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July 30, 2008

Is Apple Pulling Back from Intel?

Apple has some folks running around in circles this week evidently trying to catch their own tails. It got some folks excited during its last earnings call when it alluded to some major new produ... More >

July 28, 2008

The Problem of Excessive Competition

Sun is a good example of a company that got too excited about competing with Microsoft. It forgot what its own value proposition was and, now that the two companies aren't fighting, is having a har... More >

July 25, 2008

Is Everything Microsoft's Fault? Avoiding the Blame Game

This week I've seen two interesting pieces: Coverage of the SanDisk earnings conference, during which that company blamed Microsoft Vista for the fact that its solid state drives don't work well, t... More >

July 22, 2008

NComputing and Windows: Rethinking Multicore, Thin Clients and Operating Systems

NComputing takes a standard PC and basically turns it into a thin client host, allowing one machine to service the needs of many. Our Arther Cole wrote on this back in August of 2007, and the prod... More >

July 18, 2008

Cloud Computing: What You Don't Know Could Hurt You

Slashdot on Thursday referenced a post by Wladawsky Berger about a panel and keynote by leading analysts who were all over the map on cloud computing. Evidently, there are more than 20 attempts ... More >

July 17, 2008

The Desk That Could Save Your Life

We all spend too much time sitting on our hind assets. The end result is not only cosmetically unattractive; it leads to heart disease and increased infirmity with age. I know I need to exercise mo... More >

July 16, 2008

Apple in the Enterprise: Look to the Sun

One of the questions we toss around here is whether Apple is moving into the enterprise. Some think it is wise not to (the margins and costs suck), and some think that the iPhone represents the big p... More >

July 14, 2008

Protecting Against Blog Fraud: What People Say Can Hurt You

Computerworld has a post by Patrick Thibodeau on a defamation lawsuit against a former director who allegedly pretended he was a woman and disparaged the organization he used to direct, U.S. Chapte... More >

July 11, 2008

iPhone 2.0 Lesson: Good Marketing Can Lead to Bad Decisions

This morning I got an e-mail from Alex, the husband of a clearly upset woman who bought the first-generation iPhone. Evidently she has been complaining about two major shortcomings in the 1.0 version... More >

July 8, 2008

Maritz in, Greene out: VMware Goes to War

Paul Maritz is the new CEO of VMware and he comes at a critical time for that company.   While Microsoft may be having problems against Google and Nintendo, it is executing incredibly well ... More >

Interview: Lenovo's Strategic Sales Move

In North America, this is likely going to be a tough year for anyone selling just about anything into the U.S., because both companies and consumers will have fewer dollars to spend. What consumers a... More >

July 7, 2008

Liars, Damn Liars and Statistics: Gartner Goofs on Server Numbers

Gartner just made a huge mistake with server market share numbers and changed its estimate that HP led the server market in revenue for Q1 2008. HP and IBM are in a dead heat with regard to serve... More >

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