Monday, December 13, 2010 11:12 AM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Whether you like Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff's constant efforts to advance the cloud computing discussion or dismiss them as blustery salesmanship, there's no arguing that Benioff has become a huge force in the IT world.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:52 AM/EST
by Tony Kontzer Of all the questions that come to mind when reading about what we can now safely call The Great iPhone Prototype Caper, one strikes me as the most confounding: What on Earth were all the players in...
Monday, April 19, 2010 10:44 AM/EST
The old joke about the New York Times is that nothing really happens until it appears in the Paper of Record. And nothing is too basic to be explained to Times readers ("Spring, a popular season that follows Winter...") Even...
Monday, November 16, 2009 10:41 AM/EST
The Obamas got a Portuguese Water Dog. We have a Portuguese Water Dog. No huge deal, they chose the breed for the same reasons we did -- great pets, don't shed. Obama announced his affection for UNC Tar Heel basketball....
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:47 AM/EST
Tony Kontzer joined the geek snarkfest around Microsoft's marketing of Windows 7, but readers say that the product itself is what matters. JohnJ writes, "The Windows 7 Party Video is irrelevant. Geeks enjoy making fun of it, but the general...
Monday, September 28, 2009 9:34 AM/EST
by Tony Kontzer We're less than a month until the Oct. 22 release of Windows 7--even less if you believe the Oct. 13 advanced release some custom PC-makers have been floating. What better topic could there be for my second...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:51 AM/EST
By Tony Kontzer It's been quite a week on the tech landscape, a rollercoaster ride that's seen the industry rocked by a giant acquisition, an embarrassing scandal, a pair of scary earnings reports, and the (digital) arrival of Oprah. One...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:35 AM/EST
by Tony Kontzer To: Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook brain trust From: Tony Kontzer Re: Potential IPO I read with interest the latest news that your CFO, Gideon Yu, has resigned, reportedly under pressure, so you could hire a replacement...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:20 AM/EST
by Tony Kontzer If you didn't catch the appearance (video posted at the end of this item) of Infosys Technologies' co-counder Nandan Nilekani on Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart earlier this month, it will probably interest you to...
Monday, March 23, 2009 9:55 AM/EST
You've got to admire John Challenger of consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, in much the same way you've got to admire the LSU players who kept driving the lane on Saturday night despite repeated and emphatic rejections by North Carolina's...