Friday, December 13, 2002

Featherweight CRM champ. Positive review of Airforce Wireless Edition, the latest offspring of the customer relationship management family of hosted applications from Salesforce.com. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Info Builders CEO Touts 'Extended Enterprise' Apps. Gerry Cohen, CEO of Information Builders, in an interview talks about how the software vendor is doing and about emerging technologies such as Web services. [Computerworld Software News]
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Movie Posters That Talk Back. New interactive posters draw movie fans into the action and give studios information about how viewers respond to coming attractions. By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology]
6:23:30 PM    comment   

Wireless? You Bet. Compatible? Well, Maybe.. On the Wi-Fi horizon is truly reliable security, network speeds up to four times faster, and the potential for voice calls and video. By Glenn Fleishman. [New York Times: Technology]
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Tapping Into Public Wireless Networks. If you are ready to pull your own computer out of your bag and join in the Wi-Fi revolution, take heart. It is easier than you might think. By John R. Quain. [New York Times: Technology]
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The Wi-Fi Boom. The wireless networking system called Wi-Fi seems to be turning up everywhere, letting computer users go online in parks and coffeehouses. By Adam Baer. [New York Times: Technology]
5:18:09 PM    comment   

So Many Nodes, So Little Security. WHILE driving along any Manhattan street, you would not expect strangers to fling their private correspondence and even their credit-card numbers at you as you passed by. By Glenn Fleishman. [New York Times: Technology]
5:08:27 PM    comment   

Finding Hot Spots and Service Providers. Once you are equipped with a laptop or palmtop with a Wi-Fi card, you are ready to roam. Several Web sites can guide you to Wi-Fi access points, or hot spots; other sites provide information about subscription-based access. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Technology]
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Senators call for dedicated Wi-Fi spectrum. If Bill passes, FCC to reserve part of spectrum for Internet access devices [InfoWorld: Top News]
4:56:24 PM    comment   

McKinsey and Failing Airlines. McKinsey was the central "consultant" at Swissair during the several years that led to the destruction of the Swiss airline. Their "work" cost Swissair about $60 million dollars [~] while it lost all profits, revenues, and assets. McKinsey is also well-known for having preached at Enron, and presented that company as a success to emulate, until the fall. Business Week: Many of the intellectual underpinnings of Enron came from McKinsey...

NYT: Now that United Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection, the critical challenge facing the airline... is to find a business strategy that works. To that end, United has hired McKinsey... Why McKinsey? While Andersen helped cook the books at Enron, didn't McKinsey also play a key role in that massive failure? [Jinn of Quality and Risk]

Note:  the article also lists some recommendations from McKinsey on how United can improve performance.  Unfortunately, these improvements will barely offset the monthly fees McKinsey is charging the airline. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
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