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Filtering failure: Belgian ISP gets reprieve from courtOpen in New Window
"Belgian court waives penalties for not complying with earlier far-reaching peer-to-peer filtering court order while appeal is still a year away." read more »
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Five years of failure: EFF says RIAA must embrace new modelOpen in New Window
"In a new report released Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation wonders aloud about the RIAA's litigation conflagration with questions like "Has the arbitrary singling out of nearly 30,000 random American families helped promote public respect for copyright law?" and "Have the lawsuits put the P2P genie back in the bottle or restored the record industry to its 1997 revenues?"" read more »
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Why IT projects fail (reverse podcast)Open in New Window
"CRM guru, Paul Greenberg, and I discuss why IT projects fail in an informative reverse podcast." read more »
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Breaking: FAA computer failure slows nation-wide air trafficOpen in New Window
Michael Krigsman reports on a FAA computer failure in Atlanta which has caused a slowing in air traffic patterns throughout the United States. The processes have been relocated to a facility that is similar but generally only cares for West coast flights. read more »
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‘Debunking IT Project Failure Myths’ [podcast]Open in New Window
"According to various studies, at least 30% of all IT projects fail in some important way. Failure rates seem to have plateaued at this level because most organizations don't really understand why the..." read more »
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The triple sins of IT failureOpen in New Window
Michael Krigsman writres, "Why don't more organizations recognize potential IT project problems before they escalate into full-blown failures? Companies reject good solutions to fix bad projects for three reasons: internal politics, budget, and fear/pride." read more »
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IT justice: Weighing the scales of failureOpen in New Window
Steve Romero writes, "A recent ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) survey found 43 percent of respondents have killed in-process IT projects. Here's why that's good news." read more »
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HD DVD sales still solid despite format's failureOpen in New Window
Decent US sales showingToshiba may have canned production of HD DVD hardware, but that didn't stop US consumers buying into the format last month, new market stats reveal.… read more »
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