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Ich bin ein Mitglied der Wirtschaftselite.

Um Schaden von unserem Berufsstand, den linke Nestbeschmutzer nun auf Grund des Fehltrittes einiger weniger systematisch verunglimpfen, erkläre ich: Auch ich habe gefehlt. Aber ich bin bereit zu einem öffentlichen Mea Culpa.

Was habe ich mir vorzuwerfen? Aufgewachsen in Berlin, der deutschen Hauptstadt, und in Starnberg am Starnberger See, der Stadt mit der höchsten Steuerberaterdichte pro Kopf in ganz Deutschland, habe ich mich schon früh der Tätigkeit als Manager verschrieben. Noch während meiner Zeit an den Universitäten München und Tübingen habe ich ganze Ausbildungslehrgänge von angehenden Akademikern geleitet, um mich anschließend im Dienst von Infratest und Roland Berger der Erforschung des Marktverhaltens Jugendlicher zu widmen. Denn der Jugend gehört die Zukunft.

In späteren Jahren trat ich in den Dienst weltweiter Medienunternehmen wie CMP oder IDG, um das Verhältnis von künstlicher Intelligenz und Top-Managern zu überprüfen. Für meine Überzeugungen riskierte ich sogar, abgefedert durch eine Abfindung, die meinen Verdiensten um die Firma entsprach, meine fristlose Entlassung.

Im Dienst von Siemens war ich dann als Träger von Top-Secret-Informationen in der deutsch-nigerianischen Connection unterwegs. Doch richtig gefehlt habe ich erst als erster Manager des globalen Dienstleisters ZAZAmedia, der Broschüren und News im Auftrag grosser Konzerne wie StorageTek oder META Group produzierte. Natürlich war ich gezwungen, meine Einkünfte gegenüber den Steuerbehörden zu verschleiern. Dazu benutzte ich meine exzellenten Beziehungen zu einer deutsch-brasilianischen Kanzlei im Kölner Raum. Aufgrund jahrzehntelanger Erfahrungen in Rio de Janeiro konnten wir zusammen grössere Millionenbeträge ganz legal in Waldrodungsunternehmen im Amazonas-Urwald anlegen.

Nun ist Schluss! Bevor die Staatsanwaltschaft bei mir klingelt, bekenne ich in aller Öffentlichkeit: Ich habe dem Gemeinwesen geschadet. "Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz" haben wir zwar als Parole vor uns hergetragen, doch haben wir es sträflicherweise versäumt, dem wirklich Rechnung zu tragen.

Im Sinne einer neuen, nun endgültig auf Werten gegründeten Gesellschaft rufe ich aus: Auch ich war dabei!

Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

"A popular video on YouTube shows Kellie Pickler, the adorable platinum blonde from “American Idol,” appearing on the Fox game show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” during celebrity week. Selected from a third-grade geography curriculum, the $25,000 question asked: “Budapest is the capital of what European country?”

Ms. Pickler threw up both hands and looked at the large blackboard perplexed. “I thought Europe was a country,” she said. Playing it safe, she chose to copy the answer offered by one of the genuine fifth graders: Hungary. “Hungry?” she said, eyes widening in disbelief. “That’s a country? I’ve heard of Turkey. But Hungry? I’ve never heard of it.” "

[more: here]

[and here is the link to the YouTube video]

EMC and SAP plan a romp in the clouds

The Register writes Today:

"EMC may partner with German software giant SAP to develop a suite of web hosted storage and application services.

In an interview with Reuters, SAP executive Doug Merritt said the two companies are in early-stage talks to add SAP's business applications to EMC's burgeoning software-as-a-service (SaaS) storage platform.
Both companies are mum on any technical or financial details of the proposed collaboration. But let's look at how things lay.

In January, EMC unveiled MozyEnterprise, the first offering in its new hosted software line dubbed "Fortress." The online backup and recovery suite is based on technology acquired from Berkeley Data Systems last October. EMC made sure to point out Mozy is only the first step in expanding the SaaS operation.
SAP has also been noisy about launching its own flavor of on-demand service called BusinessByDesign to combat Salesforce.com. At an announcement in September, SAP said it will look to partner with companies to provide applications and hosting.

The two puzzle pieces could logically fit together. As could be expected for an "early-stage" corporate affair, both companies declined to comment. But EMC veep Chuck Hollis helps push speculation. In his company blog, we see Hollis resist offering details, but perfectly happy to paint a picture of how such a collaboration would be, oh, such a grand idea.

Sounds a little like suit-speak for 'announcements are upcoming.' "

Die Krise der Archivierung

searchstorage.de hat am 29. Januar mein Interview mit Michael Peterson zur Krise der Archivierung veröffentlicht:

"Michael Peterson, Präsident der Strategic Research Corporation und führendes Mitglied des SNIA Data Management Forum, sieht eine Archivierungskrise heraufziehen, wenn sich Unternehmen nicht ernsthaft um die organisatorischen und technischen Herausforderungen einer langfristigen Datenspeicherung kümmern. Es drohe ein Datenverlust, der nicht nur Unternehmen tangieren wird, sondern zu einem Verlust des kollektiven und gesellschaftlichen Gedächtnisses führen kann."

[more: here]

Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s Company-Wide Memo Regarding the Microsoft Takeover Bid

"Wednesday, 6 February 2008

Company-wide memo from Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang earlier today, capitalization sic, as filed with the SEC:

Subject: Building on our strengths

Subject: Shitting our pants

first off, I want to thank you for the great job you’re doing staying focused on executing our priorities. there’s obviously been a lot of talk about yahoo! in recent days and we won’t let it distract us from pursuing our transformation strategy.

Thank you for not quitting last Friday.

roy and I have communicated about the thorough review process our board is going through right now. the board is focused on maximizing the value of yahoo!’s tremendous assets for our shareholders. and it is going to take the time it needs to do it right.

We very much want to say “no” but can’t figure out how without triggering a shareholder revolt.

as we’ve said, no decisions have been made about microsoft’s proposal. our board is thoughtfully evaluating a wide range of potential strategic alternatives in what is a complex and evolving landscape. and we’ve hired top advisors to assist through the process.

Does anyone have any wealthy relatives with 40 or 50 billion dollars to invest?

what’s become clear in the past few days is how much people care about this company. we’ve seen a strong show of support from our users, advertisers, and publishers, reminding us how much they love our products and services. and i’ve heard from many of you — and from other friends and colleagues from around silicon valley and across the globe — that we need to do what’s best for yahoo! and our shareholders. i promise you that the board is going to do that.

Everyone seems to agree that Microsoft would fuck Yahoo up but good.

the microsoft interest highlights the tremendous strength of the yahoo! brand and assets: our half billion users around the world, our leading products and services, our open ad network, our technology, and most of all, our amazingly talented people.

Yahoo’s stock was clearly undervalued by the market, which means those bastards in Redmond are getting a good deal and there’s nothing we can do about it.

we have a lot to be excited about and there’s more good news to come.

Where by “more” I mean “some”.

yesterday we announced a digital music partnership with rhapsody and our acquisition of foxytunes, maker of the popular music toolbar plugin.

We are completely irrelevant in digital music.

today we launched zimbra 5.0, a next generation e-mail and collaboration suite that’s a great milestone in our open platform and starting point strategies.

Zimbra will be the first product taken out back to be shot in the head once the Microsoft takeover goes through.

as we look to build on the progress we’ve been making, i want to make sure you all realize how essential you are to yahoo!’s success.

Please don’t quit.

as this process moves forward, we’re going to keep you informed. your hard work and strong commitment are more important now than ever before.

Welcome to Microsoft."

[source: here]

Everything Is Becoming Better

[more: here]