Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:57 AM/EST
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...
Monday, May 02, 2011 9:57 AM/EST
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...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:33 AM/EST
"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...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:10 AM/EST
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...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:07 AM/EST
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...
Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:09 AM/EST
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:...
Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:18 AM/EST
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...
Monday, December 14, 2009 9:44 AM/EST
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...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:54 PM/EST
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...
Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:56 PM/EST
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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