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Why Devil Mountain Software will fail... big time
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on February 21, 2010
I thought there was something a little hysterical about Randall Kennedy's insistence in an InfoWorld column published last November that Chrome and it's ilk were doomed to fail when I cited it...
Massive infrastructure for Vancouver 2010
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on February 15, 2010
I'm up at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia this week, and the degree of organization on such a vast scale has been most impressive. Thousands of athletes, volunteers, and hundred...
Linux learnings of IBM for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 26, 2009
I'm sure it is a fine place with many intelligent, steppe-dwelling geeks, but news that IBM plans to open a "Linux Innovation Center" in Kazakhstan is just ripe for Borat jokes. This is...
Microsoft's Get Virtual launch
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 9, 2008
The message in Bellevue yesterday was clearly "VMware! We're coming for you!" at the Microsoft "Get Virtual" launch event, hosted by Microsoft executives Bob Kelly, Bob Muglia,...
Getting Virtual with Microsoft
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 8, 2008
So, I'm out and about today, at Microsoft's Get Virtual virtualization launch event in Bellevue. Just had lunch after a lackluster morning ra-ra event and a ho-hum presentation, following a cu...
Seinfeld+Gates=Huh?
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 5, 2008
You be the judge: Feeling more or less likely to go out and buy Microsoft products now? Frankly, I am just feeling confused and hungry for churros.
Knock off early, go to PAX
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on August 29, 2008
No, it's not a tech conference, and has nothing at all to do with your average CIO, but hey, get out and live a little. I am! Penny Arcade Expo. Get your gamer on.
Mr. Smith goes to San Francisco
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on March 26, 2008
Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith put in an unusual appearance yesterday at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco. Smith, the tip of Microsoft's formidable legal spear in dealing...
Raikes to retire from Microsoft
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on January 10, 2008
Microsoft has announced today that long-time employee and current president of their Business Division Jeff Raikes will retire from the company in September. Raikes, who currently presides over one of...
Gates' final CES keynote
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on January 7, 2008
It's always been sort of an open secret that Bill Gates is a terrible public speaker, and his traditional role as presenter of the opening keynote at the massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in...
Microsoft decides against appeal in EU anti-trust case
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on October 22, 2007
Microsoft announced today that it would not appeal the decision recently made against it in the European Union anti-trust case. After nearly ten years, the company has agreed to comply with decisions ...
Uncertainty or optimism in the IT world?
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 18, 2007
It seemed like just the other day I was hearing about how the IT hiring outlook was improving and that CIOs were planning on bringing in more staff and opening up the checkbooks in Q4 of 2007. So I wa...
Microsoft loses EU anti-trust case
Filed in archive Events by Scott Wilson on September 17, 2007
It's official-the European Union has rejected Microsoft's appeal of the 2004 anti-trust decision against the company, sustaining the $600 million fine originally levied as well as a number of ...
Win a couple tickets for D/C Expo 2007 at Creative Weblogging
Filed in archive Events by Creative Weblogging on April 19, 2007
A warm welcome to all our readers who would be interested in attending the D/C Expo 2007 which is a Supply Chain and Logistics IT event. This event will be held from May 22nd to 24th at navy pier in C...
SDN Day Panel Discussion
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on November 8, 2006
As a part of the SDN Day yesterday Craig had also organized a panel discussion on the the "Innovation & Technology" centered around comparisons between silicon Valley of the West and Sil...
SAP Meets Web 2.0 - SDN Day Bangaluroo!
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on November 7, 2006
I am sitting in a session with the same title run by Hyther from ZOHO ( SaaS delivered Office Application)...Some points from the discussionCollaboration is the key in Web 2.0 World Enterprise Applica...
SDN Day - Bangalore - Kicks Off
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on November 7, 2006
Well thanks to Craig i am at SDN Day Bangalore....well Mark Yolton is doing his presentation as i type this in, in between his presentation he throws up quotes on SDN and BPX from .....you guessed it....
Hybrid Model - On Demand & On Premise....Where is the DATA?
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on October 18, 2006
Well atleast in today's Key note On Demand found a mention, but I had a question about the Hybrid model that SAP is discussing ..They do provide the option of having both on demand and on premise ...
A complete day at TECHED without a mention of "On Demand"
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on October 17, 2006
i have spent the whole day at SAP Teched and during the full day i havent heard one comment / mention of On demand that is in the 2 keynotes 3 round tables and some meetings....i would like to underst...
Shai's Keynote - 1
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on October 17, 2006
Well its been sometime since i saw this, An exec asking for his slides to be pulled off and talking from there on...but well cant be too much work given that he has probably done this exact presentati...
SAP TechEd Amstredam
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on October 17, 2006
This post of mine comes from Amsterdam, I am here to attend the SAP Tech Ed event, This is day 1....i am starting the series of posts, with this one summarizing an interview with Henning Kaggerman by ...
IBM's New Offerings to the Open Source Community
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on September 8, 2006
Reinforcing the company's strategy around open source business models, IBM today announced new software and resources to help customers leverage their investments in open source development tools ...
RedHat to acquire JBOSS
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on April 11, 2006
Yesterday, the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JBoss, the global leader in open sour...
DEMO2006 the second day
Filed in archive Events by prashanth on February 8, 2006
The second day of DEMO offered again interesting insights into some exciting new Internet and Enterprise Security 'plays'. Read more at these entries: - Morning Session- Afternoon SessionH...
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