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Picking the right IT: Are some risks worth taking?

Challenge: pick the right information architecture for a 10 to 15 FTE research foundation. The operating budget runs around two million per year, the mandate is to hand out about one hundred million per year in health care related research grants, the scope is nominally worldwide with preference given to...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, Director, Office, George, Paul, Development Officer, Government, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-02-05

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IBM's Moffat put on leave after insider trading scandal

IBM has put Bob Moffat, senior vice president of its systems and technology group, on a "temporary leave of absence" following an insider trading sting that named him and other technology executives. Big Blue told employees that Moffat is no longer serving as an officer of IBM....

Tags: IBM Corp., Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19

VMware's SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn't solve the Microsoft problem

VMware's purchase of SpringSource for $420 million has sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts who argue the virtualization software company paid too much and still failed to solve its Microsoft problem. Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry noted that SpringSource had roughly $10 million in...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Baryonyx to build largest offshore wind farms in U.S., power Tier 4 data centers

Energy start-up Baryonyx has won bids for three land leases from Texas to build Tier 4 data centers powered primarily by wind farms. The company's leases include two offshore sites in the Gulf of Mexico and one on land...

Tags: Data Center, Texas, Lease, Wind Farm, Baryonyx, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-23

SoftwareAG: 'We're not up for sale'

SoftwareAG acquiring IDS Scheer: deal details All cash offer €477 million (net of IDS Scheer cash is €387 million) Debt to be repaid in 2-3 years Contracted shares today 48% Tender process for remainder expected to start August and close...

Tags: IDS Scheer, SAP AG, SoftwareAG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Yes We Can -- improve records management

Hi folks, Doc here. Remember when I talked about how U.S. government employees throw out millions of pages every day? Well, on a more hopeful note, I came across a CMSWire article from earlier this year about the impact the new Obama administration may have on records management in the...

Tags: Administration, Marisa Peacock, Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Document Management, Workforce Management, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Doc

Sponsored content 2009-07-01

Get ready for Oracle's 100 days of press releases aka innovation

It's a while since I read Bruce Richardson, chief research officer at AMR but a couple of his most recent posts rang bells with me. The first: Who Drives Software Innovation? The “Best-of-Breed vs. Giants” Debate raises a donkey's year old discussion where he concludes: Call me cynical, but...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Bruce, Simon Wardley, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Jive & Telligent Get More Analytical

Jive, creator of 'Social Business Software 3.0', are announcing today an OEM agreement with business intelligence vendor SAP AG, through which it will deliver community analytics that combine the best in Social Business Software together with SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand offerings. This partnership makes available complete cloud-based analytics...

Tags: Analytics, Social Computing, SAP AG, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Financial Planning, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Finance, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-23

'Quality Scores' For Web Content: How Numbers Will Create A 'Beautiful Cycle of Greatness for Us All'

Patrick Keane spent four years at Google, before becoming chief marketing officer at CBS Interactive which owns CNet and ZDNet. Now he’s in his third month as chief executive officer at Associated Content, the “people’s media” company. And...

Tags: Keane Inc., Web, Quality, Content, Associated Content, Channel Management, Engineering, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-17

U.S. CTO: Infrastructure growth needs private sector investment

The technology backbone of the United States needs a major overhaul and government alone can't do it, the nation's first chief technology officer said today. It's going to take a cooperative effort, including a massive influx of "hundreds of billions" of private capital dollars, for the U.S. to catch up...

Tags: Innovation, U.S., Investment, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

SOA as 'iTunes for business': interesting analogy

For quite some time, we have talked about the concept of accessing SOA-ready services through public online marketplaces, and how that could shake up the way we approach IT. We're seeing manifestations of this model through cloud computing. But I wish I could have expressed it the...

Tags: SOA, Apple iTunes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Apple's growth potential: Unleash the iPod Touch

In this Apple story, it's not about whether you're a Mac or a PC. This time, it's all about the iPod Touch, the shy younger cousin of the iPhone that really hasn't had its moment in the spotlight - until now. Susquehana Financial analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro wrote...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Poking for holes in Silicon Valley's future

Every time Silicon Valley goes through a downturn we see stories about how it is losing its lead. Here is the BBC with a long story headlined: "Silicon Valley crown up for grabs. It has one source to make this claim, Tom Siebel, the retired founder of Siebel Systems. ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Leadership, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event

Software patents hot topic at Microsoft eventTrying to stop Open_SourceThe only they can compete with Open_Source islawsuits about patents.Other than that it is a Titanic sailing for theice-burg or Conficker.all software belongs tu u$![i]Oliver Bell, regional technology officer, Microsoft Asia-Pacific, responded, saying Microsoft has an interest in protecting intellectual property...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

MySpace names Facebook VP Van Natta as CEO

News Corporation today announced the appointment of Owen Van Natta to the role of MySpace Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Van Natta will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Jonathan Miller, News Corporation’s CEO of Digital Media and Chief Digital Officer. ...

Tags: Facebook, News Corp., MySpace, CEO, Corporate Governance, Investment, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Open APIs for secure social enterprise computing drive innovation

* Jennifer Leggio is at RSA Conference Guest editorial by Chet Kapoor and Michael Richardson As the "Chief Innovation Officer" now for most enterprises, the CIO needs a new portfolio of social computing capable methodologies to enable collaboration between empowered users inside and adjacent...

Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Computing, Collaboration, API, Social Computing, Chet, Social Networking, Leadership, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Adobe announces Flash Catalyst, Facebook connection

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Adobe Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch demos a beta version of Flash Catalyst, a Web development program that allows developers to import pictures and make each shape into a Web element. Flash Catalyst also creates Flex code of these elements, letting...

Tags: Adobe, Adobe Systems Inc., applications, Channel Management, code, Developer, Facebook, Flash, Internet, Marketing, Web, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Expo, web development

Videos 2009-04-02

VMware picks up yet another former Softie

At the rate it's going, VMware is going to be Microsoft's alumni clubhouse No. 1. On March 24, VMware announced it had hired former Softie Richard McAniff as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Content Management, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-24

The U.S. Government, Innovation and Data We Can Believe In

Aahh. Everything about Barack Obama has seemed so fresh and original. Hey, he's the first [fill in the blank] to be president. And everything he does is refreshingly different from his predecessor, whose most amazing quality was his ability to get elected twice. (As if that was...

Tags: Innovation, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Government, Leadership, Strategy, Federal Government, Management, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-12

AMD's new dawn: 'Tickled pink' about GlobalFoundries deal; Challenges remain

AMD has closed the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, received a much needed cash injection, created product lineup that is competitive and set course for a more focused future. These moves, however, come amid a sharp decline in PC and server demand. Where is AMD headed? For...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., GlobalFoundries, Nehalem, Manufacturing, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-09