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November 3, 2009

I'm Ready to Push Away from the Bandwidth Buffet

Net neutrality is a hot-button issue with folks who like to talk about such topics, particularly since the Obama FCC has announced it is taking up the cause.   The thing about net neutrality is... More >

October 20, 2009

Windows 7 Sounds Solid, Which in the Wake of Vista Is Revolutionary

I am like most business users, I imagine, in that I can no longer personally get all that excited about the launch of any new technology, unless that technology promises to make my life somehow easie... More >

September 18, 2009

Oh, Boy: A Grumpy Manager's Observations on Millennials

I always end up trading barbs with our Ann All whenever she blogs about “millennials,” the young, tech-savvy generation that is, in many ways, driving old farts like me to distraction.   Ann, wh... More >

Software Forum: Information On Demand Virtual Experience

This interactive virtual forum presents leading IT experts providing the insights you need to turn your information into a strategic driver for innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation.

Lowering Your IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2

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September 2, 2009

'Better' Practices Often the Best Results of Innovation

An interesting discussion over at Harvard Business Review has consultant Susan Cramm asking readers why so many tech executives tend to discard "best practices" and set themselves up for seemingly ... More >

September 1, 2009

Gmail Outages Bring out the Neo-Luddite in Me

I don't use Gmail for business, which is a good thing today, given that I have been on the losing end of the intermittent outages that are plaguing Google's free e-mail service . However, I do use m... More >

August 17, 2009

Office XML Isn't Going Anywhere -- Dang it

The main thing to keep in mind as you read otherwise alarming headlines about a Texas court's ruling that Microsoft must stop selling Word, at least in its current form, is this: It's silly and wil... More >

August 11, 2009

Google Keeps Me up at Night, Caffeine or No

Like everybody else who gets paid based on the performance of a Web site, I spent about an hour today running some test searches on the sandbox of Google's new Caffeine , which Matt Cutts says is p... More >

July 8, 2009

Chrome OS: The Return of the 'Free' PC? Doubtful

I have trouble keeping track of how Google plans to change my life this month, but clearly this Google Chrome OS news is big, like Google Wave big from a few weeks back.   OK, enough sarcasm. ... More >

June 23, 2009

Quick Wins and the Long View

It's funny, the way your memory associates things.   As I was reading Loraine Lawson's post from last week about the wisdom of going after "low-hanging fruit," I could not stop thinking about ... More >

June 5, 2009

Homework Vital Before Kicking Off on the Road

I am preparing for a business trip next week.   I feel oddly guilty about it, since we opine on a weekly basis that technology is making physical locality a minor detail in getting work done. ... More >

May 19, 2009

Yep, Folks Are in No Rush for New OS

I am always jealous of our bloggers when I see them post something to the effect of, “A leading industry expert has just announced that she fully endorses an idea that I wrote about a month ago.” &n... More >

May 13, 2009

Social Media Remains Frustratingly 'Soft'

I was talking with an old friend and business associate the other day about a product he’s developing to help companies track how their brands are faring on social networks.   As I’ve noted befo... More >

April 8, 2009

A Little Homework Goes a Long Way in Project Prioritization

One of the dirty little secrets of most development projects, particularly in smaller businesses, is that they often get pushed into the IT pipeline before anybody does any real homework to see if th... More >

April 3, 2009

Google and Twitter -- It's the Ads, Stupid

The top story at Google News Sci-Tech right now -- not surprisingly -- is heated-up rumors about Google either a) beginning serious work on, or b) being on the verge of buying Twitter.   For so... More >

April 1, 2009

Analysts Now Predict Decline in 2009 Tech Spending

Both Forrester and Gartner have revised their 2009 IT spending projections again, finally conceding that companies will actually lay out less money this year than in 2008 for technology initiatives. ... More >