Larry Dignan

CSC: For sale … again? Those investors sure can be optimistic. Computer Sciences Corp. shares have been bid up on acquisition speculation—again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. So, what happens when you are fooled the third time around? In October, CSC was reportedly going to be bought by […]

Governments never cease to amaze, and Florida is writing the handbook on how to spin a technology hot potato with more bad spin. Heres the formula: Take offshore outsourcing, add just a dash of potential identity theft and toss in the urge to cover your backside (CYA) to create one strange brew. The state of […]

AT&Ts $67.1 billion acquisition of BellSouth means the number of telecommunications providers enterprise customers can turn to is shrinking rapidly. But the impact of having primarily two telecom giants—AT&T and Verizon—will largely depend on the size of the company. Through the former SBC Communications purchase of AT&T and Verizons acquisition of MCI, there are two […]

Can you really be sick of a product that technically hasnt shipped yet? Sure you can—its name is Origami. The interest this thing is generating borders on ridiculous. “Origami” is Technoratis most searched term. Blog posts mentioning Origami have spiked in the last day or so. But if you watch stock charts youll notice that […]

Ever since Google went public on Aug. 18, 2004, at $85 a share, its been all sunshine. But as the company heads into a March 2 meeting with Wall Street analysts, its becoming clear that the company is entering adolescence and facing some awkward moments ahead. In other words, the first incarnation of Google could […]

JetBlue Airways reported a $42.4 million fourth-quarter loss, and $6.1 million of that sum was due to “development costs related to a maintenance and inventory tracking system that will not be implemented.” The system in question was provided by aviation software company Visaer, according to Todd Thompson, CIO of JetBlue. The company in a statement […]

Apparently, everything, when it comes to the success of a technology project. So writes Nicholas Carr on his Rough Type blog (www.roughtype.com). Carr, known for his book, “IT Doesnt Matter,” recaps a big software project that went awry at Lloyds of London. Here are Carrs lessons, which are worth remembering: “First is that the bigger […]

Its safe to say Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff isnt a big fan of German software giant SAP. After all, a fan wouldnt refer to SAP as “innovation-free” and describe its software code as “bulky and inefficient as it is expensive and unloved by its users.” Benioffs description, which may have been penned in between explanations […]

Sears Holdings Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. are at war over two words: “cause” vs. “convenience.” This is no mere dictionary debate. Millions of dollars in termination fees are at stake as Sears ends a $1.6 billion, 10-year agreement to use computer, server, voice and data services from CSC—one year after inking the deal. “Cause” […]

Polo Ralph Lauren loses the personal information of 180,000 HSBC North America customers. DSW Shoe Warehouse discovers credit card and check data on 1.4 million transactions has been stolen. Bank of America loses backup tapes with the personal information of 1.2 million federal employees. Why are these security breaches happening? The answers generally offered by […]