Software, Methods
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How to deliver change
via David pollard Consider the most popular business change model, that espoused by John Kotter in Leading Change: Establish a sense of urgency Form a powerful guiding coalition Create a vision Communicate the vision Empower others to act on the vision Plan for and create short-term wins Consolidate improvements Institutionalize the change Kotter argues that…
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How to deliver change
via David pollard Consider the most popular business change model, that espoused by John Kotter in Leading Change: Establish a sense of urgency Form a powerful guiding coalition Create a vision Communicate the vision Empower others to act on the vision Plan for and create short-term wins Consolidate improvements Institutionalize the change Kotter argues that…
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Linux beginning to bite at Microsoft?
Guardian Unlimited Following on from the story about NASA switching to Linux, The Guardian is running various stories that all seem to point in the same direction: The rise and rise of Linux… “Developing Nations See Linux as a Savior From Microsoft’s Grip”… The LA Times looks at what’s happening in Brazil and China….. and:…
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Linux beginning to bite at Microsoft?
Guardian Unlimited Following on from the story about NASA switching to Linux, The Guardian is running various stories that all seem to point in the same direction: The rise and rise of Linux… “Developing Nations See Linux as a Savior From Microsoft’s Grip”… The LA Times looks at what’s happening in Brazil and China….. and:…
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Nasa powers up with Linux
BBC Technology, Jo Twist Note the use of Linux. I spoke to a guy today who was just re-engineering an entire database project to Linux. They now don’t use a single Microsoft product in their business chain… US space agency Nasa is to get a massive supercomputing boost to help get its shuttle missions back…
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Nasa powers up with Linux
BBC Technology, Jo Twist Note the use of Linux. I spoke to a guy today who was just re-engineering an entire database project to Linux. They now don’t use a single Microsoft product in their business chain… US space agency Nasa is to get a massive supercomputing boost to help get its shuttle missions back…
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IBM “Workplace” Software
IBM Lotus There still isn’t a really good web-based model for “Office” computing. But it looks as though IBM are working on it… IBM Workplace represents an entire portfolio of products, new and existing, that focus on increasing people’s productivity. IBM Workplace — which includes Lotus Workplace, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes and Domino, and WebSphere…
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Group Dynamics Play Out in VR
Technology Review Shared virtual environments are often fantasy spaces where people interact using avatars endowed with supernatural powers. In contrast, simulations of large, real places are usually dedicated to traffic or disasters and involve independent software agents rather than avatars controlled by humans. A researcher at Kyoto University in Japan has combined the two to…
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Group Dynamics Play Out in VR
Technology Review Shared virtual environments are often fantasy spaces where people interact using avatars endowed with supernatural powers. In contrast, simulations of large, real places are usually dedicated to traffic or disasters and involve independent software agents rather than avatars controlled by humans. A researcher at Kyoto University in Japan has combined the two to…
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What is the point of software
Interconnected An article to make you think about how humans and computers are supposed to work together through software to make life easier for everyone… Social software’s purpose is dealing with with groups, or interactions between people. This is as opposed to conventional software like Microsoft Word, which although it may have collaborative features (“track…