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- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Board, Trip Chowdhry, Contacts, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT expert executed in Iran
- Following Pakistan's recently introduced "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" according to which potential cyberterrorists would face the death penalty, a neighboring country, Iran, has recently executed an IT expert who confessed of being an Israeli spy for at least three years. After being recruited by Mossad during a business...
- Tags: Information Technology, Equipment, Iran, Government, Productivity, Real Estate, E-mail, Business Operations, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Using TREES to save the forest
- Lots of green building news bouncing around in the past few weeks, which simultaneously disheartening and heartening because of the state of the real estate market. The biggest deal, perhaps, is the fact that the U.S. Green Building Council is updating its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design guidelines. (Here's...
- Tags: Software, Power Consumption, TREES, Tools & Techniques, Real Estate, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- How should companies approach outsourcing in this economy?
- Outsourcing clients have to think more smartly and strategically about creating an experience than can drive new growth, deliver business value to the top-line, and not just take out short-term costs from the bottom. If clients can engage outsourcing to become more competitive, it creates an entirely different paradigm than...
- Tags: ERP Platform, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Mom wants Drew to serve the max - three years and $300,000
- Tina Meier, the mother of the girl who killed herself in the 'MySpace suicide,' wants the woman convicted of computer fraud in the affair sentenced to the maximum. But Lori Drew's attorney wants the verdict overturned. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Verdict, Meiers, Internet, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search deal
- Carl Icahn says he likes Jerry Yang and notes the former Yahoo CEO is a "charismatic guy," but Yahoo needs to do a Microsoft search deal since the company can't afford to fight Google. Icahn's remarks, made in an interview with Barron's subscription required a few days...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- The IT 'Devil's Triangle' [podcast]
- Three roles dominate virtually every significant IT project: technology supplier, system integrator or consultant, and end-user or customer. In this podcast, Brian Sommer explains this IT devil's triangle and its impact on project success and failure. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software Company, Information Technology, System Integrator, Brian, Podcasts, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO
- The American SAP User Group is understood to have fired Steve Strout, the organization's first full time CEO. Sources close to ASUG say that an email was sent by the ASUG board to all members suggesting that the board had become dis-satisfied with Strout's performance and want 'alternative leadership' who...
- Tags: SAP AG, Steve Strout, Corporate Governance, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- What we will want from our enterprise architects in 2009
- As observed in previous posts, employment prospects for enterprise architects remain bullish, since many organizations are challenged with integration and IT-business alignment. Over at the Informatica Perspectives site, I posted a piece spotlighting the five key qualities to look for in an enterprise architect, circa 2009. Here...
- Tags: Enterprise Architect, Research & Development, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands
- Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...
- Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Would you 'Kumo' it?
- A few months back, I noted Microsoft had been exploring some new possibilities for rebranding its search engine -- among them, Kumo. The LiveSide.Net folks are reporting tonight that Microsoft has taken control of the Kumo.com domain and has started redirecting internally some of its servers to it. by Mary...
- Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., LiveSide.Net Folk, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?
- This General Motors saga has it all: pathos and bathos, tragedy and comeuppance, hubris and ignorance, innocence and foolhardiness. Oh, and it could be the trigger to an even nastier American economy than the one we already expect for next year. Even back in January some GM execs...
- Tags: General Motors Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Investing in the right vehicles for change
- Bailing out Detroit won't change these automotive businesses, unless the automotive leaders truly want to embrace changing their very DNA and use the vehicles at their disposal to make them more profitable, more innovative and more nimble than their competitors. by Phil Fersht
- Tags: Vehicle, DNA, Business, Outsourcing, Biotechnology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Insurers place first bid made in health reform game
- Right now insurers can pressure hospitals into forcing that decision on families. Should government have it? Can we set a standard for it? How would you split that baby of cost vs. life? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Game, Insurance Company, Health Care, David, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget hardware
- Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. Over the next few weeks I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit. The other day I posted the...
- Tags: ASUS, Board, Power Supply, Intel Core 2 Duo, 300W Power Supply Unit, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end hardware
- Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. Over the next few weeks I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit. To kick off the lists, I...
- Tags: Kit, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ASUS, Card, Board, Bay, Motherboard, CPU, Creative Labs Inc., Core, WD3000HLFS, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Components
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- GE plays the embrace and extend game
- Now is the time for government to put the hammer down on all medical vendors and demand open, universal, transparent, royalty-free standards. Had we done that with the automakers we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: General Electric Co., Government, Manufacturing, Quality, Games, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn, Game, Health Care, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Apple dodges antitrust bullet
- A California judge has granted Apple's motion to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims that the company violated antitrust laws by blocking third-parties from selling Mac OS-based systems. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Brand, Counterclaim, Operating System, Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs
- Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...
- Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can free tech keep docs in practice?
- Half the nation's primary care doctors plan to quit within three years even though four-fifths of them realize we have a shortage. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Paperwork, Insurance, E-health, Financial Planning, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Emerging Technologies
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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