IBM To Furnish Cloud Computing To Ho Chi Minh City
IBM has already established cloud computing centers in the Chinese cities of Dongying and Wuxi. In the former, the cloud will serve as a "smarter city" platform for development of services. In Wuxi, it will serve as a collective platform for software development. Now it's on to Ho Chi Minh City.
Twitter Founder Wants To Pay With iPhone
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of that little thing called Twitter, is showing off his latest project, and Square is trying to turn iPhones into a mobile payment hub for merchants. It's a very interesting idea, but, like Twitter, I'm wondering how it's going to make real money.
IT Is 'Pillar' Of White House Healthcare Strategy
Healthcare IT adoption is one of four pillars on which the Obama administration is basing its healthcare strategy, and is key to containing costs, administration healthcare officials said. Healthcare IT should be combined with a budget-neutral healthcare reform bill, establishing a Medicare Commission to improve quality, and an excise tax on expensive private healthcare plans, all of which are included in the Senate healthcare reform bill.
New Ransomware Attack Underway
Security researchers at CA have found a new so-called "ransomware" attack underway. There are many things you can say about malware writers. Most of it would be NSFW. But you can't say they don't work hard at what they do.
Got An App? Make It A PortableApp
Readers of this blog know I'm a fan of the PortableApps.com suite of open source programs. Now, its curators have made it that much easier to take your app -- freeware or open source -- and make it a PortableApp.
IE Introduces Video Comments: Show Yourself!
We're giving you the chance to talk to us, with your real voice, via video comments. Leave your first one today!
HPC Joins the Dummy Revolution?
We've been trying to figure out exactly what the attraction is. What is it that causes someone to be drawn to a book that explicitly states that it's for dummies? Is it the yellow and black motif? Maybe because 'dummy' rhymes with 'yummy'? What exactly causes someone to reach for a book entitled 'X for Dummies'?
The company is waiting until early 2010 to incorporate customers' feedback as it looks to raise its annual maintenance fees.
The company is giving Tandberg shareholders until Thursday to approve its $3.4 billion offer to acquire the Norwegian videoconferencing company.
Flash designers and other developers now have a new bridge to world of mobile apps.
The Compaq 8000 Elite features power efficiency and security features meant to appeal to the enterprise.
The top app in the Android Developer Challenge sends late-night phone calls directly to voice mail while the owner sleeps.
Microsoft confirms Internet rumors surrounding release of next software suite.
Global CIO: Oracle, Larry Ellison, The EU, And MySQL
Would you be shocked--shocked!--to learn that the EU's battle against Oracle is all about politics, power, and preserving jobs?
Government CIOs Must Focus On Results, Not Data Centers
Data center proliferation entails unacceptable cost and risk, says the former CIO of the U.S. Postal Service. With cloud computing as an option, it's time to pursue a more sustainable strategy.
Down To Business: How Indian CIOs Stack Up
IBM thinks they're more progressive than CIOs elsewhere in the world, given their emphasis on innovation, customers, and other strategic matters.
Practical Analysis: Smartphones -- Passion To Profit And Productivity
Mobile apps are hard to support, they're a new development discipline, and they have a squishy ROI--but they can't be ignored.
Government Technologist: Vivek Kundra's Data Center Problem
The number of data centers belonging to the U.S. government has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Can Federal CIO Vivek Kundra put a stop to the trend?
Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at the chip giant, talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking.
Full Nelson: Video: San Francisco Goes Open, Transparent
An interview with the city's mayor and IT principals about DataSF.org and its groundbreaking applications
Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise
Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.
Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.
10 Steps to Effective Data Classi-
fication
Learn how to sort your company's assets based on their levels of sensitivity.
Welcome To The CIO Revolution: A New IT Manifesto
It's time to enhance your org' competitiveness and engage more intimately with customers.


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