Comments for Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org Blogging & Podcasting Business & Technology from Silicon Valley Fri, 16 May 2008 13:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Facebook Just Pulled a Netscape - Hey Facebook What Are You Thinking by Icahn vs. Yahoo, Facebook vs. Google | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pulled-a-netscape-hey-facebook-what-are-you-thinking/#comment-58942 Icahn vs. Yahoo, Facebook vs. Google | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews Fri, 16 May 2008 11:38:18 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-58942 [...] is not actually open after all at Facebook. Furrier thinks Facebook has just pulled a Netscape. Robert Scoble [...] [...] is not actually open after all at Facebook. Furrier thinks Facebook has just pulled a Netscape. Robert Scoble [...]

]]> Comment on Overiew of Current Web Video Ads Solutions - Inside the Numbers by секс http://furrier.org/2007/12/18/overiew-of-current-web-video-ads-solutions-inside-the-numbers/#comment-58939 секс Fri, 16 May 2008 08:54:39 +0000 http://furrier.org/2007/12/18/overiew-of-current-web-video-ads-solutions-inside-the-numbers/#comment-58939 давайте займемся этим! давайте займемся этим!

]]> Comment on Facebook Just Pulled a Netscape - Hey Facebook What Are You Thinking by hello.com.au » Facebook doesn’t want to ‘friend’ Google http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pulled-a-netscape-hey-facebook-what-are-you-thinking/#comment-58938 hello.com.au » Facebook doesn’t want to ‘friend’ Google Fri, 16 May 2008 05:27:13 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-58938 [...] internet purists freak out at anything that goes against the free and open philosophies that the web was founded upon. But others have [...] [...] internet purists freak out at anything that goes against the free and open philosophies that the web was founded upon. But others have [...]

]]> Comment on Facebook Just Pulled a Netscape - Hey Facebook What Are You Thinking by John Furrier http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pulled-a-netscape-hey-facebook-what-are-you-thinking/#comment-58937 John Furrier Fri, 16 May 2008 04:15:16 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-58937 Andrew and Robert, I'm not picking on Facebook. I'm just doing them a favor by pointing out the obvious. I love what Facebook is all about, but when I see them make these kinds of blunders..I just shake my head. My point is that they just might lose the strategic competitive strategy when they have real work to do. My advice to Facebook is to focus the PR on the non-core features of your business especially when you're vulnerable. Netscape had the same arrogance toward MIcrosoft and we all know how that turned out. If I were advising Zuck I'd be suggesting doing it different. Andrew and Robert,
I’m not picking on Facebook. I’m just doing them a favor by pointing out the obvious. I love what Facebook is all about, but when I see them make these kinds of blunders..I just shake my head.

My point is that they just might lose the strategic competitive strategy when they have real work to do. My advice to Facebook is to focus the PR on the non-core features of your business especially when you’re vulnerable. Netscape had the same arrogance toward MIcrosoft and we all know how that turned out. If I were advising Zuck I’d be suggesting doing it different.

]]> Comment on Facebook Just Pulled a Netscape - Hey Facebook What Are You Thinking by Andrew Feinberg http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pulled-a-netscape-hey-facebook-what-are-you-thinking/#comment-58936 Andrew Feinberg Fri, 16 May 2008 03:33:05 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-58936 Facebook has never once responded to media requests. They have one of the most arrogant PR cultures I have ever seen. Facebook has never once responded to media requests. They have one of the most arrogant PR cultures I have ever seen.

]]> Comment on Facebook Just Pulled a Netscape - Hey Facebook What Are You Thinking by Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy « http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pulled-a-netscape-hey-facebook-what-are-you-thinking/#comment-58935 Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy « Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:28 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-58935 [...] has a point where it comes to your privacy My ex-boss, John Furrier, goes after Facebook after Facebook blocked Google’s Friend Connect from using its API to inport friends from Facebook into Google’s Friend [...] [...] has a point where it comes to your privacy My ex-boss, John Furrier, goes after Facebook after Facebook blocked Google’s Friend Connect from using its API to inport friends from Facebook into Google’s Friend [...]

]]> Comment on Siemens Being Bought?? Unified Communications Keynote at UC Summit 2008 By Mark Straton of Siemens by Blair http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/siemens-being-bought-unified-communications-keynote-at-uc-summit-2008-by-mark-straton-of-siemens/#comment-58928 Blair Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:39 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=687#comment-58928 I highly doubt it will be IBM - I would love to see someone like Oracle or SAP buy them, but I doubt that will happen. I'd be really surprised if it was IBM or Cisco. I highly doubt it will be IBM - I would love to see someone like Oracle or SAP buy them, but I doubt that will happen. I’d be really surprised if it was IBM or Cisco.

]]> Comment on Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing by Flex se vuelve a cambiar el nombre « Cluchsin’s Weblog http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/online-advertising-broken-or-just-changing-its-changing/#comment-58925 Flex se vuelve a cambiar el nombre « Cluchsin’s Weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 15:48:29 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=686#comment-58925 [...] all, people are there to socialize, not buy stuff, for the most part. In fact, John Furrier makes a good point that the future of online advertising won’t be in mass impressions but in useful content.) But [...] [...] all, people are there to socialize, not buy stuff, for the most part. In fact, John Furrier makes a good point that the future of online advertising won’t be in mass impressions but in useful content.) But [...]

]]> Comment on MicroContent: The New Online Advertising Business Model by Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2007/12/15/microcontent-the-new-online-advertising-business-model-it%e2%80%99s-social-media-and-vertical-media/#comment-58921 Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Thu, 15 May 2008 14:40:08 +0000 http://furrier.org/2007/12/15/microcontent-the-new-online-advertising-business-model-it%e2%80%99s-social-media-and-vertical-media/#comment-58921 [...] Microcontent is the big trend that will be the preferred ad unit in the future. As I have been saying for years - In Social Networks - The Content is the Ad. [...] [...] Microcontent is the big trend that will be the preferred ad unit in the future. As I have been saying for years - In Social Networks - The Content is the Ad. [...]

]]> Comment on Unified Communications is the Web 2.0 Trend for Telephony - Bill Gates Microsoft Innovation Speech at Microsoft CEO Summit by Day 3 of the UC Strategies Conference: Bill Gates on Unified Communications redux « The Life of a Silicon Valley Rockstar http://furrier.org/2008/05/14/unified-communications-is-the-web-20-trend-for-telephony-bill-gates-microsoft-innovation-speech-at-microsoft-ceo-summit/#comment-58915 Day 3 of the UC Strategies Conference: Bill Gates on Unified Communications redux « The Life of a Silicon Valley Rockstar Thu, 15 May 2008 06:34:56 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=688#comment-58915 [...] blogger and twitter’r John Furrier had some additional thoughts on MS Live Mesh and the UC news [...] [...] blogger and twitter’r John Furrier had some additional thoughts on MS Live Mesh and the UC news [...]

]]> Comment on Siemens Being Bought?? Unified Communications Keynote at UC Summit 2008 By Mark Straton of Siemens by Day 2 of the UC Strategies Conference: Siemens being shopped? « The Life of a Silicon Valley Rockstar http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/siemens-being-bought-unified-communications-keynote-at-uc-summit-2008-by-mark-straton-of-siemens/#comment-58906 Day 2 of the UC Strategies Conference: Siemens being shopped? « The Life of a Silicon Valley Rockstar Wed, 14 May 2008 03:57:49 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=687#comment-58906 [...] yesterday. I’d like to start with a post by John Furrier talking about the possibility of Siemens being acquired. Mark Straton basically said as much in his keynote last [...] [...] yesterday. I’d like to start with a post by John Furrier talking about the possibility of Siemens being acquired. Mark Straton basically said as much in his keynote last [...]

]]> Comment on It’s Official It’s No Longer the Hewlett-Packard Company by wtmerge http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/its-official-its-no-longer-the-hewlett-packard-company/#comment-58904 wtmerge Wed, 14 May 2008 03:21:37 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=684#comment-58904 Info on the acquisition of EDS http://www.willtheymerge.com/EDS.php Info on the acquisition of EDS
http://www.willtheymerge.com/EDS.php

]]> Comment on Siemens Being Bought?? Unified Communications Keynote at UC Summit 2008 By Mark Straton of Siemens by paul http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/siemens-being-bought-unified-communications-keynote-at-uc-summit-2008-by-mark-straton-of-siemens/#comment-58903 paul Wed, 14 May 2008 01:24:42 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=687#comment-58903 I'll guess IBM will buy them, or maybe Cisco. I’ll guess IBM will buy them, or maybe Cisco.

]]> Comment on Social Media is the New Standard for Emerging Online Advertising by Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2008/03/27/social-media-is-the-new-standard-for-emerging-online-advertising/#comment-58899 Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 18:12:37 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-58899 [...] the social graph..the next Google will emerge from the new dynamics and relevance coming out of the social graph infrastructure (yes that would include [...] [...] the social graph..the next Google will emerge from the new dynamics and relevance coming out of the social graph infrastructure (yes that would include [...]

]]> Comment on Social Everything: Interaction and Integration - The Future of Social Networks and Media by Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2008/03/07/social-everything-interaction-and-integration-the-future-of-social-networks-and-media/#comment-58898 Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 18:12:05 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=642#comment-58898 [...] and other place that CPM will be one small feature of the future online advertising market.   The future is about the social graph..the next Google will emerge from the new dynamics and relevance coming out of the social graph [...] [...] and other place that CPM will be one small feature of the future online advertising market.   The future is about the social graph..the next Google will emerge from the new dynamics and relevance coming out of the social graph [...]

]]> Comment on Online Advertising Slowing? Just More Money - Expect New Products in Social Networks by Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2008/02/12/online-advertising-slowing-just-more-money-expect-new-products-in-social-networks/#comment-58897 Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:18 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=618#comment-58897 [...] Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing May 13, 2008 Posted by John Furrier in Technology. trackback Rob Hof has a post about online advertising showing signs of weakness. I would generally agree with Rob, but would say it’s growing in another direction. [...] [...] Online Advertising Broken or Just Changing? It’s Changing May 13, 2008 Posted by John Furrier in Technology. trackback Rob Hof has a post about online advertising showing signs of weakness. I would generally agree with Rob, but would say it’s growing in another direction. [...]

]]> Comment on It’s Official It’s No Longer the Hewlett-Packard Company by Lloyd Budd http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/its-official-its-no-longer-the-hewlett-packard-company/#comment-58896 Lloyd Budd Tue, 13 May 2008 17:18:47 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=684#comment-58896 I'm also nostalgic for the old school HP, though I've never had much opportunity to work with the org. EDS I did have and marvelled at the ... efficiency and cost savings. There are many things I like about EDS, and there are many things I like about HP. Unfortunately, I have a feeling the things I don't like about each will be magnified by this aquisition and the things I do like will be diluted. At first anyway. Generally, I can't wrap my mind around organizations of this size (100,000 people +) coming together and being a better organization without losing a lot of the people that make those organizations great. I’m also nostalgic for the old school HP, though I’ve never had much opportunity to work with the org. EDS I did have and marvelled at the … efficiency and cost savings.

There are many things I like about EDS, and there are many things I like about HP. Unfortunately, I have a feeling the things I don’t like about each will be magnified by this aquisition and the things I do like will be diluted. At first anyway.

Generally, I can’t wrap my mind around organizations of this size (100,000 people +) coming together and being a better organization without losing a lot of the people that make those organizations great.

]]> Comment on It’s Official It’s No Longer the Hewlett-Packard Company by HP to Buy EDS; Expect Massive ReOrganization at HP « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2008/05/13/its-official-its-no-longer-the-hewlett-packard-company/#comment-58895 HP to Buy EDS; Expect Massive ReOrganization at HP « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 17:04:13 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=684#comment-58895 [...] Update:  It’s Official - It’s No Longer the Hewlett-Packard Company Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)HP’s StrategyIs HP ready to rock and roll with its investments in software, hardware, an…Whirlwind Weekend!H-P Nears Deal to Buy EDS [...] [...] Update:  It’s Official - It’s No Longer the Hewlett-Packard Company Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)HP’s StrategyIs HP ready to rock and roll with its investments in software, hardware, an…Whirlwind Weekend!H-P Nears Deal to Buy EDS [...]

]]> Comment on HP to Buy EDS; Expect Massive ReOrganization at HP by Jonathan http://furrier.org/2008/05/12/hp-to-buy-eds-expect-massive-reorganization-at-hp/#comment-58891 Jonathan Tue, 13 May 2008 05:36:47 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-58891 Interesting! Remember when GM bought EDS and Time mag wondered if GM would change EDS, but suggested that EDS would actually make GM into their image? Interesting! Remember when GM bought EDS and Time mag wondered if GM would change EDS, but suggested that EDS would actually make GM into their image?

]]> Comment on HP Rumor: Big Org Shakeup at HP Next Week by HP to Buy EDS; Expect Massive ReOrganization at HP « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog http://furrier.org/2008/05/02/hp-rumor-big-org-shakeup-at-hp-next-week/#comment-58884 HP to Buy EDS; Expect Massive ReOrganization at HP « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 21:51:54 +0000 http://podtech.wordpress.com/?p=677#comment-58884 [...] I was reporting this rumor on my blog last week.  This will be a massive reorg for the computer giant HP.  HP being a major player in the services business will buy EDS.  Impact:  massive reorg of the existing services organization.  Remember the failed attempt by iCarly who tried to by PriceWaterhouseCoopers to bolster the services offering to counter IBM.  Question is will this deal be the same massive integration job as experienced with the Compaq deal.  Unlike iCarly, Mark Hurd had the chops to pull this off.  Word within HP is that Mark is in touch with the operational machinery of HP and has the respect of this management. [...] [...] I was reporting this rumor on my blog last week.  This will be a massive reorg for the computer giant HP.  HP being a major player in the services business will buy EDS.  Impact:  massive reorg of the existing services organization.  Remember the failed attempt by iCarly who tried to by PriceWaterhouseCoopers to bolster the services offering to counter IBM.  Question is will this deal be the same massive integration job as experienced with the Compaq deal.  Unlike iCarly, Mark Hurd had the chops to pull this off.  Word within HP is that Mark is in touch with the operational machinery of HP and has the respect of this management. [...]

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