More on Globalization By Roger Strukhoff  Where technology
marketers could at one
time predict what was
going to happen in Europe
today simply by looking
at what happened in the
U.S. 18 months ago, then
add different measures of
additional months for
other global markets,
today they actually have
to do so... Oct. 27, 2005 10:00 PM Reads: 11,666 Replies: 1 |
Is Intel in Trouble? By Roger Strukhoff Intel is going through a
classic good news, bad
news phase. With record
earnings and strong
profits, the company is
nevertheless perceived to
be 'in trouble' with some
due to falling market
share and earnings that
just aren't quite strong
enough. Oct. 19, 2005 02:15 PM Reads: 8,325 Replies: 4 |
India's i-Technology
Triangle: Will India
Fail? By Roger Strukhoff SYS-CON West Coast Bureau
Chief recently spent some
time in India, talking to
developers and writers in
several cities about the
recent growth of the
country's IT outsourcing
industry and whether that
industry will continue to
grow and prosper in
coming years. Oct. 16, 2005 11:45 AM Reads: 16,423 Replies: 10 |
WebSphere Continuing to
Lead By Roger Strukhoff  Unification, integration,
clustering, connectivity.
These are words found
commonly in enterprise IT
and in this issue of
WebSphere Journal.
Picking up on last
month's Non-Theme theme,
we continue to provide
you with a variety of
articles that cover many
parts of t... Sep. 30, 2005 10:00 AM Reads: 10,670 |
Adieu Baidu? By Roger Strukhoff It's not too early to
start speculating about
the 2008 presidential
race in the U.S. So
perhaps it's not too
early to start
speculating about the
ultimate fate of
Baidu.com, the Chinese
search-engine company
that made a spectacular
IPO debut recently. Aug. 24, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 8,412 Replies: 1 |
Whose Globe/Sphere Is It,
Anyway? By Roger Strukhoff  A few months back I used
to this column to
cogitate about the nature
of a sphere. I
subsequently compared
that type of thinking to
the wrongheaded 'the
world is flat' new
paradigm that is going
around the world (so to
speak) because of a new
book with that offensi... Aug. 17, 2005 02:00 PM Reads: 13,341 |
No Theme, Just Lots of
Stuff By Roger Strukhoff  The idea of a 'pure'
application development
continues to lose meaning
in an enterprise IT world
that continues to try to
integrate legacy systems
with server networks,
local-area networks,
increasing varieties of
wireless networks and
devices, and the latest
new ... Aug. 17, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 11,991 |
SYS-CON i-Technology
Podcast August 14, 2005 By Roger Strukhoff Is Google responsible for
the information that its
technology uncovers?
Should it be working on
ways to protect
individual privacy? Maybe
not, but the company
certainly did not like
getting hoisted by its
own cyberpetard. Aug. 14, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 10,583 Replies: 1 |
SYS-CON i-technology
Podcast August 7, 2005 By Roger Strukhoff Is there a new round of
tulip mania in the high
technology markets? The
Sunday Essay examines the
implications of Baidu.com
and its spectacular first
day as a public company. Aug. 7, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 10,519 Replies: 1 |
Time Warner to Pay $2.4
Billion to Settle
AOL-Related Suit By Roger Strukhoff Well past the time when
it's been determined that
the AOL/Time Warner
combination maybe wasn't
such a good idea after
all, Time Warner may be
biting its final bullet
in paying out $2.4
billion to settle
litigation regarding
overstatement of revenue
in the wake of the
merger. Aug. 3, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 9,332 Replies: 1 |
SYS-CON i-Technology
Podcast - July 31, 2005 By Roger Strukhoff More than $7 trillion was
lost in the tech crash a
few years back. Now that
the industry is becoming
healthy again, is it also
returning to a very bad
habit of the dot-com
bubble era? Jul. 31, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 8,483 Replies: 1 |
What's This With Non-GAAP
Numbers? By Roger Strukhoff  Revenues and earnings
have been generaly
strong, even spectacular,
in the most recent
quarters for technology
companies. With interest
rates remaining low,
technology purchased in
the late 90s bubble at or
past the end of its
replacement cycle, and
innovation cont... Jul. 31, 2005 02:00 PM Reads: 9,420 Replies: 2 |
Blue Java By Roger Strukhoff  This month marks the 10th
Anniversary of the
JavaOne conference,
sponsored and controlled
by Sun Microsystems, and
an annual drawing card
for Java developers
worldwide. As someone who
played in a role in this
event?s launch, I am
always happy to see it
succeed, to... Jul. 29, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 11,858 |
HP's Hurd Announces
10-Percent Cut By Roger Strukhoff  New HP CEO Mark Hurd
announced a reduction in
HP's employment of 10
percent, to be
accomplished over the
next 18 months, and
mostly targeted
administrative
departments. He also
eliminated the company's
Customer Solutions Group,
in a continued effort to
restore a... Jul. 19, 2005 02:00 PM Reads: 9,466 Replies: 1 |
Dvorak on Java: "Not
Transforming, But
Popular" By Roger Strukhoff How relevant is Java to
enterprise IT? Is it just
another language, just
one of many ways of doing
things? Is it just one of
a mix in an overall way
of doing things, or is it
really a fundamentally
transforming technology?
SYS-CON.TV's Roger
Strukhoff asked industry... Jul. 11, 2005 07:15 PM Reads: 14,199 Replies: 3 |
Nasdaq Flat After All
These Years By Roger Strukhoff Five years now, going on
six, and we're still
treading water. By 'we'
the author means those
involved in the
technology community in
the U.S. By 'treading
water' he means the
Nasdaq index level, which
very stubbornly refuses
to leave the 2000 level.
Is it going to... Jul. 6, 2005 10:00 AM Reads: 9,963 Replies: 3 |
Microsoft Involved in
Censorship Controversy In
China By Roger Strukhoff Fresh out of a debate
over gay rights in its
home state, Microsoft now
finds itself in the midst
of a major censorship
issue in China.
Meanwhile, the company
continues to battle with
the EU over how it does
business, after putting
that issue to rest in the
U.S. a ... Jun. 20, 2005 09:30 AM Reads: 14,321 Replies: 1 |
Interview with Doug
Wilson, CTO Lotus
Software By Roger Strukhoff  WebSphere Journal
recently interviewed Doug
Wilson, distinguished
engineer and CTO of IBM's
Lotus Software Division
in Westford,
Massachusetts. Part 2 of
this interview addresses
Eclipse and other topics,
with concluding remarks
by WebSphere Portal IT
architect Ri... Jun. 7, 2005 04:45 PM Reads: 22,155 |
Final Thoughts? By Roger Strukhoff  Each month, as we reach
the end of the
publication cycle for the
print version of
WebSphere Journal, a
conversation ensues about
the nature of this
column, 'Final Thoughts.'
What should it be, who
should write it, should
it address daily reality
or long-term think... Jun. 7, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 14,561 |
Weekend Warriors By Roger Strukhoff  The amazing thing is that
anything gets done at
all. Software architects
and developers, analysts
and administrators, and
C-level executives all
share this core belief,
whether they publicly
state it or not. As we
approach the summer
months, one thinks of
weekends... Jun. 7, 2005 12:00 PM Reads: 12,648 |
Chen: "We Are Familiar
with the Pain Points" of
Enterprise Software By Roger Strukhoff Sybase CEO John Chen
delivered a keynote at
the recent CTIA
conference in New
Orleans, in which he
talked about the
importance of considering
the needs of the entire
enterprise when
considering wireless
application development. May. 31, 2005 01:00 AM Reads: 14,099 |
i-Technology Viewpoint:
Silicon Valley Recovering
Slowly By Roger Strukhoff The weather's still good
and the housing prices
continue to climb. But
the dot-com crash was far
more severe than any
previous dip in Silicon
Valley's fortunes. Will a
region that often takes
itself too seriously ever
be able to have fun
again? May. 30, 2005 10:00 PM Reads: 46,229 |
Sybase's Chen Addresses
Mobile Enterprise IT By Roger Strukhoff Sybase CEO John Chen
delivered a keynote at
the recent CTIA
conference in New
Orleans, in which he
talked about the
importance of considering
the needs of the entire
enterprise when
considering wireless
application development. May. 30, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 8,817 |
PalmOne's Colligan: "We
Want to be the Largest
Mobile Computing Company
in the World" By Roger Strukhoff PalmOne CEO Ed Colligan
spoke to a group of about
1,000 developers at the
recent PalmSource
developer?s conference in
San Jose. He drew
distinctions between
specific and general
categories, and outlined
a vision for future
growth. May. 30, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 8,792 |
VeriSign and Jamster
Endorse Best Practices
for Text Messaging By Roger Strukhoff Consumers need to be
protected from unwanted
opt-in and unethical
billing practices, it
seems, according to best
practices developed by
the Mobile Marketing
Association (MMA), in
cooperation with the
Washington, DC-based
lobbying organization
CTIA May. 27, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 10,167 |
An Exclusive Interview
With Doug Wilson On
SYS-CON.TV By Roger Strukhoff  WebSphere Journal
recently interviewed Doug
Wilson, Distinguished
Engineer and CTO of IBM's
Lotus Software Division
in Westford,
Massachusetts. Doug
Wilson Speaks About His
and Lotus's Background... May. 25, 2005 11:30 PM Reads: 20,801 |
Nothing Funny About Spam,
Says UK's OFT By Roger Strukhoff The British Office of
Fair Trading has
redoubled its efforts to
fight spam through its
London Action Plan, in
coordination with
businesses and other
governments. May. 25, 2005 09:00 PM Reads: 10,764 |
Deconstructing the Sphere By Roger Strukhoff  In the spirit of French
deconstructionist Jacques
Derrida, who died a few
months ago, let's indulge
ourselves in a little
wordplay of our own this
month. Don't worry, I
haven't read much of
Derrida's work, and am
hardly qualified to
comment on it. The good
news is... May. 16, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 10,865 |
IBM Is Ahead on All the
Scorecards By Roger Strukhoff  'If it were a fight,
they'd stop it.' This
expression is often
employed by sports
announcers during a
particularly lopsided
football or baseball
game, and also by market
watchers when one
business gets a clear
upper hand versus its
competitors. May. 16, 2005 02:00 PM Reads: 13,835 |
Tiger-Cats Owner Offers
Free Usage to Apple By Roger Strukhoff 'Nobody and no company
should have the exclusive
use of the word 'tiger.''
So says Bob Young, CEO of
Lulu.com and owner of the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Canadian professional
football team. May. 1, 2005 10:00 PM Reads: 13,837 Replies: 2 |
Bill Gates H-1B Remarks
Miss the Mark By Roger Strukhoff Bill Gates probably did
not want to speak in
front of politicians, and
even warned his audience
that he needed to be
careful. So let's not be
terribly hard on him.
But... Apr. 28, 2005 11:00 PM Reads: 26,933 Replies: 21 |
Software AG Chief SOA
Architect Speaks By Roger Strukhoff Web Services Journal
recently interviewed Theo
Beack, Software AG's new
Chief SOA Architect.
Beack will be heading a
new SOA Competency
Center, to be based in
the Washington, DC area.
The Center will draw on
the company's 30 years of
global experience in
developin... Apr. 27, 2005 10:00 PM Reads: 36,590 Replies: 1 |
Latest Connections
Conference Features AOL,
Yahoo, Intel By Roger Strukhoff The Connections
Conference is rolling
into the San Francisco
Bay Area May 11-13. This
event is focused on the
Digital Home and offers
one of more stimulating
programs of the year. Apr. 18, 2005 03:15 AM Reads: 8,970 |
Verizon CEO: Why Should
Your Cell Phone Work in
Your House? By Roger Strukhoff 'Why in the world would
you think your (cell)
phone would work in your
house?' Verizon CEO Ivan
Seidenberg said in an
interview in the San
Francisco Chronicle. Here
are at least three
reasons why... Apr. 16, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 14,123 |
Sun's James Gosling Wants
to Connect The World with
Java By Java News Desk; Roger Strukhoff Sun Javafather James
Gosling told discussed
ubiquitous computing, the
state of e-commerce, and
Java's potential role in
an increasingly connected
world to an audience in
attendance at a major
show in Brazil earlier
this week. Apr. 15, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 17,734 |
i-Technology Opinion: Is
IPTV the Real Story in
the Online World? By Roger Strukhoff The Internet is doing
many things for which it
was not originally
intended. Now, IPTV is
among the latest ideas
transforming the way
people receive
information and
entertainment. But is
IPTV the real story here? Apr. 15, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 17,518 |
Adobe Makes Latest Reader
Linux-Friendly By Roger Strukhoff Adobe decided to slight
Linux in version 6 of its
popular Reader program,
which enables millions
worldwide to view .pdf
files. But Linux support
is back in Version 7,
according to reports,
which is a smart
political move if not
particularly profitable. Apr. 14, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 11,003 |
Can New Siebel CEO
Deliver the Goods? By Roger Strukhoff Word comes this morning
that Paul Lawrie,
appointed CEO of Siebel
Systems less than one
year ago, is out, to be
replaced by longtime
board member George
Shaheen. The former
Andersen Consulting
leader and Webvan CEO was
named in the wake of a
disappointing quarter. Apr. 14, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 9,623 |
Microsoft Going Phishing;
Uses Trademark Law to
Chase Purported Online
Scammers By Roger Strukhoff; Security News Desk Microsoft has recently
filed more than 100
lawsuits against people
who have allegedly
created websites designed
to look like Microsoft
sites. The company's aim
is to stop phishing scams
that use Microsoft's name
in attempts to extract
personal information out
of ... Apr. 13, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 14,062 |
Is Microsoft's IP Bigger
than Sun's? By Roger Strukhoff A few weeks ago Sun
Microsystems announced
that it is making 1,600
patents available, while
IBM chimed in with 500 of
its own. Microsoft was
accused of stifling
innovation, on the other
hand, by a Stanford
professor. Now Redmond
says it is driving
innovation by li... Apr. 12, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 13,193 Replies: 1 |
About Newsfeeds / Video Feeds
Roger Strukhoff spent 15 years with Miller Freeman Publications and The International Data Group (IDG), then co-founded CoverOne Media, a custom publishing agency that he sold in 2004. His work has won awards from the American Business Media, Western Press Association, Illinois Press Association, and the Magazine Publishers Association.