The Wall Street Journal warns that, judging from its anti-China rhetoric, Congress still hasn’t learned the lessons from the Smoot-Hawley tariff. The WSJ writes: “Unfortunately, Congress is suffering from a bad case of amnesia. Over the past several months, protectionism has reached a fever pitch with lawmakers in both Houses [...]
New Guidelines Shift Policy from Technology Mandates Toward a More Effective Goals-Based Policy Washington – Today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Information Technology Division finalized its open format proposal as part of a periodic revision to its Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM). The ETRM version 4.0 is now ready to be [...]
The Sidney Morning Herald has an interesting story on the skills it takes to sell technology to the American market. The article points out that “[s]mall [foreign] start-up companies easily get lost in a sea of possibilities. Differences in business customs and culture can see them wasting time and money [...]
According to the San Jose Mercury News, “[w]ell-known companies such as Dell, Marriott International and Sunnyvale-based Yahoo are lobbying Congress for tougher laws targeting online scammers who profit from their brand names.” InfoWorld reports that “Microsoft gave some of the clearest examples yet on Thursday of its vision for software [...]
Matusow’s blog points out that “Microsoft [today] launched its new open source web site.” InsideHigherEd reports that “Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada [this week] announced his plan to prevent campus based digital theft through a series of requirements that he is expected to try to attach to the reauthorization of [...]