http://enterpriseinnovator.com/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:01:27 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15410&sectionID=25 Hong Kong (.hk) domain has jumped 28 places as the most dangerous place to surf and search on the web according to a new McAfee Inc. (NYSE: MFE) report called... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:42:14 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15386&sectionID=269 The French regulator has chosen the TV channels for its first DVB-H multiplex, and delayed as it might be, almost a year or so late, and it possibly won’t make... Wed, 28 May 2008 20:35:23 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15385&sectionID=269 Sony seems to have engineered a key first step in the bid by cable operators in the US, to free themselves from the long term set top control exercised by... Wed, 28 May 2008 20:33:26 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15402&sectionID=269 Attendees of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year might have easily overlooked what could become a huge success. Modu, an ultracompact cell phone launched by the Israeli... Tue, 27 May 2008 21:09:17 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15389&sectionID=269 The New York Times had a great article on Sunday about the success of Pure Digital Technologies “Flip Video” camcorder. The article’s basic message: Pure Digital has created a big... Mon, 26 May 2008 20:43:52 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15189&sectionID=5 EnterpriseInnovator spoke with John Haydock, Control Systems Engineering Manager with Rea Magnet Wire. Rea Magnet Wire makes wire, as it has since the 1930s -- and as such, it needs to maintain its competitive edge by using new technologies, and streamlining... Fri, 23 May 2008 16:13:46 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15390&sectionID=269 Watch a video interview with A.G. Lafley at the bottom of this post. This morning I did the "Q" part of a 75-minute Q&A session with P&G CEO A.G. Lafley.... Wed, 21 May 2008 20:45:46 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15208&sectionID=25 Spyware, viruses and worms continue to plague most organizations, but security challenges tied to the use of handheld devices and mobile and remote computing are growing at a rapid pace,... Tue, 20 May 2008 17:08:04 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15208&sectionID=269 Spyware, viruses and worms continue to plague most organizations, but security challenges tied to the use of handheld devices and mobile and remote computing are growing at a rapid pace,... Tue, 20 May 2008 17:08:04 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15201&sectionID=269 According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, technologies such as NFC are enabling a completely new segment of mobile applications - proximity services or local... Tue, 20 May 2008 16:52:31 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15204&sectionID=5 Not long ago, I was sitting across from the CEO of a media company. He showed enormous pride in the social value of his organization - in delivering news to... Sun, 18 May 2008 17:01:44 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15188&sectionID=5 We spoke with Roy Kok, the Vice President of marketing for Kepware Technologies. Kok has been working in the automation industry now for more than three decades, and has worked... Fri, 16 May 2008 16:12:21 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15197&sectionID=5 Is any Web site safe?  That was the question posed in a recent article I read after it was reported that net criminals are now targeting major well known Web site destinations.... Wed, 14 May 2008 16:45:21 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15197&sectionID=25 Is any Web site safe?  That was the question posed in a recent article I read after it was reported that net criminals are now targeting major well known Web site destinations.... Wed, 14 May 2008 16:45:21 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15205&sectionID=5 JavaOne wrapped up on Friday. We hosted individuals from across the globe, and from every industry: consumer electronics and gaming, to enterprise IT, space exploration, factory automation, the automotive industry,... Tue, 13 May 2008 17:04:24 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15195&sectionID=5 Recently both Apple and Lenovo introduced some very thin laptops; the MacBook Air and the Lenovo x300. The MacBook Air is a very elegant looking machine. Very sleek. To make... Tue, 13 May 2008 16:39:24 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15191&sectionID=269 Today HP announced the acquisition of EDS and this was in stark contrast to the process Microsoft used to acquire Yahoo. Execution: This merger significantly closes the competitive advantage IBM... Tue, 13 May 2008 16:19:51 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15391&sectionID=269 The Fortune 500 issue had a fascinating story about Amazon.com. “It’s easy to believe that Jeff Bezos is one of the great innovators,” the story noted. “But that’s not exactly... Mon, 12 May 2008 20:47:14 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15196&sectionID=5 In these postings, so far I have talked about four basic beliefs or “principles” that are key to effective executive management and leadership: reward, knowing and believing why you’re in the... Fri, 09 May 2008 16:41:19 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15206&sectionID=5 We made some big announcements this week at our annual developer forums, CommunityOne and JavaOne. I thought I'd highlight a couple in particular. We announced the first commercial release of... Thu, 08 May 2008 17:05:29 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15384&sectionID=269 So Sprint Nextel and Clearwire finally created their much anticipated joint venture, keeping the hopes for a genuine mobile broadband challenge to the US telcos alive, and striking a blow... Wed, 07 May 2008 20:32:05 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15383&sectionID=269 Nokia has made a major breakthrough for its Ovi mobile web services portal, getting formerly hostile T-Mobile International on its side. The two companies have signed a Europe-wide content and... Wed, 07 May 2008 20:29:41 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15392&sectionID=269 If you work in a large company and you want to become humble quickly, check out Stall Points, a fascinating stream of research by the Corporate Executive Board that was... Tue, 06 May 2008 20:49:19 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15202&sectionID=269 According to new a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of cellular network connections used for machine-to-machine communication will grow from 37.5 million connections in 2007... Tue, 06 May 2008 16:55:27 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15194&sectionID=269 Building B, renamed Sezmi, comes out of stealth mode with a wholesale service that not only merges broadcast with on-demand and Internet content but also cleverly uses hybrid delivery combining... Mon, 05 May 2008 16:26:38 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15207&sectionID=5 We announced the results of our third fiscal quarter (Q3) on Thursday last week, and the results weren't what I, or any of us, wanted. As you can read in... Sun, 04 May 2008 17:06:23 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15193&sectionID=269 There are plenty of reasons why SMEs should find bundled services attractive. Clearly incumbents think so, as bundling forms the main focus of their current SME strategies. We feel that SMEs... Fri, 02 May 2008 16:25:45 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15192&sectionID=269 On 10 April 2008, Emcore announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rest of Intel's Optical Platform Division (OPD) and its Connects Cable business. The acquisition... Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:42 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15182&sectionID=5 Found as standard on nearly any portable device you can think of, Bluetooth has come of age: It is now the automatic choice for wireless device interoperability. Cost-efficient and robust... Fri, 02 May 2008 14:59:00 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15387&sectionID=269 Within a few years, a fully broadband mobile internet will be taken for granted by users in many parts of the world, and operators are already gearing up to put... Thu, 01 May 2008 20:37:09 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15199&sectionID=5 Our brain is an amazing marvel that provides us the wisdom necessary to navigate the river of life.  Until recently though, research around how humans handle risks they encounter was... Thu, 01 May 2008 16:49:58 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15199&sectionID=25 Our brain is an amazing marvel that provides us the wisdom necessary to navigate the river of life.  Until recently though, research around how humans handle risks they encounter was... Thu, 01 May 2008 16:49:58 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15198&sectionID=5 It is uncanny how many familiar faces I saw as I roamed the show floor at Interop on Wednesday. It is my second time at this event as McAfee’s CEO. While... Thu, 01 May 2008 16:47:32 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15198&sectionID=25 It is uncanny how many familiar faces I saw as I roamed the show floor at Interop on Wednesday. It is my second time at this event as McAfee’s CEO. While... Thu, 01 May 2008 16:47:32 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15183&sectionID=5 This is part two of our profile of Chris Ruff, the CEO of UIEvolution. Prior to joining UIEvolution, Ruff was co-founder and CEO of Aptelix Inc., a software startup specializing in... Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15393&sectionID=269 In May, Nintendo will seek to expand its successful strategy of expanding the video game market by launching the U.S. version of “Wii Fit.” All signs suggest that Nintendo’s strategy... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:50:23 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15190&sectionID=269 Carly Fiorina was forced out of HP as the CEO but prior to that not only was she one of the most powerful women in business she was one of... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:17:43 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15148&sectionID=5 Companies are investing in Enterprise Architecture (EA) to align business goals and IT projects, enable SOA initiatives, gain transparency over the IT landscape and the business architecture, develop high-level models... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:33:16 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15394&sectionID=269 “What’s best practice?” Just about any manager seeking to improve corporate performance has fielded this question from leadership. The theory is that the manager should find a successful company, find... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:51:49 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15388&sectionID=269 Mobile TV technologies have multiplied rather than consolidated, and despite an early dominant lead by DVB-H, in what seemed a two horse race with Korea’s T-DMB, there are now at... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:39:30 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15156&sectionID=269 Over the past few months, PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff, columnist John C. Dvorak, and I have all weighed in on the current debate about whether or not the iPhone... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:50:41 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15167&sectionID=269 The confidence with which Sony strode onto the stage at its pre-show National Association of Broadcaster (NAB) annual event in Las Vegas, said much about how the Blu-ray win has... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:14:13 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15166&sectionID=269 The two powerful groupings that are chasing the standard for what we feel is likely to be THE US standard for mobile TV, the ATSC extension called M/H for mobile... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:12:31 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15395&sectionID=269 I thought I’d write a short post providing some immediate reflections from an interesting panel discussion I facilitated today. The panel, titled “Innovation: Change Happens,” featured Dow Corning Chairman, CEO... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:54:16 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15165&sectionID=269 The success of any technology platform in the 4G world was always going to be decided partly by its IPR policies, given the heavy burden that patent royalties have placed... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:11:10 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15164&sectionID=269 Two of Europe’s major chip manufacturers, STMicro and NXP, are to place their wireless activities into a joint venture, though with ST owning 80% of the combined company, the deal... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:00 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15396&sectionID=269 The market reacted with surprise today when it emerged that Blockbuster has offered about $1 billion to purchase electronics retailer Circuit City. The potential deal threatens to distract both companies... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:55:49 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15147&sectionID=5 We recently had the privilege of speaking with Chris Ruff, the CEO of UIEvolution. He’s been with the company since its founding eight years ago, starting off as employee number... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:25:04 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15162&sectionID=5 Today is the opening day of the MySQL User Conference - so I thought I'd describe a recent customer interaction related to the acquisition.   A few weeks ago, I... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:00:57 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15159&sectionID=25 In Las Vegas, green isn’t just the color of money. It’s also an emerging trend in corporate events and conferences in the city. As part of our ongoing corporate Green... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:55:03 -0400