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6. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's: a conversation with a Saloon Keeper

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Bars, saloons, etc. -- Management, General interest, Sports and fitness, Travel, recreation and leisure, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, San Francisco, California -- Management
Abstract

Norman Hobday grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York. 'Pumpkin Bend,' he says, 'just outside of Buffalo,' although neither the Post Office nor the New York State [...]

Published
2002

7. REALITY CHECK: Unified under law - Unified communications offers worthwhile benefits, but beware its potential legal pitfalls

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Unified messaging service, Government regulation, E-mail, Internet service provider, Electronic mail systems -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet service providers -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

In the litigious world we live in, deploying a unified communications platform in your enterprise could cause more headaches than you bargained for. The fact is, if you digitize and […]

Published
2007

8. Ad dollars drive online move - Research and experience indicate print delivers declining results for advertisers

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Internet/Web advertising, Market trend/market analysis, Print advertising -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Advertising expenditures -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage, Internet/Web advertising -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, High technology industry -- Advertising -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage
Abstract

Why are magazines transitioning from the dual role of print/online entities to publishing exclusively online? The answer is as simple as 'follow the money.' The magazine business model dictates that […]

Published
2007

9. REALITY CHECK: Calculating the cost of SaaS - Pay-as-you-go pricing might just mean forgoing software as a service altogether

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Customer relationship management software, Company pricing policy, NetSuite Inc. -- Prices and rates, Salesforce Inc. -- Prices and rates, Computer software industry -- Prices and rates, Customer relationship management software -- Prices and rates, Subscription software -- Prices and rates
Abstract

This week I thought as a public service i would lay out the real cost of deploying a SaaS (software as a service) solution, starting with a look at two […]

Published
2007

10. REALITY CHECK: Recipe for disaster - Technology can help prevent food contamination -- but only if IT gets involved

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Information technology, Market trend/market analysis, Technology application, Information technology -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Supermarkets -- Logistics -- Technology application -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage, Food contamination -- Prevention -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Technology application
Abstract

There have been so many food contamination episodes in the past several months -- tainted spinach at the supermarket, bad green onions at Taco Bell, salmonella in our beloved peanut […]

Published
2007

11. REALITY CHECK: Tech 101 for startups - How a new breed of entrepreneur is tapping technology to succeed in nontech sectors

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business management, Information technology, Market trend/market analysis, Technology application, Information technology -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Entrepreneurship -- Management -- Technology application -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, New business enterprises -- Management -- Technology application -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage, Businesspeople -- Management -- Technology application -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

'It's not the old guard in manufacturing anymore. Now there is a new guard' that understands technology and can digest the information and knowledge that advanced business applications offer to […]

Published
2007

12. REALITY CHECK: The benefits of a fast close - IT can help the finance department get its closing numbers to Wall Street faster

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Information technology, Technology application, Information technology -- Usage, Closing (Accounting) -- Technology application -- Methods -- Usage, Accounting departments -- Technology application -- Methods -- Usage
Abstract

A fast close -- the ability of a company to complete its accounting cycle and close its books -- is more than just a badge of honor for the finance […]

Published
2007

15. Lombardi moving BPM online - Blueprint offers process discovery as a service

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Business management software, Product enhancement, Lombardi Software Inc. -- Product enhancement -- Services, BPM (Business management software) -- Product enhancement, Computer software industry -- Product enhancement -- Services, Business management software -- Product enhancement -- Services
Abstract

The announcement last week from Lombardi Software that it will add a SaaS (software as a service) component dubbed Blueprint to its on- premises BPM suite highlights both the continuing […]

Published
2007

16. REALITY CHECK: High tech's consumer envy - Will the enterprise be neglected while vendors court the masses in search of the really big bucks?

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
DEMO -- Ethical aspects, High technology industry -- Ethical aspects -- Industry forecasts -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

If anything convinced me that the 20th century ethic of high-tech companies being technology-driven is over, it was a panel discussion held during the recent DEMO 2007 conference. If you're […]

Published
2007

17. REALITY CHECK: Debating the merits of user-generated content - Giving users the means to contribute content is all the rage at Demo -- but does it have any value?

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, DEMO -- Innovations, Computer industry -- Industry forecasts -- Innovations -- Trade shows, Microcomputers -- Innovations
Abstract

Creativity is alive and well. Twenty-something years after the PC revolution, new ideas and innovation, huge successes and tremendous flops, are all still part of the excitement. So once again […]

Published
2007

18. DEMO 07 Pushes People Power in Tech - Startups, established firms share stage at Demo

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Computer services industry, DEMO -- Management, Technological innovations -- Management -- Forecasts and trends -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Computer services industry -- Industry forecasts -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Forecasts and trends, New business enterprises -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

The annual DEMO conferences are always a useful instrument by which to gauge the health and stature of technology innovation; this year was no different, with 16 companies presenting in […]

Published
2007

19. REALITY CHECK: Offshore attrition on the rise - Offshoring may finally be succumbing to the most basic rule of economics: Supply and demand

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Application service provider, Market trend/market analysis, Outsourcing, Company personnel management, Outsourcing -- Supply and demand -- Forecasts and trends, Application service providers -- Supply and demand -- Human resource management -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Offshoring -- especially for BPO (business process outsourcing) -- is about to hit a wall. After all, despite being a relatively new phenomenon made possible by advances in communications, it […]

Published
2007

20. REALITY CHECK: Tabblo's approach to rich Internet apps - Community- developed RIAs are harbingers of things to come

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Computer services industry, Technology application, Internet software -- Technology application -- Product development, Computer services industry -- Product development -- Technology application
Abstract

If you want a peek into the future of RIAs (rich Internet applications), take a look at Tabblo (tabblo.com). The model that Tabblo has set into motion for photographers -- […]

Published
2007

21. Salesforce ups the ante - Apex language gives developers a new way to compete with the big players

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Customer relationship management software, Salesforce Inc. -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Product introduction, Apex (Customer relationship management software) -- Product introduction, Computer software industry -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Product introduction, Customer relationship management software -- Product introduction -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Abstract

Celebrating its eighth year and the 21st generation of CRM software as a service, Salesforce.com delivered on its 2006 promise to give ISVs and corporate developers a new programming language […]

Published
2007

22. REALITY CHECK: Managing mobility - When it comes to securing your data assets, post-holiday gadgets bring new woes

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business management, Wireless telecommunications equipment, Data security issue, Market trend/market analysis, Data security -- Management -- Forecasts and trends -- Safety and security measures -- Usage, Wireless telecommunications equipment -- Usage -- Safety and security measures
Abstract

Ah, it's good to be back from the holidays, showing off the latest gadgets you received as gifts from your family. That new Apple iPod, for example, will be great […]

Published
2007

23. CES spotlights office technologies to come - Consumer show highlights an all-IP world

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Consumer electronics industry, Market trend/market analysis, Consumer Electronics Show, Consumer electronics industry -- Trade shows -- Forecasts and trends -- Industry forecasts, Computer hardware industry -- Trade shows -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends, Consumer electronics -- Forecasts and trends -- Trade shows, Computer industry -- Trade shows -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), once a bastion of electronic toys, now also serves as a herald for the future of the tech industry, in general, including -- some argue […]

Published
2007

24. REALITY CHECK: Keeping up with crimeware - Polymorphing botnet worms are among the exploits crackers will bank on in 2007

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Enterprise network, Market trend/market analysis, Virus, Computer crime, Computer viruses -- Reports -- Control -- Forecasts and trends, Enterprise networks -- Forecasts and trends -- Reports, Computer crimes -- Forecasts and trends -- Reports -- Control
Abstract

If you are a cracker who has written an exploit, you have a choice between fame and fortune. In the good old days, crackers chose fame. But now fortune appears […]

Published
2007

25. REALITY CHECK: Sea change at SAP - The poster child for software complexity will leverage the emerging Web to keep it simple in the new year

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business management, SAP SE -- Officials and employees -- Management, Computer software industry -- Management -- Officials and employees
Abstract

If anyone doubts that competition spurs change, let them sit down with Dennis Moore, general manager for emerging solutions at SAP, and talk about what SAP has on tap for […]

Published
2007

27. REALITY CHECK: Health care and IT - The future is rosy for both patient care and computer science

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Physician practice management software, Patients -- Care and treatment, Medical practice software -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Services, Medical records -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Medical advice systems -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage -- Services
Abstract

There is an undercurrent of change taking place in health care that technology is helping to bring about. Many people believe that individuals must take personal responsibility for their own […]

Published
2006

28. REALITY CHECK: Beware of Redmondians bearing gifts - What's really behind Microsoft's interoperability agreements?

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business planning, Antitrust issue, Novell Inc. -- Alliances and partnerships, Microsoft Corp. -- Alliances and partnerships -- Planning, Antitrust law, Computer software industry -- Alliances and partnerships -- Planning, Interoperability -- Planning
Abstract

Can you name some top technologies and companies that jeopardize or have jeopardized Microsoft's hegemony over the operating system world? If you asked me that question, I would have said […]

Published
2006

29. Salesforce.com to deliver back-end integration tools - ApexConnect will allow on demand to talk to standalone apps

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Business management software, salesforce.com Inc. -- Product introduction, ApexConnect (Business management software) -- Product introduction, Computer software industry -- Product introduction, Business management software -- Product introduction
Abstract

You know the argument: SaaS applications are great for green field deployments, but difficult or risky to integrate with those legacy applications where all the really important data lives. With […]

Published
2006

30. New litigation rules put IT on the front lines of data access - Procedures for preparedness, data integrity, and retrieval are right around the corner. Is your enterprise ready?

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Government regulation, Company business management, Information accessibility, Data integrity, Information law -- Evaluation, Data integrity -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Information management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Evaluation
Abstract

On Dec. 1, when the latest version of the FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) goes into effect, CIOs and their IT departments will find themselves on the firing line […]

Published
2006

31. REALITY CHECK: Microsoft and Cisco file friends-of-the-court brief - When it comes to patent infringement, a friend of the court may not be a friend of yours

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company legal issue, Computer network equipment industry, Cisco Systems Inc. -- Cases, Microsoft Corp. -- Cases, Computer software industry -- Cases, Computer network equipment industry -- Cases, Patent infringement -- Cases
Abstract

Who would have thought that a fight over a patent on an adjustable gas pedal could result in a shake-up to the entire software industry? But such is the case […]

Published
2006

32. H-1B SKIL Bill pits IT workers against IT execs - Need vs. greed best describes the tone of debate

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2006, Government regulation, Computer services industry, Immigration policy -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Information technology workers -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Computer services industry -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Industry forecasts, United States -- Foreign policy
Abstract

The contentious SKIL bill -- or Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2006 -- is about to set off an old-fashioned donnybrook between immigration supporters and opponents before the […]

Published
2006

34. REALITY CHECK: EuP: The coming regulation storm, Part 2 - One expert warns EuP will require cross-enterprise information transfer, posing a big new IT challenge

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Technology application, European Union -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental policy -- Energy use, Green technology -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Technology application -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects -- Technology application -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Europe -- Environmental policy
Abstract

Welcome to Part 2 of last week's installment of Reality Check. The crux of last's week's column is that the E.U.'s EuP (energy using product) initiative will require manufacturers to […]

Published
2006

35. IT industry hopes for change after midterms - IT lobbyists hope for end to legislative logjam

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim and Roberts, Paul F.

Subjects
Government regulation, Computer services industry, Computer services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Visas -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, United States -- Political aspects
Abstract

'Do-nothing Congress' is a label that's been well-worn in Washington since President Harry Truman first used it against the Republican-led 80th Congress in 1948. Congressional Democrats have dusted it off […]

Published
2006

36. REALITY CHECK: EuP: The coming regulation storm - Sleeper EU eco-design directive due out this summer will cause monumental changes

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Electronics industry, European Union -- Environmental policy, Electronics industry -- Waste management -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

I've written about two European Union directives before, WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) in […]

Published
2006

37. IBM Global Services introduces packaged model - Company will use VMware and portal-based access for reusable services

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Contract agreement, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, International Business Machines Corp. -- Services -- Contracts, VMware Inc. -- Contracts -- Services, Computer software industry -- Contracts -- Services, Computer industry -- Services -- Contracts
Abstract

IBM's yen for using its prodigious Global Services organization to solve any and all manner of IT problems for customers is well- established. But for many enterprises -- especially those […]

Published
2006

38. REALITY CHECK: Behind the push for WiMAX - An informed citizenry is your best defense against planned obsolescence

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Semiconductor industry, Telecommunications services industry, Semiconductor industry -- Industry forecasts -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Wi-Max -- Licensing, certification and accreditation -- Usage, Telecommunications services industry -- Licensing, certification and accreditation -- Industry forecasts, Communications industry -- Licensing, certification and accreditation -- Industry forecasts
Abstract

We've been told for the past two years how much better WiMAX is than Wi-Fi. It has a potential range of 50 miles (far superior than the paltry Wi-Fi range […]

Published
2006

39. Motorola readies WiMax devices - Licensed spectrum to supplant Wi-Fi outdoors

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Wireless telecommunications equipment, Telecommunications equipment industry, Motorola Solutions Inc. -- Product introduction, Telecommunications equipment industry -- Product introduction, Wireless telecommunications equipment -- Product introduction
Abstract

Motorola used the WiMax World USA event in Boston late last month to unveil one of the first WiMax CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) products and to demonstrate the handoff capability […]

Published
2006

40. REALITY CHECK: Google-YouTube deal is a new low for the Net - Online video acquisition proves that market share trumps innovation in Web business

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company acquisition/merger, Information services industry, YouTube Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Google L.L.C. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Mass media industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
Abstract

Google's purchase of YouTubehas set off a flurry of analysts asking questions like, 'Is this the bad old days of dot-com returning?' Or, 'Why would anyone pay $1.65 billion for […]

Published
2006

41. REALITY CHECK: Is IT on the rise again? SOA will help spur the growth of a new breed of interdisciplinary IT workers

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, International Business Machines Corp. -- Services -- Forecasts and trends, Service oriented architecture (Software design) -- Forecasts and trends, Computer industry -- Services -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

When I read the press release that IBM was 'helping' the computer science department at Georgetown University develop an SOA (service- oriented architecture) curriculum, and that the courses would use […]

Published
2006

42. REALITY CHECK: Lessons learned from HP scandal - Spying shakeout demonstrates the importance of clear information-gathering policy

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company legal issue, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Hewlett-Packard Co. -- Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Investigations, Fraud -- Investigations, Computer industry -- Investigations
Abstract

No sense pointing the finger at Hewlett-Packard anymore; we have Congress and the FBI to do that. But I did want to discuss the 'I didn't know what my employees/vendors/executive […]

Published
2006

43. REALITY CHECK: HP leaks reveal tired strategy - Management should be more embarrassed about its need for a 'direct sales strategy' than attempts to find the boardroom leaker

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company legal issue, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Hewlett-Packard Co. -- Investigations, Confidential communications -- Investigations, Computer industry -- Investigations
Abstract

For those readers who may not have noticed, I've been away for the last couple of months recuperating from a motorcycle accident. Following two operations, my left arm is healing […]

Published
2006

44. REALITY CHECK: Telcos want toll booths on the Internet superhighway - Unable to compete on price, network providers look for new ways to gain a piece of the action

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Internet access, Telecommunications services industry, Company pricing policy, Telecommunications services industry -- Services -- Prices and rates, Internet access -- Services -- Prices and rates, Communications industry -- Services -- Prices and rates
Abstract

Ladies and gentleman, buyers and sellers, content providers and users! Take a front row seat, because the final battle for the Internet is about to begin. On one side will […]

Published
2006

45. REALITY CHECK: The upside to the death of locality - A VoIP-enabled, telecommuting world might actually benefit local communities

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Telecommunications services industry, Market trend/market analysis, Telecommuting, Computer services industry, Computer services industry -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends, Telecommunications services industry -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends, Telecommuting -- Forecasts and trends, Communications industry -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Today, some 26 million U.S. workers telecommute, according to Hossein Eslambolchi, author of 2020 Vision: Business Transformation Through Technology Innovation. By 2010 that number will grow to 40 million. And […]

Published
2006

46. REALITY CHECK: Software-as-a-service model is maturing - As a growing number of companies experiment with SaaS, customers are the winners

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Product licensing, Company pricing policy, Computer software industry -- Customer relations -- Industry forecasts -- Services -- Prices and rates, Business -- Models
Abstract

Customers always want their software bug-free and free of charge. Anything less is a disappointment, according to Josh Greenbaum, a principle at Enterprise Applications Consulting. Although free software may never […]

Published
2006

47. REALITY CHECK: IM as a unified collaboration platform - IBM hopes instant messaging will become the central portal for enterprise communications

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business planning, IP telephony, Instant messaging technology, Microcomputer industry, Technology application, Computer industry, Workgroup software, International Business Machines Corp. -- Planning -- Technology application -- Product development, Lotus Sametime 7.5 (Workgroup software) -- Product development, Cable telephony -- Usage -- Product development -- Planning, Instant messaging -- Usage -- Technology application, Work groups -- Computer programs, Computer industry -- Planning -- Technology application -- Product development
Abstract

Is the ability to respond quickly to the right situation or to the right person at the right time at the very core of how your company conducts business? My […]

Published
2006

48. REALITY CHECK: Time is right to bargain with Microsoft - As desktop software becomes less important, companies have leverage over the software giant for a better enterprise agreement

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Company business forecast/projection, Company licensing agreement, Microsoft Corp. -- Licensing agreements -- Company forecasts, Computer software industry -- Licensing agreements -- Company forecasts
Abstract

I think it's a wonderful thing that Bill Gates is retiring so that he can devote himself to his foundation. If he puts half the effort into doing good works […]

Published
2006

49. REALITY CHECK: Support your local whistle-blower - Fail to offer a way to report policy violations and you could suffer the consequence in court

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim

Subjects
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Government regulation, Computer software industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business reports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Whistle blowing -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

When Section 301 of Sarbanes-Oxley mandated that publicly traded companies have whistle-blower systems in place, interest in hotline systems for reporting policy violations or employee misconduct received a big push. […]

Published
2006

50. Callisto Project to launch 10 releases - Actuate tuning OS project for its own ends

Author

Schwartz, Ephraim and Krill, Paul

Subjects
Application installation/distribution software, Application development software, Callisto (Application development software) -- Product development, Program development software -- Product development, Nonprofit organizations -- Product development
Abstract

What may go unnoticed in next week's Callisto release, a flurry of open source releases from the Eclipse Foundation, is BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tools), a project some consider the […]

Published
2006

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