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Austin commercial classic: Oh, you do know Betty Blackwell? - http://m.statesman.com/statesm...

Star Trek - http://www2.netflix.com/Movie...

MacBook Air with Windows 7 review: the ultrabook to rule them all? theverge.com Let’s be hon­est: The ultra­book phe­nom­e­non is by and large Intel’s and the rest of the PC indus­try’s reac­tion to Apple’s Mac­Book Air. Just take a look at a lot of the designs and the fea­tures: the influ­ence (and in some places the out­rig… - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Fixin' to fly away from Vegas after nearly a week here for Dell's sales kick-off. Fun! (at @lasairport)

Windows 8 on ARM: building a common Windows platform http://arstechnica.com/microso...

Cloudscaling set to offer OpenStack private cloud platform http://m.infoworld.com/d...

Looking for a fun, Job developing around Hadoop? Email me at michael_r_cote@dell.com - we've got some stuff opening up at Dell.

Just three more, 90 minute Web|Tech sales training sessions to go here at Dell FRS.

aurich: Was struggling to remember when this week I wrote an email when I realized it could only be yesterday, because somehow it's only Tuesday. - http://twitter.com/aurich...

ServiceSphere: @aprillallen @theitskeptic different strokes. I got into #podcast because Rob liked @cote's. Podcasts are now a part of my info diet! - http://twitter.com/Service...

At the Web|Tech booth at Dell FRas - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

The blank group knows that it is looking at meaninglessness, and refuses to deal with it. - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Brightcove to IPO - had 2011 revenue of $60.2 http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012...

On the way to Dell's annual sales readiness confab. Looking forw... (at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)) — https://path.com/p/3fSrDv

courtenaybird: Facebook Readies IPO Filing - WSJ.com Nice, clear and simple chart. - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Customers’ purchase decisions don’t necessarily conform to those of the “average” customer in their demographic; nor do they confine the search for solutions within a product category. Rather, customers just find themselves needing to get things done. When customers find that they need to get a job done, they “hire” products or services to do the... - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Wow, good job arranging all that. - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Damn it! Now wearing crazy socks is over! http://www.nytimes.com/2012...

Jobs to be done http://www.therewiredgroup.com/jobs-to...

If the company was to sell off unprofitable divisions, and focus solely on profit, with no in-fighting, then this can be done. But it will need an exceptionally strong man, with a tough no-nonsense vision, who is prepared to sacrifice people and products and do things his way. We’ll see. - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Untitled - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Can Sony's new supremo make the sacrifices to save his biz? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012...

HP To Unveil Cloud Identity Services for OpenStack http://servicesangle.com/blog...

Thoughts and Observations on a Thirteen-Hour Flight thisisnaive.com Not many, because I was asleep most of the time. Sprawled across four seats, with three pil­lows to prop up my head, two blan­kets for insu­la­tion and my new old wool and fleece coat to stroke. A half full flight. How do you see it, half full or… - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Had a really enjoyable week being a small part of starting the Software Group at Dell. Looking forward to rest of it!

Do I have it right that Forrester calls ETL (or "data integration" as Gartner calls it) "data virtualization"?

Untitled - http://coteindustries.com/post...

Dying is huge, it catch­es up with us like a rolling boul­der chas­ing Indi­ana Jones, and it makes us think vast, urgent thoughts. - http://coteindustries.com/post...