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CIOs Flaunt Risk, Say CFOs
Nov 9, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
A recent panel discussion called "CFO/CIO Straight Talk" revealed that some finance chiefs believe their IT leaders don't have a good grasp on risk management and are still too eager to pursue big-bang projects. Looking inward, those same CFOs say their own lack of imagination is also a problem.

Search, And Failure Of 'Consumer Effect'
Nov 9, 2009
Posted by Chris Murphy
We’ve written a lot about the consumer effect, how employees fall in love with consumer tech like iPhones and instant messaging, then demand the same experience at work. So why has this effect failed to drive enterprise search?

HP's Hurd, IBM's Palmisano Agree: Cloud Is Lousy Name
Nov 5, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Sure, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd and IBM CEO Sam Palmisano spit nails at each other over most things, but on this they agree: while cloud computing has tremendous potential as a technological approach, the term itself is a lousy name. We're with you, guys, but please: whatever the new name is, no more three-letter acronyms, okay?

Is Microsoft Bing Fake Search?
Nov 4, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Discussing Microsoft's new price cuts for cloud apps, my colleague Mary Hayes Weier reported Microsoft VP Ron Markezich said he's seen no evidence that Zoho or others offering "fake Office capabilities" can match Microsoft Office. Counterpunching, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu asks if that means Bing is fake search"?

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Cisco Unveils Collaboration Products

The company launched telepresence, unified communications, and WebEx products and enterprise social software and hosted e-mail solutions.

Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million?

HP, IBM, and Oracle say "cloud computing" is a bad name, so we're asking you to come up with a replacement name. You might (hah!) win $100,000,000.

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As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are.

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