InformationWeek
Defining The Business Value Of Technology
The InformationWeek Blog
Eric Zeman
Big Mega Ultra Friday RIM Round-Up
Lots going on in the world of Research In Motion today. Some of the items you'll find in this post include a nifty sale going on at AT&T stores today as well as an upgrade to BlackBerry Apps World. More inside!
Andrew Conry-Murray
Data Assessment Service Targets E-discovery, Compliance
This week StoredIQ launched a new data assessment service, which is intended to help organizations get visibility into the unstructured information floating around the corporate network.
Alexander Wolfe
Intel Floats Cloud Computing On A Chip
InformationWeek readers were the first to learn about Intel’s efforts to pack a data center onto a single chip, via my recent interview with Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner. (See Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers.) Now, the chip behemoth has taken things one step further, formally announcing its single-chip cloud research project.
Serdar Yegulalp
Will Sun Pull MySQL's Teeth?
That's the feeling former MySQL shareholder and strategy adviser (and NoSoftwarePatents.com prime mover) Florian Muller has about Oracle's new peace offering to the European Union over MySQL. It isn't about giving MySQL real autonomy, but putting it in a whole new cage.
Fredric Paul
Comcast-NBC Deal Highlights Net Neutrality Issue
What does it mean when the nation's largest Internet Service Provider, like Comcast, buys one of the biggest content creators in the world, like NBC? For one thing, it means the already contentious issue of Net Neutrality is about to get even more heated. Hopefully, it will galvanize the FCC to create and implement Net Neutrality rules that protect the interests of other companies doing business on the Internet.
Nicole Ferraro
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Surveillance
The Electronic Frontier Foundation sues the government for not disclosing its social media surveillance policies
Tracey Hughes
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'?
Breaking News 12 • 4 • 09
CIGNA Launches Healthcare Podcasts
The audio podcasts, available on the iTunes store, are designed to help Americans take care of themselves while on business overseas.
Google Updates Android SDK
The refreshed software developer's kit comes as the operating system is beginning to pick up steam with wireless carriers and handset makers.
Bing Back After Outage
Microsoft is investigating what happened in an effort to prevent future downtime.
Cisco Snags Shares To Acquire Tandberg
Now the U.S. Justice Department will step up its review of Cisco's pending acquisition of the Norwegian videoconferencing firm.
Online Gambling Under Renewed Scrutiny
Technologies exist that can be used and improved to regulate Internet gambling, proponents tell a House Financial Services Committee.
Patch Tuesday: No Black Screen Fix
Thousands of Windows users have downloaded a tool in hopes of fixing a critical bug, but Microsoft has yet to solve issue.
- U.S. Health IT Office Reorganizes
- Symplified Offers Federated ID For Cloud
- Acer Ranked Second In Global PC Market
- Microsoft Warns Piracy Surge Brings Malware
- Lenovo Offers AT&T Tech Support With PCs
- Google Accelerates Internet With Public DNS Service
- TeleCommunication Systems To Acquire Navigation Firm
- Intel Demos 48-Core CPU
- Bill Requires Treasury To Create TARP Database
- Black Screen Of Death Hits 50,000 PCs
- Motorola Invests In Multitouch Company
- Ciena Beats Nokia To Acquire Nortel Unit
- Bing Launches Streetside Maps
- BMC Boosts Proactive Systems Management
- Facebook Revamp Draws Mixed Reactions
See More News
Columns
Bob Evans
Global CIO: Outsourcer HCL To Cut Insurer's Costs By $150 Million
HCL is taking on an end-to-end chain of processes in a deal valued at $200 million that blends IT infrastructure and services with deep business processes and more.
Robert L. Otto
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.
Rob Preston
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.
Art Wittmann
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.
John Foley
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?
Alexander Wolfe
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.
Fritz Nelson
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
Chris Murphy
Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise
Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.
Brian Gillooly
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.
More Columns
Press Releases
- Suite101.com unveils site redesign that reflects status as respected curator of original content
- Lionbridge Strengthens Technology Leadership Team With Software-as-a-Service Industry Veteran
- Alcatel-Lucent Fosters the Creation of New Business Models Between Service Providers, Developers and Content Providers to Accelerate Application Innovation
- GameStop and Payless ShoeSource Announce Cross Promotional Offer for Added Savings This Holiday Shopping Season
- Dan Steele of FreeWave Technologies to Discuss Wireless Technologies for Pivot Irrigation at The Irrigation Show
- Getty Center is Site of DOMAINfest Global Networking Dinner Party
- Cathay Bank Selects NetDeposit as its New Remote Deposit Capture Provider
- Bentley University Deploys DigitalPersona Software on Faculty and Student Laptops
- Reprints Desk Bolsters Sourcing Capabilities for Engineering Markets Through Content Distribution Agreement With IEEE
- IBM Takes Top Spot in Server Hardware Revenue Share in Third Quarter 2009
RESOURCE LINKS
Briefs & Reports
Featured Brief
10 Steps to Effective Data Classi-
fication
Learn how to sort your company's assets based on their levels of sensitivity.
Featured Report
Welcome To The CIO Revolution: A New IT Manifesto
It's time to enhance your org' competitiveness and engage more intimately with customers.
Video
Featured Resources
Technology Whitepapers
- Modeling the Virtual Data Center
- Application Infrsatructure Automation: Tools for fast and cost-effective application deployment
- The Benefits of Dark Fiber for Healthcare IT Infrastructures
Technology Solution Centers
 |
- Web Conferencing & Collaboration
- Application Performance Management
- Beyond Business Connectivity
- IT Operational Advantage
- Data Center of the Future
- IT Automation
- Mainframe 2.0
- Security Management
- Service Assurance
Partner Briefing Centers
Upcoming Events
Smarter, Easier, Adaptive MDM
December 17, 2009 02:00 PM
IBM is taking master data management to the next level of smart. Join the IBM...
Boost Customer Satisfaction with Microsoft OCS in Your Contact Center
December 17, 2009 12:00 PM
Join Microsoft and Interactive Intelligence and lean how integrating OCS into the contact center can...
Advanced Customer Insights - Know Your Customer Better
December 17, 2009 12:00 PM
Customers are becoming more fragmented due to changing demographics and systems and organizations are seeking...
Most Popular
Get InformationWeek in Print
Apply for a free 52-week subscription to InformationWeek (a $199 value)
NOTE: Offer valid for U.S., U.S. possessions, & Canada only.
Define A Term
More than 20,000 IT terms, more than 20,000 IT definitions.
