12 May 2008

Six Sigma Stacks Up

We could soon be listening to the swan song for extended warranties on music systems and HD TVs, back-to-base repairs for PCs and PDAs might be sent packing, and exorbitant fees from home-repairs on washing machines and refrigerators nothing more… Significant Figures »

29 Aug 2008

Monkey puzzle

1. A new project comes in, a business analyst (BA) takes the requirements of the business, turns this into a business requirements document (BRD) and sends it to the architecture team.2. An application architect takes a look at the BRD and maps out the... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by IT Security, the view from here)
Napster, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAPS) has hired UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) to help them with their proxy battle and to solicit an acquisition. Napster is a small competitor of iTunes and Amazon.com and was the talk of the tech town in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. There are... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by Pulse 2)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced today that they will be acquiring Greenfield Online, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRVY) for roughly $486 million. Greenfield Online is an online survey company that collects opinions on products and services. Greenfield... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by Pulse 2)

29 Aug 2008

Dell Targets India

Dell and rival HP continue to to jockey over market share. As per market intelligence firm IDC, Dell increased its market share from 15.5% last quarter to 16.4% versus HP’s 18.9%. It has grown 21.4% y-o-y compared with the industry growth rate of... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by Sramana Mitra)
12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today From Zen Habits, Leo Babauta talks about how new technology is rapidly changing the concept of work: “So you could wait a few years, resist the new trends, talk about how great things were back in your day... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by The AppGap)
Wilton, CT-based Greenfield Online (NASDAQ: SRVY), which owns a network of Internet-based consumer survey and comparison shopping sites, announced a complex sequence of changes today. The company is backing out of a previously announced merger with New... (posted on 29 Aug 2008 by Xconomy)

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