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S'pore firm not gaga over Google Apps
News Google launches marketing campaign to drive adoption of office suite, but one Singapore company has concerns over security and lack of formatting capabilities.
Tags: Cloud computing, Business, Google Inc., Cloud, DSC, Microsoft Corp., CEO, software, Cloud computing, Wong
Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., CTO, Service level management, Databases
HDS: 'Clean up' before hitting cloud
News update Firms moving storage onto cloud must first get their "house in order", or existing problems will be transferred into new business model, urges CTO Hu Yoshida.
Tags: Storage, Investments, Hitachi Ltd., Google Inc., International Data Corp., De-duplication, provisioning, Singapore, Storage, Amazon.com Inc.
Yahoo veteran named to MySpace CTO spot
News Alex Maghen, who previously served as the head of technology for MySpace Music, has tough road ahead of him, as News Corp.-owned site has fallen from favor in Silicon Valley.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web 2.0, MySpace, entertainment, chief technology officer, Facebook, CTO, exec, News Corp., Web 2.0
Microsoft issues critical Windows patches
News Software maker releases five operating-system related updates as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, patch management, Microsoft Windows Server, IT administrator, CTO, Qualys Inc., Microsoft Windows
Top execs making new contacts via Twitter
News For some business leaders, networking online is as important for them as face-to-face meetings, but it lacks direct interaction for in-depth discussions.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, social networking, Facebook, CTO, CEO, network, leader
Five ways to discover unstructured processes
Techguide Many companies tend to focus their IT efforts on larger, structured processes such as CRM and ERP. Here's why taking this attitude can be expensive.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Data Management, Process, CRM, BPM, Environment, compliance, e-mail, accident
Schmidt not interested in tech czar job
News Google's CEO takes himself out of the running to be the United States' first chief technology officer.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Government, Google Inc., Net Neutrality, CNBC, Vint Cerf, CTO, Eric Schmidt, job, CNET Networks Inc.
What Sun's Tremblay will do at Microsoft
News The longtime chip architect will work inside a group within Craig Mundie's unit and help set Microsoft's strategic direction relative to software and semiconductor tech.
Tags: Human resources, Microsoft Corp., Semiconductor, Chip, Sun Sparc, Marc Tremblay, Digital Equipment Corp., spell checker, Sun Microsystems Inc., CTO
Tech must step in where we forget
Blogs After a minor security scare--his house keys were misplaced--my brother went on a defense mode and installed a biometric...
Dell CTO Kevin Kettler to step down
News The chief technology officer is retiring to spend more time with his many local activities, including a wine bar and TV venture.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT Management, HD-DVD, CTO, CEO, workstation, CNET Networks Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Austin, Blu-ray disc
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News Your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Smart phones, Business applications, Digital media, Web services, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, Workforce, GPS
Nortel earnings tank with worsening economy
News Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks announces its biggest quarterly loss in seven years as the company struggles to survive the economic downturn.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Nortel Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Sales, phone, Earnings, CTO
WiMax still too pricey for rural Philippines
News Prices of WiMax customer premise equipment need to drop, before operators can justify going into the country's rural areas, according to Filipino operator.
Tags: WiMax, Network infrastructure, Operator, Philippines, IP, Broadband, CTO, network, VoIP, average revenue per user
The future of the cloud
News The cloud is omnipresent at the Web 2.0 Summit as industry executives discuss the migration from the client to millions of virtualized servers as the information pipe.
Tags: Web services, Cloud, Web 3.0, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, PaaS, CTO, CEO, Adobe Systems Inc., industry
