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August 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:57 AM/EST

One Million Robots Vs All-Too-Human Workers

by Tim Moran Foxconn, the Taiwanese technology mammoth that makes components and assembles products for the likes of Apple, Sony, and Nokia, says it will replace some of its workers with one million robots within three years. In an effort...

May 2, 2011

Monday, May 02, 2011 9:57 AM/EST

ERP, RIP

by Samuel Greengard Yesterday's thoroughbred technology is today's broken-down horse. How quickly things change in the digital age. According to a recent survey conducted by enterprise resource planning software firm IFS America, almost 60 percent of respondents--more than 200 executives...

April 20, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:33 AM/EST

Earnings Surprise No Real Surprise

"Two of the world's largest technology vendors surprised Wall Street by posting surging sales and profits in the first-quarter, and signaled brighter days ahead," reported the Wall Street Journal after IBM and Intel posted strong numbers. "EMC Corp (EMC.N), the...

April 13, 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:10 AM/EST

Murdering Your Old Computer

by Tim Moran Ever get so frustrated with your creaky old computer that you've considered breaking the thing, so the company will finally issue you a new one? You are not alone. Only about 40 percent of companies complete their...

February 9, 2011

Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:07 AM/EST

Websites Are Hard, Apparently

Last night, as the rest of you were watching cocktail hour melt into dinnertime, I found myself in a city hall conference room discussing a new website for my hometown of Greensboro, NC. Greensboro's current site is decent, but a...

January 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:09 AM/EST

Disintermediation Bites

Bad news for my hometown, as American Express announces the closing of its Greensboro, NC call center and the vaporization of hundreds of local jobs. Blame the internet. From an email to civic bigwigs from Amex general manager Robert Garinger:...

January 6, 2011

Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:18 AM/EST

IT Predictions for 2011

by Samuel Greengard What's a New Year without a few predictions? Here's my two cents worth in regard to major IT and technology trends I see unfolding in 2011: The Consumerization of IT will accelerate. There's no way to stop...

December 14, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009 9:44 AM/EST

More Awareness Than Action

BY EILEEN FERETIC Though all eight technology areas covered in a recent AFCOM survey are important to IT management, two are particularly interesting: green IT and cyber-terrorism. (Read the "2009/2010 AFCOM Data Center Trends Survey" at http://afcom.com/files/PDF/AFCOM_2009-2010_Data_Center_Trends_Survey_Results_Analysis_-_FINAL.pdf) When AFCOM, an...

November 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:54 PM/EST

Practicing What They Teach

By Eileen Feretic Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business (www.msb.georgetown.edu) doesn't just talk about the importance of green initiatives--it follows through with decisive actions. In fact, the Aspen Institute recently ranked MSB the 35th most socially responsible business school for...

August 6, 2009

Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:56 PM/EST

Prove It!

By Eileen Feretic If you believe something is true but you can't prove it, does it count? That's the dilemma raised by ISACA's Value of IT Investments survey of 1,217 IT professionals in nine countries (www.isaca.org/valit). Half of the survey...



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