Microsoft's Quarterly Earnings Decline Ahead of Windows 8 Launch
The software maker's financial report offers a mix of good news and bad.
View ArticleHackers Continue Cyberattacks Against Banks
U.S. officials say the attacks are originating in Iran.
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HP Announces ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager 6
Filed under: News : Security The scalable security monitoring and compliance solution to help clients identify and remediate cyber threats faster. Read more
View Article3,000 HP IT Staffers Will Go to Work for GM
The automaker will hire the IT workers as part of a massive "in-sourcing" plan.
View ArticleHotels and industry events
I generally prefer industry events at hotels/resorts over those at convention centers. It means less wasted time on shuttle buses, and it usually means a somewhat manageable audience size. But it is...
View ArticleTech Comics: "Tech Job Interview"
Today's tech job applicants need to be ready to give the right answers.
View ArticleTurkish Airlines Takes Off With First Phase of Major SAP Software Implementation
SAP AG today announced that Turkish Airlines has completed the first phase of its large-scale implementation of SAP software . One of the most prestigious air carriers worldwide, Turkish Airlines...
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Getting Closer To Customers Tops Big Data Agenda: Study
Filed under: News : Business Intelligence Most Big Data initiatives currently being deployed by organisations are aimed at improving the customer experience, says IBM and Oxford University survey. Read...
View ArticleAre you seriously saying that “engagement” is a meaningful business metric?
I love metrics that have meaning – not just counting, but stats and figures that actually demonstrate business value. The measure I love best in social media is ROI (and yes, Virginia, there is a...
View ArticleIFS Joins the Corporate Social Responsibility Fray
While day 1 of the IFS World Conference 2012 in Gothenburg, Sweden was mostly about mobility, day 2 expanded into some other interesting themes and topics. IFS has long positioned itself as a...
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Silent Circle's Military-Grade Encryption: BYOD Tool?
Silent Circle's encryption tools for smartphones and tablets are a boon for privacy enthusiasts--but enterprises could find them useful too.
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Alpine Predictive Analytics Takes Aim at Hadoop
Company joins growing list of business analytics firms that support the popular open source Big Data platform.
View ArticleMerit of Private Training
Percona has offered Training for years, and I have personally delivered my share of Public and Private training. Below are my thoughts on the different training delivery options and how to choose the...
View ArticleRecovering from a bad UPDATE statement
Did you just run an UPDATE against your 10 million row users table without a WHERE clause? Did you know that in MySQL 5.5 that sometimes you can recover from a bad UPDATE statement? This is possible...
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Blinking Bluetooth Bobble Reduces Missed Mobile Calls
Are you missing calls because you don't hear your phone ring? DrBlinky, clipped to your bag, could alert you to that message you would otherwise miss.
View ArticleKM and Benjamin Button - or - Why This Blog Site is Not as Active as it Once was
Remember when I would post to this blog at least monthly - usually weekly? The reason for my decrease in posting is actually related to a very keen insight on knowledge management, and what it takes to...
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Cloudforce NYC Brings New Analytics to Marketing Cloud
Today at Cloudforce New York, being held in the Jacob Javitz Center, Salesforce.com unveiled a powerful new approach to marketing data analysis designed to give marketers much clearer insights into the...
View ArticleFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Insurance
This was once a real insurance product. Squid Insurance Marketing was the low-end offering at Astonish, complete with the tagline "Nothing Kills a Squid!" As usual, you can also use this squid post to...
View ArticleAnnouncing Oracle Database Mobile Server 11gR2
I'm pleased to announce that Oracle Database Mobile Server 11gR2 has been released. It's available now for download by existing customers, or anyone who wants to try it out. New features include:...
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Updates to Stairway to Integration Services
The Stairway to integration Services has been updated! I added content to Step 1 to provide more detail about creating a first SSIS project and corrected a typo in Step 2 that referred to an older name...
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