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Ticked Off at Tick the Box Mentality 04/02/2008 13:01:15
Does your executive search firm know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients?Does your executive search firm know its MIS managers from its elbow? Does it even know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients? - +
How to Get Real About Strategic Planning 04/02/2008 12:50:59
Everyone agrees that having a strategic plan for IT is a good thing but most CIOs approach the process with fear and loathing. In fact, the majority of CIOs (and the enterprises they work for) are faking it when it comes to strategic planning. Isn't it time we all got real?Oh, it must be nice to be the CIO of a FedEx or a GE or a Credit Suisse. Places where IT and the business are so tightly aligned you can barely tell the two apart. Where corporate leaders understand that IT is a strategic asset and support it as such - +
Strategies for Dealing With IT Complexity 24/12/2007 10:30:47
Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business. - +
Toxic Mix or Bit of a Mixed Blessing? 31/12/2007 10:36:30
“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . ” The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but even so it makes “for a charm of powerful trouble”"Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . " The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, but even so it makes "for a charm of powerful trouble"
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SourceForge's open-source, project-hosting Web site now has an eBay-like marketplace, where users can offer support services for sale.
The marketplace is built into SourceForge.net and had been in beta since earlier this year. Initially, the company invited selected projects to create listings, in order to "stock the shelves," said Mike Rudolph, SourceForge.net's vice president.
SourceForge's approach of having users interact directly with customers differs somewhat from that of Red Hat's Exchange, an online marketplace launched earlier this year. Through the site, Red Hat sells commercial open-source business software from a finite range of vendors, as well as related support.
Rudolph said there are slightly fewer than 700 listings on SourceForge's marketplace site right now. But SourceForge.net's sheer size -- it claims about 160,000 projects and 1.7 million registered users -- suggests there could soon be many more.
He expressed doubt that fraud and other concerns associated with online purchasing will afflict the site. "In my experience, online marketplaces tend to police themselves," said Rudolph, a former eBay employee.
It doesn't cost anything to post a listing on the marketplace, Rudolph said. Instead, SourceForge will take a commission on sales.
Rudolph said the commissions work under a tiered system, and average about 10 percent. He characterized the fees as "nominal," given the exposure and platform sellers receive.
"We are all about enabling success for the open-source development community," he said.
However, Rudolph said it's unclear precisely how the economics of open source will evolve.
"My point of view is that things are still relatively nascent," he said, adding that SourceForge is going after the proverbial long tail of the market -- smaller players and startups that may lack assets but drive innovation. "I don't think there's anyone serving the long tail right now but us," Rudolph asserted.
The marketplace represents another phase in SourceForge's evolution. The company, once called VA Software, changed its name earlier this year and said it planned to focus on its Web-based businesses, which also includes the popular tech news site Slashdot.
Rudolph would not say precisely how important the company believes this new venture will be to the bottom line. SourceForge.net initially made its money entirely through advertising.
"This is a long-term strategic play for us," he said. "We've done some staffing up to support this. Ultimately, our hope is that it affects the economics of our business. But we are not forecasting that revenue at the moment."
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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