Unisys (Imagine It. Linux)

If you haven’t already heard, Unisys has decided to start shipping the ES7000 series server range with Linux (either RedHat or Novell’s SuSE)

Unisys Stories

Just heard that Unisys shares dropped 15% on the warning that they would not meet prior forecasts.

I interned at Unisys last year and definitely felt that the company offered the end to end solution from hardware/ software to outsourcing. Sadly, it seems that the company has trouble distinguishing itself from other consulting offerings.

The stock plunge as reported by Investors.com is a bit strange since the company has just been ramping up a strong portfolio of security related services (i.e ePresence Security Services and Baesch Computer Consulting).

Unisys announced today that its second quarter earning slid by 63% and earned 19.4 million dollars, or six cents a share, on revenue of 1.4 billion dollars.

The Law of The Leadership

01 The Leadership
(Part of the series on 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing)

It’s better to be the first than it is to be better. Clearly, this has played against The Zambian. However, in recent times, we’ve strived to push new frontiers by attempting to be the first in various categories. For example the recent launch of the online Zambian community was a first in the market. Furthermore, we’re also the first to offer free advertising and website design to Zambian businesses. However, inspite of being first, I find it strange that the current market leaders do not exploit this advantage. Often, you can find a site losing its leadership position by not providing the audience with current and up to date information.

Other Zambian Firsts:

First site to use ASP.NET
First site to use RSS feeds
First site to offer free email services to all members
First site to launch an official blog

22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding or Marketing are:

1. Leadership

2. The Category

3 The Ladder

4 Duality

5 The Mind and Perception

6 Focus

7 Extension

8 Exclusivity and Superiority

9 Division

10 The Heart (Emotion)

11 Attributes

12 Candor

13 Sacrifice

14 Success

15 Failure

16 Unpredictability

17 Hype

18 Acceleration

19 Perspective

20 The Opposite

21 Origin

22 Resources

Managing Group Schedules

Does anyone manage a schedule for a team? All of a sudden I find myself in a position trying to manage a schedule for a team of about 15 consultants. Thankfully there is some leverage and additional help, but there must be an easier way to plan the month ahead instead of co-ordinating 15 people over 31 days fluctuating between 1-2 shifts per day and possibly working on 4 different scenarios.

Suggestions?

Networking Online

I am confused as to how successful online business networking sites are. For example, in the last month alone, I’ve had to revisit or accept invitations from:

Orkut
Ryze
LinkedIn
Friendster
Ecademy

My biggest concern is maintaining this silo of networking data. There must be a way to bridge this information – seamlessly.