Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:03 PM/EST
By Samuel Greengard Here are a few of the biggest gaffes enterprises make when it comes to using information technology effectively ... and intelligently: 1. Gain drain. Some companies unleash systems that fuel internal efficiency at the expense of everyone...
Monday, April 23, 2012 10:13 AM/EST
By Samuel Greengard I'm beginning to seriously question whether email is a useful way to exchange messages. Lately, about 25 percent of the emails I send out wind up in spam folders. I'm guessing that enterprise spam blockers intercept another...
Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:07 PM/EST
By Samuel Greengard Last year, Apple sold more than 40 million iPads. In fact, the total number of iOS devices in use (iPhone, IPod Touches and iPads) is now somewhere north of 156 million. At this point, you would think...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:33 AM/EST
By Eileen Feretic It's no surprise to me--and it's probably not a surprise to you either--that the cloud has enveloped another business function: Collaboration is the latest technology to be rolled into the cloud, joining such veterans as software as...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:37 PM/EST
By Tim Moran Cloud computing is high on the list of IT issues to be dealt with in 2012--and beyond. Its impact on today's business decisions and strategies is prime fodder for articles, blogs, and research reports all over the...
Monday, January 23, 2012 10:16 AM/EST
By Samuel Greengard It's not difficult to spot minor glitches and shortcomings at almost any e-commerce site. But it's shocking to visit a major retailer's site and experience functionality that works more like 1996 than 2012. Welcome to Home Depot...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:34 AM/EST
by Tim Moran Hard on the heels of college bowl season comes the International Collegiate Programming Finals, a competition that promises "All the excitement of March Madness, without the sweat!" Sponsored by Windward, which started as a gaming company (Enemy...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:36 AM/EST
How will we ever make sense of scientific topics that are too big to know? The short answer: by transforming what it means to know something scientifically. An excerpt from David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge...
Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:33 PM/EST
By Samuel Greengard My Intel-powered crystal ball is displaying the following 12 information technology trends for 2012: 1. The cloud lifts. Vendor hype notwithstanding, cloud computing is here to stay. It cuts costs, streamlines collaboration and provides a high level...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:15 AM/EST
by Tim Moran Whatever your opinion of Google, you have to admit they have the title thing down. Case in point: Daniel Russell, Uber Tech Lead of Search Quality and User Happiness. When I fire up Chrome and begin searching...