Confluence

Cloud computing's future

2008-11-12T09:39:00.001-05:00

Cloud computing or offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) such as Google Docs, Collaboration Spaces, and even Yahoo Mail, is maturing at an accelerated pace. The key component: good old...

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Innovating in New Product Launches

2008-10-30T07:30:00.000-04:00

Here's an example of an innovative and brilliant marketing campaign for a new go to market product: utilize social media, online resources, and creativity. Start by going into the "Tech Edge...

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Confluence of Web 2.0 technology and adventure

2008-10-26T05:00:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite applications of technology is the intersection of collaboration technologies and web 2.0 applications with outdoor adventures. My favorite example, not perfect, but getting there,...

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Rent a meeting space anywhere in the world

2008-10-22T13:00:00.000-04:00

TelePresence is a virtual conference system that includes high-definition video and audio as well as rich-media presentation capabilities. It comes in configurations that range from a single screen...

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Gartner's 20 ways of cutting expenses in IT

2008-10-17T06:15:00.000-04:00

Gartner analysts presented a list of 20 ways that IT execs can slash expenses.Gartner estimates that 37% of the average IT budget is dedicated to personnel, so this represents a major opportunity to...

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Cisco Energy-Saving Technology May Generate $1B/yr Market

2008-10-15T10:30:00.002-04:00

Cisco plans to develop networking technology that boosts the efficiency of electrical grids. Available in about 18 months, the products will use IP networks to create so-called smart grids, which are...

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The problem with collaboration is that I want to work alone

2008-10-07T13:00:00.000-04:00

I think I have already written about how in the beginning of the Internet era (90's) companies and the enterprise world determined the path of innovation. After the Web 2.0 boom, all innovation comes...

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VC Take On Market Crash: Short-Term Bear, Long-Term Bull

2008-10-01T23:15:00.002-04:00

It's been a long time since I don't blog through Digg. I found this very interesting piece on how the VC industry and entreprenurs are not really being affected by the general financial debacle in...

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How can technology help small businesses? - Work from anywhere

2008-09-30T09:20:00.001-04:00

In this series of posts I have explained how SMB companies can streamline business and improve their position by leveraging communication technologies. Today I will be addressing a third way to do...

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How can technology help small businesses? - Serve customers better

2008-09-25T20:45:00.000-04:00

In the previous post I explained how SMB companies can improve business – reduce OPEX, increase profit, stay competitive – by using technology. Today I will be addressing the second way to do that:...

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How can technology help small businesses? - Be more productive

2008-09-23T19:37:00.001-04:00

What is important for your small business? The obvious answer from any business school is to reduce cost while increasing profitability. The difficult part is how you get there.There are multiple...

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Using Twitter to Monitor Energy Consumption

2008-09-23T13:41:00.001-04:00

A GreenTech blogger kept track of her energy consumption for 2 weeks in Twitter. She lays out her conclusions of that experiment.read more | digg story

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Imagine, Facebook for something useful...

2008-09-15T16:25:00.021-04:00

We all have the typical Facebook friends who use the site’s “Status Update” feature to tell the world he or she “is happy”, “is full from eating so much cake”, “thinking”, or some other gibberish...

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Cisco Nexus 7000 aims for data center dominance

2008-09-08T10:21:00.001-04:00

Building a big data center and looking for a switch to match? How do 256 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and nearly 1.7 terabits of capacity sound? Intending these boxes to be a data-center mainstay for...

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America's Cup this year will feature multihulled sailboats.

2008-09-07T09:48:00.001-04:00

Due to constant bickering and deadlock negotiations between BMW/Oracle's Larry Ellison and Alinghi's Ernesto Bertarelli, we'll have an innovative and unpresedented America's Cup with multihulled...

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Rules for Going Global change: do it from the beginning

2008-09-05T07:34:00.004-04:00

Globalization is inminent and no longer a novelty. It is, perhaps the strongest weapon in the business world to raise barriers of entry and improve brand image. However, in today's Internet era,...

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Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari

2008-09-04T20:31:00.001-04:00

In spite of speed tests name Google's Chrome way much faster than Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari for JavaScript, a key foundation for rich Web apps. And in spite of all the huge fan...

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[ZDNET] Why the Olympics didn’t melt NBC

2008-08-19T07:54:00.001-04:00

The 2008 Beijing Summer Games presented many challenges for NBC. Therefore, NBC made the choice to have all broadcast shot selection and video editing done in the United States, with efforts shared...

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The importance of an Executive Briefing Center

2008-08-17T16:56:00.001-04:00

Almost every large corporation has an Executive Briefing Center (EBC). Cisco, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and IBM are classic examples. An EBC is a stunning venue designed to showcase product...

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Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, has died.

2008-07-31T07:28:00.002-04:00

Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor whose final lecture inspired millions, has died of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Pausch, 47, who turned the lecture into a book, said...

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It’s called Positioning, not Spying

2008-07-22T21:34:00.002-04:00

When Nike and Apple announced the Nike + iPod partnership I thought, "Man! That's brilliant!" My second impression was, "Dude! That's cheap!" After all, it was only $29 for the sport kit and I...

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Issues that can be anticipated when using a Web 2.0/social media platform in the Enterprise?

2008-07-10T13:36:00.002-04:00

To name a few issues that you would face if you do not enforce policies to control the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise:Very difficult for all the systems to interoperate, users may...

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Cisco Live Summary and Highlights

2008-06-30T16:50:00.002-04:00

Last week I spent 4 days at Cisco Live 2008, Cisco System's technical conference. In general, this was a great conference about all Cisco-related industries and markets; e.g. Networking,...

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Cisco Live 2008 Twitter Timeline

2008-06-30T16:38:00.001-04:00

[This is a collection of my real-time updates of the Cisco Live 2008 event via Twitter] leoboulton Getting ready to go home. Had a great time, learned a lot, and met new people. 08:29 AM June...

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Nokia Throws Open Mobile Software

2008-06-25T09:25:00.001-04:00

Buying Symbian and making its mobile operating-system software open source should keep the likes of Apple and Microsoft on their toesread more | digg story

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