The hits just keep on coming: SlideShare, the website for sharing PowerPoint presentations and other documents, has had a major makeover. The company has ditched Adobe Flash technology entirely, and rebuilt its website using the HTML5 markup language, SlideShare co-founder and CTO Jon Boutelle will announce at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference Tuesday. This means that SlideShare is now
Read More...Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 Our normal Friday feature usually involves a meandering story followed by some links. I’m going to pass on that today to honor the passing of Steve Jobs, who died on Wednesday at 56 years of age. He was a hero to me and many others. He indisputably made the world a better
Read More...Every year, Oracle OpenWorld offers thousands of sessions geared toward helping customers get the most out of their current IT infrastructure — and helping them make the most cost-effective and strategic IT investments going forward. Traditionally speaking, the who’s who of the Oracle ecosystem is present and engaged at Oracle OpenWorld. This year, MIPRO will be represented
Read More...How serious? Serious enough to take on IBM directly in no uncertain terms. Here’s Quentin Hardy writing for the NYTimes Business Day Technology column, regarding Larry Ellison’s OpenWorld opening remarks: “We want to take I.B.M. on in their strongest suit, microprocessors,” he said at Sunday’s opening of his OracleWorld trade show. The benchmark would be pure
Read More...This time, Apple has done a good job of keeping the next-gen iPhone a secret. Aside from some hints purportedly provided by Asian case-makers, a slip in iTunes code that suggest an ‘iPhone 4S’, and some wishful thinking about a new iPhone 5 that predicts the same approximate form factor as the MacBook Airs, we
Read More...From Oracle.com [PDF link]: The PeopleSoft Events and Notifications framework provides three features that can be configured and used to monitor business processes and create messages when unusual situations or errors occur within a PeopleSoft process or table. These messages can be routed to different users (PeopleSoft or non-PeopleSoft) to prompt the user to resolve the issue.
Read More...Warnings are in order. I have a head cold right now and my sinuses are filled with what I believe is construction glue, and I can focus on things for about 7 seconds before I cough or sniffle or reach for more Sudafed. Plus, I am traveling abroad currently, and this was written in the
Read More...This made the rounds about a week ago, but it’s too good to ignore. The Atlantic’s In Focus with Alan Taylor has a collection of 34 photos that underpin Vladimir Putin’s dashing social image. The former president and current prime minister of Russia has always had a colorful public face, but frankly, I had no
Read More...Some folks rank an upgrade right up there with routine maintenance on your car and a trip to the dentist. You know it has to be done, and everyone can tell you why you should do it, but it is just so darn hard to get motivated about it. Let’s be honest, you have heard
Read More...Steven W. Martin, writing for Harvard Business Review Blog Network: Based upon my research, experience, and observations, I estimate over 70 percent of top salespeople are born with “natural” instincts that play a critical role in determining their sales success. Conversely, less than 30 percent of top salespeople are self-made — meaning, they have had
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