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Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz on CIO / CTO differences: Blogger Jonathan Schwartz, who also happens to be CEO of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA), has written an insightful post describing issues raised by Chief Information Officers CIO and Chief Technology Officers CTO during meetings with Sun. His comments reveal distinct differences between the two groups. ...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Obama outlines federal CTO position; Where's the power?: Barack Obama unveiled plans for a chief technology officer, support for Net neutrality, improving education, next-generation broadband networks and more research spending. Oh yeah, and there will be more open government and feds using wikis and blogs. This agenda, outlined in this PDF, makes for good fodder....; Tags: CIO, Agency, Information Technology, Chief Technology Officer, News, Reality, Barack Obama, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Photos: Scanning brain waves: Upstart EmSense reads people's brain waves to gauge their emotional response to advertisements and video games.Hans Lee, chief technology officer of EmSense, wearing the company''s wireless headband, which includes a dry EEG electroencephalogram sensor to measure the electrical activity of the brain without the use of gels; an accelerometer, which...; Tags: Mice, Games, photograph, Upstart EmSense, Lee, rabbit, mouse, sensor, video game company, cage, gel, Monterey, THQ Inc., Santa Monica, Super Bowl, game company, headset, chief technology officer, video, sales, video game, gamer, advertiser, Hollywood, California, monitor, photogra; Image galleries 2007-08-21
Legal Technology Provider Achieves Competitive Advantage Through Innovation: Leading United Kingdom software developer and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner FWBS specialises in IT solutions for law firms. When the Microsoft .NET Framework was first launched in 2001, FWBS Chief Technology Officer and Development Director decided to redevelop one of the company's core products, Matter Centre, using the new technology....; Tags: Innovation, Competitive Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Chief Technology Officer, Strategy, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development; Case studies

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Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things: Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...; Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-09

NVIDIA helping to bring PhysX to the Radeon GPU: Here's an interesting development. Remember last week I blogged about a third-party project that was attempting to bring PhysX support (NVIDIA-owned technology) to the Radeon GPU? Well, it now appears that the project has the support of NVIDIA. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Project, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Radeon, GPU, Hd Dvd, Public Relations, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line: An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...; Tags: HP Integrity, Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Hardware, OS Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Live Webcast: Make Customer Experience a Cornerstone of Your Revenue Strategy: Join this live BNET Webcast to hear industry experts Jeffery Tarter, Executive Director of the Association of Support Professionals ASP, share how leading companies are investing in support and services to deliver a better customer experience, which translates to customer loyalty and reoccurring revenue; and Robert Bell, Services Management Consultant,...; Tags: Strategy, Revenue, Webcast, Citrix Systems Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance; Webcasts 2008-07-09
Should free broadband be neutral?: A lot of politicians are bandying about the idea of licensing unused or underutilized radio frequencies to create a free, nationwide broadband network. As the US gets repeatedly dinged for a lack of broadband penetration, especially in the inner city and rural areas, an initiative like this would have...; Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Congress looks at next-gen ad networks: The Center for Democracy and Technology will testify Wednesday about the privacy concerns over ad networks like NebuAd, which has come under fire over a deal with Charter Communications to deploy user-tracking technology, ChannelWeb reports. "For years, Web sites have entered into agreements with advertising...; Tags: Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, Ad Network, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-08
A Modest Privacy Proposal: The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent: Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year. That's a "very strong number especially at this early stage," says Goldman telecom analyst Jason...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, Goldman Sachs & Co., Armstrong, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-08
VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light: VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz right effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware's board....; Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Web 3.0 - the future of social networking: Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...; Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-08
They don't all really need laptops, do they?: I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...; Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Does Google need a standards office pronto?: Google is increasingly in the middle of multiple efforts like Android and standards development. The problem: Google doesn't have a centralized standards office to manage its efforts. According to open source consultant Stephen Walli, Google needs a standards office as its reach grows. Walli writes in a...; Tags: Google Inc., Standards Office, Walli, Team Management, Blogging, Management, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Intel will be inside DreamWorks' animated flicks: Intel on Tuesday formed an alliance where Dreamworks Animation will use its visual computing tools to produce movies in stereoscopic 3D. Dreamworks Animation is making its films in 3D beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens right due in March 2009. Dreamworks Animation will convert its systems to Intel-based...; Tags: DreamWorks SKG, Intel Corp., Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom: Corporate information technology has led to more winner take all markets and a super competitive business environment where players often flame out as quickly as they showed up. That's the big conclusion from Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in this month's Harvard Business Review. ...; Tags: Laggard, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?: I just bought my wife a new point and shoot digital camera. The trusty Kodak 3 megapixel was getting a bit long in the tooth and more often she was lugging her 35mm SLR to take high quality shots. Since it's summertime, the Olympus Stylus 850SW seems like...; Tags: Photography, SLR, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-08
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08