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CIO "DNA" evolving, says Meta Group

Meta Group recently published results from a study called "Top Global CIO Issues for 2005" based on a global survey of 1000 CIOs. Tekrati reports on the findings, addingcommentary from Metas senior vice president of Executive Directions, Jonathan Poe. He told Tekrati "The DNA of the CIO is more multidimensional...

Tags: ITO

Blog posts 2005-02-25

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Managing IT in desperate times

Managing IT in desperate timesSome good ideasBut your treatise on the economy is not. I have read much on the US economy, and the "experts" seem to agree that there is a danger of DEflation - as all those newly printed dollars tend not to circulate - banks don't lend...

Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Free trade, information technology, Murph, problem-I

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

ACS' ITO Perspective on Cloud Computing "Is It Ready?"

Cloud computing is on everyone's mind these days, but asking someone to describe it is almost like asking someone to describe the color orange. There are as many elements, pigments, chemicals, shades, emotions, likes, and dislikes that surround the personal view of orange. While it's hardly anyone's favorite, any kid...

Tags: Information Technology, ACS, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware

White papers 2009-03-13

Creative Commons needs help with "non-commercial use"

One of the things you learn pretty quickly in the open source community is that "non-commercial use" is not a well-defined term. This is why the Open Source Definition doesn't allow for clauses to restrict commercial use. The same can't be said for Creative Commons, and they're looking for some...

Tags: Creative Commons, Marketing Research, Open Source, Marketing, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?

The MacArthur Foundation just released a study suggesting that, not surprisingly, given the integration of social media into business and modern culture, the time kids spend with so-called new media, is generally neither wasted nor particularly harmful. In fact, as one of the lead researchers points out in the...

Tags: Youth, Media, Social Media, MySpace, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Current economy helping outsourcing and SaaS

Silver lining in a down economy There were some interesting data points in the last week concerning the economy and its impact on the technology sector. Phil Fersht, a fellow blogger and AMR Research Director, just finished a web survey of spending in...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Outsourcing, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-20

Will Wall Street Hurt SIs and Outsourcers?

Importance of Financial Services to the Consulting & Outsourcing Industry While consultants and systems integrators have some enviable margins, these firms don’t always make huge profits as they employ expensive resources who aren’t always chargeable. In fact, these firms can be quite vulnerable to minor economic swings...

Tags: Revenue, Consultant, Systems Integrator, Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, Firm, SiS, Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Financial Planning, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Government of Bermuda Propels IT Service Improvement With ITIL-Based assyst

The Government of Bermuda's Information Technology Office ITO mission is "To empower Ministries, Departments and Civil Servants to improve productivity and services by providing IT consulting services and core IT infrastructure at reasonable costs." In 2003 and 2004, a series of natural disasters and virus attacks put great strains on...

Tags: Information Technology, Bermuda, Government, ITIL, Strategy, Process Improvement, It Services, Management, Quality, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-09-19

TechCrunch50: Day 3

Photo by Steve Maller I've been covering TC50 for the past few days, and believe it or not, I'm still hungry for more startup pitches. 6:30 a.m. The final sessions of the conference are posted on BusinessWire: s Akoha...

Tags: Hollywood, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, Bojam, Truecar, Playce, Panelist, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Lowering the Service Delivery Costs of IT Outsourcers With Intel vPro Technology

The IT Outsourcing ITO market is very competitive in North America and worldwide. The use of global IT resources, remote management tools, improved processes, and creative business models has changed the face of IT outsourcing. The industry is entering a period of hyper competition, characterized by technology standards and services...

Tags: Intel vPro, Wipro Technologies, Information Technology, IT Outsourcing, Intel Corp., Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Strategy, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management

White papers 2008-09-01

HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up

HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP's services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-26

The government has an "iPatriot Act" ready for Internet control

My video of Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford University talking about an "iPatriot Act" has received a lot of views thanks to a post on the top blog site Boing Boing. Lawrence Lessig on the coming "i-Patriot Act" - Boing Boing I've taken out an...

Tags: professor, boing boing, video, corporate communications, government, internet, blogging, vertical industries, marketing, enterprise software, software, tom foremski

Blog posts 2008-08-07

A glimpse into the future of the Internet

The best panel I saw at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference was "2018: Life on the net." The moderator was Quincy Smith, CEO of CBS Interactive. On the podium was Lawrence Lessig, professor of Law at Stanford Law School, Joichi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons and Chairman of Six Apart...

Tags: Panel, CEO, Internet, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-30

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...

Tags: Finance, Financing Startups, Investment, Tom Foremski, Venture Capital

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Astrobatics 1.2.1 (Windows)

Burst through all the missions of the fierce space war in this excitingly intense action game. Turn your space-fighter ito deadly fighting machine with weapon upgrades, rocket turrets, bots and additional weapons. Encounter various modifications of enemy fighters, cruisers, mine-layers and ground defences. Destroy vast command ships before they destroy...

Tags: KraiSoft Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-09

10 Things to Know About ITO: Determining if IT Operations Outsourcing Is Right for You

This paper offers the 10 important things to know about IT operations outsourcing to help one understands the relevance of ITO outsourcing, determine if ITO outsourcing is right for the organization, evaluate outsourcing partners, and be aware of important factors that influence the success or failure of ITO outsourcing engagements.

Tags: Information Technology, CIBER, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

White papers 2008-06-13

HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom

The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Start-Up Outsources to China 'For the Best Brains' to Implement ITO 2.0

Harnessing the collective intelligence of people has the potential to change everything. Today, teams numbering in the thousands are creating encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items. Perhaps the best example is the rise of Wikipedia, which harnessed the collective intelligence of people around the world to...

Tags: Outsource, Collective Intelligence, Everest Partners

White papers 2008-05-01

Outsourcing links for February

Will China's Internet purges inhibit their knowledge services industry? :  Interesting commentary on the fact that the Chinese government is working extremely hard to increase its level of censorship and keep the Chinese Internet-world sectioned off from the rest of the world. Human Resources Outsourcing: Where’s the Value? : ...

Tags: Human Resources, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2008-02-19