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Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit

Joe McKendrick: A study in-depth study of 20 companies found a "50 percent complete failure rate," while another "30 percent were considered neither successful nor wholly failed."

Security

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran

Dancho Danchev: Right after the U.S Independence Day fireworks, Storm Worm latest campaign says the U.S have invaded Iran--attempting to once again exploit client-side vulnerabilities.

Communications

Heavyweights pass judgement on iPhone 3G

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The top trio of Apple fanboys (Mossberg, Pogue and Baig) are the first to pass judgment on the iPhone 3G. Has Apple taken the concept of carrier tie-in to a whole new level?

Product Review Blogs

Acer announces $499 home theater-friendly mini PC

Andrew Nusca: If your geek tendencies have ever desired to shoehorn a computer into your home theater, now's the time to give in.

Operating Systems

Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over'

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft wants its partners and customers to know that it's done letting letting its competitors and critics walk all over Windows Vista.

Web Technology

Virtual worlds--an enterprise use?

Larry Dignan: Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds.

Enterprise Software

Parallels OS virtualization for HP Integrity line

Dan Kusnetzky: Parallels and HP are working together to present would be a highly efficient way to run multiple Windows or Linux workloads on a single machine.

Enterprise Hardware

Are all-in-one desktops a decent deal?

John Morris: Most all-in-ones use more expensive components typically found in notebook PCs. And for many users the benefits of a clutter-free desk are worth the added cost.

Companies

VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light

Larry Dignan: In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz effective immediately. Maritz had managed Windows 95 and Windows NT before retiring from Microsoft.

General News

British soccer player calls foul on Facebook

Steve O'Hear: A young British soccer player appears to have inadvertently told millions of Facebook users about a pending transfer to a rival club.

VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits

Between the Lines by Larry Dignan

Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence...

Larry Dignan and Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire

All about Microsoft by Mary Jo Foley

The road to "Midori" is paved with lots of other Microsoft codenames, according to tipsters who've been coming out of the woodwork since I made public my latest couple of...

Mary-Jo Foley

Don't doubt Deputy Dan

Zero Day by Nathan McFeters

Well, it would seem that Tom Ptacek may have figured out something to do with Dan Kaminsky's earlier DNS flaw, and this may actually be the vulnerability to fear that...

Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev, Nate McFeters

Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper

The Apple Core by Jason D. O'Grady

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three...

Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

NVIDIA helping to bring PhysX to the Radeon GPU

Hardware 2.0 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Here's an interesting development. Remember last week I blogged about a third-party project that was attempting to bring PhysX support (NVIDIA-owned technology) to the Radeon GPU? Well, it now appears...

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Your Gmail is now a lot more secure

Googling Google by Garett Rogers

A feature that I found out was in the making last September has finally come to fruition. You can now see information about recent and concurrent Gmail sessions for your...

Garett Rogers

Did open source make Green go at VMWare?

Linux and Open Source by Dana Blankenhorn

Diane Green Greene has been shown the door at VMWare, the company she founded. Another victim of open source? Possibly. Ironically, Green Greene told our Dan Farber two years ago "the...

Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

SaaS failures are 'betrayals of trust' [podcast]

IT Project Failures by Michael Krigsman

Software as a service (SaaS) deployments have become an increasingly significant part of the enterprise software environment. Given this growing importance, it's time to examine IT failure in the SaaS...

Michael Krigsman

Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain

Enterprise Alley by Dennis Howlett

Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it’s still running up...

Dennis Howlett

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

Tech Broiler by Jason Perlow

It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks...

Jason Perlow

SAP's TV budget: more waste

Irregular Enterprise by Dennis Howlett

Regular readers will know that I'm pretty hard on enterprise vendors, especially when I believe they are wasting customers' money. Last month for instance I dinged Oracle for wasting money...

Dennis Howlett

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

GreenTech Pastures by Harry Fuller

That's the bottom line out of the G8 Summit in Japan where the world's eight biggest economies are meeting. They have pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By...

Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS

Microsoft Report by Ed Bott

The recent buzz over Microsoft’s efforts to build a completely new OS from scratch has led to some wild speculation. As my colleague Mary Jo Foley has reported, Microsoft already...

Ed Bott

Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.

Storage Bits by Robin Harris

The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And...

Robin Harris

SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com

Software as services by Phil Wainewright

Enterprise software giant SAP has lost Business Objects' Steve Lucas, one of its brightest software-as-a-service stars, to Salesforce.com, where he takes up a new role driving the vendor's platform strategy

Phil Wainewright

iPhone-like interface for Windows Mobile

Dev Connection by Ed Burnette

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then the iPhone should feel mighty flattered right about now. Windows Mobile users can whip out their phones without shame if they're...

Ed Burnette

An history of bilateral teleoperation

Emerging Technology Trends by Roland Piquepaille

In case you're not familiar with the concept of bilateral teleoperation, this is just a way to remotely control robots. Two researchers have written a technical paper which covers more...

Roland Piquepaille

British soccer player falls foul of Facebook's privacy options

The Social Web by Steve O'Hear

This one could happen to almost anybody. A young British soccer player appears to have inadvertently told millions of Facebook users about a pending transfer to a rival club.

Steve O'Hear

MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash

The Mobile Gadgeteer by Matthew Miller

I was 90% sure I was going to buy an iPhone 3G on Friday, but a couple of things changed my mind tonight and I decided I will not be...

Matthew Miller

Are all-in-one desktops a decent deal?

Laptops & Desktops by John Morris

Averatec, the O.C.'s other computer maker after Gateway, has released a new all-in-one desktop. The design doesn't break any new ground in this category, but it is simple, compact and...

John Morris

OpenLaszlo 4.1 relased with DHTML support

The Universal Desktop by Ryan Stewart

I completely missed this but it looks like OpenLaszlo 4.1 has been released and it includes full support for DHTML/Ajax as well as SWF/Flash. In addition there are a number...

Ryan Stewart

Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of Sudoku

Managing L'unix by Paul Murphy

The really weird part about a title combining Harry Potter with Da Vinci and Suduko is that there's an open source context in which the linkage makes some sense -...

Paul Murphy

Broadcast or communicate?

Collaboration 2.0 by Oliver Marks

When the Czarist autocracy was overthrown in the 1917 Russian revolution, fundamental changes in Russian society under the new political structure occurred. A fascinating example for me is that while...

Oliver Marks

Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line

Virtually Speaking by Dan Kusnetzky

An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is...

Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney

Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit

Service-Oriented Architecture by Joe McKendrick

'Many SOA attempts amount only to a less efficient method of doing EAI'

Joe McKendrick

Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton

BriefingsDirect by Dana Gardner

I took my first briefing with Mindreef, given their neighborly proximity, about three years ago. The seasoned team had a hit on their hands with SOAPscope, and their timing in...

Dana Gardner

Acer announces $499 home theater-friendly mini PC

The ToyBox by Andrew Nusca

If your geek tendencies have ever desired to shoehorn a computer into your home theater, now's the time to give in. Acer introduced the Aspire X1200 this morning, which for...

Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

Nikon announces D700: Full-frame dSLR for $2,000 less than flagship D3

Digital Cameras by Janice Chen

If you're looking for a full-frame, pro-quality digital SLR, but don't want to spend the money (or lug around the heft) of the big guns like the Nikon D3 or...

Janice Chen

Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi router delivers dual bands, simultaneously

SOHO Networking by Rik Fairlie

If you’re the type who likes to wirelessly stream HD video from your PC to your TV, or if you live in a densely populated environment that’s packed with...

Rik Fairlie

AMD Phenom gets (a little) faster

The Core Truth by John Morris

AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted...

John Morris

Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things

iGeneration by Zack Whittaker

Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the...

Zack Whittaker

Demographics forging a new Net market: It's not your kids' Web

Rational Rants by Mitch Ratcliffe

It's easy and fashionable to talk about "digital natives" that have grown up online, but the demographics of the United States are shifting radically to the grey and Web services...

Mitch Ratcliffe

Enterprise 2.0: Lively conversations driving change

Enterprise Web 2.0 by Dion Hinchcliffe

Last week’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston has been over for a few days and coverage continues to pour out in the mainstream press and the blogosphere, including here on...

Dion Hinchcliffe

Software's drive to become like television

A Developer's View by John Carroll

Software business models are becoming more and more like that of television. That fact is the real driver behind Microsoft's desire to buy Yahoo, given the central importance software-oriented ad...

John Carroll

Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark

Enterprise Anti-matter by Joshua Greenbaum

I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time...

Joshua Greenbaum

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search

IMHO by Tom Foremski

The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities....

Tom Foremski

Vodafone's Big(ish?) Adventure

On Sustainability by James Farrar

It's fun to think of similes to categorise the headlong rush towards CO2 reductions or at least the pledges for such. I think of Vodafone's pledge of a 50% cut of the...

James Farrar

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

Lawgarithms by Denise Howell

I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven,...

Denise Howell

39% of adults said they had bought a cell phone in the previous year

IT Facts by NB

Cell phones have become a staple for many Americans, with 78% of adults now having one, up from 21% in 1996, according to Pew Internet Project. With many cell phone...

Alex Moskalyuk

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent

Team Think by Dave Greenfield

Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent  Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G...

David Greenfield

Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record

Feeds by Jennifer Leggio

Mozilla is celebrating a new Guinness World Record and launch of Firefox 3. But it isn't cheering alone - its enjoying this victory with the community it credits for helping...

Jennifer Leggio

Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs

The IT Grind by Deb Perelman

You don't need to read Dilbert or watch Dirty Jobs to know that awful jobs are everywhere. Most likely, you've had one (or five) yourself.

Deb Perelman

Does True Knowledge see value in distance from the bubble?

The Semantic Web by Paul Miller

The flurry of attention around yesterday's Microsoft/ Powerset news set me thinking once more about UK-based True Knowledge, which has been compared with Microsoft's latest acquisition. TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher...

Paul Miller

Should free broadband be neutral?

Education IT by Christopher Dawson

A lot of politicians are bandying about the idea of licensing unused or underutilized radio frequencies to create a free, nationwide broadband network. As the US gets repeatedly dinged for...

Christopher Dawson

Congress looks at next-gen ad networks

ZDNet Government by Richard Koman

The Center for Democracy and Technology will testify Wednesday about the privacy concerns over ad networks like NebuAd, which has come under fire over a deal with Charter Communications to...

Richard Koman

ADD makes dieting harder

Healthcare IT by Dana Blankenhorn

Over six months they lost an average of 12.5 pounds, but those who kept good food diaries lost an average of 18 pounds.

Dana Blankenhorn

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    John Carroll

    At the intersection between technology and economic policy, John Carroll brings years of experience as a software developer to bear on the latest issues affecting the technology industry.

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    Mary-Jo Foley

    Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick.

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    Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.

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    Dana Gardner

    Analyst Dana Gardner examines IT news and trends that impact software strategists to provide insights and outcomes on SOA, app dev, SaaS, enterprise infrastructure and mobile convergence.

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    Oliver Marks

    Real world collaboration strategy for enterprises

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    Ed Burnette

    Who said computers have to be all work and no play? Software developer and author Ed Burnette shares his unique view of industry trends, technologies, and personalities.

  • Digital Cameras

    Janice Chen

    Gadget geek Janice Chen delivers real-world buying advice of the best gear to get.

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    Ed Bott

    Get outspoken insights and expert advice on Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products from a source who knows these technologies inside and out.

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    Roland Piquepaille

    Emerging trends in technology and new developments in science will affect the way we live. Roland Piquepaille selects and analyzes news about our future that you'll almost never find anywhere else.

  • Enterprise Alley

    Dennis Howlett

    Showcasing the new breed of startup-style vendors who are solving old problems in a fresh way or offering a glimpse into the future of enterprise applications.

  • Enterprise Anti-matter

    Joshua Greenbaum

    Software analyst Josh Greenbaum's opinions on enterprise software have annoyed enough vendors that he now checks under the hood of his PC every morning before he boots up.

  • Enterprise Web 2.0

    Dion Hinchcliffe

    Dion Hinchcliffe on leveraging the convergence of IT and the next generation of the Web.

  • Feeds

    Jennifer Leggio

    Jennifer Leggio delivers news on social media tools and trends and deep dives into business strategies.

  • Googling Google

    Garett Rogers

    Garett Rogers explores the mystery behind the hottest and fastest growing tech company in the world.Google spoilers inside.

  • GreenTech Pastures

    Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

    As the global warming debate rages, Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy chronicle alternative energy start-ups, green data center projects and other high-tech and political developments shaping the green technology movement.

  • Hardware 2.0

    Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

    Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sieves through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.

  • iGeneration

    Zack Whittaker

    Talking 'bout the next generation of IT users

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    Dennis Howlett

    Dennis Howlett analyzing the issues faced by senior business practitioners who work with enterprise software.

  • IT Facts

    Alex Moskalyuk

    Your daily research synopsis is the top resource for business and technology statistics that inform, enlighten and entertain.

  • IT Project Failures

    Michael Krigsman

    Michael Krigsman is passionate about reporting, analyzing, and reducing IT failures.

  • Laptops & Desktops

    John Morris

    John Morris delivers straight talk about notebook and desktop computers.

  • Lawgarithms

    Denise Howell

    Issue-spotting the Live Web, attorney Denise Howell muses about cutting edge technology-related legal issues.

  • Linux and Open Source

    Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

    Covering all aspects of the shared software, shared processes business model, including open spectrum, an open Internet and the implications of open source values on politics and society.

  • Managing L'unix

    Paul Murphy

    A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.

  • On Sustainability

    James Farrar

    James Farrar focuses on the business balance between financial performance and social-environmental impact.

  • Rational Rants

    Mitch Ratcliffe

    "Mitch Ratcliffe blogs about the constantly changing boundary between media and life, the businesses that live on that border, and the meaning of all this change to society and the economy.

  • Service Oriented

    Joe McKendrick

    SOA promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with SOA, and how to capitalize on this new computing philosophy.

  • Software as Services

    Phil Wainewright

    In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.

  • SOHO Networking

    Rik Fairlie

    Get the latest news and expert views on new wireless networking products and services, plus tips on how to optimize your SOHO network.

  • Storage Bits

    Robin Harris

    Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.

  • Team Think

    David Greenfield

    David Greenfield delivers practical information about tools and technologies that enable organizational teams to work more effectively with one another.

  • Tech Broiler

    Jason Perlow

  • The Apple Core

    Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

    Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.

  • The Core Truth

    John Morris

    John Morris delivers straight talk about semiconductors.

  • The IT Grind

    Deb Perelman

  • The Mobile Gadgeteer

    Matthew Miller

    Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.

  • The Semantic Web

    Paul Miller

    Paul Miller offers insight and analysis on the Semantic Web, dissecting the news and showing why it matters to the wider business world.

  • The Social Web

    Steve O'Hear

    From Facebook to MySpace, YouTube to Second Life, social software is reshaping the world we live in. Steve O\'Hear provides daily news and analysis of the emerging social web.

  • The ToyBox

    Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

    The latest gadgets and gear -- because even busy business professionals need their playtime.

  • The Universal Desktop

    Ryan Stewart

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