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PC-over-IP time
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 8 Mar 2010
After the huge success of server virtualisation, many organisations have been eyeing the desktop as the next target for a virtual makeover. Now PC-over-IP aims to remove the performance barrier ...Read more
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Enterprise joins the Google Apps club
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 15 Feb 2010
Attracted by increasing functionality, cost savings and the ability to access data from any location, some of the world's largest firms are making huge commitments to cloud-based office applications ...Read more
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Telepresence for all
Posted by James Lawrence | Thu 11 Feb 2010
Driven by greatly improved technology and falling prices, mid-market demand for videoconferencing is growing - and triggering a period of rapid consolidation ...Read more
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Governments buy into apps stores
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 8 Feb 2010
State CIOs around the world are following Apple and Salesforce.com and becoming increasingly sold on the idea of cloud portals ...Read more
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How should CIOs support the business use of social media? Part 1
Posted by Toby Redshaw | Mon 25 Jan 2010
With over 50% of CIOs banning the use of social networking in the workplace, the debate rages over whether Web 2.0 platforms are a vital component of the connected enterprise. Toby Redshaw, global CIO of Aviva, believes Web 2.0 can make the insurance giant "big and agile" ...Read more
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21st Century Free
Posted by Chris Anderson | Mon 30 Nov 2009
Chris Anderson, author of the acclaimed bestseller The Long Tail, predicts a time when, thanks to the digital economy, the default price of everything will be zero ...Read more
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Wolfram at the door
Posted by Kevin White | Mon 23 Nov 2009
Although hailed as a "Google killer" when it was launched in May, Wolfram Alpha is more of a hybrid of Wikipedia and the search engine market leader ...Read more
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The US government's IT dashboard
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 5 Oct 2009
Vivek Kundra, appointed by Barack Obama as the US government's first CIO, has launched an online dashboard that candidly exposes the current spending and schedule metrics of the 800 major projects that make up the bulk of the federal government’s $76 billion annual IT spend. ...Read more
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Quantum computing: The future is in the past
Posted by James Bellini | Mon 7 Sep 2009
Futurologist Dr James Bellini explains the “50-year rule” and predicts the rise of quantum computing ...Read more
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Lean lessons from Japan
Posted by Jeffrey Liker | Mon 31 Aug 2009
You think lean and IT make uncomfortable bedfellows? Not at Toyota, argues Dr Jeffrey Liker, a world authority on the creator of lean - although it's only seen as one of many means of driving efficiency ...Read more
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European software patent law: another fine mess
Posted by Arnoud Engelfriet | Mon 24 Aug 2009
The 30-year row over controversial European software patent law is due to rear its ugly head again later this year. But, argues legal expert Arnoud Engelfriet, don’t expect any magical resolution ...Read more
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Moving with the times: the rise of the netbook
Posted by Andrew Donoghue | Mon 17 Aug 2009
With sales up 80% year-on-year, netbooks are the form factor to watch - although their business uses remain unclear ...Read more
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Unified communications: All the right connections
Posted by James Bambrough | Mon 3 Aug 2009
Switching to a unified communications system could mean 11 fewer days on the red-eye this year, says James Bambrough, senior solution architect at Fujitsu ...Read more
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Thin client: We can't all be skinny
Posted by John Rule | Mon 13 Jul 2009
Migrating to thin client machines isn’t right for every business, says John Rule, principal customer solution architect at Fujitsu ...Read more
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This Way Up: P&G's Filippo Passerini
Posted by Kevin White | Mon 6 Jul 2009
Innovation and agility have been decisive factors in the successful career path of Filippo Passerini, P&G's president of global business services and CIO ...Read more
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"Control can mean money. Quite a lot of money," says leading open source expert
Posted by Andrew Donoghue | Wed 1 Jul 2009
The French government's experiment in open source has led to huge public sector cost savings and unprecedented levels of control over its software. Professor Roberto Di Cosmo, one of Europe's leading open source experts, explains why the rest of the world should sit up and take notice ...Read more
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Personal space invaders
Posted by Ray Kurzweil | Mon 15 Jun 2009
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts when artificial intelligence will enter our bodies – and could make us immortal ...Read more
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The business of micro-blogging
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Tue 26 May 2009
The growth of micro-blogging sites, such as Jaiku, Plurk and Twitter, has been startling. Now businesses are beginning to work out how they can benefit from them ...Read more
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Book review: What Would Google Do?
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 18 May 2009
For a company only born a decade ago that has changed the face of the internet and has a market cap of $96.5 billion, it’s not unreasonable to ask: “What would Google do?” Jeff Jarvis tries to answer the question ...Read more
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Creative destruction
Posted by Richard Foster | Mon 11 May 2009
The recession will spell the end for some corporate dinosaurs but, as US history shows us, this natural selection can pave the way for a new breed of innovators, argues Richard Foster ...Read more
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Windows 7, Vista or XP?
Posted by Rachel Ebrey | Tue 5 May 2009
When it comes to operating systems, should it be out with the old and in with the new? Fujitsu's CTO Marc Silvester offers his expert advice ...Read more
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Special Report: Cloud computing
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 30 Mar 2009
An in-depth investigation into the benefits of cloud computing: should your company be adopting it? What are the merits? And what are the pitfalls you should be aware of? ...Read more
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: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:17:55 +0000
British oil giant BP is set to acquire a big swath of oil assets from Devon Energy. The deal, worth up to $6 billion, would vault BP into the hot new oil region off the shores of Brazil.
Climate Panel to Face Review
: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:10 +0000
An international scientific body will conduct a wide-ranging review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and make recommendations by August about how the organization should change.
FSA Outlines Tougher Stress Tests
: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:10 +0000
U.K. banks have been getting more optimistic, but the regulator is assuming a more-severe fall in GDP in the U.K. than in previous scenarios.
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