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Apple: Nokia Stole Our Ideas
In response to the lawsuit that Nokia filed against Apple in October, Apple has responded with one of its own. It goes so far as to say that Nokia "stole" from Apple. This could get ugly.
George Hulme
How Organizations Get Hacked
Want a better idea of how organizations get infiltrated, including detailed synopsis of how many successful data breaches occur? Sit down with a copy of the just released Verizon Data Breach Investigations Supplemental Report and you'll get a great idea.
Alexander Wolfe
AMD, Intel: Graphics To Trump Processors In 2010
For the last few days, I've been mulling over the top semiconductor stories of the year. Clearly, the settlement by Intel and AMD of their ongoing antitrust and patent/licensing disputes is the biggest business news. Picking the tech champ is tougher, because it's not about where we've been in 2009, but rather where we're headed in 2010.
Mitch Wagner
Obama Allocating $600M To Health Centers
President Barack Obama allocated almost $600 million to build community health centers and implement electronic medical records, part of the $787 billion stimulus bill. The White House framed the funding as means of adding jobs to the economy, and overhaul the nation's health system.
Serdar Yegulalp
IBM, Oracle, Open Source: Mixed Motives Abound
The Oracle/European Union drama never stops. Now IBM's stuck their collective necks into the fray and said that Oracle's acquisition of Sun should go through if they make some positive open source gestures to all parties. Meaning what exactly, though?
Nicole Ferraro
Sneaky Facebook Fiddles With Privacy Defaults
Facebook's new 'recommended' privacy settings suggest that users share their entire lives with the greater Web
Tracey Hughes
Here's to the First Responders!
We admit to throwing around some pretty charged terms in a loose fashion. Sometimes we forget that not everybody is drinking the koolaid. We [assume] that words like paradigm, architecture, and model mean the same thing to everyone. Of course we are wrong (what they say about 'assume' is still in effect).
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Dell Expands Data Center Offerings
The company introduced infrastructure management software and 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its storage and networking switch lines.
Americans Consume 34 GB Data Daily
Video games accounted for most of the bandwidth, but watching TV consumed most of the time.
Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.
Software AG Launches Mainframe Application Monitoring
The browser-based monitoring tool looks into the operating health of multiple mainframe applications.
Tech Firms Stock Up On Foreign Talent
Recession not slowing use of H-1Bs as program nears limit in just three months.
Web Portal Links Doctors To Patient Info
Butler Health System is rolling out PatientKeeper software to make it easier for physicians to access medical information.
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Bob Evans
Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.
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: Pundits, Facts, And Competing Goals
There's no silver bullet when it comes to building a technically competent enterprise content management strategy.
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: General Motors CIO On 4 Essential IT Skills
He'd like to hire people with all 4 into the new GM. But how can IT pros get this broad experience?
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.
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