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Google

Submission + - Is Google's Success an "Enigma"? (strategy-business.com)

porkrind writes: "Nick Carr, of 'Does IT Matter?' fame, has penned an article asking the question whether Google is a model for other companies to emulate or whether it's too much of an anomaly to be useful in a cross-industry sense. He also asks the question of whether Google's approach to management and innovation (much ballyhooed in many circles) is a cause or result of its success. The answer to whether your company should emulate Google is, perhaps unsurprisingly, "it depends." His analysis and logic leading to that conclusion are definitely a thought-provoking read. His ultimate conclusion is that Google's success is much more attributable to its leading-edge IT operations than any of the hype you may read about in glossy journals."
Google

Submission + - The Google Enigma (strategy-business.com)

porkrind writes: "Nick Carr, of 'Does IT Matter?' fame, has penned an article asking the question of whether Google is a model for other companies to emulate or whether it's too much of an anomaly to be useful in a cross-industry sense. He also asks the question of whether Google's approach to management and innovation (much ballyhooed in many circles) is a cause or result of its success. The answer to whether your company should emulate Google is, perhaps unsurprisingly, "it depends." His analysis and logic leading to that conclusion are definitely a thought-provoking read. His ultimate conclusion is that Google's success is much more attributable to its leading-edge IT operations than any of the hype you may read about in glossy journals."
Businesses

Submission + - The Hows vs. the Whys? (hyperic.com)

porkrind writes: "What sorts of personality traits do you look for when you hire employees in IT? Or do you feel that judging a potential new hire on personality is ethically wrong? This blog post suggests a system that looks for 2 archetypes to fill IT roles: the "hows" who only focus on 'making it go' with whatever they've been given and the "whys" who question every methodology and are responsible for building new stuff, which the "hows" will then deploy. TFBP implies that these traits can be detected in an interview process, even though all of them may possess very similar resumes. Is this even possible? Or is "hows" vs "whys" a false dichotomy?"
United States

Submission + - Open Letter to California Media: You Suck (bytesfree.org)

cyrusmack writes: "During the rise and fall of AB 1668, California's open formats bill, the media misrepresented the struggle in the simplistic form of industry goliaths engaging in market warfare — without giving proper due to the — some would say obvious — moral issues at play. In this open letter, I have taken them to task for their piss-poor efforts and lack of basic critical thinking skills. Some would say we cannot expect better, but I say we have to expect better and yell about it when they don't meet expectations; otherwise nothing will change. Read the full text here"
Java

Submission + - CNET 1997: Java is Dead! (java.net)

porkrind writes: "David Herron has a great post on his blog at java.net. David uncovered an old CNET article listing 10 technologies that "don't stand a chance" with Java, of course, being one. It would seem that the death of Java has been foretold multiple times for at least 10 years now. One wonders how long it needs to survive before someone admits, "well, perhaps this Java thing will make it after all.""
Announcements

Submission + - Hyperic HQ 3.1 Named Best Systems Management Tool (hyperic.com)

porkrind writes: "Hyperic HQ 3.1, the GPL'd software released early this week, was named the Best Systems Management Tool in the Product Excellence Awards at LinuxWorld Expo, beating out OpenNMS and Splunk 3.0. This marked the first time that Hyperic HQ was entered into the contest, which featured products from exhibitors at LinuxWorld Expo and NGDC in San Francisco."
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Why Digital Rights are Human Rights

Cyrus Mack writes: "I've written a paper on why access to information should be recognized explicitly as a basic human right. Laws should protect citizens from oppressive governments that wish to restrict these rights. If we don't do this, we risk scores of disenfranchised people with no means to fully participate in our digital society. This puts them at a severe disadvantage. Legislation such as California's AB 1668 must be supported and rights protected."
Software

Submission + - Watch MS in Action vs CA's open standards bill

Cyrus Mack writes: "Watch MS lobbyists and their friends in all their disengenuous glory as they explain to this California assembly committee why open standards are bad. Their arguments? * Sun is doing this to give themselves a competitive advantage * proponents of ODF have stifled Microsoft's efforts with standards bodies * The market is addressing the issue anyway, so legislation is unnecessary Never mind the fact that OOXML, should it be approved by the ISO, would most likely qualify under AB 1668, the bill under discussion. Why does Microsoft fight for standards acceptance on one hand, and then against it with the other?"
Software

Submission + - Pitched Battle Over California AB 1668

Cyrus Mack writes: "Microsoft has raised its ugly head once again in the battle over California AB 1668. The Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy debated AB 1668 for a full hour on Tuesday, with lengthy arguments on both sides. Due to some fierce opposition, AB 1668 has now been reduced in scope to a pilot project involving a few state agencies, including the state CIO. See bytesfree.org for details. Sun was in full voice supporting the bill while Microsoft brought out the usual suspects. Please, for the love of God, California residents, write your state assembly member."
Democrats

Submission + - California AB 1668 Amended - Hearing on April 17

porkrind writes: "California AB 1668, which would require that state agencies use open formats, has been amended, according to this post on bytesfree.org. (see full text of amended bill) The biggest change appears to be the criteria of what qualifies as "open". Section 1 (a)(3) now reads "(3) Fully and independently implemented by multiple software providers on multiple platforms without any intellectual property restrictions for necessary technology. An 'intellectual property restriction' does not include a right retained by the holder of a patent or copyright to terminate a license or covenant with any person or entity that brings a claim of patent or copyright infringement against the holder." AB 1668 will be included with a group of IT bills in a 4/17 hearing by the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. The hearing is open to the public :)"
Announcements

Submission + - Hyperic Chosen over Openview, Nagios

porkrind writes: "Jack Loftus has a story at SearchEnterpriseLinux about how a company's IT dept (mynewplace.com) had problems with its systems management setup but didn't want to pay an exhorbitant fee for monitoring its data center. Their solution? Bypassing HP Openview in favor of Hyperic HQ. As companies discover that they no longer have to pay huge sums of money for systems management, expect a lot more of these types of stories."
Media

Submission + - What is Next Generation Data Center?

porkrind writes: "So apparently, while I wasn't looking, someone coined YABW (Yet Another BuzzWord) — "Next Generation Data Center" which sounds kind of like a web 2.0 wannabe. And hey, it must be real, because there's now a conference by the same name. Not to mention an essay contest giving away $5K. All kidding aside, is it real? What exactly does it mean? From my brief readings, there's some talk about virtualization and... not much else, except for the usual fluff from HP, Cisco and others. What the hell is it? Is it just virtual appliances?"

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