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Future of BI: Web 2.0, mashups and guided search
Insight Business intelligence is due for a renaissance, say industry watchers. Here's what it might look like in a few years' time.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications, Web 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Data, Supplier, Gartner Inc., business intelligence, VP, mashup
Which tech jobs will survive the crunch?
News As companies cut costs through mergers, they will need the skills in integrating data, applications, and processes.
Tags: Human resources, Forrester Research Inc., Mobile, Role, M&A, Economic Downturn, application integration, wireless device, VP, software
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News Indian outsourcer tries its hand on film making particularly in animation.
Tags: Business plans, Animation, Outsourcing Company, BPO, 3D, VP, Animation Division, Chennai, 2D, Hollywood
Macworld without Apple: The show will go on
News When Apple announced last year that the 2009 Macworld conference would be its last, there were some rumblings as to whether the show could continue without Apple's presence
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., Conference, VP, San Francisco, Macworld, public relations, Moscone Center, Steve Jobs, Consumer Technology
PayPal targets students, parents with debit cards
News New program lets parents keep track of their kids' expenses and act as the bank by funneling money into a monitored debit account.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, ATM, PayPal, MasterCard International, VP, debit card, bank, U.S., credit card
BBC hires Yahoo exec as CTO
News Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, this includes maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output and also overseeing the corporation's IT requirements.
Tags: Web sites, Network infrastructure, IT training, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Steve Ranger, social networking, VP, CTO
Microsoft names new PR chief
News The company has hired Simon Sproule, former top communications executive at Nissan Motor, to fill its vacant corporate communications VP post.
Tags: Recruiting, Public relations, Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Communication, Bill Gates, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Land Rover, Ford Motor Co., VP
Microsoft's Bing has a second good week
News ComScore reports Bing continued to tick up in market share in past week and is now up about 3 percentage points from where Microsoft was pre-Bing.
Tags: Search, ComScore Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp., software company, Search Engine, VP, Search, software, game
Facebook steps into OpenID Foundation
News We may not see OpenID in Facebook Connect anytime soon, but move is a big step for firm that many open-standards advocates once wrote off for its walled-garden nature.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Open source, PayPal, Google OpenSocial, Google Inc., VeriSign Inc., social networking, VP, Facebook
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
Twitter still doesn't have a head of sales
News But, in a speech at the Brainstorm: Tech conference, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone insists that the company knows what it is doing.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Conference, Sales, Worker, VP, co-founder, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., financial, TechCrunch
Yahoo search pad: An online notebook that watches you
News The portal will launch new tool to help people organize research conducted on its Internet search engine.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Web sites, Personal broadband, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Tool, Notebook, Internet Search, VP, Search Result
Is SaaS really cheaper?
News Software-as-a-service benefits may not be as clear cut as they seem, with focus on initial savings distracting issues that may reduce its advantage over packaged software in longer term.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Gartner Inc., Business Process, Silicon, VP, payment, software, TCO, Software-as-a-service
Built-in change processes increase chance for IT project success
Techguide An industry watcher shares the built-in change process his company uses and explains how it compares to the traditional project management approach.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Bentley College, VP, job, MBA, health care, built-In, team, Project management
Gartner: Internet-based e-mail to fuel cloud uptake
News The use of Internet hosted e-mail services--such as Microsoft's Hotmail and Google Mail--will fuel the business uptake of "cloud services".
Tags: Utility computing, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Gartner Inc., Environment, VP, e-mail, MSN Hotmail, Silicon.com, Internet
