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Larry Dignan

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and finance editor at CNET News.com. Larry has covered the technology and financial services industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, The New York Times, and Financial Planning magazine. He's a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.

Stephanie Condon

Stephanie Condon is a staff writer for CBS Interactive based in Portland, Oregon, covering business technology for ZDNet. She previously covered politics for CBSNews.com, as well as the intersection of technology and politics for CNET. Stephanie graduated with a B.A. in communication from Stanford University.

Natalie Gagliordi

Natalie Gagliordi is a senior writer for Red Ventures based in Louisville, Kentucky, covering business technology for ZDNet.

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IT warning: Turbulence ahead

The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don't quite get IT (and by the way you don't get them either).

October 13, 2008 by Larry Dignan in CXO

SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?

What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house?Mark Gilbert's presentation--"Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?

October 13, 2008 by Larry Dignan in Collaboration

Negotiating with your hardware vendor 101

Squeezing the most out of technology budgets seems to be a running theme these days, but customers frequently give up leverage in negotiating hardware deals.According to Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering most hardware negotiations go wrong early on.

October 13, 2008 by Larry Dignan in Hardware

Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad

Gartner has revised its 2009 IT budget prognostications, a move that isn't surprising, but the firm's projections could be a lot worse.Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, outlined the research group's new projections in his opening keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando (all posts and the firm's Twitter feed).

October 12, 2008 by Larry Dignan in CXO

Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model

While the U.S. launch of WiMAX marks the debut of fast wireless Internet, the overall implications of this technology are much broader. See how this could shake up the cellular world and usher in a new breed of software, devices, and business applications.

October 12, 2008 by Jason Hiner in Networking

Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse)

Gartner analyst Mark McDonald late Sunday laid out the chief information officer agenda for 2009 and the big theme is that tech executives need to make a business difference or fade away. Why?

October 12, 2008 by Larry Dignan in CXO

News to know: Wimax; Tech economy; Microsoft's big brains; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about...

October 12, 2008 by Larry Dignan in Microsoft

MySpace launches ad platform for small businesses

MySpace on Monday will unveil a targeted ad platform called MyAds, a beta designed to enable smaller advertisers to use its HyperTargeting technology.HyperTargeting is the MySpace platform used by its larger advertisers.

October 12, 2008 by Larry Dignan in SMBs

Cisco CTO: 10 ways for leaders to lean into the economic headwinds

Managing your business and your career during tough times requires you to focus on the right stuff, both professionally and personally. Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior recently shared her tips for leaning into the current economic headwinds.

October 12, 2008 by Jason Hiner in Cisco

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. (Techmeme) Effective Nov.

October 10, 2008 by Sam Diaz in Networking

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM

A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.

October 10, 2008 by Sam Diaz in Enterprise Software

Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects

Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms.The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue (its earnings are stronger than expected) may indicate something worse is afoot.

October 9, 2008 by Larry Dignan in Finance

The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)

In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane.

October 9, 2008 by Larry Dignan in Apple

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixedMS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 criticalEd Bott: Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic (hint: it’s not home users)Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for nowRobert Scoble and sexy enterprise softwareMary Jo Foley: How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

October 9, 2008 by David Grober in Tech & Work

Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's more focused on growing the social networking site than he is in finding a way to monetize it - at least for now. In a Q&A interview with German blog Netzökonom, Zuckerberg has basically given himself and the company three years to come up with a revenue plan that works for social networking sites.

October 9, 2008 by Sam Diaz in Finance

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