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  • Bob Frankston re-imagines the Internet

    Rather than having to negotiate a deal for each application we need to be able to assume connectivity is just there – part of our ambient environment.

    Blog posts | January 20, 2010 5:48am PST

  • Will Bells hijack the broadband stimulus?

    The issue is vital because without open access competition is limited to those large companies that can afford to build their own end-to-end networks. This is how the cellular world works, it's...

    Blog posts | January 28, 2009 6:38am PST

  • Frankston: Who's pirating bandwidth these days? You or AT&T (and peers)

    Bob Frankston (co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet) has been tirelessly spending the last few years trying to shed light on the fact that there's plenty of network capacity out there and...

    Blog posts | September 7, 2007 11:12am PDT

  • IPv6 isn’t just about more addresses

    Spreadsheet co-inventor and networking guru Bob Frankston says we've patched, propped up, and wringed all we can out of IPv4--the version of the Internet Protocol that most computers currently...

    News items | August 4, 2003 12:00am PDT

  • Why has 802.11 flourished and Bluetooth failed?

    While 802.11 represents the Internet, writes Bob Frankston, Bluetooth represents the faux Internet, harking back to a time when products were built for a single purpose. Even worse, all of...

    News items | June 2, 2003 12:00am PDT

  • Readers assess the ultimate handheld device

    ZDNet readers offer their own suggestions on what makes an ideal converged device. Is it an all-in-one gadget or an assortment of Bluetooth modules...or a pipe dream?

    News items | August 22, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • The prerogatives of innovation

    The prerogatives of innovation: Tech legend Bob Frankston speaks out.

    News items | March 16, 2001 12:00am PST

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  • With no apparent legal leg to stand on, Senator Bob Casey pressures Apple to remove app

    If we allow our politicians to treat online activities as unworthy of fundamental American rights, we will be allowing them to erode our fundamental American rights.

    Blog posts | December 13, 2011 5:00am PST

  • Cult of leadership

    Enterprise leadership is often out of touch with innovation, collaborative processes and the levers for success: 'Car Guys vs Bean Counters - The battle for the soul of American Business' by Bob...

    Blog posts | September 9, 2011 12:50pm PDT

  • Five questions with BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp

    BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp says the company's cloud management software is gaining traction just as the company's mainframe cycle picks up.

    Blog posts | February 4, 2011 6:31am PST

  • VC Bob Ackerman warns on draconian regulatory response to secondary market excess

    Facebook is raising huge amounts of money in the secondary shares market and this likely to attract an extreme response from Washington regulators, warns a leading Silicon Valley VC.

    Blog posts | January 4, 2011 11:13am PST

  • "BoB" vs. "STtC": Winner takes the datacenter

    Single vendor versus best of breed. Not a new battle, but one that is certainly making waves

    Blog posts | October 22, 2010 1:01pm PDT

  • Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Bob

    Here's a look at one of the worst programs of all times: Microsoft Bob

  • Quick'n'Dirty vs. The BeanCast: Episode 51

    The BeanCast host Bob Knorpp joins the Quick'n'Dirty to talk about the perils -- and joys -- of podcasting.

    Blog posts | July 8, 2010 6:50pm PDT

  • Bob Lorsch seeks to lead health IT through his blog

    You may think I am making fun of Mr. Lorsch. I like him a lot. He's supremely self-confident, he doesn't take himself too seriously, he's a real go-getter. We need more like him in health IT.

    Blog posts | May 25, 2010 5:47am PDT

  • What is desktop transformation?

    To ensure that the transition to a new or improved desktop infrastructure runs smoothly, IT departments need to consider user workspace management technology as essential, says Bob Janssen of RES...

    News items | April 29, 2010 12:42pm PDT

  • HealthIT getting more money from 2011 budget

    Will the health IT money make it through? Only if money already budgeted is spent transparently. It would also help if experiments in using health IT to drive improvements in care, recently begun...

    Blog posts | February 2, 2010 7:39am PST

  • Another view: Why IT should not be run as a business

    IT executives as business leaders versus order-takers

    Blog posts | January 20, 2010 2:13pm PST

  • Bob Frankston re-imagines the Internet

    Rather than having to negotiate a deal for each application we need to be able to assume connectivity is just there – part of our ambient environment.

    Blog posts | January 20, 2010 5:48am PST

  • Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

    Google Wave, the new and highly anticipated workflow/group collaboration mashup web application which is in limited alpha test has left me underwhelmed. Over the weekend I became one of the...

    Blog posts | October 14, 2009 1:26pm PDT

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