The battle for the cloud Platform-as-a-Service space is a hot one that just keeps getting hotter.

Security Moves Center Stage InformationWeek We spoke with Chris Sather, Product Management for Network Defense at McAfee about McAfee's next generation firewalls that analyze relationships and not protocols. Our 2011 Strategic Security Survey report also collects new data on mobile devices. ... and more »

The new arrangement simplifies the structure of the business and increases the responsibilities of the senior leaders, the company says.

New York Daily News

With Budget Unveiling, Bloomberg Draws the Battle Lines WNYC "We are forced to do the best we can with what we've got. The state has shifted the burden from them to us." Following the unveiling of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget, the battle lines are now drawn between the mayor and City ... Bloomberg to cut more than 6000 NYC teaching positionsCNN International Bloomberg's $65.7 Billion New York City Budget Proposes 6000 Teacher CutsBloomberg NYC Mayor's Budget Would Cut 1 Out Of 12 TeachersNPR Brooklyn Daily Eagle -Patch.com -The Associated Press all 331 news articles »

The weekend raid on Osama bin Laden's compound carried out by Navy Seals and CIA paramilitary operatives reportedly recovered numerous data storage devices.

Three hours of watching “the event” – Will and Kate getting married – left me cold.  But when it came to dissecting the story behind the spectacle, I couldn’t get enough. What does the wedding mean for the future of the monarchy?  Will this modern couple be chafed by the confines of a traditional institution? [...]

Simple planning and forethought could have saved many organizations a great deal of pain.

What started off as tools to keep in touch with classmates and long lost friends have fast become some of the most powerful business resources on the planet. While B2C companies may have an easier time translating digital conversations to ROI, B2B companies are quickly realizing the value. Some B2B companies still struggle with creating [...]

BBC News

Jobs Report Has More Bad News Than Good News CNBC.com AP There was more bad news than met the eye to Friday's jobs report, even beyond the bump up in the unemployment rate. While the top-line number of 244000 jobs created sounded great when it came off the tape, the internals were somewhat weaker. ... Snap Analysis: Jobs report shows strength with a caveatReuters Strong Job Report Shows US Economy Gaining SteamNew York Times US Economy Adds Jobs, but Unemployment Rate RisesWall Street Journal Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -TheStreet.com all 699 news articles »

With gas prices continuing to rise, who wants a long commute? Here are a few local job leads.

Part Seven of our new series “Requirements Visualization Training: A Guide to RML”, covers the importance of using Organizational Charts during the software requirement gathering process. Presenter: Joy Beatty, Vice President of Blue Ocean Services At Seilevel, software requirements gathering is the key to project success. In Part Seven of our new series, “Requirements Visualization [...]

by Saeed Khan This article was originally posted back in 2009, but is a good reminder of the business aspect of product management. There are a number of Web sites and applications — two of the most well known examples being Twitter and Facebook — that offer very good, free services. And over time, as [...] Related posts:

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Cymphonix® Announces Release of Content Filtering and Filter Avoidance ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) “We're excited to offer this product to our customers,” said Fred Geiger, Cymphonix Vice President of Product Management. “What's really great about Mobile Client is that it's available for multiple platforms and has much more robust policy enforcement ... and more »

SonicWALL Unveils New Enterprise Security Line-Up, Discusses Industry Trends ... SYS-CON Media (press release) Where: SonicWALL Booth #851 Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11AM and 3PM; When: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 1PM Dmitriy Ayrapetov, SonicWALL, Product Manager and Areg Who: Alimian, IXIA, Director of Product Management What: Business ... and more »

NaviNet Expands Management Team with Two Senior Executives to Lead Clinical ... Business Wire (press release) S. Michael Ross, MD, MHA, joins as chief medical officer and David Kates joins as senior vice president of Product Management and Clinical Strategy, bringing a collective 55 years of clinical and technology expertise to the frontlines as the company ...

Pelco CMO Hervé Fages Named Senior Vice President, Global Product Marketing Business Solutions Magazine In this new senior position, Fages is responsible for all global marketing activities for the Schneider Electric Buildings Business, including Product Management, Marketing & Communications, Trade Shows, and Training. Fages reports directly to Dean ... and more »

New York Post

President meets a 'harsh' critic New York Post A 10-year-old boy whose firefighter dad died on 9/11 was thrilled to meet President Obama during yesterday's wreath-laying ceremony, but that didn't stop him from offering the commander in chief a critique of the raid that killed ... Thousands converge on Ground Zero, await President Obama's arrivalThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com At Firehouse in Midtown, a VIP Stops By for LunchNew York Times 10-year-old whose father died on 9/11 shares emotional moment with President ...New York Daily News Washington Post -Atlanta Journal Constitution -SILive.com all 275 news articles »

Although M2M communications is nothing new, it is still in a state of evolution, its capabilities growing into its title, so to speak.

Sydney Morning Herald

Former Marine Found Guilty in Wife, Sons' Murder Case Fox News | AP WATERLOO, Ill. -- A jury has convicted a former Marine of three counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation deaths two years ago of his wife and their two sons. The jury returned the verdict Thursday against 34-year-old Christopher Coleman ... Coleman guilty of killing familyUPI.com Coleman guilty on three counts of murderSTLtoday.com Lawsuit filed against televangelist for 3 murdersChicago Tribune phillyBurbs.com -KSDK -KMOX.com all 372 news articles »

May 05, 2011, 8:07 PM - Keith Stewart, director of product management at Brocade Communications, speaking at the Brocade Technology Day Summit May 3, 2011 in San Jose, California.

Go to the latest question>> Francis deSouza Francis deSouza is senior vice president of the Enterprise Security Group at Symantec.

Kansas City Star

Worried investors dump raw materials Financial Times A record plunge in oil prices led the sharpest sell-off in commodities in two years on Thursday as investors fled the market amid mounting concern over the strength of the global recovery. Investors dumped dollar-denominated commodities that would ... Crude, Gasoline, Heating Oil Tumble on Economy: Oil ProductsBloomberg Oil's Plunge, Dollar's Rise Trigger Broad SelloffWall Street Journal Oil drops below $100 on worry of weaker US demandFayetteville Observer Transport Topics Online -Sydney Morning Herald -Los Angeles Times all 1,738 news articles »

USA Today

Osama bin Laden death: Intelligence reveals US rail threat from al-Qaida The Guardian Pakistanis walk by the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Information found at the scene has revealed a desire by al-Qaida to attack the US rail network. Photograph: Nathalie Bardou/AP The first intelligence from the treasure trove ... Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary AttackABC News Osama bin Laden dead: al-Qaeda 'planning to attack trains on 9/11 anniversary'Telegraph.co.uk Al-Qaeda weighed train attack to mark Sept 11AFP Monsters and Critics.com -New York Daily News -NBC New York all 384 news articles »

Do you have one of those acquaintances — honestly, you can’t really call them a friend — who only get in touch when they need something? You start to dread their calls or emails.  You know they aren’t calling to ask how your day went or because they have an extra ticket to an A’s [...]

Hubspan's vice president of product management and marketing, Margaret Dawson, will speak on the "Linking Public and Private Clouds" at the Interop The session is scheduled for Monday, May 9 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.

Track Software Bolsters Senior Management Team Citybizlist (press release) As Vice President of Product Management, he will oversee development of Track's contract labor spend management tools. The 27-year veteran of chemical industry IT is experienced in project management, software implementation, work process redesign and ...

Google's Panda Update Cripples Open Publishing Competition TechCrunch Prior to founding HubPages, Edmondson was part of the executive team at MongoMusic, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2000, and held group management positions at MSN Entertainment over product management, quality management, operations, and business ... and more »

Lincoln Financial Group Outlines New Structure for its Insurance and ... PR Newswire (press release) Brian Kroll, Head of Annuity Solutions – Kroll leads annuity product management, product positioning, retirement solutions research and development and funds management. The team will continue to champion Lincoln's comprehensive offering of compelling ... and more »

ON24 Announces On-Demand Event Portal Solution Exhibitor Online "With the Event Portal solution, the managers of in-person conferences can extend the reach of their valuable content," said ON24 Vice President of Product Management Tom Masotto. "The Event Portal is an ideal complement to our Platform 10 webcasting ... and more »

New York Daily News

Obama Visits Ground Zero msnbc.com President Barack Obama and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, left, meet with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero. When using Facebook Connect your image and ... AP Source: Obama to meet some from bin Laden raidSan Jose Mercury News Witnesses say man may have pulled gun as Obama motorcade passed near Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Obama thanks officers at NYC police stationSeattle Post Intelligencer Politico -The Week Magazine -New York Daily News all 322 news articles »

WHAT: Panel on "Future of Telepresence" at Interop 2011 in Las Vegas WHEN: May 11, 2011, 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm WHO: Jim Cantalini, President, High Speed Video Erica Scroeder, Director of Business Video, Cisco Marcio Macedo, Director of Product Management and Visual Collaboration, Hewlett Packard Tom Racca, President and CEO, BurstPoint Networks John ...

Samsung appoints John Sayer as Project Support Team Manager SourceSecurity.com John has worked within the electronic security industry for over twenty years, during which time he has performed product management and pre and post sales support roles whilst with Cardkey, Johnson Controls and Maxxess Systems. ...

Senior Product Manager Marketing Week A market leading global bank are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join their corporate banking division based in central London. The successful candidate will be from a financial services background with exposure to financial services B2B ... and more »

AccuCode Announces: The AO: Rapid Inventory™ Affiliate Program San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Inventory Management product. This solution delivers real-time, multi-site inventory visibility and automated processes for any QuickBooks user, for just a couple of dollars a day per user. With no starter kit, no sales, no training program and no ... and more »

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Disqus, a SaaS commenting platform that companies can embed any website page, just announced a funding round of $10 million yesterday. In the same announcement, they stated that they are reaching 500 million unique visitors a month across 750,000 different websites, including major media sites like both CNN and Fox News, as well as many high tech news sources, such as ReadWriteWeb (which wrote an article on the announcement).

As a B2B marketer, why does this matter to you? Because B2B sites can learn from these largely media or consumer examples. B2B sites that want to enable community and commenting on their pages, including blog posts, need to make it extremely simple to engage using whichever of your social identities (and resulting social networks) you want to bring to the site.

Requiring a unique login in order to get an IT developer to share feedback on your new server architecture, for example, makes it easier to capture information in your CRM system, but your visitors want to add value to their existing social identities. Allowing visitors to engage with you using their preferred identities creates a valuable service for them by strengthening their preferred online identity. See the screenshot below for what this looks like with Disqus. This may increase their willingness to engage on your website, instead of across the Internet.

Do you know any B2B companies who are using Discus or other third-party commenting platforms to enable social behavior across their media? Are you doing this, or considering it? If so, let us know in our community.

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If you want to improve your win rates in the market, it is important that you study wins, not just losses. Many well intentioned leaders hear “Win/Loss Analysis”, and think immediately of “Loss Analysis”, or studying reasons why we lose. While this is of course valuable, mere “Loss Analysis” will leave you with an incomplete [...]

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Milestone releases Device Pack 5.4 SecurityInfoWatch The Milestone XProtect Screen Recorder also helps manage staff by supervising multiple computer screens, and training can be improved by using the recordings to educate staff," explains Lars Gudbrandsson, Head of Product Management at Milestone Systems ... and more »

Reporting from HP Service Manager with Westbury's SMI 2011 Benzinga Jacques Conand, product management director - service manager at HP adds, “We see Westbury SMI 2011 as the key off the shelf solution for HP Service Manager customers that provides ad-hoc, operational reporting that is powerful, user friendly and ... and more »

eWEEK Europe UK

Red Hat Launches Cloud Development, Management Platforms CRN CloudForms helps companies tackle the growing problem of managing multiple hypervisors, multiple virtual machines and even multiple virtualization clusters, said Bryan Che, senior director of cloud product management and marketing at a Summit press ... Red Hat launches CloudForms and OpenShift platformsV3.co.uk Red Hat Fills Out Cloud Portfolio with PaaS, IaaS OfferingsVirtualization Review Red Hat Announces A Private, Hybrid Cloud PlatformeWEEK Europe UK ITProPortal all 119 news articles »

  Nearly all B2B marketers (93%) are engaged in social media marketing today, but 75% do not measure the ROI of these programs, according to a survey by B2B Magazine. Surprising? Not really. Most B2B companies get that social has become part of the marketing recipe, but they are skipping over key ingredients. They rush [...]

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama to lay wreath at Ground Zero but won't glorify Bin Laden killing The Guardian Obama on his way to visit Ground Zero, boarding an Air Force One plane at Andrews air force base in Maryland. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama is to lay a wreath at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday night and meet the families of ... Obama looks forward to private meetings at Ground ZeroUSA Today Obama Visit to Ground Zero Strives to Bring Closure for VictimsFox News President Obama lands at Kennedy Airport, heads to Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com NBC New York -Capital New York -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 874 news articles »

The Guardian

Jackie Cooper dies at 88 Washington Post The actor rose to prominence as a child star and remained in show business for six decades. Actor Jackie Cooper, shown in 1978, died May 3, 2011. "He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told the Reuters news service. "He wore out. ... Six Facts About Jackie CooperHollywood Reporter Jackie Cooper Passes Away As Superman Gets EngagedContactmusic.com "Our Gang" Star Jackie Cooper DiesMyFox Washington DC OzarksFirst.com -TMZ.com -BBC News all 684 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

Pakistan Warns US Against Future Unilateral Military Action Voice of America Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir addresses a news conference at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 5, 2011. Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Thursday lashed out at the United States for not consulting his government ... Pakistan army orders cut in US military personnelThe Associated Press Pakistan army says to review U.S. cooperation if more raidsReuters Pakistan warns America not to stage any more raidsFox News Seattle Post Intelligencer -Indian Express -New York Times all 1,882 news articles »

COSTA MESA, CA, May 05, 2011 /Cambridge Who's Who/ --Richard M. Bravo, Cruise Product Manager for the Automobile Club of Southern California, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in travel product management.

ThoughtWorks Studios' Jez Humble and Tom Sulston to Address Key Issues in ... PR Newswire (press release) Humble is co-author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and product manager of Go™, ThoughtWorks Studios' breakthrough product for enterprise Agile release management. Sulston is a consultant with ThoughtWorks in the build and release ... and more »

Indian R&D centers likely to hike salaries in 2011 Siliconindia.com The survey says that the product management function has yet not mature in India and only a handful of product managers are currently available in India. Talking about the scenario, Pari Natrajan, CEO, Zinnov Management Consulting, said, ... and more »

Why It's Impossible To Manage Facebook Engineers San Francisco Chronicle Poor "idiot middle management," getting all the blame. We say this because we were talking to a industry source the other day, and he asked us to consider, for a moment, how hard it is to be a product manager at Facebook. If they're old timers, ... and more »

Cloud computing: How secure is your data? Washington Post In this role he leads engineering, product management, field enablement, business development, and operations for Symantec's Endpoint Security and Management, Data Loss Prevention, and Information Risk Management businesses. ...

CyberShift Executive to Present Mobile Workforce Session at 2011 IHRIM Conference SYS-CON Media (press release) In this presentation, Morné Swart, vice president of Product Management at CyberShift, will discuss the challenges created by the proliferation of "untethered" workers and why providing them with the same tools can ensure business success. ... and more »

BlueWave Technology Announces Promotions ClaimsJournal.com Alyssa Hostelley has been promoted to president and Matt Grover to vice president of product management, announced BlueWave Technology, a claims management technology provider for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. ...