Archive for the 'Strategy' Category
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
As enterprise Web 2.0 makes its way into organizations, there is a misconception held among a pocket in the industry that the new technologies will replace the old says Nexaweb’s Jeremy Chone. Commentary–Was anybody else not surprised by the recent Foote Partners finding that the…
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Misconception, Nexaweb Technologies, Jeremy Chone, COBOL, Enterprise Application, CTO, SAP, Nexaweb, Knowledge, Web 2.0, Management, Internet, Web, Job, Enterprise Software, Special to ZDNet, SAP AG, Strategy, Software |
Monday, September 29th, 2008
The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. According to analyst…
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Economic Downturn, skills, Forrester Research Inc., employment, Forrester, IT, silicon.com, Job, Strategy, Tim Ferguson, Information Technology, Management |
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he still sees a “certain buoyancy” among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes. SANTA CLARA–Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a “certain buoyancy” among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes….
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Telephony, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, economy, Telecom & Utilities, Industry, Management, Strategy, Networking, Telecommunications, Reuters |
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The credit crunch has dominated the front pages in 2008, and claimed a number of high-profile scalps, such as that of the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers bank. As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of…
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Financial, Nick Heath silicon.com, IT management, Outsourcing Company, Supplier, layoffs, economy, EquaTerra, HP, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Management, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Industry, Hardware, Strategy, Software |
Monday, September 8th, 2008
IBM is making a major push to upgrade the computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to breath under mountainous piles of data. SAN JOSE, California–IBM is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous…
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Data, IBM, EMC, data storage, Data Centers, IBM Corp., Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Reuters |
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
If you?re an IT manager or CIO, you may want to gather the troops before you begin the Web 2.0 modernization process as even the best laid plans can go awry says Nexaweb Technologies Jeremy Chone. Commentary–The proliferation of enterprise Web 2.0 has created new…
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code, IT management, Jeremy Chone, Nexaweb Technologies, Web 2.0, CIO, Internet, Management, Strategy, Information Technology, Web |
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
IT jobs in the UK have the worst label possible–they’re “boring” according 63 percent of students who took part in a careers survey. Plus, the study that the gender divide will worsen. The majority of non-computing students perceive that information technology as a career would…
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skills, IT management, hiring, jobs, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Student, Strategy, Information Technology, Management |
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
IT staff to the rescue. They have to both identify and solve business needs to lift the country out of a financial downturn, says Gartner analysts. IT innovation will be a key factor in helping the US to get out of recession, said a Gartner analyst on Monday. …
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company, business, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, e-business e-biz, online, IT pro, MIS, peripheral, Innovation, enterprise, Hardware, Strategy, Management, Computer, Information Technology, IT, Network, CIO, Software |
Monday, February 25th, 2008
The demands of regulatory compliance are among the factors driving corporate IT and security managers to improve their access governance processes, but that’s not the whole story, says Aveska CEO Deepak Taneja. Commentary–The stakes involved in access-related risk have risen dramatically…
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Aveksa Inc., IT Security Team, Accountability Loophole, Business Manager, risk management, compliance, Aveska, Deepak Taneja, Risk, Entitlement Inertia, Automation, Security, Information Technology, Special to ZDNet, Strategy, IT, Solution, Accountability, Entitlement, Audit, Management |
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Aimed at stealing market share from Baidu, Google partnership with Chinese online company would provide free music downloads. Web search leader Google is planning to boost its presence in China by tying up with a Chinese online music company to provide free music downloads, The Wall Street Journal…
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Online Music, China, Digital Music, Baidu.com Inc., Alliance, Strategy, Google Inc., Reuters, CNET Networks Inc., Management, Corporate & legal, Personal Technology |
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The purchase, AOL’s fifth in 12 months, is part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations. Time Warner’s AOL said on Tuesday it has purchased Buy.at, an online affiliate marketing network, as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations. AOL did not…
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Network, Telecommunications, Cable, America Online Inc., Buy.at, Time Warner Inc., Strategy, Corporate & legal, Internet, Reuters, Marketing, Management, Microsoft Corp., Marketing Research, Personal Technology |
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Software giant says it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its unsolicited offer for Yahoo. Microsoft said Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited…
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Business Operations, Operating Systems, Strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Software, Financial Accounting, Finance, Politics & government, Management, Reuters |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
In study, U.S. tops ratings for “innovation-driven economies”; Russia tops list for “efficiency- and -resource driven economies.” The United States, Sweden, and Japan topped a new ranking that measures how well countries use telecommunications technologies–networks, cell phones, and computers–to boost their social and economic prosperity. Connectivity Scorecard,…
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Communications, Telephony, Russia, India, Information And Communication Technology, Telecom & Utilities, U.S., Management, CNET Networks Inc., Strategy, Networking, Telecommunications, Reuters |
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Smartsheet’s Brent Frei and Mark Mader offer their take on why productivity growth has mysteriously slowed since 2004. If there were a Productivity Hall of Fame, John Deere would definitely occupy a place of prominence. The 19th century inventor introduced his cutting-edge steel plow with…
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Knowledge, Brent Frei and Mark Mader, Smartsheet, Productivity Growth, E-mail, Deere, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Intel Corp., Workplace, Strategy, Online Communications, Human Resources, Management |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
The U.S. remains No. 1 in the world in high-performance computing, but IBM’s Dave Turek examines whether it can maintain its current domination. When it comes to high-performance computing, the U.S. enjoys a position of unparalleled dominance in the field of supercomputers. But there’s little guarantee that today’s…
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Supercomputer, Russia, Brainpower, High-performance Computing, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Computing, Obstacle, Industry, Strategy, Charles Cooper, Management, Utility Computing, IBM Corp., China, U.S., Marketing |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Tech budgets are starting to feel the heat on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession according to a jury of CIOs. A near crash in the global markets last week caused economic panic and heightened fears the UK and other economies are heading…
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silicon.com, IT, budgets, , Andy McCue, Director Of Information Technology, Strategy, Information Technology, CIO, Management |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Search giant has begun discussions with Malaysia’s Multimedia Development on establishing a base in the country, according to reports. Web search engine giant Google is interested in setting up operations in Malaysia, citing the country’s technology infrastructure and strategic location, newspapers reported on Sunday. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad…
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Strategy, Malaysia, Google Inc., Corporate & legal, Management, Reuters |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
More than a third of RIM’s customers are now noncorporate and nongovernment. But can Pearl go mano a mano with iPhone? Research In Motion has leapt into the retail consumer market with products such as its pink BlackBerry Pearl, a candy bar-shaped e-mail phone stuffed with multimedia goodies,…
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RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Research In Motion Ltd., Hardware, Consumer electronics, Strategy, Reuters |
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Software maker buys Calista Technologies, broadens partnership with Citrix in aim to better compete with virtualization leader. Microsoft has acquired a start-up company called Calista Technologies and expanded its alliance with Citrix Systems, targeting VMware’s early lead in virtualization technology. Microsoft unveiled the news on Monday as part…
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VMware Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Technology, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Utility Computing, CNET Networks Inc., Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Reuters |
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The well-heeled company touts its plans to bestow money on worthy causes. But how does that compare with other tech sector do-good efforts? Even in philanthropy, Google follows its own rules. With its funding of renewable energy and early warning systems for drought and infectious diseases,…
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