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- A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives
- Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...
- Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?
- Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- The Paparazzi Social Media Problem
- Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power
- There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...
- Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- State of California CIO: E-governing with Web 2.0
- Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education.
- Tags: Web, CIO, California, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, State of California CIO, CIO Sessions
- Videos 2008-11-25
- E-governing with Web 2.0
- Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education. by Administrator
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Two paths for information management pros in an economic downturn
- There's nothing like an economic downturn to catalyze change in information management IM strategies. Someone asked me recently, "Isn't information management a discretionary spend that will likely get cut in an economic downturn?" He cited the fact that tools for collaboration, content, and business intelligence are traditionally difficult to financially...
- Tags: Information Management, Business Technology Team, Strategy, Management, Matthew Brown
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Is Command & Control Management Inefficient?
- When most people think of how businesses are organized, they visualize command and control management: the pine tree visual with the leaders at the top. Since we are entering the Western festive season here are some appropriate images to illustrate this. The traditional 'Christmas Tree'...
- Tags: Fractal, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- H2O + C = cool idea
- Forty years ago the protagonist in "The Graduate" was told the magic word for the future was "plastics." I would suggest the magic word for our future now is "water." Two Michigan innovators just won a prize for an air conditioning system that uses water as the coolant...
- Tags: Turbine, C, Air Conditioner, Fiber, Air Conditioning System, John Barrie, Muller, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
- There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...
- Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- It's green report card season: Proclamations from IBM, SAP, Toshiba and Xerox
- Some scintillating corporate sustainability reading for your perusal today, folks. In all seriousness, the last few weeks have seen several of the biggest of the big high-tech vendors publish their latest environmental reports or corporate responsibility statements. Here's a list of some of the most recent, along with a brief...
- Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Card, Corporate Responsibility, Greenhouse Gas, SAP AG, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Diigo for education
- I posted several bookmarks via Diigo on Wednesday. Although I had planned to use delicious, I find the interface to be really kludgy, so I set about looking for another social bookmarking site. Although plenty of teachers in my district post lists of links on their blogs or...
- Tags: Education, Bookmark, Social Bookmarking, Teacher, Diigo, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?
- I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...
- Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Enable innovation with collaboration, without boundaries.
- In today's competitive environment, sharing information and expertise can be critical in driving organizational success. To foster innovation, it's important to create collaboration communities of employees, as well as customers and partners "outside the firewall." Read this white paper to learn how to tap into both internal and external knowledge.
- Tags: Innovation, IBM Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2008-11-19
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Central Desktop launches Enterprise SaaS suite
- When it comes to online collaboration, Central Desktop has been serving small and medium-sized businesses for some time with the tools they need to manage versions of files, emails related to a project and calendaring tools designed to keep team members in sync. Now, as rocky economic...
- Tags: Desktop, Software-as-a-service, Client-server, Tool, Productivity, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Is there anything teachers or students need that Google Apps can't do?
- I'm giving serious thought to switching our school to Google Apps from our current ISP's email system this coming summer. Only teachers and staff have access to district email right now; the switch would provide students, teachers, and staff with school email accounts and access to the suite of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Archiving, Teacher, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up
- More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Greening the data center
- Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor
- News items 2008-11-17
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