I did a podcast with Michael Krigsman on his blog IT Project failures. We talked about SOA and how to prevent your SOA project from failing. You can read his commentary and listen to the podcast from Mike's post or just listen to the podcast below.Get... Enterprise Topics »

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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