Matt Ganis — Quarter Century Club
Dear Matt, Congratulations on joining the Quarter Century Club. Only twenty-five more years to go before you enter the Half Century Club! You have a lot to be proud of during your career and I have a lot to thank you for. During that part of our careers that we shared, you were so helpful […]
IBM Happenings: July 2008
There has been no summer slowdown at IBM where July brought a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. The list of announcements made during the month is below. The company announced record second-quarter results with profits up 28 percent on $27 billion in revenue — roughly $300 million per day! […]
iPhone – Update No. 13
I am sticking to my story — the iPhone 3G is fantastic. There are some issues however. The iPhone is much more than a "cell phone" — it is a platform. The six basic elements of the platform are the iPhone itself, the network (AT&T in the United States), iTunes, the "App Store", MobileMe and, […]
IBM Happenings: June 2008
Thanks to Michael in Alameda, California for noticing that the June "IBM Happenings" had not been posted. A definite oops. The posting was ready to go a month ago but never got going. I’ll blame it on summer books. The month started out with the Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles and then was […]
iPhone – Update No. 12
It is now more than 84 hours since I got my hands on the iPhone 3g. The bottom line is that the phone itself is a masterpiece — really great. As expected, there are many applications available in the "app store" and many thousands more to come. That is the good news. The bad news […]
