It took several hours for IBM to build a list of 29 downloadable files. They started with a few and 5 hours later at least the list seems complete. Now that the list has been done IBM is working hard to get all files available for download too. I can't help but this reminds me a bit of Sledge Hammer...

Deflation has been the rule in high tech ever since I first programmed a multi-million dollar IBM 7090 forty-seven years ago which had less computing power than my current $100 watch. We high-techies have learned that we have to double the usefulness of what we sell every eighteen months if we want ...

According the Reuters, December domestic cars sales were the worst month in years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will cut plants. Reuters reports that Apple's (AAPL) Jobs tried to calm investors about his health. Reuters reports that China is making strategic use of commodity price collapses. Reut...

UCStrategies has a good post on the outlook for Unified Communications in 2009.  Some experts are saying that Unified Communications (and Web 2.0) are causing serious security issues for enterprises so I find that UCStrategies’ analysis is very compelling.  Here is the link to their outlook ...

In the years that I’ve been doing predictions, this round seems to be particularly difficult. Why? Well, the overall landscape is relatively depressing. For now at least, the days of new and interesting start-ups are on hold. The big guys aren’t exactly in an experimental mood. And even ...

Are you on Twitter? Have you perfected the art of communicating a lot in a few characters? Well how about putting that talent to good use, making the lives of your co-workers better ? I’m talking about… THE 2009 EMAIL BREVITY CHALLENGE What’s that? Simple, really: Keep your company...

Over the last several weeks I’ve received numerous questions from Sovereign Society subscribers, including individuals who frequent this daily blog. As we start 2009, I thought this would be an ideal forum to collect some of these important questions and attempt to give you my best conclusions. I ...

On December 31, 1958 we were celebrating New Year's Eve in the home of a friend, about a block from our apartment on Calle 4 in Miramar, a nice, middle class section of Havana.  I was thirteen, in the second year of high school of our more European-like educational system, which consisted ...

IBM and other companies have made a great first foray into the virtual space. But virtual worlds have yet to prove their full potential business value. Note the self-expression vs. value of context conversation fits. Five reasons enterprise virtual worlds currently fall short with respect to busines...

My FASTForward blogging colleague Bill Ives has an informative post up at the FASTForward blog titled "Deloitte Declares We Are in a Media Democracy", Deloitte of course being the major global consulting firm Deloitte Touche. . Deloitte Declares We Are in a “Media Democracy” Bill Ives ...