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Times Still Tough for Software Vendors, Though Less so for SaaS
When I interviewed Saugatuck Technology CEO Bill McNee back in July, following the release of second-quarter financial results, most enterprise software vendors were suffering but . The numbers: top-line revenue growth of 3.7 percent and a contraction of 14.6 percent in new license revenues for... More >
11.19.09
Google and How Bad Hiring Practices Can Kill a Company
One of the annoying things I get to do is watch successful companies that should know better design in failure. I could argue that many of the problems Microsoft has faced this decade go back to bad hiring and internal job placement decisions it made last decade. I’m picking on Google today because... More >
11.20.09
Is Integration Key to Microsoft's Success in the Cloud?
When I first started writing about technology, it seemed to me many companies had neglected one of the basic rules we all learned in kindergarten: Play well with others. Somewhat dishearteningly, it seemed to work for them as a market strategy. Microsoft, Apple, Palm, not to mention the big... More >
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Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability
This research study finds that Web application issues are an all-too-common problem and examines these Web-based enterprise application issues from two perspectives: that of an online customer and that of a site manager.
Microsoft Releases Surface SDK
Microsoft officially released its Surface Software Development Kit (SDK) Workstation Edition at its Professional Developers Conference 2009. The SDK is available for free for anyone who wants to develop on the device, however, a Microsoft Surface is required to deploy an application, says Ars Technica . According... More >
Dell Takes a Hit in Third Quarter
Dell reported profits for the third quarter fell 54 percent , which sent its stock price reeling. Bloomberg blamed lost market share and higher PC component costs. The PC maker reported net income of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion, a decline of 15 percent. At a time when other tech companies -- Intel,... More >
Report: Chinese Cyber Spying Increasing
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