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IBM puts Oracle to the sword with EnterpriseDB | The Open Road - CNET News

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:52:09 -0700

IBM announced Wednesday that it nabbed 100 of Sun's and Hewlett-Packard's customers last quarter alone for its high-end servers and mainframes, with half the deals worth over $1 million each, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The bigger news, however, may be IBM's partnership with EnterpriseDB, the commercial backer of the open-source PostgreSQL database, to embed EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server technology into IBM's DB2 9.7 database product. EnterpriseDB's technology basically allows applications written for the Oracle database to run on EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL...and now IBM's DB2.

How Much Would You Pay For Twitter? | Microblink

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:25:58 -0800

Yesterday, Guy Kawasaki posted a poll on SocialSurvey asking the question, "How much would you pay to use Twitter?". The poll was reported on early in the day by TechCrunch ... see the results then and now.

100 errr... 90 years of peace. (Got ahead of myself there.) & The BrandBuilder Blog

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:40:22 -0800

Olivier Blanchard offers his brilliantly-written take on Veteran's Day.

Avoid Being THAT SEO Jerk - All About Content - SEO Blog

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:50:08 -0700

Great post! From the page: "There are as many ways to be a jerk as there are jerks in the world, but there are just enough ways to be an SEO jerk to fill a blog post. In case you needed a clarification on behaviors that make others in the SEO industry think you're a toolbag, here are examples (inspired by real-life recent events) of why your peers might get pissed at you."

The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting - Convince &Convert

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:04:41 -0700

You may have heard of social media. There's been a bit of news about it recently. However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren't true.

Japanese Telecom Partners With EnterpriseDB - Business Center - PC World

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:12:05 -0700

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan's largest telecommunications company, has formed a "wide-ranging strategic partnership" with EnterpriseDB that includes an undisclosed financial investment in the open-source database maker.

MySpace vs. a 'Real' Website: Why You Still Need to Have a Website at yourbandname.com | Independent Music Marketing Resources at MaxLowe.net

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:11:29 -0700

It takes more than just a MySpace profile to create a solid online presence. You must have a well built, creatively constructed website at "yourbandname.com". In today's online economy, everything that has any prospect of selling must be placed on a website with the product name as the domain name and that includes your music.

Marketing Automation with Eloqua | The Cheeky Marketeer

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:05:13 -0700

A discussion of Eloqua's many features and benefits.

http://www.it-security-help-now.com/2008/10/03/choose-the-right-licensing-model-for-security-software/

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:52:39 -0700

The whole world seems to think that developing software is necessarily a competition. It isn't -- and it shouldn't be. In fact, cooperation is key to the development and propagation of secure software.

Americans Expect Companies to Have Social-Media Presence - MarketingVOX

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:30:20 -0700

An overwhelming majority (93 percent) of online Americans say companies should have a social-media presence, and 85 percent believe these companies also should be interacting with consumers through social media, according to research from Cone, writes MarketingCharts.