The reason it makes money is that it gives great value for time, and that's what credibility comes down to -- value for time. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Credibility, Dawson, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Credibility in online health care

One reason readers here respond so strongly -- both positively and negatively -- when I mention Google lies in how it finds things for you. (Picture from AlignedStrategy.Com.) The PageRank algorithm, at its heart, is a popularity contest. If all the popular sites point to you then...

Tags: Credibility, Tech, Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Sales Tools, Branding, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Are sales pitches reality?

Groklaw has unleashed a blogstorm against Novell, based on a sales pitch being used to push clients toward Novell's SUSE Linux and away from Red Hat. (Picture from Repmanblog.) The claim is bogus on its face, and Matt Asay fisks it good. The idea that one Linux...

Tags: Credibility, Novell Inc., Groklaw, Open Source World, Linux, Sales Strategy, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-01

Small Business Webcast: Sales and Marketing 101: How to Boost Recognition, Improve Credibility, and Develop Customer Trust (Level 100)

The presenter of this webcast runs a New York-based publishing house and is the co-author of the acclaimed book Microsoft Small Business Kit. Her vast knowledge on search engine marketing, direct mail, and brand building will help to discover ways that a user can help boost his company's recognition, improve...

Tags: Credibility, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Recognition, Search, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing

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Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move

Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Lessons from Twitterank launch

The Twitterank experience this week is a sobering example of how equilibrium around an online application can quickly change. Twitter is a powerful tool used by a huge number of people worldwide (Japan enjoys the greatest usage and the most sophisticated usage model - only...

Tags: Twitter, Ryo, Productivity, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-14

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...

Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

NetSuite and HP

Will you NetSuite take this partner from HP into prospects..... I took a call Monday from representatives of NetSuite and HP. The two firms had just announced a partnership and were kind enough to brief me. Unfortunately, I had to do the call at a boarding gate...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Smb/Sme, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Gullible Twitter users hand over their usernames and passwords - did you get your Twitterank yet?!

Mana from the heavens for cloud sceptics - on a day a lot of professional photographers lost all their images due to the failure of photo hosting site Digital Railroad which went under - as Twitter users fanned their egos en masse to parade their 'twitterank' to their followers. ...

Tags: Password, Twitter, Twitterrank, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Spoke resorts to fear tactics, loses credibility

Other companies, especially Web 2.0 and social networking companies, can learn a valuable lesson from Spoke's antics. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio, Job, E-mail

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-up

Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-upYou're making excuses for Google?[i]This is one of those cases where Google decided it was in their best interest to not proceed with something, even though they truly believe it would be a great thing[/i]If they truely beleive it'd be a great thing, then...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

OTA podcasts enabled in iPhone 2.2 firmware

In September Apple denied Podcaster access to the App Store because it was in the process of adding Over The Air OTA podcast downloads to the bundled iPod application. Earlier in the week Apple exposed the user interface for OTA podcasts in iPhone 2.2 beta 2 – but the feature...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Firmware, Podcasts, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-06

My Awesome IT Job: Enterprise Architect, IBM

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...

Tags: Paris, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Strategy, Team Management, Management, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"Exactly, its not about making money.Which is why it never will. The Linux community is anti-profit. Every profit making scheme is labeled as "evil" and a corruption of the FOSS way of life.Absolutely Correct!It is a...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, thing technology need, SJVN, Linux desktop, Ubuntu, desktop, Linux, barn, Shuttleworth

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixed

Apple CEO Steve Jobs made it quite clear what company he wants to upend: Research in Motion. The next month will tell if RIM's response will be enough to silence the recently chatty Jobs. In fact, some analysts speculate that the next month will dictate RIM's performance in 2009 (and...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Storm, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Android Market opens up and the G1 Achilles heel is exposed

Android Market opens up and the G1 Achilles heel is exposedBattery life and Apps on Micro SD CardI agree. the two things that have kept me away form switching to G1 from Blackberry are Battery Life and Inability to store the 3rd party apps on Micro SD card.RE: Android Market...

Tags: G1 Achilles heel

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Google Android vulnerable to drive-by browser exploit

Google Android vulnerable to drive-by browser exploit"somewhat limited"?[i]A successful attacker will have access to any information the browser may use, such as cookies used for accessing sites, .....However, they can not control other, unrelated aspects of the phone, such as dialing the phone directly[/i]At least if my phone was dialing,...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Ryan, Google Inc., browser exploit, Google Android, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

So just what can Sun do for us?

It turns out they can do quite a bit and in a fairly cost-effective manner. I had a followup call in response to a few blog posts about my interview with Joe Hartley with the Northeast K-12 representative for Sun Microsystems last week and he outlined a number of...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Clients, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-27

AMD Announces $150 Radeon HD 4830

AMD Announces $150 Radeon HD 4830still no Vista drivers for AIW X1900A pox on AMD/ATI. They sold "vista ready" all in wonder cards then decided not to make drivers for the TV tuners. Emails go unanswered. Third parties can make the cards work, ATI can't or won't. After 10 years...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon HD 4830, MIR, card, Radeon

Discussion threads 2008-10-24