Information Technology CertificationThere is a growing industry in the field of information technology training for certification. The market is enormous with online certification training, textbooks, practice exam question and study guides. Products and services for certification training and preparation are many to choose from on the Internet. You can find many online instructors, textbooks, study [...]
Nothing ever remains staid for long in the realm of internet search. Only this afternoon, a little-known firm called Microsoft, is interested in building its online advertising empire with the acquisition / merger (depending on what report you read) of another little company you may have heard of, called Yahoo!
This is indeed, [...]
Software giant Microsoft has lost its appeal against the European Commission at the Court of first instance and due to its anti-competitive actions it has been ordered to pay a £345 million fine.
“The court of first instance essentially upholds the commission’s decision finding that Microsoft abused its dominant position”- Court’s statement.
Over the [...]
Microsoft Goes SAASy
Flashback
Used to being the unchallenged leader during the early days of information technology, Microsoft never had it as easy since the advent of the internet. No matter the hot new internet technology, Microsoft was forever caught napping. It was never the innovator and forever a laggard in terms of success. Google [...]
Imagine yourself wanting to run an airline company – a budding Freddy Laker. What do you need? Well, planes of course, but let’s say you have a bundle of these. What do you really need to make them work?
That’s right – pilots! So how are you going to train them? Will you introduce them to [...]
In order to turn leads into customers, you need to understand exactly what the customers want and rapidly set the wheels turning to provide what is wanted in the minimum of time. This, of course, is a simplistic view, so let’s have a look at more detail and how CRM can help achieve the desired [...]
Recently Google (GOOG) acquired the assets and technology of Zingku, a mobile social network startup that helps users organize their social life via the Web and text messaging. The Zingku service has been in private beta and new user accounts are currently frozen.
This is not the first time Google has acquired an early-stage startup [...]
Microsoftâs effort to facilitate further penetration in the ERM market and SAPâs lurk to enter new markets is now off to bin. The so called Microsoft – SAP merger in air would have been a well fitted deal if there werenât any cultural and legal boundaries. But sadly itâs on hold, at least for the [...]
Entertainment is an integral part of our lives. In fact, there are various forms of entertainment that existed during the pre-colonial era, such as watching opera and musical theater plays. Betting is also an active recreation during the colonial times. It is designed to provide pleasure to individuals of varying age groups and areas of [...]
The Linux Foundation announced April 8 its annual sponsorship of independent IDC predictions about how the Linux ecosystem will grow over time. The answer is “a lot” but exactly what you’d expect in relationship to the UNIX ecosystem.
I usually measure Linux/UNIX usage growth/decline by following the IDC quarterly view of server shipments. The clear [...]
