Tags: IP, Alan Friedman, CIO, frame relay, MPLS, Verizon Business, Multiprotocol Label Switching

Listen to John Giere address:
* Key findings on user-trends from current market studies and analysis.
* Enterprise applicability of the “Me” network for the “We” experience.
* Opportunities and challenges to creating a “Me/We” network.
* Benefits of embracing an SDE for the “Me/We” experience.

For more information visit:
www.alcatel-lucent.com/servicestransformation

Tags: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Service Delivery Environment, SDE, John Giere, Alcatel-Lucent

Tags: Jeff Meier, Fujitsu, Verizon Business

Tags: CIRA, Danbury, Intel, Josh Hilliker, vpro

Tags: brand engagement, Brian Haven, forrester marketing forum, Jennifer Jones, Marketing Voices, Nike, social media

ConceptShare was my favorite thing at the recent Office 2.0 Conference. Here I run into Bernie Aho, co-founder of ConceptShare, at the Mix BlogZone last week and he gave me a short demo. ConceptShare lets you work with designers on, say, a brochure, or a Web site design, or other design elements and projects.

Tags: ConceptShare, Office 2.0, Bernie Aho

Tags: John Doerr, Mike Moritz, venture capital

Tags: Xbox 360, Blu-Ray, Asus, Rio Pesino, Grand Theft Auto, Nintendo Wii

A virtual desktop is one where all computing happens remotely. It contains a very simple screen that allows you to replace the heavy workstations that are currently being used by the majority of companies. Virtual desktops provide a “virtual” space, in which the user can place all their application software. The most compelling argument that vendors use to convince organizations to buy in to this solution is the fact that all the data and applications are in one secure location. Someone can still manage all of their employee’s desktops, even when the computer is off.

The recent trend has been for companies to move to Windows Vista. This allows an organization to keep the same hardware, which is a viable solution to cut costs. So, why are some people hesitant to invest in this? The answer seems to be that virtual desktops are not a “one size fits all” solution - but there are ways for easy implementation, which is where BearingPoint comes in. We assist with the pain points or doubts that an organizations goes through. It is our goal to assist with the development of a strategic roadmap that brings the client all the way through the deployment. We bring our expertise to the table to ensure the transition is smooth and that our clients are on their way to cost-saving success.

Tags: BearingPoint, Laurent Mandorla, virtual desktops, virtualization

Many of the best young scientists from around the world will attend, selected through regional science fairs for a wide range of skills, from identifying and addressing important scientific challenges or questions to using organized and logical thought to reach conclusions. The participants in Intel ISEF are very likely to be tomorrow’s leaders in technology, medicine and health, agriculture, environmental science and engineering.

During Intel ISEF, their work will be judged by professional scientists who will look for gifted communicators with excellent foundational understanding in specific research and the scientific process.

No matter what the judges decide, however, participants in the annual event will benefit from meeting their peers from around the world, hearing from Nobel laureates and scientists involved in the same kinds of research as theirs, and also creating lasting memories, like those found on the blog of 2004 ISEF alum (and member of a Fourth Award-winning team) Jayson Reggie Obos.

Here’s more information about the science fair as well as a quick look at recent ISEF events, including the 2007 Intel ISEF in Albuquerque, N.M.

Tags: Oren Shriki, Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, science fair, environmental science, Nobel laureate

What have you done? Where have you been? That’s what Meosphere wants you to tell it. Here, Founder and CEO Eric Eliason shows us the Meosphere.

Other posts from a year ago:
Keeping track of your life with Meosphere’s CEO
Collaborative design app wows at Mix
Compete’s charts Web traffic trends
Talking about tracking Web site traffic/trends with Compete

Tags: Meosphere, Eric Eliason

Tags: mobile, mobile entertainment, Marketing Voices, Phluant Mobile, David Breckling

Tags: Game Crazy, Grand Theft Auto IV, The Reboot, Rio Pesino, GTA IV

Mike Cordano, CEO and co-founder of Fabrik shows me the new SimpleTech’s software and we talk about the storage, er, hard drive, business and how they are trying to differentiate themselves with software that makes backing up and finding files easier.

Other posts from a year ago:
Attention security experts: BlueLane protects your virtual machines
The day the Web changed

Tags: Mike Cordano, Fabrik, SimpleTech

The question that is most asked is, “How can we prevent it?” While rogue trading cannot be prevented, one can change the environment so that there is less incentive to engage in this act. In most organizations today, there is enough incentive to continue this type of trading because the proper controls have not been put into effect. An organization needs to be aware of activities that are outside of the norm and be knowledgeable of significant gains and losses. With the proper controls, a rogue trader can be identified and stopped before irreparable damage has occurred.

With most laws, there are ways to police them. We need to do this with trading, too. The controls need to be visible so that employees know that people are looking out for this type of behavior, but not too visible where an employee can identify ways to get around it. The most important element of policing this type of behavior is data mining. With the right technology, data mining can identify any odd behavior. The investment in the proper technology will allow companies to identify the culprits once they have engaged in unlawful behavior and before the company’s image has been tainted.

Tags: data mining, Andy Sanderson, BearingPoint, Rogue Traders

If you use photo sharing sites you might not be aware of some of the kinds of stories you can create with your photography. Here, Simple Star’s CEO, Chad Richard, shows me how to use his company’s service, PhotoShow, to create really great photo stories.

Other posts from a year ago:
Talking with Simple Star CEO about photo shows

Tags: Simple Star, Chad Richard

I was one of the few outsiders to visit eBay and witness an internal “Demo Expo.” The Demo Expo was a way for employees to come up with a new technology or feature and show it off to eBay’s employees and executives. I picked my favorite four teams, and this is one of them. Thanks to eBay’s Disruptive Innovations team, which is the one that put together the Demo Expo and invited me along. The only rule was that these projects had to use eBay’s standard publicly-available APIs.

Here Neel Sundaresan, distinguished research scientist, eBay Research Labs, shows me Emosi Sosial, which is like a tag cloud, but shows me very quickly whether a seller is highly regarded or not in the areas most important to the interested buyer.

Other posts from a year ago:
eBay Demo Expo: Second Life prototype
eBay Demo Expo: Prototype eBay Toolbar
The details behind eBay’s Demo Expo, internal innovation competition
eBay Demo Expo: EXCLUSIVE: New eBay Web 2.0 To Go Widget now shipping

Tags: eBay, Demo Expo, Disruptive Innovations, Neel Sundaresan, tag cloud

Tags: Intel, David Jenkins, Energy Efficient Technologies, Eco-Technology, Server Platforms

Sourcing and procurement cost takeout is very easy to understand at the strategic level. One needs to identify where an organization can consolidate spend, use enterprise leverage to negotiate lower unit cost, and then direct the users to purchase from the new enterprise contract. However, in a large global institution, with a fair degree of autonomy in the business units, these tasks can be very difficult to implement. Many companies use leading practices in isolated pockets throughout the enterprise. We look at Sourcing and Procurement across 11 different attributes using an enterprise maturity model to help clients understand their position relative to leading industry practices, determine the maturity level goals of the client and develop a multi-year roadmap to achieve those goals.

For those who want to reduce cost and improved performance, there is some solid advice that we can offer. Sourcing and procurement cost takeout is very easy to understand at the strategic level, but very difficult to implement in a large global institution, with a fair degree of autonomy in the business. BearingPoint informs their clients to focus on four key areas, if they want to achieve their cost takeout goals. The four areas are to develop a case for change, align executive management around the case, create a multi-year roadmap and possibly the most important, make sure the project has a disciplined benefits realization process in place. The users and stakeholders must see the financial benefit of the transformation, because everyone will ask themselves, “Is the pain worth the gain.” Executives need to see the quantitative analysis to say “yes” - the pain is worth the gain.

Tags: BearingPoint, Bill Stotzer

Tags: BSG, LSI Logic, Nortel, SMB

Tags: Forrester, forrester marketing forum, Interactive Web Design, Jennifer Jones, Kerry Bodine, Marketing, Marketing Voices, social media

Here we continue our Photowalk around Half Moon Bay with a 600mm monster lens where we take photos of people looking at tide pools, stunt bikers jumping over rocks, and more surfers. All while meeting some of the 25 people who showed up for the Photowalk. Next Photowalk, by the way, is on Sunday, April 29th, at the Half Moon Bay airport where we’ll be shooting some of 2,000 “dream machines.” You’re welcome to come along. Meet at the front gate of dream machines at 9 a.m., or call Scoble at 425-205-1921 to join in.

Tags: Photowalk, Half Moon Bay

Ely Greenfield, Flex architect, David Wadhwani, vice president of Flex Product Line, and Mike Chambers, senior product manager, developer relations, walk to the whiteboard and give us a look at Adobe Flash’s architecture and give further details about what is being open sourced.

Other posts from a year ago:
Breaking News: Adobe Flash (Flex) goes Open Source

Tags: Ely Greenfield, Flex, David Wadhwani, whiteboard, Adobe

The employee on-boarding process is a great concern for most organizations. The concern being that there is not a single owner of this process, so it is essential to get every responsible party involved. A company needs to ensure that groups such as procurement, real estate for seat assignment, and IT for computer set up are all engaged. In the past, an email was sent company-wide and the manager of the new hire assumed all tactical objectives would be completed. As many companies soon found out, this was hardly ever the case.

BearingPoint has partnered with Oracle to provide a solution to on-boarding that involves a precise architecture that serves as the foundation of your central system. This architecture provides a single point of access and serves as a new hire portal for both the employee and the company. This system serves as a tracker for what needs to be done and what has been completed to ensure a smooth transition for your new hire.

Tags: human resources, BearingPoint, Randy Nease, on-boarding, Oracle

Tags: Midway, Mortal Kombat, Nintendo, NPD Group, Olympics, Pro Gamers, Rio Pesino, The Reboot, TNA iMPACT, Wii