July 2007 - Enterprise Insights

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Microsoft an open source company? Pul-leeze

I'm never sure whether to take seriously Microsoft's efforts to ingratiate itself (if that's what you want to call it) to the open source community. First it strikes patent-cross licensing deals with Linux distributors like Novell. Then it submits its...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 10:07 AM by Shane Schick
It pays to be green - or does it?

By Joaquim P. Menezes Green is in. Or is it? Among Canadian enterprises – I think the answer would be “yes – absolutely.” There's undoubtedly a new awareness of the need for "environment-friendly technologies" among Canadian businesses, as compared to...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 8:07 AM by Joaquim Menezes
Why wasn't I invited to the SourceForge party?

I've been writing about open source for long enough (10 years next year) that you'd think the people at SourceForge would have put me on the guest list for the Community Choice Awards which were held last night in Freemont, California. These awards recognize...

Published Fri, Jul 27 2007 12:07 PM by Shane Schick
Streets - and data centres - of San Fran go dark

A power outage that hit San Francisco last night has also underscored the vulnerability of IT equipment associated with some of the world's largest companies. According to O'Reilly Radar, which is tracking the situation , one of the casualities include...

Published Wed, Jul 25 2007 9:07 AM by Shane Schick
HP still has a lot of catching up to do

Even after spending more than US$1 billion on Opsware , HP is nowhere near the software provider IBM is. And that's not likely to change soon. What may be more interesting is what kind of software provider HP becomes, and which kind provides more important...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2007 1:07 PM by Shane Schick
Glory days for IT sector in Canada, claims report

By Joaquim P. Menezes - A report published today is upbeat about the IT career market in Canada. The demand for qualified IT professionals has reached a 26 year high in Canada, proclaims CNC Global's quarterly report: " IT Staffing Requirements in the...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2007 10:07 AM by Joaquim Menezes
Blogged down – Why blogs aren’t yet a business buzzword

By Joaquim P. Menezes - “To blog or not to blog.” That isn’t the question – to die-hard champions of corporate blogging it isn’t. To them, the query would seem superfluous and silly, and the answer self-evident. “Duh,” they would say. “Of course they...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 2:07 PM by Joaquim Menezes
Cell phones? Not in my back yard

This past weekend my wife and I went up to her family cottage, and it was everything we hoped it would be: warm sunshine, plenty of swimming, good food on the barbeque and lots and lots of quiet. It made me instantly sympathetic to a group of Canadians...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 1:07 PM by Shane Schick
A cleaner green message

News from across the pond that a UK environmental group has set up a forum to help IT folks navigate the morass of green-oriented messages coming from vendors is a truly positive step. There's no doubt that "green" is hot these days, partly because vendors...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2007 10:07 AM by Greg Enright
Harry Potter, supply chain nightmare?

This may be one of the stories that got away: I have this hunch that the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is going to cause some major IT problems for the publishing and retail industry. The expected pre-sales and regular shipments have...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2007 2:07 PM by Shane Schick
Data centre design: Facilities first, IT later

Only in the middle of summer would I be willing (or have the time) to sift through a public sector request for proposal (RFP) document, but there were precious few details in the one about Ontario government's proposed new data centre . That's a shame...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2007 12:07 PM by Shane Schick
Mindmapping as an enterprise strategy

Last night a friend and I went to see A Mighty Heart , based on the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and the subsequent book written by his wife, Marianne. As she and the police tried to trace her husband's journey into a network of...

Published Tue, Jul 17 2007 1:07 PM by Shane Schick
Business 2.0's bumpy ride

There was a lot to admire in Time Warner's Business 2.0 , a magazine that seemed to be aimed more at the departmental decision-maker than traditional IT manager. A New York Times story suggests it is all but closing , while Henry Blodget at Internet Outsider...

Published Tue, Jul 17 2007 12:07 PM by Shane Schick
A Web app by any other name

Well, someone had to do it. Richard McManus of Read/Write/Web has come up with what he believes is the definitive list of the Top 10 Worst Web App Names . My favourites include a social networking service called Layoffspace and an online music service...

Published Mon, Jul 16 2007 4:07 PM by Shane Schick
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Published Mon, Jul 16 2007 9:07 AM by Joaquim Menezes

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July 2007 - Enterprise Insights

Microsoft an open source company? Pul-leeze

It pays to be green - or does it?

Why wasn't I invited to the SourceForge party?

Streets - and data centres - of San Fran go dark

HP still has a lot of catching up to do

Glory days for IT sector in Canada, claims report

Blogged down – Why blogs aren’t yet a business buzzword

Cell phones? Not in my back yard

A cleaner green message

Harry Potter, supply chain nightmare?

Data centre design: Facilities first, IT later

Mindmapping as an enterprise strategy

Business 2.0's bumpy ride

A Web app by any other name

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