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Internet is a 'lawless space', says expert
News Former U.K. government offical warns of the increasing threat from cyberterrorism, and calls for a coordinated international response from governments.
Tags: Web sites, Viruses and worms, Hacking, IT Governance, Threat, Google Earth, violence, Business World, NATO, Internet Activity
Business in the 21st century: Stay tuned for brave new world
Insight perspective Corporate leaders, take note: Web technologies are poised to change everything--economic, political and social, says consultant.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Leadership, Semantic Web, Tim O'Reilly, Social Media, Social Web, Web 2.0, Internet, collaboration
Techies must rebrand themselves as 'integral'
News IT professionals still seen as personnel who serve other departments, rather than as an integral part of the business, notes IASA CEO.
Tags: Organizational structure, Personnel management, Workforce, IT Professional, Malaysia, CIO, CEO, revenue, finance, Edwin Yapp
Where have all the bosses gone?
Blogs I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream wh...
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News It's not so much a judgment on the performance of the Mac OS itself, but rather a recognition of the prohibitive costs involved in making a change.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Operating System, Michael Silver, Information Technology, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, CIO, Hardware
Yahoo's quest for respect
News New $100 million marketing campaign will emphasize that Yahoo has a personal touch as the company tries to balance its need to start anew while showing off its strengths.
Tags: Service level management, Web sites, Web 2.0, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang, Internet, strategy, Web 2.0, Service level management
BI comes to Kindle--will companies care?
News Business intelligence provider MicroStrategy says it will make its business reports and dashboards accessible through Amazon's Kindle DX reader.
Tags: Handhelds, Business applications, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Device, E-book, phone, Dashboard, business intelligence, music player, Apple iPod Touch
EC: Businesses need to sign up to social networks
News Social networking for small businesses, the 'internet of things' and the mobile internet will be key drivers for future business growth, according to the EC.
Tags: Web 2.0, SMB, Mobile, Mobile Internet, Spokesperson, Small Business, social networking, network, Web 2.0, Internet
Google: Escape Exchange via Outlook plug-in
News As part of its quest to get business customers to move their e-mail services to Google, the company has come up with a way to sync Outlook clients and Gmail servers.
Tags: Microsoft Outlook, E-mail servers, Web services, Plug-in, Google Inc., Server, e-mail, Google Apps, Google Gmail, Microsoft Exchange Server
Just keeping the lights on means biz doom, CIOs warned
News Inaction is not an option in the current economic climate, researcher warns IT chiefs.
Tags: Cost control, IT budgeting, Alcatel, Business, Wireless, Gartner Inc., CEO, knowledge, Paris, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Delivering IT as a service
Insight City University's CIO Jerry Yu is gearing his team to deliver IT like a utility service, where the service is available to users at the flip of a switch.
Tags: IT Management
Oracle: Web 2.0 'imperative' for business
News Adopting a Web 2.0 strategy helps companies better communicate with customers and creates business opportunities, says executive.
Tags: Web 2.0
Nine VoIP add-ins that help boost productivity
Insight Skype already includes features that make its VoIP services attractive to business users, including call forwarding and the ability to filter and block unwanted calls, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP
Dell names new CFO, focuses on investments
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Wikis meet open source with Socialtext
News Software company introduces Socialtext Open, an open-source, downloadable version of its primary wiki product.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source
