A post by David Carr of The New York Times titled “A TV Schedule in the Hands of Whoever Holds the Remote” caught my eye this week. Carr points out that this is a sweeps month for TV, with ratings compilations set to help determine advertising rates. But viewing habits, he notes, are changing, and the ratings system doesn't really accommodate that.
The State Opening of Parliament in London last week was a grand occasion. Her Majesty the Queen donned the Crown Jewels and rode in state, escorted by her Foot and Horse Guards, to the Palace of Westminster. There, before the assembled Peers and Members, she read the Queen's Speech, laying out the legislative programme for the new session of Parliament.
When I first got into IT management, I was relatively comfortable as I was in charge of a fairly small group, all located together, responsible for a small, easily defined support area. As I moved up the chain, I became less comfortable. Juggling vendors, staff in multiple locations, maintenance vs. development tasks, and a broad range of technology and business needs all presented challenges. At that point, I began writing down and sharing the rules on how I'd like to operate. The following is that list, divided into various key categories. P.S.: It’s grown a bit over the years.
Recently at IBM Impact in Las Vegas, Scott Laningham and I had the opportunity to sit down with a wide variety of great speakers, including our senior VPs Steve Mills and Mike Rhodin, whose instant replays I've already shared.
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Facebook's IPO might change the way VCs look at funding fundamental Internet infrastructure research. If Facebook doesn't do well, VCs might move away from mindless flipping of social media startups and toward something serious. That could be good for everyone.
After a long run of significant growth, cellphone sales dipped by more than 1 percent this quarter, according to market research firm International Data Corp. The change will have a significant impact on vendors, such as Nokia and RIM, who have struggled recently.
Why are we hearing so much about WiFi roaming when what most users say they want is simply automatic registration and re-registration when they move into a hotspot? It may be because carriers want tablets to be made cellular-ready, to make it easier for someone to move from WiFi-only to 3G/4G.
High-performance computing has traditionally been the province of academia, but enterprises are now giving it a serious look. The interest is prompting several universities to consider offering HPC cloud services to private sector organizations.
ICANN is now offering refunds to new applicants for its top-level domain initiative, 10 years in the making, because the application system was taken offline due to a "glitch." ICANN has collected over $350 million in application fees, but we don't know what that number might be after refunds. Is this any way to run the Domain Name System?
Since the early days of television, Nielsen has reigned supreme in the ratings business. With the advent of the Internet, ComScore has emerged as a legitimate competitor. So, game on.
CIOs need to be developing their ROI metrics for cloud now. Why? Because there may be a number of "hidden" fees that need to be added to the vendor's user "per seat" cost.
The Oracle/Google lawsuit is about arcane issues like APIs, but the ramifications of a decision here could touch every single software developer and every piece of software on the Internet. We're going to have to review the decision closely; it could stop innovation in its tracks!
