Fokker’s Back in the Airplane-Building Game

On March 10, 2010

Fokker’s Back in the Airplane-Building Game

The younger generation may hear the word "Fokker" and, after snickering, think only about the movie Meet the Parents. But the rest of us also know Fokker as a defunct aircraft manufacturer with a very long history. (We also snicker,


On March 10, 2010

Vegas Rules: Did Hard Rock Hotel Boss Commit Suicide?

When Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino President Randy Kwasniewski, 55, was found dead of a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Summerlin, Nev. home Tuesday, few news outlets aside from TMZ.com were calling it an apparent suicide, likely due to his status and


On March 10, 2010

Retailers to Banks: Profit On Credit-Card Fees Kills Jobs

Retailers have found a new way to attack banks over credit card fees, but it won't work. Based on a recent study by Clinton-era U.S. undersecretary of commerce Robert Shapiro and economist Jiwon Vellucci, the Retail Industry Leaders Association is


On March 10, 2010

Image vs. Qualifications: Which Matters More?

There's a strong case for you caring about what you look like doing things as well as how well you do them. Like it or not, image gets you noticed and it's up to you how people feel about you


On March 10, 2010

The Shaky Dance of SOA and SaaS

We assembled a panel to examine service-oriented architecture and cloud computing -- the relationships, the inter-reliance and the realities. Three years ago, the IT transformation poster child was SOA, and now we're well into the hype curve