Friday, October 16, 2009

The Book That Contains All Books

Kindle rocks, what else can I say. It now also rocks internationally.

"The Book That Contains All Books"

The globally available Kindle could mark as big a shift for reading as the printing press and the codex.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Mea Clouda: SaaS Vendors Can Win Over Customers with Honesty - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I like this article that explains that all SaaS vendors have an opportunity to build trust with their clients by being open and transparent when an outage happens. No IT system is failsafe, and I would even argue that some onpremise solutions do not provide 99.5 or higher uptime. I have not seen one yet.


Mea Clouda: SaaS Vendors Can Win Over Customers with Honesty - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Nigel Pendse Sharply Criticises Traditional BI Providers at the 2009 Palo Open: do you agree with him?

Nigel Pendse gave a keynote and gave his opinion about traditional BI vendors. I happened to collaborate with Nigel in the past, he knows his stuff and focuses on the BI field.

Nigel Pendse Sharply Criticises Traditional BI Providers at the 2009 Palo Open

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Adobe Eyes the Cloud with ColdFusion 9 - vendors coming out with software tools

Expect to see lot's of software development tools to be coming out to the cloud platform environment. Here is one annoucement.

Adobe Eyes the Cloud with ColdFusion 9

Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It

This article is a good discussion of issues around cloud computing security and what private clouds can do for an organization. Compliance and other regulatory issues is something that organizations have to think about as well. Read on....

Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It

A BlackBerry Storm Is Brewing (And A Bold Stroke May Also Be Imminent)

The competition on the mobile market is heating up. RIM is coming out with second release of both BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold. There is still not much information what they have added.. but I am sure this will come out out soon.

A BlackBerry Storm Is Brewing (And A Bold Stroke May Also Be Imminent) | In This Issue | Mobile Enterprise Magazine

Five reasons corporations are failing at social media

This is an interesting article to check out... why organizations could fail with social media.

Five reasons corporations are failing at social media

Friday, October 9, 2009

B&N Plans e-Book Reader

Yet another eBook reader, now from Barnes&Noble. I hope there will be some type of standardization among the players so we don't end with multiple devices like I do with Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader from the past.

"B&N Plans e-Book Reader"

Barnes & Noble plans to unveil its own brand of electronic-book reader. The company already sells e-books.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Amazon Cuts Kindle Price

Now Amazon Kindle will have an international version with wireless access. This seems not to apply to Kindle DX

"Amazon Cuts Kindle Price"

Amazon.com trimmed $40 off the price of its Kindle e-reader and introduced a version of the device with international wireless service.

What's News Technology

'Masters of Light' Share Nobel in Physics

Windows 7 is going to be success for Microsoft, no question about it. I am convinced that organizations and consumers will start upgrading from XP that is 8 years old operating system.

"'Masters of Light' Share Nobel in Physics"

Three scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for breakthroughs that led to fiber-optic cables and digital cameras.

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IBM Faces Justice Antitrust Inquiry

Here we go again... if it isn't Microsoft, Google or Intel it is IBM that is seen to have monopolistic behavior. It is not the first time that their mainframe business is thought to have monopolistic character.

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"IBM Faces Justice Antitrust Inquiry"

The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into alleged monopolistic behavior in the mainframe computer market, according to an industry group backed by IBM rivals.

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Dell to Build Phone for AT&T

Now Dell is coming out with a phone using Google Android operating system. I am not sure whether this makes any sense... time will tell.... but if the large vendors such as Nokia has issues.... why would Dell be able to make money on this....?

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"Dell to Build Phone for AT&T"

Dell expects to launch a smart phone, powered by Google's software, on AT&T's network as early as early 2010. The device would be Dell's first cellphone.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Microsoft, Google Intensify Mobile Push

Windows Mobile 6.5 was released yesterday with a bunch of additional announcements such as 30+ new Windows mobile devices before the end of the year. The competition between Apple, Microsoft and Google gets even more heated.

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"Microsoft, Google Intensify Mobile Push"

Microsoft and Google intensified their efforts to supply the software that powers the next generation of mobile phones.

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Cameras With New Views

Now we are talking, a digital camera with a projector. This is the way to go!

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"Cameras With New Views"

The Samsung DualView and Nikon Coolpix have new crowd-pleasing features, including a built-in projector and dual LCD screens, writes Katherine Boehret.

Mossberg/The Mossberg Solution

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AT&T to Allow Internet Phone Apps

US operators are trying to do everything to protect their sinking fixed line business and this is a welcome act by AT&T to allow IP apps to work on iPhones.

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"AT&T to Allow Internet Phone Apps"

AT&T reversed course and said that it will allow Internet phone software applications on the iPhone to run on its 3G network.

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