Goodbye XP… Ten Days to Go
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT strategy, Microsoft on June 20, 2008 at 2:25 pm
As of June 30, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream notebooks and desktops. Retailers will also have only until their current supply is exhausted to sell boxed copies of the operating system. Despite a brief “Save XP” movement (and continued criticism of Windows Vista from many corners), it appears that Microsoft is not going to change the deadline, which is now just 10 days away. Read more
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Loading ...Whatever Happened to Market Research?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Business processes, Google on June 5, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Surely, there are two words which describe how the Google search engine has caught the imagination of the global village- simple and brilliant! Read more
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Loading ...Ahhh, the Wonders of Technology!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, business goals, Business processes on May 21, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Ahhh, the wonders of technology! I can sit and write this blog whilst waiting for an RAC man to fix my broken down car, stranded as I am, on a London arterial car park. Whatever happened to the boast that we would all be rescued from roadside boredom within 40 minutes? Read more
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Loading ...Power Cuts and Programming
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Computer power on May 15, 2008 at 11:58 am
What do power cuts and shortages in South Africa have to do with computing in the UK?
An odd comparison you might think. But consider the situation where electricity is rationed, or at least in short supply, as is the case in South Africa. How would you handle keeping household and office equipment functioning under such conditions? UPS’s don’t generally work for a two hour stretch. How would you ensure that your workforce maintains a semblance of productivity without functioning tools? Read more
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Loading ...Large Offices, Glass, Chrome, and Furniture from Star Trek
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT strategy, business goals on May 8, 2008 at 9:14 am
This week I attended a meeting within the offices of one of the UK’s largest software houses. Having never been there before I was struck with how impressive the building appears as you approach by road. It is an imposing and formidable structure, very angular and much glass. This feat of modern architecture is in stark contrast to the barren “wasteland” that surrounds it.
Even before entering the building, everything about the construction speaks size. Read more
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Loading ...You cannot be serious!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Microsoft Dynamics, IT Success, business goals, Microsoft on March 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm
“The biggest decision we’ve made is to push into business applications,” declared Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Dynamics-based Convergence conference in Florida last week. “I still get asked “is Microsoft a serious player in business applications?’” The answer it seems is, yes. “This is mission-critical for us,” thundered Ballmer. (myCustomer.com 18/03/08)
The question of whether Microsoft is serious about business software is really a non-starter. Read more
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Loading ...Microsoft’s Answer to the Google Challenge
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Microsoft Dynamics, Business processes, Microsoft on March 16, 2008 at 7:44 pm
In 2007, Google threw down the gauntlet to Microsoft. After years of denying that it was after the Microsoft Office space, the gloves came off, and following a spate of acquisitions incorporating word processing, spreadsheet, and other applications, the free bundle was revealed to the world as “Google Apps”. Read more
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Loading ...Live the Dream
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in CRM, IT Success, IT strategy, business goals, Business processes on March 6, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Every business has a dream. If not, why bother spending so much time and effort on something which other people are doing already? The difference is some businesses are ‘living the dream’ whilst others merely ‘talk the dream’. Allow me to explain. Read more
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Loading ...“Where There’s a Will…”
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, business goals on February 21, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Another day and another government IT project running into trouble! Many of you might be expecting now a list of 10 reasons why projects fail or succeed, but I will not go down that route. Instead, there were two meetings I had this week which illustrate the difference between success and failure in business projects, or rather the potential for both. Read more
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Loading ...Microsoft and Yahoo! What’s the end game?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT strategy, business goals, Collaboration, Microsoft on February 11, 2008 at 10:26 am
Let’s say for arguments sake that Microsoft is successful in its takeover of Yahoo! Where does Microsoft see the end game? Granted that the biggest driver here is advertising revenue, but is that it? Will we get a Google imitation - just some software originally developed ‘the old way’, client-server and standalone products, others online apps? Read more
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